Name: Lineville Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bull sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $328.55/cwt on 11 head, down $43.32 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 17 comparable sales and sits −67.63 against this barn's trailing median of $396.18.

Average price

$328.55

▼ 43.32 vs prior sale

11 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,784

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$16

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$18.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.60

vs AL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	521	340.23	1,773	4thin
Medium and Large 3	556	321.88	1,789	7thin

One grade step is worth $18.35/cwt here — about −$16 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $424.82, low $318.50, median $396.18 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

328.55

—

AL average16 barns · 653 hd

346.15

−17.60

This barn, trailing median17 sales

396.18

−67.63

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	145.00	1,755	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,345	136.00	1,829	1thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,650	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

45 lots · USDA AMS · Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	—	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	317.50/cwt	317.00–318.00	1,810	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,843	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	413.76/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,162	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,463	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,386	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	501.25/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,404	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,729	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	309.00/cwt	308.00–310.00	2,095	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	367.67/cwt	367.00–368.00	1,717	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	334.36/cwt	333.00–335.00	1,772	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	340.23/cwt	338.00–343.00	1,773	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,658	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,848	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,888	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	276.52/cwt	273.00–280.00	1,977	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	587	296.62/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,741	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,985	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,042	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,728	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	312.52/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,797	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	385.19/cwt	383.00–390.00	1,290	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,408	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	384.02/cwt	383.00–385.00	1,586	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,736	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	279.00/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	577	326.68/cwt	324.00–328.00	1,885	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,906	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	386.69/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,771	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	399.97/cwt	398.00–403.00	1,684	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,986	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,829	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,755	1

How this sale compares

Alabama weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, AL

Tue Sep 29, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 122Last week 182Year ago 147

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 18Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 0Year ago 10

Compared to one week ago: Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bull sold steady. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 3$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	—	1,650.00	1,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,550.00	1,550.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	440.00	440.00
2	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
5	400–450	421	398.00–403.00	399.97
2	450–500	455	380.00	380.00
2	500–550	505	348.00	348.00
4	550–600	570	317.00–318.00	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	383.00–390.00	385.19
2	350–400	390	375.00	375.00
2	450–500	490	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	540	300.00	300.00
3	550–600	587	295.00–300.00	296.62
2	600–650	615	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
2	350–400	380	395.00	395.00
4	400–450	413	383.00–385.00	384.02
3	450–500	467	367.00–368.00	367.67
2	550–600	560	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	500.00–505.00	501.25
2	300–350	335	480.00	480.00
3	400–450	440	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	455	405.00	405.00
1	600–650	615	323.00	323.00
4	650–700	678	308.00–310.00	309.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	425.00	425.00
4	400–450	444	410.00–415.00	413.76
2	450–500	455	390.00	390.00
4	500–550	521	338.00–343.00	340.23
1	600–650	630	315.00	315.00
2	700–750	715	273.00–280.00	276.52
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	440.00	440.00
3	400–450	413	380.00–390.00	386.69
2	450–500	480	360.00	360.00
3	500–550	530	333.00–335.00	334.36
4	550–600	575	310.00–315.00	312.52
1	600–650	625	305.00	305.00
2	650–700	655	278.00–280.00	279.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	520	363.00	363.00
2	550–600	555	368.00	368.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	340.00	340.00
3	550–600	577	324.00–328.00	326.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	136.00	136.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	145.00	145.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Clay County Livestock Auction - Lineville, AL

Replacement Cattle

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