Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2019-05-28

Uniontown Stockyards

Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2019-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, May 28

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995

← May 21May 28Jun 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

398 head

▼ 387 vs last sale 785▲ 398 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

55 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 79▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

43 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 59▲ 43 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks market:Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.Feeder bulls and steers sold mostly steady.Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower.Replacement cows and pairs sold per head 50.00 to 75.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.15/cwt on 104 head.

Average price

$126.15

104 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$13.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.10

vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	471	134.58	634	20
Medium and Large 2	509	125.68	639	53
Medium and Large 3	461	121.51	561	31

One grade step is worth $13.07/cwt here — about $73 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale104 hd

126.15

—

AL average11 barns · 1,178 hd

124.05

+2.10

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
Bulls	—	High	1,816	86.81	1,576	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,435	62.00	890	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,141	58.22	664	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	972	49.98	486	5thin

Every lot

73 lots · USDA AMS · Alabama Livestock Auction - Uniontown, AL

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	553	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	166.24/cwt	165.00–168.00	625	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	387	160.19/cwt	158.00–162.50	620	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	159.13/cwt	157.50–162.50	681	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	152.71/cwt	150.00–155.00	661	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	155.96/cwt	155.00–158.00	756	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	486	147.22/cwt	145.00–150.00	715	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	495	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	693	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	515	133.74/cwt	132.50–135.00	689	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	533	142.44/cwt	140.00–145.00	759	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	149.67/cwt	149.00–150.00	804	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	819	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	570	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	741	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	584	138.49/cwt	135.00–141.00	809	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	138.66/cwt	138.00–140.00	874	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	632	130.47/cwt	130.00–132.50	825	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	674	126.92/cwt	125.00–128.00	855	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	770	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	924	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	318	149.34/cwt	148.00–150.00	475	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	322	141.84/cwt	140.00–145.00	457	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	328	133.76/cwt	132.50–135.00	439	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	136.35/cwt	135.00–138.00	509	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	378	127.52/cwt	125.00–130.00	482	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	132.09/cwt	128.00–135.00	559	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	138.46/cwt	137.50–140.00	595	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	432	122.53/cwt	120.00–125.00	529	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	133.19/cwt	132.00–135.00	633	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	127.13/cwt	124.00–130.00	609	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	479	119.18/cwt	117.50–121.00	571	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	130.33/cwt	127.00–133.00	682	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	533	123.30/cwt	120.00–126.00	657	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	537	115.99/cwt	115.00–118.00	623	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	713	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	119.25/cwt	117.00–122.50	692	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	580	112.98/cwt	112.00–114.00	655	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	630	115.90/cwt	114.00–118.00	730	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	673	113.74/cwt	112.50–115.00	765	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	775	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	833	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	310	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	450	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	323	163.30/cwt	160.00–165.00	527	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	323	151.86/cwt	150.00–155.00	491	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	378	136.93/cwt	135.00–140.00	518	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	391	145.61/cwt	145.00–147.50	569	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	423	132.95/cwt	130.00–136.00	562	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	437	150.80/cwt	150.00–152.50	659	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	440	141.24/cwt	140.00–142.50	621	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	470	146.37/cwt	145.00–148.00	688	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	470	129.02/cwt	128.00–130.00	606	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	476	136.84/cwt	134.00–140.00	651	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	528	138.97/cwt	138.00–140.00	734	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	528	124.22/cwt	122.50–126.00	656	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	533	131.27/cwt	128.00–134.00	700	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	574	126.88/cwt	125.00–129.00	728	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	612	115.66/cwt	115.00–116.00	708	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	627	128.65/cwt	128.00–130.00	807	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	638	120.83/cwt	120.00–122.50	771	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	675	116.84/cwt	115.00–120.00	789	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	778	111.01/cwt	110.00–113.00	864	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,786	85.64/cwt	84.50–87.00	1,530	4
Bulls	—	—	1,935	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	1,771	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	48.98/cwt	48.00–51.00	468	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	562	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,091	53.76/cwt	52.50–55.00	587	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,110	58.47/cwt	56.00–60.00	649	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,254	62.19/cwt	61.00–64.00	780	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,435	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	890	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 1-2	1,100	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	12,650	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 3	1,240	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	12,090	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,393	1,366.27/cwt	1,350.00–1,400.00	19,032	6

This sale against other markets

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 →

Alabama Livestock Auction - Uniontown, AL

Tue May 28, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 398Last week 785Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 79Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 43Last week 59Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,935	91.50	91.50
4	—	1,786	84.50–87.00	85.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,091	52.50–55.00	53.76
8	—	1,254	61.00–64.00	62.19
16	—	1,110	56.00–60.00	58.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	54.00	54.00
4	—	955	48.00–51.00	48.98

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	160.00–165.00	163.30
3	—	437	150.00–152.50	150.80
3	—	627	128.00–130.00	128.65
4	—	470	145.00–148.00	146.37
4	—	528	138.00–140.00	138.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	638	120.00–122.50	120.83
3	—	778	110.00–113.00	111.01
4	—	323	150.00–155.00	151.86
4	—	391	145.00–147.50	145.61
4	—	440	140.00–142.50	141.24
4	—	675	115.00–120.00	116.84
5	—	574	125.00–129.00	126.88
7	—	476	134.00–140.00	136.84
8	—	533	128.00–134.00	131.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	145.00	145.00
2	—	565	120.00	120.00
2	—	670	110.00	110.00
3	—	612	115.00–116.00	115.66
4	—	378	135.00–140.00	136.93
4	—	470	128.00–130.00	129.02
5	—	528	122.50–126.00	124.22
6	—	423	130.00–136.00	132.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	570	125.00	125.00
3	—	318	148.00–150.00	149.34
3	—	430	137.50–140.00	138.46
5	—	475	132.00–135.00	133.19
7	—	523	127.00–133.00	130.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	107.50	107.50
9	—	533	120.00–126.00	123.30
8	—	423	128.00–135.00	132.09
7	—	479	124.00–130.00	127.13
6	—	580	117.00–122.50	119.25
6	—	373	135.00–138.00	136.35
5	—	630	114.00–118.00	115.90
5	—	322	140.00–145.00	141.84
4	—	673	112.50–115.00	113.74
2	—	740	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	479	117.50–121.00	119.18
6	—	378	125.00–130.00	127.52
5	—	432	120.00–125.00	122.53
4	—	580	112.00–114.00	112.98
4	—	328	132.50–135.00	133.76
3	—	537	115.00–118.00	115.99
2	—	640	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	515	132.50–135.00	133.74
3	—	570	130.00	130.00
2	—	495	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	632	130.00–132.50	130.47
9	—	433	150.00–155.00	152.71
7	—	584	135.00–141.00	138.49
7	—	533	140.00–145.00	142.44
6	—	674	125.00–128.00	126.92
6	—	486	145.00–150.00	147.22
6	—	387	158.00–162.50	160.19
2	—	770	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	376	165.00–168.00	166.24
6	—	428	157.50–162.50	159.13
3	—	630	138.00–140.00	138.66
3	—	537	149.00–150.00	149.67
3	—	485	155.00–158.00	155.96
3	—	325	170.00	170.00
1	—	565	145.00	145.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	1,150.00	1,150.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,240	975.00	975.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,393	1,350.00–1,400.00	1,366.27

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.