Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2020-06-02

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Jun 2
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
682 head
▲ 358 vs last sale 324▲ 240 vs year ago 442 · +54.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 62▲ 11 vs year ago 59 · +18.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 16▼ 11 vs year ago 48 · −22.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks market:Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.Feeder cattle sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher.Replacement cows and pairs sold steady with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.53/cwt on 131 head.
Average price
$128.53
131 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$603
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$2
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.67
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1440136.7460144
Medium and Large 2485124.3860387
One grade step is worth $12.36/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale131 hd
128.53
—
AL average13 barns · 1,555 hd
120.85
+7.67
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,73399.781,7295thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39165.489116thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18263.8275444
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02655.545707thin

Every lot

63 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1310170.00/cwt170.00–170.005271
Steers—Medium and Large 2380155.00/cwt155.00–155.005894
Steers—Medium and Large 1385162.54/cwt160.00–165.006266
Steers—Medium and Large 1425155.00/cwt155.00–155.006593
Steers—Medium and Large 2429146.75/cwt145.00–150.0063010
Steers—Medium and Large 1479151.10/cwt150.00–152.507245
Steers—Medium and Large 2484144.11/cwt142.50–146.006977
Steers—Medium and Large 1525145.73/cwt145.00–148.007658
Steers—Medium and Large 2526138.30/cwt135.00–140.0072719
Steers—Medium and Large 1570140.00/cwt140.00–140.007982
Steers—Medium and Large 2585131.74/cwt130.00–135.0077112
Steers—Medium and Large 1633130.48/cwt130.00–132.008264
Steers—Medium and Large 2636124.85/cwt124.00–127.007947
Steers—Medium and Large 2668122.50/cwt120.00–125.008186
Steers—Medium and Large 2734116.77/cwt115.00–120.008574
Steers—Medium and Large 2775115.00/cwt115.00–115.008912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270155.00/cwt155.00–155.004192
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280146.56/cwt145.00–148.004105
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330140.22/cwt138.00–142.504638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1337147.19/cwt144.00–150.004969
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375134.35/cwt130.00–138.0050410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388142.34/cwt140.00–145.005528
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426128.93/cwt125.00–133.0054915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436137.21/cwt135.00–140.005987
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474124.50/cwt120.00–128.0059013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476130.99/cwt130.00–132.506246
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527118.89/cwt115.00–122.5062711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533126.00/cwt125.00–128.006729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570122.50/cwt122.50–122.506981
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572115.68/cwt112.50–118.006629
Heifers—Medium and Large 2629113.05/cwt110.00–115.007117
Heifers—Medium and Large 2683106.68/cwt105.00–110.007293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695120.00/cwt120.00–120.008342
Heifers—Medium and Large 2738101.66/cwt100.00–105.007506
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2331151.47/cwt150.00–155.005016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1342161.68/cwt160.00–165.005533
Bulls—Medium and Large 2384147.09/cwt145.00–150.005657
Bulls—Medium and Large 1386156.32/cwt155.00–158.006036
Bulls—Medium and Large 2426137.81/cwt135.00–140.0058710
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433143.46/cwt142.00–145.006214
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475130.98/cwt128.00–134.006228
Bulls—Medium and Large 1483139.35/cwt138.00–140.006733
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527124.87/cwt122.00–128.006589
Bulls—Medium and Large 1536133.58/cwt132.00–135.007165
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575119.84/cwt117.00–122.006896
Bulls—Medium and Large 2NHTC580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620116.00/cwt115.00–117.507195
Bulls—Medium and Large 2695110.00/cwt110.00–110.007654
Bulls—Medium and Large 2783105.50/cwt105.00–106.008262
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,73096.25/cwt94.50–98.001,6652
Bulls——1,735102.14/cwt100.00–104.001,7723
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02655.54/cwt54.00–57.005707
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13461.89/cwt59.00–64.0070227
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25766.88/cwt65.00–69.0084117
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37363.71/cwt62.50–65.008754
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42869.01/cwt68.00–70.009852
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-21,1351,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0013,6201
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2731,428.01/cwt1,400.00–1,500.0018,1793
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2955800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,6402
Bred Cows—Small 1-2990950.00/cwt950.00–950.009,4052
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,185850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,0732
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1911,025.39/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0012,2124
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2401,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0014,8802

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.