Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2022-05-17

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, May 17
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 388▲ 300 vs year ago 100 · +300.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 70▲ 18 vs year ago 110 · +16.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 44▲ 34 vs year ago 16 · +212.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls and cows sold 3.00 - 7.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers sold 7.00 - 10.00 lower. Trade active with moderate to good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.54/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$131.54
98 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$699
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.23
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542133.9972665
Medium and Large 2510126.7164633
One grade step is worth $7.28/cwt here — about $79 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 sale98 hd
131.54
—
AL average15 barns · 1,701 hd
137.77
−6.23
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—Low1,56197.101,51611
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39680.401,12317
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09472.7479645
CowsLean 85-90%Low92153.6249423

Every lot

59 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006465
Steers—Medium and Large 2418162.49/cwt160.00–165.006794
Steers—Medium and Large 1423176.94/cwt175.00–179.007482
Steers—Medium and Large 1474169.65/cwt168.00–172.008046
Steers—Medium and Large 1524165.49/cwt164.00–168.008674
Steers—Medium and Large 2539153.67/cwt150.00–156.008283
Steers—Medium and Large 1550160.00/cwt160.00–160.008801
Steers—Medium and Large 2568148.28/cwt145.00–150.008423
Steers—Medium and Large 1605155.01/cwt154.00–157.009383
Steers—Medium and Large 2620142.73/cwt140.00–145.008853
Steers—Medium and Large 2703135.49/cwt134.00–137.009522
Steers—Medium and Large 2783130.97/cwt130.00–133.001,0253
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370150.08/cwt148.00–152.005552
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373137.11/cwt135.00–140.005116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419140.64/cwt140.00–144.005896
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421130.79/cwt130.00–135.005516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2454129.59/cwt128.00–131.005885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476138.16/cwt137.00–140.0065814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508133.67/cwt132.00–137.0067911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528125.99/cwt125.00–127.006652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added554139.50/cwt139.50–139.507734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575130.00/cwt130.00–130.0074812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2579122.72/cwt120.00–125.007117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added606135.00/cwt135.00–135.008186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625127.95/cwt126.00–130.008002
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007562
Heifers—Medium and Large 2662116.68/cwt115.00–119.007723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673125.67/cwt125.00–126.008463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710121.69/cwt120.00–125.008643
Heifers—Medium and Large 2723112.49/cwt112.00–113.008132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778117.48/cwt115.00–120.009142
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2362159.03/cwt155.00–160.005765
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385170.00/cwt170.00–170.006552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2443153.99/cwt150.00–155.006825
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450168.00/cwt168.00–168.007561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473147.07/cwt145.00–149.006962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2505140.00/cwt140.00–140.007071
Bulls—Medium and Large 1534150.00/cwt150.00–150.0080112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2577142.23/cwt137.00–150.008213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633131.54/cwt128.00–135.008332
Bulls—Medium and Large 2777114.34/cwt114.00–115.008883
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,46790.64/cwt90.00–91.001,3305
Bulls——1,640102.49/cwt98.00–105.501,6816
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91360.61/cwt60.00–63.005537
Cows—Lean 85-90%92052.61/cwt50.00–55.0048413
Cows—Lean 85-90%94241.69/cwt40.00–45.003933
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04873.50/cwt71.00–75.0077020
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07765.96/cwt64.00–68.0071015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21181.39/cwt79.00–83.0098610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36584.55/cwt83.00–87.001,1548
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42476.72/cwt75.00–79.001,0929
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small 1-2548327.88/cwt300.00–355.001,7972
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850684.11/cwt650.00–725.005,8153
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2231,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0014,0654
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,052.88/cwt900.00–1,135.0013,1613
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 1-2826600.64/cwt550.00–650.004,96110
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2900635.71/cwt500.00–740.005,7219
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2851,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0015,0991
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4651,360.96/cwt1,325.00–1,400.0019,9382

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.