Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2023-01-31

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Jan 31
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
265 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 202▼ 427 vs year ago 692 · −61.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 37▼ 40 vs year ago 91 · −44.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 32▼ 19 vs year ago 38 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 - 8.00 higher with high of 119.00 and slaughter cows sold 2.00 - 5.00 with high of 94.00. Feeder steers sold 5.00 - 10.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 2.00 - 6.00 higher, and feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Trade active with good to very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $166.13/cwt on 70 head.
Average price
$166.13
70 head · 401 lb average
Value per head Derived
$667
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.77
vs AL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1435171.5874737
Medium and Large 2387164.2363618thin
Medium and Large 3335154.9651915thin
One grade step is worth $16.62/cwt here — about $228 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 sale70 hd
166.13
—
AL average15 barns · 1,257 hd
159.36
+6.77
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—Low1,37195.151,3047thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,37280.231,1004thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,01279.8780827
CowsLean 85-90%Average85652.284487thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$6001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)—$67110

Every lot

61 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2222216.71/cwt216.00–218.004813
Steers—Medium and Large 3275183.55/cwt182.00–185.005054
Steers—Medium and Large 2290212.00/cwt212.00–212.006151
Steers—Medium and Large 3300177.00/cwt177.00–177.005311
Steers—Medium and Large 1309219.27/cwt219.00–220.006788
Steers—Medium and Large 2338203.91/cwt200.00–208.006892
Steers—Medium and Large 3361173.74/cwt168.00–176.006274
Steers—Medium and Large 1382218.00/cwt218.00–218.008333
Steers—Medium and Large 2386196.94/cwt190.00–198.007608
Steers—Medium and Large 1420207.00/cwt204.00–210.008692
Steers—Medium and Large 2440190.00/cwt190.00–190.008363
Steers—Medium and Large 2482185.00/cwt185.00–185.008924
Steers—Medium and Large 3488165.50/cwt165.00–166.008082
Steers—Medium and Large 2550176.00/cwt176.00–176.009683
Steers—Medium and Large 3573157.60/cwt155.00–160.009032
Steers—Medium and Large 2625160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0002
Steers—Medium and Large 3625145.00/cwt145.00–145.009061
Steers—Medium and Large 2718147.46/cwt145.00–150.001,0592
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3215170.00/cwt170.00–170.003662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1218188.41/cwt187.00–190.004112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2225181.04/cwt180.00–182.004072
Heifers—Medium and Large 3282160.70/cwt160.00–162.004533
Heifers—Medium and Large 2285177.49/cwt177.00–178.005062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320180.00/cwt180.00–180.005763
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327170.81/cwt170.00–172.005595
Heifers—Medium and Large 3327157.30/cwt155.00–160.005145
Heifers—Medium and Large 2362164.69/cwt164.00–166.005963
Heifers—Medium and Large 3373150.94/cwt148.00–154.005632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379176.20/cwt175.00–178.0066814
Heifers—Medium and Large 3410141.95/cwt140.00–144.005822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425161.98/cwt160.00–164.006882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474170.39/cwt168.00–172.0080810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478156.49/cwt155.00–158.007482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508168.41/cwt166.00–169.008565
Heifers—Medium and Large 3545130.00/cwt130.00–130.007091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685141.00/cwt141.00–141.009661
Heifers—Medium and Large 2690134.00/cwt134.00–134.009251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720138.97/cwt138.00–140.001,0012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2730120.00/cwt120.00–120.008761
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2268197.98/cwt196.00–200.005312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2303185.50/cwt185.00–186.005622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330210.03/cwt208.00–212.006932
Bulls—Medium and Large 2353172.48/cwt170.00–175.006092
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375204.00/cwt200.00–208.007652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435198.00/cwt198.00–198.008611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1457181.68/cwt180.00–185.008303
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530160.00/cwt160.00–160.008482
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575156.02/cwt154.00–158.008972
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34392.87/cwt90.00–95.001,2475
Bulls——1,440100.84/cwt100.00–102.001,4522
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78044.67/cwt44.00–45.003483
Cows—Lean 85-90%89851.84/cwt50.00–54.004662
Cows—Lean 85-90%92864.15/cwt60.00–69.005952
Cows—Boner 80-85%96579.49/cwt77.00–82.007678
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01872.13/cwt70.00–75.007348
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04185.78/cwt84.00–89.0089311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27885.45/cwt84.00–87.001,0922
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0992
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—825.83/head675.00–970.008266
Stock Cows—Small 1-2—440.00/head300.00–525.004404

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.