Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2024-08-06

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Aug 6
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
636 head
▲ 109 vs last sale 527▼ 257 vs year ago 893 · −28.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 285 vs last sale 355▼ 80 vs year ago 150 · −53.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 12▼ 8 vs year ago 21 · −38.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold sharply lower. Replacement cattle sold steady. Trade was active with moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $253.96/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −164.28 against this barn's trailing median of $418.24.
Average price
$253.96
32 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,407
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.09
vs AL average
−21.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530267.081,4165thin
Medium and Large 2559252.291,40925
Medium and Large 3558242.001,3492thin
One grade step is worth $25.08/cwt here — about $66 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale32 hd
253.96
—
AL average10 barns · 201 hd
265.05
−11.09
National average145 barns · 4,636 hd
275.08
−21.12
This barn, trailing median33 sales
418.24
−164.28
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
488435382329median 418.2403/0305/0507/0709/0811/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $474.49, low $343.23, median $418.24 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,541158.822,4488thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,158136.961,58621
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,340132.061,7702thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,019123.981,26327

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,0797
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,4002thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2275275.00/cwt275.00–275.0075615
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3285260.00/cwt260.00–260.007411
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1101
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2343285.00/cwt285.00–285.009784
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2071
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373253.61/cwt248.00–259.009462
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1701
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2413279.44/cwt270.00–289.001,1542
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3415240.00/cwt240.00–240.009961
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475274.50/cwt268.00–278.001,30415
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515254.45/cwt250.00–260.001,3109
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530267.08/cwt265.00–276.001,4165
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4041
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3575224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2881
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2583251.08/cwt244.00–254.001,46416
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627237.78/cwt235.00–246.001,49110
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2667227.91/cwt220.00–234.001,52020
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8062
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715174.97/cwt170.00–180.001,2512
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732224.13/cwt223.00–228.001,64117
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1864210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8143
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381258.60/cwt254.00–262.009855
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3382238.17/cwt230.00–245.009103
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418245.71/cwt240.00–250.001,0274
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464260.92/cwt256.00–266.001,21110
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484239.28/cwt238.00–248.001,15818
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,1871
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530256.98/cwt250.00–260.001,3624
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536240.14/cwt232.00–246.001,28725
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2872
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635219.66/cwt210.00–224.001,39510
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2659226.97/cwt223.00–230.001,49621
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3700180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2601
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2709219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,55312
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3405250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0131
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2602
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425264.09/cwt260.00–268.001,1222
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2488270.52/cwt267.00–274.001,3202
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1512260.50/cwt260.00–262.001,3344
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528249.00/cwt248.00–250.001,3152
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3538220.02/cwt215.00–225.001,1842
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570241.00/cwt240.00–242.001,3742
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3615192.44/cwt185.00–200.001,1842
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4888
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625228.33/cwt228.00–230.001,4276
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,368151.00/cwt151.00–151.002,0662
Bulls——1,523167.29/cwt164.00–171.002,5483
Bulls——1,675155.57/cwt154.00–158.002,6063
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%945115.95/cwt115.00–118.001,0966
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,006123.85/cwt121.00–128.001,24614
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,108131.11/cwt130.00–133.001,4537
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,148137.70/cwt135.00–141.001,58112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163144.49/cwt143.00–146.001,6804
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,179129.14/cwt128.00–130.001,5235
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,340132.06/cwt130.00–134.001,7702
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,078.57/head1,800.00–2,250.002,0797
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001

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.