Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2024-09-10

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Sep 10
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,009 head
▲ 288 vs last sale 721▲ 201 vs year ago 808 · +24.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
400 head
▲ 250 vs last sale 150▲ 214 vs year ago 186 · +115.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 30▲ 11 vs year ago 64 · +17.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago. Slaughter cow sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold sharply lower. Trade was moderate with moderate to good demand on feeder calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $215.42/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −148.93 against this barn's trailing median of $364.35.
Average price
$215.42
43 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,183
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$60
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$11.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.67
vs AL average
−23.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2511223.431,14214thin
Medium and Large 3568211.551,20129
One grade step is worth $11.88/cwt here — about −$60 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale43 hd
215.42
—
AL average13 barns · 528 hd
219.09
−3.67
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
−23.19
This barn, trailing median33 sales
364.35
−148.93
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
451397344290median 364.3503/0305/0507/0709/0811/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $436.90, low $303.81, median $364.35 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—Average1,598152.322,4347thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,394132.401,8465thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,298128.591,67029
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,106118.911,31542

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,3002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,06312
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,72215
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,0577

Every lot

39 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0832
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2616
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2487246.66/cwt246.00–248.001,2016
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2506243.27/cwt240.00–245.001,23121
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580231.79/cwt231.00–234.001,34430
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,48111
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2667223.09/cwt221.00–224.001,48810
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2749213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,59514
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325227.00/cwt227.00–227.007383
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426234.10/cwt230.00–238.009978
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460227.22/cwt223.00–231.001,04510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2501223.00/cwt222.00–224.001,11712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3543215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1679
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2902
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3579210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,21620
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2621218.43/cwt216.00–221.001,3566
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645206.62/cwt206.00–209.001,33319
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3657204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,3402
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2676209.79/cwt204.00–212.001,41828
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2800195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5607
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 3800170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,36046
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3044
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,513146.01/cwt145.00–148.002,2093
Bulls——1,582153.73/cwt152.00–155.002,4323
Bulls——1,900167.00/cwt167.00–167.003,1731
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2602
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,034114.40/cwt112.00–118.001,18316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,043132.84/cwt132.00–134.001,3865
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,162121.32/cwt120.00–124.001,41024
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,260140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,7641
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,314125.57/cwt125.00–126.001,6507
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,355127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,7212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,367128.59/cwt127.00–130.001,75817
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,0102
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,057.14/head2,800.00–3,300.003,0577
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,062.50/head1,950.00–2,250.002,06312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,810.00/head1,700.00–1,900.001,81010
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,545.00/head1,500.00–1,625.001,5455

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.