Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2024-10-22

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Oct 22
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,402 head
▲ 696 vs last sale 706▲ 111 vs year ago 1,291 · +8.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
350 head
▲ 130 vs last sale 220▲ 172 vs year ago 178 · +96.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 40▼ 15 vs year ago 65 · −23.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold steady to 4.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $271.42/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −146.81 against this barn's trailing median of $418.24.
Average price
$271.42
81 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,514
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$6.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.49
vs AL average
−27.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2559271.731,51977
Medium and Large 3532265.611,4134thin
One grade step is worth $6.12/cwt here — about $106 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale81 hd
271.42
—
AL average14 barns · 209 hd
262.94
+8.49
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
−27.62
This barn, trailing median33 sales
418.24
−146.81
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—High1,659146.172,4255thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,318122.851,61913
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,524120.781,84010
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,174116.291,36531

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)—$2,2833thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,4508

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1336334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,1227
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1941
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418284.62/cwt280.00–287.001,1905
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1439298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,3082
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3439276.99/cwt275.00–278.001,2166
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480282.63/cwt281.50–285.001,35739
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3482271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,3068
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2522277.68/cwt273.00–281.001,44924
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3532265.61/cwt255.00–269.001,4134
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2576269.03/cwt266.00–276.001,55053
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2631258.49/cwt254.00–267.001,631122
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3632240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5175
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678247.69/cwt244.50–253.501,67945
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3721226.84/cwt216.00–230.501,63633
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735245.80/cwt242.00–250.001,80744
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2764229.11/cwt225.00–231.001,75043
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2847230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9489
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2870200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7402
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2902200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8044
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245300.00/cwt300.00–300.007351
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355277.39/cwt270.00–285.009852
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2419257.85/cwt250.00–267.001,08028
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3425234.25/cwt224.00–245.009962
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480250.19/cwt250.00–251.001,20126
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3480233.21/cwt228.00–235.001,1194
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517241.17/cwt230.00–247.001,24765
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3540225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2153
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561249.88/cwt248.50–250.001,40264
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2586238.24/cwt230.50–246.001,39687
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3588225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3234
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2633233.96/cwt220.00–238.001,48134
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635219.01/cwt215.00–223.001,3918
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2666222.74/cwt222.00–224.001,48318
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1688248.15/cwt244.00–250.001,70716
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735217.69/cwt212.00–221.001,60059
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1756226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,71211
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2875201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,7591
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0071
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2471
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,3115
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2529262.11/cwt261.00–264.001,3878
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3285
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2617235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4505
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2658225.39/cwt215.00–228.001,4835
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2791195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5422
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,603138.63/cwt136.00–142.002,2222
Bulls——1,650158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,6071
Bulls——1,720147.79/cwt146.00–150.002,5422
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,108128.50/cwt125.00–132.001,4243
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,174109.07/cwt105.00–113.001,2808
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,184117.34/cwt114.00–122.001,38920
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,248127.72/cwt126.00–131.001,5945
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,335114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,5221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,366120.64/cwt118.00–125.001,6487
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,494124.38/cwt122.00–127.001,8585
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,553117.17/cwt116.00–119.001,8205
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,283.33/head2,200.00–2,400.002,2833
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,693.75/head1,575.00–1,850.001,6944
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,206.25/head1,100.00–1,475.001,2064

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.