Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2024-11-19

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Nov 19
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
591 head
▼ 542 vs last sale 1,133▼ 161 vs year ago 752 · −21.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 140 vs last sale 320▲ 55 vs year ago 125 · +44.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 65▼ 57 vs year ago 157 · −36.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 7.00 up. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Replacement cattle sold sharply higher. Feeder steers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Trade was active, with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $243.88/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −121.39 against this barn's trailing median of $365.27.
Average price
$243.88
38 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,302
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.64
vs AL average
−23.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520270.001,4041thin
Medium and Large 2534243.171,29937
One grade step is worth $26.83/cwt here — about $105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale38 hd
243.88
—
AL average16 barns · 484 hd
233.23
+10.64
National average196 barns · 21,141 hd
267.05
−23.17
This barn, trailing median32 sales
365.27
−121.39
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

32 sales
451397344290median 365.2703/0305/0507/0709/0810/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $436.90, low $303.81, median $365.27 across 32 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—High1,671136.892,28817
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,196122.651,4679thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,494117.521,7566thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,098110.961,21823

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)—$2,37036
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,65616
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,80916

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3230275.00/cwt275.00–275.006331
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2325340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1051
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2731
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380333.98/cwt329.00–337.001,26911
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2412319.21/cwt314.00–326.001,31521
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473295.78/cwt289.00–300.001,39915
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3520250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2533267.56/cwt260.00–270.001,42615
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560275.53/cwt274.00–278.001,54313
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3563242.48/cwt238.00–247.001,3652
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2582258.49/cwt258.00–262.001,5048
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2647254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,6433
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2671249.02/cwt244.00–255.001,67115
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3680220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4961
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1689266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,8334
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2750233.60/cwt220.00–235.501,75210
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2898222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,99812
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2274285.00/cwt285.00–285.007813
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323252.44/cwt250.00–255.008152
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2356260.00/cwt260.00–260.009268
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0616
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,1514
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440255.14/cwt240.00–258.001,12336
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2491254.88/cwt250.00–260.001,25116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4041
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530243.98/cwt240.00–250.001,29333
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568236.49/cwt232.00–244.001,3434
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2631234.97/cwt226.00–239.001,48326
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3650216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4041
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2727227.07/cwt226.00–229.001,65111
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2763232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,7706
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3385265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0201
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2395320.83/cwt320.00–325.001,2676
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1311
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3522
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3505240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2121
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518253.42/cwt248.00–264.001,31314
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4401
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3621224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3915
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 3700200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4001
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2750202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5151
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 3800185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,458131.27/cwt125.00–134.001,9148
Bulls——1,825138.99/cwt135.00–140.002,5376
Bulls——1,933147.70/cwt145.00–149.002,8553
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,054102.26/cwt95.00–106.001,0786
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,101112.31/cwt108.00–119.001,23714
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,170122.05/cwt120.00–126.001,4283
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,186122.47/cwt121.00–124.001,4526
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,4882
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,5111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,474119.02/cwt118.00–121.001,7545
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,595110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,7551
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,866.67/head2,800.00–3,000.002,8679
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,341.67/head2,000.00–2,750.002,34221
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,725.00/head1,500.00–1,900.001,7256
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,656.25/head1,300.00–1,975.001,65616
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,120.00/head3,000.00–3,200.003,1205
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,668.18/head2,200.00–2,900.002,66811

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.