Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2025-04-15

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Apr 15
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
600 head
▲ 180 vs last sale 420▲ 257 vs year ago 343 · +74.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
296 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 265▲ 189 vs year ago 107 · +176.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
120 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 80▲ 73 vs year ago 47 · +155.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold firm. All feeder classes sold sharply higher. 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 $295.55/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −68.80 against this barn's trailing median of $364.35.
Average price
$295.55
17 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$333
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$38.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.11
vs AL average
−25.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2562300.111,68715thin
Medium and Large 3518261.371,3542thin
One grade step is worth $38.74/cwt here — about $333 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale17 hd
295.55
—
AL average14 barns · 479 hd
305.67
−10.11
National average175 barns · 12,815 hd
321.18
−25.63
This barn, trailing median33 sales
364.35
−68.80
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—Average1,668161.802,69914
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,206140.701,69645
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,478137.982,0392thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,058123.711,30911

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)—$2,51248
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,7814thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,34031

Every lot

48 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1215510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,0971
Steers250–300Medium and Large 3270390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,0531
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3402
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378397.45/cwt395.00–400.001,5022
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2442369.68/cwt360.00–385.001,6348
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2492342.87/cwt340.00–375.001,68730
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2517350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8105
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8885
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,98419
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660305.04/cwt290.00–310.002,0134
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2723255.03/cwt245.00–265.001,8442
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1205475.00/cwt475.00–475.009741
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3295305.00/cwt305.00–305.009001
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2376360.58/cwt345.00–380.001,3567
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2432360.62/cwt340.00–370.001,5583
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,3221
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490361.90/cwt320.00–369.001,77346
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3518261.37/cwt250.00–272.001,3542
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527329.38/cwt307.00–337.001,7364
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2575289.47/cwt275.00–292.501,66411
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2619273.22/cwt260.00–287.001,6916
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2663267.74/cwt257.00–280.001,77544
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2712256.69/cwt240.00–259.001,82815
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2755245.50/cwt245.00–247.001,8544
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,1831
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3300380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2322423.34/cwt420.00–425.001,3633
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373402.48/cwt400.00–405.001,5012
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6911
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465367.92/cwt350.00–380.001,7113
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2555305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6932
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,373141.98/cwt135.00–146.001,9493
Bulls——1,528160.41/cwt150.00–168.002,4516
Bulls——2,013175.35/cwt170.00–179.003,5305
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%960107.31/cwt100.00–113.001,0302
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,065121.97/cwt116.00–127.001,2994
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,091131.67/cwt128.00–138.001,4375
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,132133.31/cwt133.00–134.001,5093
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,207139.79/cwt135.00–144.001,68734
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,227147.33/cwt146.00–149.001,8088
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,478137.98/cwt137.00–139.002,0392
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,385.19/head2,600.00–4,200.003,38527
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—3,037.50/head2,800.00–3,400.003,0384
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,466.67/head3,200.00–3,800.003,4676
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,510.00/head2,000.00–3,000.002,51035
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,781.25/head1,625.00–1,850.001,7814
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,703.57/head1,400.00–1,875.001,7047

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.