Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2025-04-22

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Apr 22
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
449 head
▼ 151 vs last sale 600▼ 9 vs year ago 458 · −2.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▼ 166 vs last sale 296▼ 40 vs year ago 170 · −23.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 120▼ 31 vs year ago 111 · −27.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls 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 $304.66/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −59.69 against this barn's trailing median of $364.35.
Average price
$304.66
22 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,630
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$19.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.63
vs AL average
−25.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2539316.041,7039thin
Medium and Large 3532296.781,58013thin
One grade step is worth $19.26/cwt here — about $124 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 sale22 hd
304.66
—
AL average15 barns · 441 hd
303.04
+1.63
National average175 barns · 11,256 hd
329.95
−25.29
This barn, trailing median33 sales
364.35
−59.69
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—Average1,488163.162,4288thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,177147.761,73921
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,422143.372,03911
CowsLean 85-90%Average758115.988792thin

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)—$2,39221
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,22627

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1245500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2251
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1365441.67/cwt440.00–442.501,6123
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4062
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410424.94/cwt420.00–430.001,7422
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433390.58/cwt375.00–415.001,6916
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3435350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5231
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9402
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3485330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2494350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,7293
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2514357.60/cwt350.00–360.001,83810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9882
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0453
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3578293.00/cwt285.00–304.001,6943
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3620277.58/cwt275.00–280.001,7212
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633327.28/cwt320.00–335.002,07213
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3671238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5973
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2693288.75/cwt287.50–290.002,0012
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2832261.37/cwt250.00–265.002,1754
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3041
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3330320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370387.60/cwt385.00–390.001,4342
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1631
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,50211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418363.02/cwt350.00–370.001,5175
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473362.85/cwt350.00–370.001,71616
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475270.42/cwt250.00–290.001,2842
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515327.99/cwt325.00–330.001,6895
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3530298.60/cwt298.00–305.001,58312
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3560275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5401
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569301.11/cwt290.00–320.001,7134
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7081
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0631
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,9271
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,9701
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2840270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,3951
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3447322.46/cwt320.00–330.001,4414
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469356.23/cwt350.00–365.001,6714
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3495305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5101
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3500300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2524337.98/cwt330.00–350.001,7715
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3555270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4993
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8851
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2645298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,9221
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,095145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5881
Bulls——1,528162.92/cwt160.00–166.002,4895
Bulls——1,585172.84/cwt170.00–176.002,7402
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%758115.98/cwt115.00–117.008792
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,091144.15/cwt140.00–147.001,5737
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,201150.77/cwt148.00–155.001,81113
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,345145.21/cwt142.00–148.001,9532
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,439143.45/cwt136.00–149.002,0648
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,445139.00/cwt139.00–139.002,0091
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,470134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,9701
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,725.00/head2,700.00–2,800.002,7254
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,313.24/head1,900.00–2,600.002,31317
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,787.50/head3,600.00–4,200.003,7884
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,211.90/head2,650.00–3,550.003,21221
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 1-2—2,250.00/head2,200.00–2,300.002,2502

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.