Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2025-04-29

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Apr 29
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
430 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 449▼ 63 vs year ago 493 · −12.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
195 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 130▲ 92 vs year ago 103 · +89.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
175 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 80▲ 85 vs year ago 90 · +94.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers 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 $325.55/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −38.80 against this barn's trailing median of $364.35.
Average price
$325.55
35 head · 525 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,709
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$17.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.82
vs AL average
−3.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2524329.011,72328
Medium and Large 3529311.711,6507thin
One grade step is worth $17.29/cwt here — about $73 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale35 hd
325.55
—
AL average12 barns · 418 hd
312.72
+12.82
National average176 barns · 11,721 hd
329.34
−3.79
This barn, trailing median33 sales
364.35
−38.80
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—High1,655165.062,7318thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,372146.012,0033thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,232144.361,77823
CowsLean 85-90%High1,009125.771,2695thin

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)—$2,18924
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,42528

Every lot

68 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1235501.97/cwt490.00–515.001,1802
Steers200–250Medium and Large 3245425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,0411
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283474.97/cwt470.00–485.001,3445
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2324441.15/cwt437.00–450.001,4296
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3336370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2431
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2378436.69/cwt420.00–442.001,6514
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1392475.00/cwt470.00–480.001,8623
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy400490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,9601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430452.53/cwt450.00–455.001,9462
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433407.00/cwt400.00–430.001,7628
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3445345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5351
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471369.20/cwt350.00–385.001,73914
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,0456
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2513349.33/cwt340.00–350.001,79215
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,1474
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572338.79/cwt330.00–350.001,93811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3600257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,5451
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2601322.97/cwt307.00–325.001,9419
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9831
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0581
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0931
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 3224380.00/cwt380.00–380.008511
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2275400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1311400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2442
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2366384.26/cwt375.00–385.001,40613
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,5096
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3400325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6391
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2416359.32/cwt340.00–370.001,49515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470342.83/cwt335.00–347.001,61116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2514331.72/cwt307.00–337.001,70521
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3521320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6676
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2553320.86/cwt300.00–327.001,7747
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3580262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,5201
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2618276.24/cwt272.00–285.001,7073
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0461
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3645240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5481
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7161
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7401
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2785242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9001
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2892228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,0349
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1235515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,2101
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328437.67/cwt430.00–445.001,4362
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3355365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2961
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365424.95/cwt420.00–430.001,5513
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,6131
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2463372.49/cwt370.00–375.001,7252
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2523335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7524
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2553337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,8642
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2628302.78/cwt300.00–305.001,9014
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,0021
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2795242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9241
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2875210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8381
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,215138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,6771
Bulls——1,710174.05/cwt172.00–175.002,9763
Bulls——1,723165.09/cwt161.00–170.002,8454
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%910116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0561
Cows—Lean 85-90%992128.95/cwt128.00–130.001,2793
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160137.65/cwt137.00–139.001,5973
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,160126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,4621
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,237143.98/cwt140.00–147.001,78115
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,255150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8831
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258149.52/cwt148.00–151.001,8815
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430144.01/cwt143.00–145.002,0592
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,234.09/head2,100.00–2,550.002,23422
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,687.50/head1,600.00–1,775.001,6882
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—4,020.00/head3,900.00–4,300.004,0205
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,295.65/head2,700.00–3,800.003,29623

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.