Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2025-05-13

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, May 13
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
370 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 290▲ 93 vs year ago 277 · +33.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
193 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 148▲ 86 vs year ago 107 · +80.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
68 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 22▲ 38 vs year ago 30 · +126.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher, with high yielding up to 2.00. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder steers sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers and 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 $339.13/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 9 of 33 comparable sales and sits −25.22 against this barn's trailing median of $364.35.
Average price
$339.13
67 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,800
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$335
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$45.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.50
vs AL average
−0.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544351.001,90938
Medium and Large 2512330.391,69321
Medium and Large 3515305.711,5748thin
One grade step is worth $45.29/cwt here — about $335 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 sale67 hd
339.13
—
AL average9 barns · 221 hd
318.63
+20.50
National average164 barns · 12,891 hd
339.88
−0.75
This barn, trailing median33 sales
364.35
−25.22
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—High1,711170.752,92211
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,257149.481,87913
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,458145.152,1176thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,195136.001,6251thin

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)—$2,19114
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,05012

Every lot

66 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 1240504.90/cwt500.00–510.001,2122
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260497.55/cwt495.00–500.001,2942
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2305450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3731
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3365375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3691
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7534
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,9827
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2417431.88/cwt420.00–440.001,8013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469464.04/cwt435.00–474.002,17619
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3475325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5441
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2477396.61/cwt390.00–400.001,8923
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,02013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518341.70/cwt340.00–342.001,7707
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3555215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1931
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2591325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9219
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1594375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,22831
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7551
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2688290.04/cwt285.00–299.001,99511
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2798280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2344
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1220510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,1221
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2264373.79/cwt370.00–375.009874
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1270430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,1611
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3290332.80/cwt315.00–350.009652
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323354.96/cwt350.00–360.001,1472
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1221
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3355335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1891
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2358375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3432
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367394.46/cwt385.00–396.001,44814
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,60514
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,72611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465337.63/cwt325.00–350.001,5702
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505334.90/cwt310.00–338.001,69119
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3515305.71/cwt290.00–308.001,5748
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1544351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,90938
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2583287.51/cwt285.00–290.001,6762
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2674260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7522
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3685240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6441
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2711257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,8273
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2778260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0232
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7001
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,8381
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3301
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7161
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3485310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5041
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2513344.85/cwt335.00–355.001,7692
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3550215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1831
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9141
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2614307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,8855
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2655296.12/cwt280.00–312.001,9402
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2718280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0104
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2800240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9201
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2888230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0422
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 21,000210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,1002
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,085150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,6281
Bulls——1,653162.99/cwt160.00–165.002,6943
Bulls——1,826177.04/cwt170.00–185.003,2337
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,195136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,6251
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,222151.96/cwt150.00–158.001,8577
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,298146.58/cwt141.00–149.001,9036
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,448148.18/cwt144.00–155.002,1465
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,9631
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,150.00/head3,000.00–3,300.003,1502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,416.67/head2,200.00–2,800.002,4176
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,645.83/head1,475.00–1,850.001,6466
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,533.33/head3,400.00–3,700.003,5333
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,888.89/head2,250.00–3,200.002,8899

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.