Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2025-06-10

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Jun 10
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
406 head
▲ 106 vs last sale 300▲ 406 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 112▲ 144 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 90▲ 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 6.00 to 12.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder steers sold 7.00 to 14.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Trade was active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $347.25/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −70.98 against this barn's trailing median of $418.24.
Average price
$347.25
12 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,887
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$341
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$38.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.22
vs AL average
−33.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2547350.461,91611thin
Medium and Large 3505312.001,5761thin
One grade step is worth $38.46/cwt here — about $341 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 sale12 hd
347.25
—
AL average13 barns · 228 hd
352.47
−5.22
National average158 barns · 9,089 hd
381.01
−33.76
This barn, trailing median33 sales
418.24
−70.98
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
488435382329median 418.2403/0305/0507/0709/0811/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $474.49, low $343.23, median $418.24 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—High1,665180.713,01024
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,466159.572,3397thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,156149.461,72823
CowsLean 85-90%High875121.201,0604thin

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)—$2,6009
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,9134thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,8132thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$3,1176
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$2,7256
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,5006

Every lot

60 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,3273
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7254
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2379403.43/cwt400.00–415.001,5299
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5603
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9782
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6561
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3505312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,5761
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2508353.73/cwt350.00–355.001,7974
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2569348.59/cwt340.00–350.001,9837
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2617329.28/cwt325.00–335.002,0329
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3684284.00/cwt282.00–285.001,9433
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2699312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,1813
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2718303.29/cwt298.00–308.002,17823
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2850265.67/cwt265.00–266.002,2583
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3318351.68/cwt350.00–355.001,1183
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2339379.86/cwt370.00–389.001,2884
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1350407.69/cwt400.00–420.001,42713
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417338.54/cwt330.00–350.001,4123
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,7264
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6692
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2517323.87/cwt318.00–325.001,67419
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565320.12/cwt317.00–325.001,8095
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9435
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3590340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0061
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613314.04/cwt310.00–316.001,9253
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2691278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,9213
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2700260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8201
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,3231
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2377443.50/cwt440.00–450.001,6723
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,8101
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3419342.58/cwt325.00–345.001,4358
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8701
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8924
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3450325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4631
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2484376.96/cwt365.00–395.001,8243
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2511336.90/cwt330.00–340.001,72214
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2588319.98/cwt315.00–325.001,8812
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3595285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6962
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,9882
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663292.47/cwt285.00–302.001,9393
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2885260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,3012
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,599178.76/cwt173.00–184.002,85814
Bulls——1,757162.74/cwt160.00–165.002,8593
Bulls——1,759192.32/cwt187.00–199.003,3837
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%820111.89/cwt109.00–115.009172
Cows—Lean 85-90%865137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1851
Cows—Lean 85-90%995124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,2341
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,081143.05/cwt135.00–148.001,54614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243154.12/cwt150.00–159.001,9165
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,311166.07/cwt163.00–170.002,1774
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,385159.40/cwt154.00–164.002,2085
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,525172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,6231
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,810148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,6791
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,100.00/head3,000.00–3,200.003,1002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,457.14/head2,250.00–2,650.002,4577
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,912.50/head1,800.00–2,000.001,9134
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,812.50/head1,675.00–1,950.001,8132
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2—3,116.67/head3,000.00–3,300.003,1176
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2—2,725.00/head2,500.00–2,900.002,7256
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,500.00/head3,100.00–3,800.003,5006

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.