Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2025-06-24

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Jun 24
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
750 head
▲ 265 vs last sale 485▲ 750 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
184 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 177▲ 184 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 65▲ 95 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply lower. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Trade was active with good to moderate 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 $309.43/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −54.93 against this barn's trailing median of $364.35.
Average price
$309.43
82 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,729
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$89
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.44
vs AL average
−26.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1502329.001,65213thin
Medium and Large 2569305.741,74169
One grade step is worth $23.26/cwt here — about −$89 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale82 hd
309.43
—
AL average13 barns · 429 hd
319.86
−10.44
National average145 barns · 7,340 hd
335.91
−26.48
This barn, trailing median33 sales
364.35
−54.93
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—High1,537185.712,8548thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,423163.322,3253thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,215159.311,93644
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,136134.971,5336thin

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)—$2,27423
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,7384thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,82015

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2205390.00/cwt390.00–390.008001
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1357399.54/cwt395.00–400.001,42612
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4184
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,6779
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3472293.84/cwt292.00–300.001,3879
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482343.03/cwt340.00–350.001,65313
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2514333.77/cwt328.00–335.001,71612
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562343.65/cwt331.00–350.001,93150
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2591326.19/cwt320.00–328.001,92824
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2614320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9657
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668307.48/cwt300.00–325.002,05419
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1711317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,2547
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730291.37/cwt285.00–304.002,12713
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3790270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1337
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2856260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,2263
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0551
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323343.40/cwt340.00–360.001,10920
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340324.63/cwt300.00–350.001,1042
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4051
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2408334.65/cwt331.00–345.001,3654
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435307.59/cwt300.00–315.001,3382
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462344.83/cwt342.00–352.001,59324
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2486321.09/cwt320.50–328.001,56012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1502329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,65213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2511320.74/cwt318.00–322.001,6398
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577303.77/cwt293.00–315.001,75361
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2603292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,7615
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665284.47/cwt280.00–286.001,89228
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2716268.28/cwt257.00–274.001,9216
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3728252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,8353
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2795262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,0831
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2802255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,04520
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2342374.67/cwt374.00–380.001,28110
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2191
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2388348.26/cwt340.00–355.001,3513
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3391
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5662
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,6561
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2489333.42/cwt325.00–335.001,6306
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3500295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4751
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540326.35/cwt325.00–328.001,7623
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2678288.42/cwt280.00–297.001,9554
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2794264.96/cwt262.00–276.002,10414
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2876230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,01510
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,358172.19/cwt167.00–175.002,3383
Bulls——1,470157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,3081
Bulls——1,688203.02/cwt196.00–206.003,4274
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,005120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2061
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,103146.71/cwt144.00–150.001,6189
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,162137.96/cwt135.00–140.001,6035
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234160.91/cwt155.00–166.001,98627
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,278168.07/cwt167.00–170.002,1488
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390159.48/cwt159.00–160.002,2172
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,490171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,5481
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,483.33/head3,150.00–3,800.003,4833
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,654.17/head2,150.00–2,950.002,65412
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,700.00/head2,600.00–2,850.002,7003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,210.00/head1,900.00–2,450.002,21020
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,737.50/head1,650.00–1,800.001,7384

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.