Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2025-07-15

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Jul 15
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
560 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 600▼ 55 vs year ago 615 · −8.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 199▼ 270 vs year ago 450 · −60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 60▼ 40 vs year ago 75 · −53.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold firm. All feeder classes sold sharply higher. 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 $347.72/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −70.51 against this barn's trailing median of $418.24.
Average price
$347.72
55 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,950
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$265
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.00
vs AL average
−24.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1574352.422,02339
Medium and Large 2514349.441,7968thin
Medium and Large 3544323.121,7588thin
One grade step is worth $29.30/cwt here — about $265 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 sale55 hd
347.72
—
AL average16 barns · 408 hd
352.73
−5.00
National average147 barns · 7,194 hd
372.43
−24.71
This barn, trailing median33 sales
418.24
−70.51
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—Average1,445183.492,65114
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,360159.072,1643thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,151158.051,81847
CowsLean 85-90%High981138.281,3565thin

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)—$2,35911
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,9752thin

Every lot

53 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2501
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,4401
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2367434.52/cwt430.00–440.001,59510
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3380385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4631
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418416.44/cwt405.00–425.001,7418
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425359.26/cwt339.00–380.001,5272
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458406.76/cwt404.00–410.001,86313
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490379.98/cwt360.00–385.001,8629
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2514349.44/cwt340.00–360.001,7968
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3538312.49/cwt300.00–325.001,6814
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3550333.75/cwt325.00–340.001,8364
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574352.42/cwt342.00–360.002,02339
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633334.08/cwt330.00–341.002,11545
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2696322.41/cwt322.00–330.002,24426
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1709328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,3269
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,2621
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2782301.27/cwt277.00–303.002,35621
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2930270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,5111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2101
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2251
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3360380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3689
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362375.63/cwt375.00–380.001,3608
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2413371.80/cwt360.00–375.001,5365
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477347.07/cwt344.00–355.001,65611
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521329.88/cwt328.00–340.001,71919
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3541303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,63910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2553322.47/cwt320.00–325.001,78319
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630304.79/cwt304.00–312.001,92030
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3635275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7461
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,9521
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6206
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5581
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2429401.27/cwt400.00–405.001,7214
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1453424.00/cwt424.00–424.001,9218
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473367.78/cwt360.00–375.001,7402
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7251
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615322.32/cwt315.00–330.001,9822
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3680295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0061
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2689299.94/cwt285.00–308.002,0674
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2745284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,1161
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,188175.54/cwt170.00–178.002,0854
Bulls——1,506184.93/cwt180.00–189.002,7857
Bulls——1,645190.73/cwt190.00–192.003,1383
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%955129.14/cwt125.00–135.001,2332
Cows—Lean 85-90%998144.37/cwt139.00–147.001,4413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,125149.80/cwt143.00–154.001,68518
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,136172.11/cwt168.00–179.001,9558
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178159.77/cwt155.00–166.001,88221
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,245150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8681
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,418163.60/cwt163.00–164.002,3202
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—2,590.00/head2,400.00–2,850.002,5905
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,166.67/head1,825.00–2,300.002,1676
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,975.00/head2,950.00–3,000.002,9752

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.