Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2025-09-16

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Sep 16
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
945 head
▼ 405 vs last sale 1,350▼ 225 vs year ago 1,170 · −19.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 90▼ 257 vs year ago 397 · −64.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 144▼ 4 vs year ago 94 · −4.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold unevenly steady. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder steer sold mostly steady with instances 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Feeder bulls sold sharply lower. Trade was active, with moderate 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 $370.54/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 9 of 33 comparable sales and sits −47.70 against this barn's trailing median of $418.24.
Average price
$370.54
75 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,091
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$200
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$63.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.25
vs AL average
−34.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538403.852,17312thin
Medium and Large 2562381.772,14636
Medium and Large 3579340.761,97327
One grade step is worth $63.09/cwt here — about $200 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale75 hd
370.54
—
AL average14 barns · 419 hd
381.79
−11.25
National average165 barns · 10,728 hd
404.64
−34.10
This barn, trailing median33 sales
418.24
−47.70
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—Low1,804189.923,42612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,000176.001,7601thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,109157.861,75155
CowsLean 85-90%High943137.971,30111

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)—$2,36442
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,7848
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,9002thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330462.50/cwt450.00–475.001,5262
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1352496.67/cwt490.00–500.001,7483
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2384448.89/cwt440.00–450.001,7249
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2419420.05/cwt400.00–425.001,7605
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3429365.05/cwt350.00–370.001,5664
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0473
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458411.76/cwt408.00–422.001,88614
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9206
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538403.85/cwt401.00–408.002,17312
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2544390.88/cwt385.00–397.002,12611
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570377.76/cwt375.00–385.002,15325
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3579340.76/cwt340.00–342.001,97327
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2625353.57/cwt351.00–370.002,21033
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3640335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1441
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,5267
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2686333.83/cwt330.50–350.002,29094
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2714334.62/cwt330.00–343.002,38946
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775333.50/cwt333.50–333.502,58514
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2835329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,7473
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318444.72/cwt440.00–450.001,4142
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3345415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,4321
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363428.37/cwt422.00–435.001,5552
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3385400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5401
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2416377.17/cwt370.00–390.001,5697
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3435335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4571
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8601
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477357.24/cwt350.00–370.001,70443
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3510335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,70912
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534351.78/cwt344.00–356.001,87928
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3557309.97/cwt300.00–320.001,7274
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,0926
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2587337.79/cwt335.00–346.001,98332
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2609330.69/cwt330.00–333.002,01429
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3643307.49/cwt305.00–310.001,9772
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665329.02/cwt325.00–331.502,18834
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2391397.22/cwt390.00–400.001,5537
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8921
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2445380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6914
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8901
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3465300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3951
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483368.69/cwt350.00–375.001,7818
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1502394.46/cwt392.00–400.001,98011
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0635
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2580345.26/cwt330.00–360.002,0032
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660329.70/cwt310.00–340.002,1763
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2732305.84/cwt305.00–310.002,2396
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,570152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,3861
Bulls——1,800200.30/cwt195.00–207.003,6054
Bulls——1,840189.40/cwt184.00–194.003,4857
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%918132.35/cwt130.00–134.001,2153
Cows—Lean 85-90%952140.08/cwt138.00–144.001,3348
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,000176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,7601
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,081145.35/cwt141.00–152.001,57112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,099158.68/cwt153.00–165.001,74432
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170169.10/cwt166.00–174.001,97811
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—2,356.41/head1,950.00–2,900.002,35639
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,784.38/head1,700.00–1,875.001,7848
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—4,100.00/head4,100.00–4,100.004,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7001

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.