Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2025-10-21

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Oct 21
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
598 head
▼ 465 vs last sale 1,063▼ 804 vs year ago 1,402 · −57.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 185▼ 225 vs year ago 350 · −64.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 70▲ 25 vs year ago 50 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold sharply higher. Feeder bulls sold sharply lower. 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 $357.86/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 14 of 32 comparable sales and sits −7.41 against this barn's trailing median of $365.27.
Average price
$357.86
29 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,899
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$303
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$43.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.85
vs AL average
−32.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523375.301,9639thin
Medium and Large 2536350.961,88119thin
Medium and Large 3500332.001,6601thin
One grade step is worth $43.30/cwt here — about $303 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 sale29 hd
357.86
—
AL average14 barns · 553 hd
345.01
+12.85
National average186 barns · 24,193 hd
390.82
−32.96
This barn, trailing median32 sales
365.27
−7.41
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

32 sales
451397344290median 365.2703/0305/0507/0709/0810/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $436.90, low $303.81, median $365.27 across 32 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—Average1,647175.262,88711
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,216156.581,90442
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,352146.601,9823thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,040135.281,4079thin

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)—$2,26526
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,7329
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,4555
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,1002thin

Every lot

63 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,4131
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2289492.73/cwt470.00–500.001,4244
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,5302
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3310400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2401
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5181
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363453.31/cwt450.00–455.001,6466
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428436.35/cwt435.00–440.001,86811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1743
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2489425.41/cwt425.00–427.002,08010
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521405.72/cwt400.00–412.002,1148
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3546379.99/cwt375.00–385.002,07516
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2567394.08/cwt393.00–397.002,23415
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2617370.59/cwt367.00–386.002,28720
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3639330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1093
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2661346.59/cwt340.00–360.002,2916
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,4674
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2793325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5774
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2848319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,7052
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2915288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,6351
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,2131
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2293430.09/cwt420.00–440.001,2602
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2361403.74/cwt400.00–410.001,45812
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4063
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3415344.46/cwt330.00–365.001,4308
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435372.17/cwt370.00–400.001,61914
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2464377.22/cwt375.00–380.001,75024
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3500332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,6601
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518350.78/cwt340.00–365.001,81712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523375.30/cwt370.00–382.001,9639
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2567351.28/cwt330.00–355.001,9927
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1604350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1144
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2682327.88/cwt325.00–330.002,23614
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2710310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2011
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,4603
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2822297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,4416
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1250570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,4251
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,2991
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,6963
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3345410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4151
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2372444.19/cwt430.00–450.001,6525
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,89110
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2433398.46/cwt390.00–415.001,7253
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476380.65/cwt375.00–382.001,8125
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,1274
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2536335.86/cwt320.00–340.001,8006
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1665
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2779304.31/cwt287.00–315.002,3713
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2835247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,0621
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,555142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,2081
Bulls——1,575188.58/cwt180.00–194.002,9704
Bulls——1,711171.92/cwt165.00–178.002,9426
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%964123.84/cwt120.00–135.001,1944
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,101144.43/cwt140.00–149.001,5905
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175142.28/cwt136.00–146.001,6723
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,201155.52/cwt150.00–159.001,86826
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256161.99/cwt160.00–167.002,03513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,295141.40/cwt139.00–144.001,8312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,465157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,3001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,230.00/head2,000.00–2,650.002,23025
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,732.22/head1,600.00–1,900.001,7329
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,455.00/head1,425.00–1,500.001,4555
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,100.00/head2,000.00–2,200.002,1002

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.