Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2025-11-11

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Nov 11
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
603 head
▼ 71 vs last sale 674▼ 530 vs year ago 1,133 · −46.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 128▼ 235 vs year ago 320 · −73.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 64▼ 35 vs year ago 65 · −53.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle were unevenly steady. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls 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 $392.19/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 14 of 32 comparable sales and sits −26.94 against this barn's trailing median of $419.14.
Average price
$392.19
52 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,101
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.30
vs AL average
−32.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560397.232,22413thin
Medium and Large 2528390.512,06039
One grade step is worth $6.72/cwt here — about $164 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 sale52 hd
392.19
—
AL average14 barns · 268 hd
376.89
+15.30
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−32.68
This barn, trailing median32 sales
419.14
−26.94
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
488435382329median 419.1403/0305/0507/0709/0810/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $474.49, low $343.23, median $419.14 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—Average1,582171.782,71710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,849153.602,8404thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,299153.541,99529
CowsLean 85-90%High1,121129.181,4486thin

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)—$2,8367
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,6064thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)—$4,3004thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,7504thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$1,7503thin

Every lot

56 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2349420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4661
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6692
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2418412.42/cwt400.00–416.001,7245
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3455300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3651
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469399.00/cwt396.00–400.001,8714
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2521394.48/cwt380.00–400.002,05531
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2553375.15/cwt367.00–380.002,0758
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,24312
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2613358.60/cwt350.00–370.002,19827
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2693338.47/cwt330.00–350.002,34649
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4219
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3795285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2661
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2832323.01/cwt300.00–330.502,68742
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2151
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388379.44/cwt375.00–384.001,4725
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5801
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,58010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3463322.49/cwt320.00–325.001,4932
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477360.41/cwt350.00–366.001,71921
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2501340.68/cwt335.00–352.001,7076
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560338.21/cwt320.00–339.001,89425
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3570300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7101
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2626327.99/cwt322.00–330.002,05310
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2676328.77/cwt300.00–330.002,22244
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2791292.34/cwt270.00–296.002,3127
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4181
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6241
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3375405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5191
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2404415.85/cwt415.00–416.001,6807
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470386.01/cwt385.00–387.001,8142
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2537378.68/cwt376.00–380.002,0343
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3540325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7552
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9781
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2608335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,03728
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2685315.00/cwt300.00–330.002,1582
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2740270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9981
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 3760200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5201
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,320152.42/cwt146.00–157.002,0122
Bulls——1,568170.13/cwt164.00–176.002,6684
Bulls——1,726183.11/cwt180.00–188.003,1604
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%925117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0822
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,165160.59/cwt160.00–161.001,8712
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,219135.27/cwt130.00–138.001,6494
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,309155.03/cwt150.00–158.002,02923
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310141.45/cwt136.00–144.001,8534
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,825158.13/cwt157.00–159.002,8863
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,920140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,6881
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,366.67/head3,000.00–3,550.003,3673
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,437.50/head2,000.00–2,700.002,4384
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,750.00/head1,675.00–1,900.001,7503
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2—4,300.00/head4,300.00–4,300.004,3004
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,950.00/head3,950.00–3,950.003,9501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,350.00/head2,050.00–2,800.002,3503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,750.00/head1,650.00–1,800.001,7503

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.