Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2025-12-02

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Dec 2
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
684 head
▼ 101 vs last sale 785▼ 636 vs year ago 1,320 · −48.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 150▼ 272 vs year ago 360 · −75.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 110▼ 43 vs year ago 88 · −48.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cattle sold unevenly steady. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers and bulls sold sharply lower. Trade was active with good to moderate demand on feeder cattle. Direct sale 1739 head feeder steers 690 lbs sold $400.00 cwt.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $379.65/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 11 of 32 comparable sales and sits −39.48 against this barn's trailing median of $419.14.
Average price
$379.65
51 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,066
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.01
vs AL average
−49.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2544379.652,06651
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale51 hd
379.65
—
AL average9 barns · 151 hd
374.64
+5.01
National average190 barns · 23,426 hd
429.15
−49.50
This barn, trailing median32 sales
419.14
−39.48
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—Low1,518182.472,7706thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,455161.102,3449thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,102148.081,63135
CowsLean 85-90%Low962122.001,1739thin

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)—$2,86122
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,5687
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,7955

Every lot

60 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,4341
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2354432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,5314
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2413386.66/cwt385.00–387.001,5976
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425361.07/cwt350.00–370.001,5359
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,8404
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9002
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531385.31/cwt365.00–390.002,04639
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2587361.27/cwt350.00–365.002,12112
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626358.50/cwt358.50–358.502,24465
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2631348.19/cwt340.00–351.502,19726
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2662325.81/cwt320.00–340.002,15714
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3675315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1263
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2737315.29/cwt310.00–320.002,32437
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2772314.79/cwt308.00–320.002,4305
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2830260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,1581
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1893305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,7243
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1222500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,1103
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2258455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,1743
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,3394
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,3432
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2372395.63/cwt392.00–410.001,4725
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2443381.63/cwt370.00–385.001,69123
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6872
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2462332.81/cwt330.00–342.001,5389
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7623
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,8191
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7251
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2610310.69/cwt305.00–320.001,89514
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3614297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,8247
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3650280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8201
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1603
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2692295.42/cwt290.00–308.002,04426
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2739291.17/cwt280.00–293.002,15211
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2895230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0591
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,4701
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2305460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,4032
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2410415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7021
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3435340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4791
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,8861
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475381.24/cwt370.00–385.001,8114
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2503353.31/cwt350.00–355.001,7773
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575326.28/cwt325.00–330.001,8764
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2602322.49/cwt320.00–335.001,9416
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3630280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,7641
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2660287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,8941
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2810232.53/cwt230.00–235.001,8834
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,413163.57/cwt160.00–167.002,3112
Bulls——1,452193.22/cwt190.00–200.002,8063
Bulls——1,925188.00/cwt188.00–188.003,6191
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%803104.98/cwt100.00–110.008432
Cows—Lean 85-90%897117.45/cwt114.00–123.001,0543
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,039139.66/cwt134.00–147.001,45114
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090133.92/cwt129.00–139.001,4604
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,113151.13/cwt146.00–158.001,68216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241161.87/cwt160.00–168.002,0095
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455161.10/cwt158.00–166.002,3449
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,533.33/head3,200.00–3,700.003,5336
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,609.38/head2,200.00–3,050.002,60916
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,567.86/head1,450.00–1,800.001,5687
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,795.00/head2,650.00–2,975.002,7955

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.