Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2025-12-09

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Dec 9
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,166 head
▲ 482 vs last sale 684▲ 520 vs year ago 646 · +80.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 88▲ 70 vs year ago 95 · +73.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 45▲ 30 vs year ago 45 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 8.00 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 $376.99/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 12 of 33 comparable sales and sits −41.25 against this barn's trailing median of $418.24.
Average price
$376.99
63 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,100
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$300
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$21.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.32
vs AL average
−53.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2561378.712,12558
Medium and Large 3511357.021,8245thin
One grade step is worth $21.69/cwt here — about $300 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 sale63 hd
376.99
—
AL average13 barns · 337 hd
384.31
−7.32
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
−53.64
This barn, trailing median33 sales
418.24
−41.25
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—Low1,794189.753,40513
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,508172.922,6086thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,238154.051,90741
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,077119.481,28714

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)—$2,76125
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,4698
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,6503thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2332524.49/cwt515.00–535.001,7412
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,9981
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2415440.18/cwt435.00–450.001,8273
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3415370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5361
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483411.59/cwt400.00–426.001,98843
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3511357.02/cwt349.00–359.001,8245
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528401.23/cwt387.00–414.002,11829
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2594356.19/cwt354.00–382.502,11629
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2621353.33/cwt335.00–366.002,19454
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3629329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,06917
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678343.79/cwt336.00–346.002,33122
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3695300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0851
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720330.76/cwt320.00–339.002,38169
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3752305.66/cwt280.00–308.502,29910
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2772324.97/cwt318.50–329.002,50955
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2822310.25/cwt303.00–316.002,55016
Steers800–850Medium and Large 3840280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3521
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2883283.32/cwt280.00–290.002,5023
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1900320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,8806
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2919280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,57311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1210510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,0711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4791
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2384420.11/cwt400.00–428.001,61314
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425404.00/cwt395.00–412.001,71711
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3427366.56/cwt350.00–385.001,5653
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468385.67/cwt367.00–400.001,80522
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520322.55/cwt320.00–325.001,6772
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2542344.55/cwt340.00–362.501,86727
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3575310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7834
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2589333.37/cwt330.00–345.001,96417
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613324.22/cwt320.00–330.001,98714
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3649305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,97911
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3660240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5841
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665323.63/cwt316.00–330.002,15231
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2723316.94/cwt300.00–323.002,29145
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2756313.31/cwt310.00–316.002,36920
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2843279.55/cwt260.00–284.002,3579
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1859285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,4484
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2200500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,0001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1275555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,5261
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,6501
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378433.13/cwt430.00–434.001,6379
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3405300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2152
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2475395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8762
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2520388.37/cwt370.00–400.002,0206
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,2001
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3578305.00/cwt300.00–310.001,7633
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620342.42/cwt340.00–345.002,1232
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2657311.73/cwt300.00–335.002,0483
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700299.60/cwt292.00–312.002,0975
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,482172.11/cwt165.00–175.002,5513
Bulls——1,693186.27/cwt184.00–189.003,1544
Bulls——2,018200.88/cwt190.00–207.004,0546
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,007105.19/cwt100.00–114.001,0593
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,038127.76/cwt127.00–128.001,3264
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,090140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,5263
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130120.87/cwt117.00–126.001,3667
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,197151.72/cwt148.00–158.001,81629
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,420166.23/cwt162.00–170.002,3609
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,508172.92/cwt171.00–174.002,6086
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,371.43/head3,000.00–3,700.003,3717
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,523.61/head1,875.00–2,750.002,52418
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,468.75/head1,325.00–1,650.001,4698
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,650.00/head1,500.00–1,800.001,6503

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.