Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2026-02-03

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Feb 3
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
380 head
▲ 315 vs last sale 65▼ 470 vs year ago 850 · −55.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 26▼ 58 vs year ago 133 · −43.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
59 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 5▲ 34 vs year ago 25 · +136.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold unevenly steady. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder bulls sold sharply higher. Feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady. 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 $381.51/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 18 of 32 comparable sales and sits +16.24 against this barn's trailing median of $365.27.
Average price
$381.51
59 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,148
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$362
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$55.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.84
vs AL average
−50.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564385.882,17749
Medium and Large 2558363.392,0279thin
Medium and Large 3550330.001,8151thin
One grade step is worth $55.88/cwt here — about $362 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 sale59 hd
381.51
—
AL average11 barns · 204 hd
385.34
−3.84
National average145 barns · 12,920 hd
431.54
−50.03
This barn, trailing median32 sales
365.27
+16.24
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—High1,709195.813,34612
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,295184.712,3923thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,180163.911,93420
CowsLean 85-90%Average971124.671,2113thin

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)—$2,50511
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,8503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,4252thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,6077

Every lot

59 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy213709.65/cwt700.00–720.001,5122
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2233510.78/cwt507.00–515.001,1902
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1285603.22/cwt600.00–610.001,7193
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8252
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3400410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,6401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2416481.04/cwt470.00–490.002,0017
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,9131
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472458.77/cwt450.00–465.002,1655
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500482.00/cwt482.00–482.002,4104
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3525390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0481
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2547451.32/cwt430.00–453.002,46913
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1558473.25/cwt470.00–475.002,64117
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2562430.11/cwt410.00–435.002,4175
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3590360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1241
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3610335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0441
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633391.13/cwt380.00–395.002,47615
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678369.46/cwt354.00–385.002,50516
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2700320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2401
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,5443
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,8773
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880342.00/cwt340.00–343.003,0109
Steers850–900Medium and Large 3880220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9361
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,3231
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,5901
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383473.21/cwt472.00–475.001,8125
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430424.94/cwt420.00–430.001,8272
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456438.00/cwt438.00–438.001,9976
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473397.51/cwt395.00–400.001,8804
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,1404
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2518377.46/cwt370.00–385.001,9552
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8151
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2569359.37/cwt350.00–366.002,0457
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570382.14/cwt378.00–385.002,17845
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2628348.06/cwt340.00–350.002,18619
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,27817
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1711343.92/cwt340.00–350.002,44528
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2727334.50/cwt330.00–338.002,4327
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2754331.13/cwt328.00–335.002,4979
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2815314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,5593
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2280540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,5121
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,0414
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2388486.52/cwt480.00–500.001,8883
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2458485.03/cwt480.00–490.002,2212
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2553469.95/cwt460.00–480.002,5992
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2604371.99/cwt369.00–375.002,2476
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,589184.79/cwt180.00–191.002,9365
Bulls——1,794203.68/cwt195.00–211.003,6547
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%890149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,3261
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,009110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1101
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1671
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,131173.03/cwt171.00–179.001,9574
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,145181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,0721
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180164.19/cwt161.00–168.001,93711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,9035
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,370186.56/cwt186.00–187.002,5562
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,607.14/head1,500.00–1,650.001,6077
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,504.55/head2,200.00–2,900.002,50511
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8503
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,425.00/head2,350.00–2,500.002,4252

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.