Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2026-02-10

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Feb 10
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
545 head
▲ 165 vs last sale 380▼ 55 vs year ago 600 · −9.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 75▼ 77 vs year ago 182 · −42.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 59▼ 8 vs year ago 60 · −13.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold unevenly steady. Replacement cattle sold steady. All feeder classes sold sharply higher. 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 $399.18/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 24 of 32 comparable sales and sits +33.91 against this barn's trailing median of $365.27.
Average price
$399.18
35 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,117
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$30.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.92
vs AL average
−24.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2530405.232,14828
Medium and Large 3532374.981,9957thin
One grade step is worth $30.26/cwt here — about $153 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale35 hd
399.18
—
AL average16 barns · 527 hd
396.26
+2.92
National average187 barns · 18,214 hd
423.95
−24.77
This barn, trailing median32 sales
365.27
+33.91
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—Low1,707195.833,34318
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,405182.232,5609thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,223166.492,03627
CowsLean 85-90%High886123.441,0947thin

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)—$2,5758
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,6105
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,0001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,3055

Every lot

71 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1200600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,2002
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,5601
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy270645.00/cwt645.00–645.001,7421
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,7601
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2323502.94/cwt490.00–515.001,6247
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,0631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2389501.72/cwt480.00–510.001,9526
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3400467.50/cwt465.00–470.001,8702
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426493.13/cwt490.00–500.002,10110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3450450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0251
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2476477.77/cwt470.00–482.002,2749
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2508474.14/cwt450.00–482.002,4096
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3540404.06/cwt400.00–410.002,1825
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2559447.58/cwt440.00–455.002,50210
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3589403.87/cwt385.00–410.002,3798
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,4421
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3600380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2801
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621535.00/cwt535.00–535.003,3223
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2653359.56/cwt345.00–384.002,3488
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2730335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4461
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3730298.84/cwt290.00–303.002,1829
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2774334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,5854
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,6161
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2255505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,2882
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3327442.00/cwt442.00–442.001,4454
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328498.69/cwt490.00–500.001,6367
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2353476.77/cwt470.00–495.001,6838
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3365435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5881
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417451.49/cwt442.00–472.001,88329
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3438417.40/cwt400.00–435.001,8282
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2460438.70/cwt430.00–445.002,0188
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3463392.16/cwt380.00–405.001,8162
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2524412.10/cwt400.00–422.002,15923
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3529374.14/cwt300.00–394.001,9796
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3550380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0901
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2558373.65/cwt372.00–380.002,0855
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4843
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2122
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2675331.57/cwt331.00–333.002,23814
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3601
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2845294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,48420
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 3880258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,2701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330520.73/cwt500.00–545.001,7185
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2373494.70/cwt490.00–500.001,8452
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3409440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8008
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2437471.80/cwt445.00–485.002,0626
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0921
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1506520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,6313
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533438.92/cwt430.00–445.002,3395
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,5991
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2588379.37/cwt360.00–390.002,2319
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2606390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3634
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665342.36/cwt325.00–360.002,2772
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2681
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2780302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,3563
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,553160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,4852
Bulls——1,636188.61/cwt180.00–191.003,0865
Bulls——1,767205.63/cwt199.00–211.003,63311
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%808133.49/cwt132.00–135.001,0792
Cows—Lean 85-90%890113.51/cwt113.00–114.001,0102
Cows—Lean 85-90%935123.37/cwt120.00–127.001,1543
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,131160.44/cwt155.00–165.001,81515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,323176.25/cwt170.00–182.002,33211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,371188.04/cwt187.00–189.002,5785
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,443179.30/cwt179.00–180.002,5873
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,3651
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,500150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,2501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,305.00/head1,125.00–1,350.001,3055
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,575.00/head2,450.00–3,100.002,5758
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,610.00/head1,500.00–1,750.001,6105
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001

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.