Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2026-02-17

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Feb 17
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
265 head
▼ 280 vs last sale 545▲ 17 vs year ago 248 · +6.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 105▲ 24 vs year ago 111 · +21.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 52▲ 15 vs year ago 35 · +42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher, with slaughter bulls up to 224.00 cwt. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder steers and heifers sold sharply higher. Feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. 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 $456.07/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 28 of 32 comparable sales and sits +36.94 against this barn's trailing median of $419.14.
Average price
$456.07
19 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,529
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$782
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$95.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.26
vs AL average
−31.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1593495.002,9356thin
Medium and Large 2535470.832,5207thin
Medium and Large 3538399.942,1536thin
One grade step is worth $95.06/cwt here — about $782 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale19 hd
456.07
—
AL average14 barns · 216 hd
456.34
−0.26
National average178 barns · 13,390 hd
487.35
−31.28
This barn, trailing median32 sales
419.14
+36.94
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—Low1,725203.203,50613
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,294185.122,39532
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,181170.862,01827
CowsLean 85-90%Low920135.331,2453thin

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)—$3,00519
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,48010

Every lot

65 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275665.36/cwt655.00–670.001,8303
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330642.20/cwt630.00–650.002,1193
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355630.00/cwt630.00–630.002,2371
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2369572.72/cwt550.00–590.002,1135
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6692
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0003
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413516.00/cwt516.00–516.002,1314
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2458487.86/cwt480.00–490.002,2345
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3485445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,1581
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,4353
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3515403.71/cwt400.00–415.002,0794
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520472.12/cwt460.00–475.002,4555
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573467.60/cwt460.00–475.002,6792
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3585392.39/cwt380.00–405.002,2952
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1593495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,9356
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2614425.80/cwt400.00–435.002,6145
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3614355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1801
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2672382.69/cwt360.00–390.002,5724
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2710342.68/cwt330.00–355.002,4336
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2774339.88/cwt335.00–350.002,6313
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2895330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,9544
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2230555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,2771
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,5001
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318537.45/cwt530.00–550.001,7096
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3334475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,5871
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375524.47/cwt515.00–535.001,9672
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,4781
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2422478.13/cwt450.00–492.002,0186
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2467445.23/cwt432.00–450.002,0798
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3505402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,0301
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2512431.51/cwt420.00–455.002,2096
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3555385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1371
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2352
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627375.66/cwt340.00–390.002,3556
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2101
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2730330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4091
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2774323.38/cwt320.00–330.002,5033
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,7401
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365636.78/cwt620.00–655.002,3244
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2413467.82/cwt450.00–485.001,9322
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,1466
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3460417.50/cwt410.00–425.001,9212
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1514498.27/cwt495.00–505.002,5613
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2515485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,4981
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3525357.71/cwt350.00–380.001,8784
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2568480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,7263
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2627366.48/cwt355.00–385.002,2985
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3680300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0401
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2720336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,4191
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2760330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5081
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,407189.02/cwt185.00–196.002,6603
Bulls——1,820170.00/cwt170.00–170.003,0941
Bulls——1,821211.62/cwt204.00–219.003,8549
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%890132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1751
Cows—Lean 85-90%900128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1521
Cows—Lean 85-90%970146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,4161
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,000152.00/cwt150.00–154.001,5202
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194175.38/cwt170.00–182.002,09418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200164.63/cwt161.00–169.001,9767
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,292180.64/cwt174.00–184.002,33413
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,295188.19/cwt185.00–196.002,43719
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—3,587.50/head3,300.00–3,750.003,5884
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,850.00/head2,550.00–3,150.002,85015
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—4,050.00/head3,950.00–4,150.004,0502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,337.50/head2,700.00–3,750.003,3388

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.