Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2026-04-14

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Apr 14
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
715 head
▲ 230 vs last sale 485▲ 115 vs year ago 600 · +19.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
151 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 116▼ 145 vs year ago 296 · −49.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
290 head
▲ 105 vs last sale 185▲ 170 vs year ago 120 · +141.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold unevenly steady. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply lower. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 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 $465.01/cwt on 54 head, down $9.48 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 29 of 32 comparable sales and sits +45.87 against this barn's trailing median of $419.14.
Average price
$465.01
▼ 9.48 vs prior sale
54 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,504
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.13
vs AL average
−23.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2538465.012,50454
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 sale54 hd
465.01
—
AL average14 barns · 260 hd
461.88
+3.13
National average180 barns · 13,019 hd
488.35
−23.34
This barn, trailing median32 sales
419.14
+45.87
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—Average1,805212.733,83912
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,162173.262,01439
CowsLean 85-90%High892133.691,19313

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)—$3,56452
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,37232
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$4,98467
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,91527

Every lot

67 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2200650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,3001
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1205700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,4353
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2276602.19/cwt600.00–606.001,66211
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3315505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,5911
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2319573.56/cwt565.00–580.001,8307
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2354532.42/cwt525.00–540.001,8854
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,2626
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3405450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8231
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,35415
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422510.25/cwt500.00–525.002,15318
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471495.10/cwt486.00–500.002,33222
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528470.25/cwt450.00–475.002,48342
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575446.65/cwt445.00–450.002,56812
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,9405
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2636410.65/cwt410.00–414.002,61212
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3645378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,4383
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2707375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,6512
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2780323.92/cwt321.00–330.002,5273
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5601
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2850330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,8051
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2260535.82/cwt525.00–540.001,3934
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3326476.66/cwt475.00–480.001,5543
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330506.14/cwt500.00–515.001,6707
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2353491.49/cwt490.00–492.001,7354
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3391454.92/cwt450.00–485.001,7797
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415480.82/cwt475.00–485.001,9958
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432502.44/cwt500.00–506.002,17123
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3490400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9601
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2492451.63/cwt445.00–453.002,22227
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1506470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,37821
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2519425.57/cwt420.00–430.002,2098
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533411.14/cwt400.00–415.002,1915
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3564371.92/cwt335.00–385.002,0984
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2568412.91/cwt390.00–425.002,3459
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2603374.02/cwt360.00–387.002,25512
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2683344.95/cwt335.00–350.002,3563
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3690320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2081
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3738325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3993
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,5951
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2265580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,5371
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2319583.76/cwt580.00–585.001,8624
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3320500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6006
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,8733
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3410450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8452
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,2954
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3470410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9271
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2500480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,4002
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3560410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,2963
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4003
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670367.09/cwt355.00–370.002,4605
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2705342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,4111
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2760330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5084
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,747189.57/cwt180.00–198.003,3123
Bulls——1,824220.45/cwt207.00–234.004,0219
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%870110.00/cwt110.00–110.009573
Cows—Lean 85-90%876147.58/cwt141.00–149.001,2935
Cows—Lean 85-90%922134.01/cwt130.00–135.001,2365
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,097154.48/cwt150.00–157.001,6956
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170170.34/cwt160.00–179.001,99319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180185.26/cwt180.00–195.002,18614
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—4,844.44/head4,100.00–5,500.004,8449
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,295.93/head2,925.00–3,900.003,29643
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,371.88/head1,750.00–2,700.002,37232
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy—5,770.83/head5,400.00–6,700.005,77124
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—4,544.19/head4,000.00–5,300.004,54443
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,914.81/head2,350.00–3,900.002,91527

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.