Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2026-06-02

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Jun 2
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
485 head
▲ 230 vs last sale 255▲ 485 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 44▲ 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 12▲ 42 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 unevenly steady. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade was active with good demand on feeder calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $423.51/cwt on 39 head, up $5.28 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 33 comparable sales and sits +5.28 against this barn's trailing median of $418.24.
Average price
$423.51
▲ 5.28 vs prior sale
39 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,305
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$282
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.77
vs AL average
−35.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1578444.002,5663thin
Medium and Large 2541421.812,28436
One grade step is worth $22.19/cwt here — about $282 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 sale39 hd
423.51
—
AL average14 barns · 245 hd
434.28
−10.77
National average164 barns · 12,433 hd
459.19
−35.68
This barn, trailing median33 sales
418.24
+5.28
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—Average1,499207.933,1164thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,331184.982,46120
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,046168.801,76617
CowsLean 85-90%High925144.621,3384thin

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)—$2,68312
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,2814thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,5258
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$2,4647

Every lot

50 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2245595.00/cwt595.00–595.001,4581
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2270577.31/cwt575.00–580.001,5592
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2307548.06/cwt540.00–565.001,6835
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2363518.58/cwt505.00–525.001,8823
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3373450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6792
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420466.39/cwt460.00–490.001,95931
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3420440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8481
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3470360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6921
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2481455.52/cwt445.00–460.002,19127
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2501431.00/cwt430.00–432.002,1598
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2553419.18/cwt419.00–420.002,31828
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578444.00/cwt444.00–444.002,5663
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2628375.61/cwt368.00–392.002,35949
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673341.71/cwt340.00–350.002,3006
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720341.48/cwt334.00–344.002,45918
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,5995
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3790312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,4651
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2850325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,7631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355451.30/cwt448.00–453.001,60218
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415413.53/cwt400.00–430.001,71612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471397.66/cwt385.00–402.001,8738
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525378.54/cwt350.00–383.001,98716
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3571338.36/cwt332.00–340.001,9325
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,01614
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2611349.71/cwt346.00–350.002,13728
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,3883
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2684332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,2712
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725324.93/cwt320.00–330.002,3562
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2215595.00/cwt595.00–595.001,2791
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6501
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438460.17/cwt450.00–470.002,0162
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470432.82/cwt425.00–440.002,0342
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3510352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,7951
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2538427.94/cwt416.00–432.002,3024
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2557378.29/cwt375.00–380.002,1073
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2624330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0591
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,2411
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,255196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,4601
Bulls——1,580211.90/cwt209.00–215.003,3483
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%925144.62/cwt140.00–146.001,3384
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,011169.06/cwt165.00–174.001,70912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110152.49/cwt151.00–154.001,6932
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145178.66/cwt178.00–179.002,0463
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,302187.92/cwt187.00–191.002,4479
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,354182.58/cwt180.00–185.002,47211
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,991.67/head2,700.00–3,100.002,9929
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,281.25/head2,200.00–2,400.002,2814
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,758.33/head1,700.00–1,800.001,7583
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,525.00/head3,000.00–4,500.003,5258
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—2,464.29/head1,950.00–2,900.002,4647

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.