Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2026-06-09

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Jun 9
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
589 head
▲ 104 vs last sale 485▲ 183 vs year ago 406 · +45.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 70▼ 64 vs year ago 144 · −44.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 42▼ 15 vs year ago 70 · −21.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower, with high yielding slaughter bulls selling up to 230.00 cwt. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers and bulls sold sharply 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 $423.48/cwt on 52 head, down $0.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 33 comparable sales and sits +5.24 against this barn's trailing median of $418.24.
Average price
$423.48
▼ 0.04 vs prior sale
52 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,323
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$68.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.62
vs AL average
−30.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2544430.022,34147
Medium and Large 3586361.982,1215thin
One grade step is worth $68.04/cwt here — about $220 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 sale52 hd
423.48
—
AL average14 barns · 425 hd
425.10
−1.62
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
−30.24
This barn, trailing median33 sales
418.24
+5.24
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

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—High1,732202.333,50512
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,441180.702,6048thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,176163.991,92941
CowsLean 85-90%High910147.271,3404thin

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)—$3,42711
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,23217
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,3002thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319578.65/cwt570.00–605.001,8464
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2345537.50/cwt535.00–545.001,8544
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3345490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,6911
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365505.88/cwt500.00–507.001,8466
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3420425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7851
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430486.09/cwt480.00–495.002,09010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2486489.72/cwt460.00–492.002,38015
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524455.09/cwt430.00–458.002,38521
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2561409.77/cwt390.00–430.002,29926
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3586361.98/cwt360.00–370.002,1215
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2614379.56/cwt368.00–388.002,33022
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3623320.36/cwt310.00–330.001,9962
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2687352.02/cwt345.00–362.002,41818
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2723341.38/cwt328.00–349.002,4689
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758353.03/cwt350.00–357.002,67616
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2772324.64/cwt315.00–327.002,5065
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300488.00/cwt470.00–500.001,4645
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2381443.51/cwt442.00–450.001,69015
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423427.86/cwt425.00–432.001,8109
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2453412.02/cwt400.00–420.001,8665
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,14311
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3485330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,6011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,1608
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523388.06/cwt380.00–397.002,03018
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570378.49/cwt368.00–385.002,15719
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3577348.60/cwt340.00–350.002,0117
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1602397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,3907
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2619353.96/cwt350.00–360.002,19126
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660353.42/cwt348.00–359.002,3338
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2739329.33/cwt329.00–330.002,4343
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2778314.73/cwt313.00–320.002,4494
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2385485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8671
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417473.00/cwt473.00–473.001,9723
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3420425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7851
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2483453.92/cwt447.00–462.002,19211
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2510410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0911
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2615346.00/cwt340.00–352.002,1282
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,8831
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3631
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725323.50/cwt322.00–325.002,3452
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2815324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,6411
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,505162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,4381
Bulls——1,608187.02/cwt186.00–188.003,0072
Bulls——1,785210.21/cwt203.00–220.003,7529
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%910147.27/cwt145.00–148.001,3404
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,098152.90/cwt150.00–155.001,6795
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,154161.43/cwt156.00–167.001,86323
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,246172.77/cwt169.00–176.002,15313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,441180.70/cwt176.00–184.002,6048
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,300.00/head3,000.00–3,600.003,3002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,427.27/head3,250.00–3,600.003,42711
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,232.35/head1,500.00–2,600.002,23217

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.