Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2026-06-16

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Jun 16
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
576 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 589▲ 91 vs year ago 485 · +18.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 80▼ 105 vs year ago 177 · −59.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
59 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 55▼ 6 vs year ago 65 · −9.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold unevenly steady. Replacement cattle sold firm. 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 $407.93/cwt on 46 head, up $21.92 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 33 comparable sales and sits +43.58 against this barn's trailing median of $364.35.
Average price
$407.93
▲ 21.92 vs prior sale
46 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,108
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$481
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$112.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+27.86
vs AL average
−3.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510457.002,33110thin
Medium and Large 2512413.262,11526
Medium and Large 3536345.001,84910thin
One grade step is worth $112.00/cwt here — about $481 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale46 hd
407.93
—
AL average16 barns · 382 hd
380.07
+27.86
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−3.57
This barn, trailing median33 sales
364.35
+43.58
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
451397344290median 364.3503/0305/0507/0709/0811/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $436.90, low $303.81, median $364.35 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—Average1,704200.773,4208thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,522179.212,7283thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,225168.822,06837
CowsLean 85-90%High1,030143.421,4772thin

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)—$3,06820
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$2,2634thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$3,4004thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$1,8502thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2230612.61/cwt610.00–615.001,4092
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,7551
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2315600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,8903
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2382527.86/cwt525.00–550.002,0168
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2439498.86/cwt485.00–500.002,19012
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471492.81/cwt485.00–500.002,3218
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479544.00/cwt544.00–544.002,6067
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3516390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0123
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520482.96/cwt479.00–484.002,51125
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555469.32/cwt467.00–475.002,6057
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635379.90/cwt370.00–385.002,41238
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,7603
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2693375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,59912
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2725355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,5742
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2200610.00/cwt610.00–610.001,2201
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2263500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3156
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2314485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,5233
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,8823
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379466.60/cwt450.00–480.001,76811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427449.70/cwt430.00–455.001,92039
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455421.64/cwt419.00–439.001,91849
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2508416.86/cwt410.00–420.002,11824
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,33110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3536345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,84910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2557370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0612
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2614352.82/cwt340.00–358.002,16618
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655337.27/cwt335.00–346.002,2095
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3761
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 3245500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2251
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275620.18/cwt610.00–630.001,7052
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2345517.50/cwt510.00–525.001,7852
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3396400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5841
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2415480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,9924
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2459465.33/cwt462.00–475.002,1364
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2503372.39/cwt350.00–395.001,8732
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2606350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1213
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,544185.44/cwt183.00–192.002,8634
Bulls——1,863216.10/cwt209.00–222.004,0264
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,030143.42/cwt140.00–148.001,4772
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,088153.30/cwt150.00–157.001,6684
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,177164.46/cwt160.00–169.001,93616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,302176.58/cwt170.00–180.002,29917
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,522179.21/cwt177.00–181.002,7283
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—3,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—3,067.50/head2,650.00–3,700.003,06820
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,262.50/head1,850.00–2,500.002,2634

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.