Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2026-06-23

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Jun 23
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
336 head
▼ 240 vs last sale 576▼ 414 vs year ago 750 · −55.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 72▼ 124 vs year ago 184 · −67.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 59▼ 53 vs year ago 95 · −55.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower, with high yielding up to 229 cwt. Replacement cattle were firm. Feeder steers and heifers sold sharply lower. Feeder bulls were 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 $364.35/cwt on 20 head, down $43.58 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 33 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $364.35.
Average price
$364.35
▼ 43.58 vs prior sale
20 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,954
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$251
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$34.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.18
vs AL average
−51.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2539369.531,99317thin
Medium and Large 3520335.001,7423thin
One grade step is worth $34.53/cwt here — about $251 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 sale20 hd
364.35
—
AL average16 barns · 434 hd
389.53
−25.18
National average161 barns · 8,493 hd
415.83
−51.48
This barn, trailing median33 sales
364.35
+0.00
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—Low1,448196.582,84612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,284184.332,36716
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,104171.451,89318
CowsLean 85-90%High855140.001,1971thin

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)—$2,58020
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)—$1,7586
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$4,1004thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)—$1,7001thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280594.73/cwt590.00–600.001,6652
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3335490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,6421
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2341545.04/cwt540.00–560.001,8595
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2361504.80/cwt480.00–510.001,8226
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2442462.70/cwt450.00–475.002,0452
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2483467.67/cwt455.00–470.002,2596
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3513370.24/cwt360.00–380.001,8992
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2543447.49/cwt445.00–450.002,4302
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,5853
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2581420.80/cwt407.00–423.002,4457
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2608375.03/cwt360.00–380.002,2806
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4942
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720339.03/cwt338.00–340.002,4412
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1756350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6467
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2857337.89/cwt332.00–339.002,89613
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2315530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,6701
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3337402.11/cwt390.00–405.001,3555
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1501
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445447.50/cwt435.00–460.001,9912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3445400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7804
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468417.43/cwt400.00–425.001,95410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3493363.38/cwt350.00–370.001,7913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2514387.19/cwt375.00–400.001,9907
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3520335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7423
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2557357.17/cwt350.00–365.001,98910
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2502
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2639343.19/cwt335.00–346.002,19313
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,1842
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3710295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,0951
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2738330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4353
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1748358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,6782
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2750330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4751
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,7691
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2801321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,5715
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,7962
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2350515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,8032
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3350430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5051
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468494.92/cwt490.00–500.002,3162
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,7261
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2503447.59/cwt430.00–465.002,2512
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3518348.77/cwt345.00–350.001,8074
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558400.22/cwt390.00–415.002,2333
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3605328.53/cwt325.00–332.001,9882
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2619366.02/cwt350.00–380.002,2669
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3665310.92/cwt300.00–322.002,0682
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2673336.23/cwt325.00–345.002,2634
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5191
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2750336.50/cwt332.00–338.002,5244
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2828312.76/cwt300.00–325.002,5902
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——925154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,4251
Bulls——1,301183.45/cwt176.00–190.002,3874
Bulls——1,606210.16/cwt203.00–222.003,3757
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%855140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1971
Cows—Boner 80-85%980153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,4991
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,039166.36/cwt163.00–173.001,7288
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,176178.02/cwt175.00–180.002,0949
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,227189.07/cwt186.00–193.002,3206
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,307182.76/cwt181.00–184.002,3899
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,420170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,4141
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—4,100.00/head3,300.00–4,700.004,1004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2—1,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,580.00/head2,200.00–3,500.002,58020
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,758.33/head1,700.00–1,850.001,7586

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.