Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks market:Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand.Feeder cattle sold sharply lower.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $132.88/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 20 comparable sales and sits −64.91 against this barn's trailing median of $197.79.

Average price

$132.88

35 head · 456 lb average

Value per head Derived

$606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$9.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.73

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	445	139.99	623	10thin
Medium and Large 2	461	130.03	599	25

One grade step is worth $9.95/cwt here — about $24 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

20 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $212.73, low $187.35, median $197.79 across 20 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale35 hd

132.88

—

AL average14 barns · 907 hd

127.14

+5.73

This barn, trailing median20 sales

197.79

−64.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,408	68.84	969	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	65.38	772	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	979	53.94	528	4thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	63.28/cwt	61.00–64.50	717	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	68.32/cwt	66.50–70.00	853	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	439	131.46/cwt	130.00–135.00	577	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	384	139.06/cwt	135.00–142.50	534	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	581	116.85/cwt	115.00–120.00	679	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	122.62/cwt	120.00–125.00	645	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	136.64/cwt	135.00–140.00	653	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	145.75/cwt	145.00–148.00	619	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	133.33/cwt	130.00–135.00	720	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	53.94/cwt	52.50–55.00	528	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	66.26/cwt	65.00–67.50	938	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,032	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	574	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	126.96/cwt	125.00–130.00	620	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	343	144.17/cwt	142.50–145.00	495	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	135.80/cwt	135.00–137.50	652	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	442	140.84/cwt	140.00–142.50	623	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	388	146.65/cwt	145.00–150.00	569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	676	1

How this sale compares

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.

Alabama feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Alabama Livestock Auction - Uniontown, AL

Tue Mar 17, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Montgomery, AL (LS-MG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 171Last week 196Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 37Year ago 0

Compared to last weeks market:Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with good demand.Feeder cattle sold sharply lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,133	61.00–64.50	63.28
5	—	1,249	66.50–70.00	68.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	979	52.50–55.00	53.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,415	65.00–67.50	66.26
1	—	1,395	74.00	74.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	439	130.00–135.00	131.46
5	—	384	135.00–142.50	139.06
4	—	581	115.00–120.00	116.85
4	—	526	120.00–125.00	122.62
4	—	488	125.00–130.00	126.96
3	—	343	142.50–145.00	144.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	135.00–137.50	135.80
3	—	442	140.00–142.50	140.84
3	—	388	145.00–150.00	146.65
1	—	520	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	478	135.00–140.00	136.64
4	—	425	145.00–148.00	145.75
3	—	540	130.00–135.00	133.33
2	—	620	125.00	125.00
2	—	370	155.00	155.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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