Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2020-04-14

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Apr 14
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
156 head
156 vs last sale 0 156 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
106 vs last sale 0 106 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
8 vs last sale 0 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Replacement cows sold steady with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.94/cwt on 36 head.
Average price
$126.94
36 head · 439 lb average
Value per head Derived
$557
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$20
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.40
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1406133.7354212thin
Medium and Large 2455123.5456224
One grade step is worth $10.19/cwt here — about −$20 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.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale36 hd
126.94
AL average7 barns · 309 hd
114.54
+12.40
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,57980.261,2686thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42458.728364thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12056.9563855

Every lot, as filed

25 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2415126.48/cwt125.00–128.005254
HeifersMedium and Large 2570115.00/cwt115.00–115.006562
HeifersMedium and Large 2325135.00/cwt135.00–135.004392
HeifersMedium and Large 1430131.22/cwt130.00–132.505644
HeifersMedium and Large 1387135.80/cwt135.00–137.505263
HeifersMedium and Large 1322140.82/cwt140.00–142.504533
SteersMedium and Large 2470140.00/cwt140.00–140.006581
SteersMedium and Large 2340158.00/cwt158.00–158.005371
SteersMedium and Large 1323163.32/cwt162.50–165.005283
HeifersMedium and Large 2530117.15/cwt115.00–120.006216
HeifersMedium and Large 2477122.16/cwt120.00–125.005835
HeifersMedium and Large 2381129.08/cwt127.50–132.004925
Bred CowsSmall 1-2955800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,6401
SteersMedium and Large 2533136.62/cwt135.00–138.007285
SteersMedium and Large 2633126.34/cwt125.00–127.008003
SteersMedium and Large 2580130.66/cwt130.00–132.007583
SteersMedium and Large 2377152.43/cwt150.00–155.005753
SteersMedium and Large 2440145.00/cwt145.00–145.006382
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3901,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0014,5952
HeifersMedium and Large 1510125.00/cwt125.00–125.006382
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42458.72/cwt58.00–59.508364
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09754.92/cwt52.00–57.5060235
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15960.51/cwt58.00–63.5070120
Bulls1,59082.25/cwt81.50–82.501,3084
Bulls1,55876.29/cwt75.00–77.501,1892

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.