Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks market:Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.Replacement cows and pairs sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.97/cwt on 117 head.

Average price

$110.97

117 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$209

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

$19.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.54

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	457	124.23	567	30
Medium and Large 3	490	113.34	555	16thin
Medium and Large 1	741	104.83	776	71

One grade step is worth $19.40/cwt here — about −$209 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 sale117 hd

110.97

—

AL average11 barns · 916 hd

114.51

−3.54

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,756	89.86	1,578	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,137	58.62	667	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,388	57.01	791	2thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	126.25/cwt	125.00–127.50	556	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	130.57/cwt	128.00–132.50	501	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	383	122.61/cwt	120.00–124.00	470	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	785	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	793	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	133.98/cwt	132.00–135.00	443	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	122.68/cwt	120.00–125.00	586	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	110.84/cwt	110.00–112.50	580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	141.61/cwt	140.00–145.00	453	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	117.86/cwt	116.00–120.00	616	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	586	113.81/cwt	112.50–115.00	667	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	116.82/cwt	115.00–118.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	102.50/cwt	100.00–105.00	636	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	57.01/cwt	56.50–57.50	791	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,099	57.65/cwt	55.00–59.50	634	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	62.75/cwt	62.00–63.50	816	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	140.85/cwt	140.00–142.50	666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	153.00/cwt	128.00–160.00	508	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	166.25/cwt	165.00–167.50	540	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	133.64/cwt	132.00–135.00	771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	834	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	150.08/cwt	148.00–152.50	570	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,232	1,133.22/cwt	1,125.00–1,150.00	13,961	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	970	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,760	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,100	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	493	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	792	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	540	126.51/cwt	125.00–128.00	683	6
Bulls	—	—	1,710	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,385	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,515	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,485	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	130.70/cwt	128.00–135.00	627	4
Bulls	—	—	1,885	88.16/cwt	87.50–89.00	1,662	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,395	1,400.54/cwt	1,350.00–1,450.00	19,538	4
Bulls	—	—	1,785	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	136.15/cwt	135.00–137.50	579	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	2

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 Apr 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 242Last week 66Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 76Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 12Year ago 0

Compared to last weeks market:Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.Feeder cattle sold mostly steady.Replacement cows and pairs sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	140.00	140.00
2	—	440	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	145.00	145.00
2	—	720	110.00	110.00
6	—	540	125.00–128.00	126.51
2	—	585	120.00	120.00
4	—	480	128.00–135.00	130.70
3	—	425	135.00–137.50	136.15
2	—	395	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	130.00	130.00
2	—	390	135.00	135.00
1	—	510	125.00	125.00
3	—	320	140.00–145.00	141.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	440	125.00–127.50	126.25
5	—	384	128.00–132.50	130.57
5	—	331	132.00–135.00	133.98
7	—	478	120.00–125.00	122.68
4	—	523	116.00–120.00	117.86
5	—	586	112.50–115.00	113.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	115.00	115.00
4	—	383	120.00–124.00	122.61
3	—	523	110.00–112.50	110.84
3	—	433	115.00–118.00	116.82
4	—	620	100.00–105.00	102.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	785	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	145.00	145.00
3	—	473	140.00–142.50	140.85
5	—	332	128.00–160.00	153.00
2	—	545	138.00	138.00
3	—	577	132.00–135.00	133.64
1	—	635	125.00	125.00
2	—	695	120.00	120.00
4	—	380	148.00–152.50	150.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	165.00–167.50	166.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,388	56.50–57.50	57.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,099	55.00–59.50	57.65
4	—	1,301	62.00–63.50	62.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	81.00	81.00
2	—	1,885	87.50–89.00	88.16
1	—	1,785	94.00	94.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,515	98.00	98.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,232	1,125.00–1,150.00	1,133.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,210	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,395	1,350.00–1,450.00	1,400.54

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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Uniontown Stockyards

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Alabama Livestock Auction - Uniontown, AL

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle