Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder cattle and slaughter cattle sold steady to weaker. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.06/cwt on 211 head.

Average price

$134.06

211 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$747

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

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

$5.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.91

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	135.26	806	164
Medium and Large 2	419	129.85	545	47

One grade step is worth $5.41/cwt here — about $262 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 sale211 hd

134.06

—

AL average12 barns · 1,260 hd

135.97

−1.91

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,406	75.29	1,059	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,397	49.86	697	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,069	44.98	481	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	976	40.00	390	3thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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	—	—	1,271	60.63/cwt	60.00–62.00	771	5
Bulls	—	—	1,291	75.80/cwt	73.00–78.00	979	9
Bulls	—	—	1,597	82.93/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,324	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	48.55/cwt	47.00–51.00	511	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,397	49.86/cwt	48.00–52.00	697	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	42.60/cwt	40.00–45.00	460	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	654	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	786	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	908.95/cwt	875.00–950.00	11,998	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	125.40/cwt	121.00–131.00	596	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	122.47/cwt	116.00–125.00	879	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	975.09/cwt	900.00–1,075.00	12,023	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	612	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	829	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	133.80/cwt	133.00–134.00	779	10
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	881	601.60/cwt	500.00–675.00	5,300	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,052	644.18/cwt	600.00–725.00	6,777	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	742	105.00/cwt	104.00–106.00	779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	129.26/cwt	125.00–134.00	480	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	122.55/cwt	116.00–125.00	642	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	326	133.42/cwt	130.00–140.00	435	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	123.34/cwt	118.00–128.00	643	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	119.79/cwt	115.00–125.00	678	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	129.95/cwt	125.00–135.00	541	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	117.94/cwt	110.00–120.50	749	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	126.69/cwt	121.00–131.00	555	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	130.27/cwt	128.00–132.00	808	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	140.49/cwt	133.00–141.00	757	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	598	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	795	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	115.81/cwt	110.00–120.00	504	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	118.50/cwt	114.00–123.00	717	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	129.00/cwt	128.00–130.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	119.95/cwt	118.00–124.00	438	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,112	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	891	765.91/cwt	650.00–800.00	6,824	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	1,271	1,178.87/cwt	1,125.00–1,300.00	14,983	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	797	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	134.77/cwt	130.00–140.00	453	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	125.99/cwt	120.00–127.00	578	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,182	816.15/cwt	800.00–825.00	9,647	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,268	1,088.46/cwt	1,050.00–1,125.00	13,802	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	390	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	108.95/cwt	105.00–110.50	633	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	114.32/cwt	110.00–118.00	543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	122.51/cwt	120.00–126.00	396	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	111.74/cwt	111.00–112.00	596	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	281	142.53/cwt	140.00–146.00	401	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	706.95/cwt	650.00–755.00	5,571	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	117.28/cwt	111.00–118.00	783	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	119.91/cwt	113.00–124.00	688	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	106.77/cwt	105.00–111.00	770	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	130.50/cwt	130.00–132.00	463	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	119.33/cwt	118.00–120.00	665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	117.16/cwt	115.00–120.00	497	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	150.07/cwt	149.00–151.00	714	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	122.49/cwt	120.00–127.00	581	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	128.22/cwt	127.00–128.50	873	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	104.50/cwt	104.00–105.00	643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	112.74/cwt	110.00–115.00	520	7

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 Dec 15, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 878Last week 1,221Year ago 475

Slaughter CattleReceipts 111Last week 153Year ago 120

Replacement CattleReceipts 103Last week 19Year ago 174

Compared to last week feeder cattle and slaughter cattle sold steady to weaker. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,271	60.00–62.00	60.63
9	—	1,291	73.00–78.00	75.80
9	—	1,597	80.00–85.00	82.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,053	47.00–51.00	48.55
21	—	1,080	40.00–45.00	42.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,397	48.00–52.00	49.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	976	40.00	40.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	654	120.25	120.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	371	125.00–134.00	129.26
23	—	524	116.00–125.00	122.55
4	—	635	110.00–120.50	117.94
6	—	438	121.00–131.00	126.69
26	—	574	113.00–124.00	119.91
19	—	721	105.00–111.00	106.77
4	—	474	120.00–127.00	122.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	365	118.00–124.00	119.95
15	—	581	105.00–110.50	108.95
6	—	323	120.00–126.00	122.51
4	—	533	111.00–112.00	111.74
12	—	424	115.00–120.00	117.16
4	—	615	104.00–105.00	104.50
7	—	461	110.00–115.00	112.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	475	121.00–131.00	125.40
3	—	742	104.00–106.00	105.00
8	—	326	130.00–140.00	133.42
9	—	521	118.00–128.00	123.34
9	—	566	115.00–125.00	119.79
4	—	416	125.00–135.00	129.95
10	—	668	111.00–118.00	117.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	110.00–120.00	115.81
3	—	475	110.00–118.00	114.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	718	116.00–125.00	122.47
10	—	582	133.00–134.00	133.80
26	—	620	128.00–132.00	130.27
28	—	539	133.00–141.00	140.49
14	—	476	149.00–151.00	150.07
7	—	681	127.00–128.50	128.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	612	135.50	135.50
14	—	598	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	114.00–123.00	118.50
2	—	405	128.00–130.00	129.00
5	—	693	115.00	115.00
15	—	336	130.00–140.00	134.77
9	—	459	120.00–127.00	125.99
7	—	281	140.00–146.00	142.53
4	—	355	130.00–132.00	130.50
3	—	557	118.00–120.00	119.33

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)	2	—	1,320	875.00–950.00	908.95
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,182	800.00–825.00	816.15
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	881	500.00–675.00	601.60
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,268	1,050.00–1,125.00	1,088.46
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,233	900.00–1,075.00	975.09
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,052	600.00–725.00	644.18
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,271	1,125.00–1,300.00	1,178.87
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	852	600.00	600.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	891	650.00–800.00	765.91
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	788	650.00–755.00	706.95

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle