Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Replacement cows and slaughter bulls steady, slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls steady, feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.89/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$124.89

45 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.62

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	124.89	646	45

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale45 hd

124.89

—

AL average16 barns · 1,471 hd

122.27

+2.62

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	—	Average	1,750	84.53	1,479	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,340	61.67	827	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,157	54.54	631	18

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	118.14/cwt	112.00–119.50	728	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	125.45/cwt	121.00–126.50	655	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	126.16/cwt	120.00–128.00	809	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	126.78/cwt	125.00–128.50	554	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	140.78/cwt	139.00–142.00	750	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	125.64/cwt	120.00–130.00	531	3
Bulls	—	—	1,772	82.48/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,462	6
Bulls	—	—	1,750	93.44/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,635	4
Bulls	—	—	1,683	72.85/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,226	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,224	58.26/cwt	57.00–59.00	713	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,407	63.62/cwt	62.00–67.00	895	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	50.73/cwt	48.00–53.00	592	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	139.98/cwt	136.00–142.00	477	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	171.05/cwt	170.00–172.50	665	7
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	585	339.74/cwt	300.00–375.00	1,987	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,432	1,135.68/cwt	1,050.00–1,200.00	16,263	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	466	119.79/cwt	119.00–120.00	558	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	692	98.54/cwt	90.00–105.00	682	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	629	107.67/cwt	105.00–110.00	677	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	133.80/cwt	130.00–138.00	757	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	120.69/cwt	118.00–122.00	701	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	56.96/cwt	55.00–59.00	656	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	844.61/cwt	775.00–925.00	9,696	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	175.76/cwt	174.00–178.00	562	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	163.81/cwt	160.00–168.00	696	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 Jan 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 210Last week 547Year ago 509

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 63Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 14Year ago 60

Compared to last week, Replacement cows and slaughter bulls steady, slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls steady, feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	616	112.00–119.50	118.14
14	—	522	121.00–126.50	125.45
8	—	437	125.00–128.50	126.78
5	—	341	136.00–142.00	139.98
9	—	581	118.00–122.00	120.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	641	120.00–128.00	126.16
4	—	533	139.00–142.00	140.78
7	—	389	170.00–172.50	171.05
4	—	566	130.00–138.00	133.80
4	—	320	174.00–178.00	175.76
2	—	425	160.00–168.00	163.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	120.00–130.00	125.64
5	—	466	119.00–120.00	119.79
7	—	692	90.00–105.00	98.54
10	—	629	105.00–110.00	107.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,772	80.00–85.00	82.48
4	—	1,750	90.00–96.00	93.44
2	—	1,683	70.00–75.00	72.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,224	57.00–59.00	58.26
14	—	1,407	62.00–67.00	63.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,166	48.00–53.00	50.73
11	—	1,152	55.00–59.00	56.96

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	585	300.00–375.00	339.74
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,148	775.00–925.00	844.61
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,432	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,135.68

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