Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2021-01-26

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Jan 26
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
296 head
▼ 177 vs last sale 473▲ 296 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 72▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 12▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeders. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.73/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$118.73
72 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−3.25
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559118.7366472
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 sale72 hd
118.73
—
AL average16 barns · 1,594 hd
121.98
−3.25
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
Bulls—Average1,69481.001,3728thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29559.547714thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10052.125735thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—417135.03/cwt130.00–138.005633
BullsMedium and Large 1—389143.75/cwt140.00–148.005594
Bulls——1,69683.68/cwt82.00–86.001,4195
Bulls——1,69076.53/cwt75.00–78.001,2933
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10052.12/cwt50.00–54.005735
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,29559.54/cwt58.00–61.007714
SteersMedium and Large 1—636129.60/cwt127.00–130.0082412
SteersMedium and Large 1—586136.15/cwt134.00–136.5079815
HeifersMedium and Large 1—484126.12/cwt124.00–127.0061012
SteersMedium and Large 1—738121.25/cwt120.00–124.008954
SteersMedium and Large 1—333177.58/cwt170.00–180.005918
Stock CowsSmall 1-2—710344.45/cwt300.00–450.002,44610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578119.46/cwt118.00–121.0069013
HeifersMedium and Large 1—432128.63/cwt128.00–130.005563
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515122.35/cwt121.00–124.006306
HeifersMedium and Large 1—386132.47/cwt132.00–136.0051110
SteersMedium and Large 1—529142.88/cwt139.00–146.0075610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—688106.72/cwt105.00–107.0073417
BullsMedium and Large 1—623113.48/cwt111.00–115.007074
BullsMedium and Large 1—474127.14/cwt125.00–130.006035
BullsMedium and Large 1—317151.72/cwt150.00–158.004816
HeifersMedium and Large 1—635111.19/cwt109.00–114.0070611
SteersMedium and Large 1—488151.30/cwt148.00–156.0073814
BullsMedium and Large 1—515123.24/cwt119.00–125.006354

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.