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
BullsAverage1,69481.001,3728thin
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 1417135.03/cwt130.00–138.005633
BullsMedium and Large 1389143.75/cwt140.00–148.005594
Bulls1,69683.68/cwt82.00–86.001,4195
Bulls1,69076.53/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 1636129.60/cwt127.00–130.0082412
SteersMedium and Large 1586136.15/cwt134.00–136.5079815
HeifersMedium and Large 1484126.12/cwt124.00–127.0061012
SteersMedium and Large 1738121.25/cwt120.00–124.008954
SteersMedium and Large 1333177.58/cwt170.00–180.005918
Stock CowsSmall 1-2710344.45/cwt300.00–450.002,44610
HeifersMedium and Large 1578119.46/cwt118.00–121.0069013
HeifersMedium and Large 1432128.63/cwt128.00–130.005563
HeifersMedium and Large 1515122.35/cwt121.00–124.006306
HeifersMedium and Large 1386132.47/cwt132.00–136.0051110
SteersMedium and Large 1529142.88/cwt139.00–146.0075610
HeifersMedium and Large 1688106.72/cwt105.00–107.0073417
BullsMedium and Large 1623113.48/cwt111.00–115.007074
BullsMedium and Large 1474127.14/cwt125.00–130.006035
BullsMedium and Large 1317151.72/cwt150.00–158.004816
HeifersMedium and Large 1635111.19/cwt109.00–114.0070611
SteersMedium and Large 1488151.30/cwt148.00–156.0073814
BullsMedium and Large 1515123.24/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.