Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls and cows sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle lightly tested, feeder steers sold mostly steady and feeder bulls and heifer sold steady to 3.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.89/cwt on 45 head.

Average price

$121.89

45 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.47

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	523	121.89	638	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

121.89

—

AL average14 barns · 1,451 hd

121.42

+0.47

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	1,590	86.65	1,378	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,294	74.57	965	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,027	63.02	647	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,026	54.75	562	8thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 2	—	564	118.01/cwt	116.00–120.00	666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	609	113.51/cwt	112.00–116.00	691	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,043	67.00/cwt	66.00–69.00	699	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	55.43/cwt	54.00–58.00	559	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	791	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	688	1
Bulls	—	—	1,201	75.48/cwt	74.00–78.00	907	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,022	61.88/cwt	60.00–64.00	632	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,168	79.70/cwt	79.00–83.00	931	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	1,036	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,317	73.39/cwt	71.00–75.00	967	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	573	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	970	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,305	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	755	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	719	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	784	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	137.98/cwt	137.00–140.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	129.24/cwt	127.00–130.00	557	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	687	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.00	855	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	140.71/cwt	138.00–142.00	730	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	133.99/cwt	133.00–135.00	694	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	128.60/cwt	125.00–130.00	800	5
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	546	359.38/cwt	325.00–400.00	1,962	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	421	147.24/cwt	144.00–150.00	620	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	752	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	902	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	153.78/cwt	150.00–155.00	647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	124.27/cwt	122.00–127.00	573	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	120.26/cwt	120.00–122.00	631	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	131.45/cwt	130.00–136.00	482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fancy	—	628	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	766	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	151.03/cwt	150.00–152.00	581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	129.45/cwt	128.00–131.00	748	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	633	125.47/cwt	124.00–127.00	794	2
Bulls	—	—	1,580	84.70/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,338	4
Bulls	—	—	1,990	99.76/cwt	99.00–100.00	1,985	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	795.45/cwt	750.00–850.00	9,187	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,088	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	9,450	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	901	546.05/cwt	500.00–625.00	4,920	4

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 May 4, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 190Last week 417Year ago 254

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 153Year ago 53

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 91Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	564	116.00–120.00	118.01
4	—	609	112.00–116.00	113.51
4	—	719	109.00	109.00
9	—	431	127.00–130.00	129.24
2	—	668	112.00	112.00
4	—	461	122.00–127.00	124.27
8	—	525	120.00–122.00	120.26
6	—	367	130.00–136.00	131.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	628	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	595	133.00	133.00
1	—	465	148.00	148.00
4	—	687	124.00–125.00	124.50
4	—	519	138.00–142.00	140.71
5	—	622	125.00–130.00	128.60
3	—	752	120.00	120.00
1	—	725	122.00	122.00
4	—	421	150.00–155.00	153.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	137.00–140.00	137.98
2	—	518	133.00–135.00	133.99
5	—	421	144.00–150.00	147.24
2	—	385	150.00–152.00	151.03
2	—	578	128.00–131.00	129.45
2	—	633	124.00–127.00	125.47

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,043	66.00–69.00	67.00
14	—	1,022	60.00–64.00	61.88
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,009	54.00–58.00	55.43
1	—	1,145	50.00	50.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,168	79.00–83.00	79.70
1	—	1,645	63.00	63.00
12	—	1,317	71.00–75.00	73.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,201	74.00–78.00	75.48
4	—	1,580	84.00–86.00	84.70
4	—	1,990	99.00–100.00	99.76

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,155	750.00–850.00	795.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	755	600.00	600.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	546	325.00–400.00	359.38
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	901	500.00–625.00	546.05
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	1,000.00	1,000.00

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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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

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