Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls sold steady with a high of 99.00 and slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady and feeder bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.24/cwt on 114 head.

Average price

$139.24

114 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$786

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+5.06

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	564	139.24	786	114

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 sale114 hd

139.24

—

AL average14 barns · 669 hd

134.18

+5.06

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	1,501	87.01	1,306	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,238	72.91	902	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,006	62.63	630	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	986	51.06	503	13

Every lot, as filed

38 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	—	—	1,510	86.69/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,309	3
Bulls	—	—	1,140	79.34/cwt	78.00–82.00	904	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	130.17/cwt	128.00–131.00	553	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	126.12/cwt	123.00–127.00	579	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	116.78/cwt	115.00–118.00	784	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	576.88/cwt	550.00–600.00	5,180	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	860.32/cwt	800.00–990.00	9,532	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	126.93/cwt	126.00–128.00	665	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	741	124.96/cwt	120.00–126.50	926	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	149.03/cwt	145.00–150.00	726	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,153	77.65/cwt	77.00–78.00	895	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	964	59.81/cwt	58.00–62.00	577	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	152.61/cwt	150.00–155.00	572	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	147.41/cwt	146.00–150.00	610	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	119.26/cwt	116.00–121.00	696	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	112.01/cwt	109.00–115.00	720	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	135.99/cwt	134.00–138.00	721	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	608	126.50/cwt	126.00–127.00	769	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	125.16/cwt	124.00–126.00	728	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	119.65/cwt	119.00–121.00	744	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	143.00/cwt	141.00–145.00	665	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	129.32/cwt	127.00–131.00	727	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	133.30/cwt	129.00–134.50	837	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	139.17/cwt	139.00–140.00	725	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	122.05/cwt	121.00–125.00	812	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	717	115.98/cwt	114.00–118.00	832	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	975	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,581	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	960	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	592	136.24/cwt	135.00–136.50	807	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	122.22/cwt	120.00–122.50	633	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	682	127.20/cwt	126.00–129.00	868	9
Bulls	—	—	1,854	94.93/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,760	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,274	70.88/cwt	69.00–73.00	903	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	56.36/cwt	56.00–57.00	534	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	51.12/cwt	50.00–52.00	524	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	42.89/cwt	41.00–45.00	380	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	66.86/cwt	65.00–69.00	715	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	151.13/cwt	150.00–152.00	642	8

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 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 362Last week 190Year ago 606

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 69Year ago 56

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 17Year ago 160

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,510	85.00–89.00	86.69
4	—	1,140	78.00–82.00	79.34
4	—	1,854	92.00–96.00	94.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,153	77.00–78.00	77.65
7	—	1,274	69.00–73.00	70.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	964	58.00–62.00	59.81
6	—	1,070	65.00–69.00	66.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	948	56.00–57.00	56.36
8	—	1,025	50.00–52.00	51.12
2	—	885	41.00–45.00	42.89

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	425	128.00–131.00	130.17
7	—	459	123.00–127.00	126.12
4	—	584	116.00–121.00	119.26
2	—	643	109.00–115.00	112.01
14	—	518	120.00–122.50	122.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	671	115.00–118.00	116.78
28	—	524	126.00–128.00	126.93
6	—	582	124.00–126.00	125.16
3	—	622	119.00–121.00	119.65
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	741	120.00–126.50	124.96
32	—	487	145.00–150.00	149.03
27	—	628	129.00–134.50	133.30
18	—	521	139.00–140.00	139.17
13	—	592	135.00–136.50	136.24
9	—	682	126.00–129.00	127.20
8	—	425	150.00–152.00	151.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	375	150.00–155.00	152.61
5	—	414	146.00–150.00	147.41
3	—	530	134.00–138.00	135.99
2	—	608	126.00–127.00	126.50
7	—	465	141.00–145.00	143.00
9	—	562	127.00–131.00	129.32
4	—	665	121.00–125.00	122.05
3	—	717	114.00–118.00	115.98

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	898	550.00–600.00	576.88
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,108	800.00–990.00	860.32
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	960	700.00	700.00

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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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