Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls and cows sold mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold steady to 4.00 higher and feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. 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 $145.56/cwt on 75 head.

Average price

$145.56

75 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$776

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.25

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	533	145.56	776	75

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 sale75 hd

145.56

—

AL average16 barns · 791 hd

138.31

+7.25

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,467	83.15	1,220	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,338	74.98	1,004	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,033	65.32	674	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	878	53.94	474	7thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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	—	—	1,098	87.54/cwt	85.00–90.00	961	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	50.43/cwt	50.00–52.00	426	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	58.62/cwt	58.00–60.00	541	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	906	60.86/cwt	59.00–62.00	551	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	65.97/cwt	64.00–68.50	708	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	75.47/cwt	75.00–76.00	913	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	760	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	813	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	136.58/cwt	134.00–140.00	656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	772	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	830	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	8,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	927	1,254.44/cwt	1,225.00–1,275.00	11,629	5
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	7,020	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	113.50/cwt	113.00–114.00	755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	381	154.24/cwt	150.00–157.00	588	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	119.50/cwt	118.00–121.00	750	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	820	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,560	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	713	502.75/cwt	425.00–600.00	3,585	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	507	129.40/cwt	125.00–132.00	656	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	125.43/cwt	123.00–130.00	720	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	389	164.25/cwt	164.00–166.00	639	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	146.43/cwt	143.00–148.00	763	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	122.04/cwt	118.00–123.00	738	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	132.59/cwt	130.00–134.00	684	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	539	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	733	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	110.69/cwt	109.00–113.00	791	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	701	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	883	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	121.72/cwt	118.00–123.50	657	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	150.45/cwt	148.00–156.00	715	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	139.56/cwt	139.00–142.00	782	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	161.89/cwt	158.00–164.00	695	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	136.14/cwt	130.00–138.00	828	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	629.59/cwt	525.00–700.00	5,830	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	444	141.85/cwt	140.00–148.00	630	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	122.61/cwt	122.00–123.00	701	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	115.49/cwt	115.00–116.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	130.42/cwt	129.00–132.00	560	10
Bulls	—	—	1,651	80.96/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,337	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,288	78.06/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,005	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	133.53/cwt	133.00–135.00	486	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	666	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	859	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	1,283.33/cwt	1,275.00–1,300.00	13,026	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,007	826.56/cwt	745.00–955.00	8,323	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	9,859	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	898.84/cwt	810.00–1,000.00	10,049	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	118.50/cwt	117.00–120.00	904	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	123.99/cwt	123.00–125.00	568	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	64.68/cwt	63.00–66.00	1,038	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	71.92/cwt	70.00–74.00	946	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 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 296Last week 100Year ago 324

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 110Year ago 62

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 16Year ago 16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,098	85.00–90.00	87.54
4	—	1,651	80.00–83.00	80.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	845	50.00–52.00	50.43
3	—	923	58.00–60.00	58.62
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	906	59.00–62.00	60.86
10	—	1,073	64.00–68.50	65.97
2	—	1,210	75.00–76.00	75.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,288	76.00–80.00	78.06
3	—	1,605	63.00–66.00	64.68
4	—	1,315	70.00–74.00	71.92

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	760	107.00	107.00
3	—	480	134.00–140.00	136.58
2	—	665	113.00–114.00	113.50
4	—	381	150.00–157.00	154.24
4	—	628	118.00–121.00	119.50
5	—	507	125.00–132.00	129.40
3	—	715	109.00–113.00	110.69
7	—	444	140.00–148.00	141.85
5	—	572	122.00–123.00	122.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	539	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	115.00	115.00
1	—	715	108.00	108.00
5	—	574	123.00–130.00	125.43
15	—	605	118.00–123.00	122.04
10	—	516	130.00–134.00	132.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	540	118.00–123.50	121.72
2	—	563	115.00–116.00	115.49
10	—	429	129.00–132.00	130.42
8	—	364	133.00–135.00	133.53
8	—	458	123.00–125.00	123.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	389	164.00–166.00	164.25
12	—	521	143.00–148.00	146.43
5	—	701	126.00	126.00
9	—	475	148.00–156.00	150.45
11	—	560	139.00–142.00	139.56
13	—	429	158.00–164.00	161.89
7	—	608	130.00–138.00	136.14
8	—	666	129.00	129.00
2	—	763	117.00–120.00	118.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	830	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	927	1,225.00–1,275.00	1,254.44
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,015	1,275.00–1,300.00	1,283.33
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	820	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	800.00	800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,195	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,118	810.00–1,000.00	898.84
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	713	425.00–600.00	502.75
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	926	525.00–700.00	629.59
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,007	745.00–955.00	826.56

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