Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 - 5.00 higher with a high of 108.00 and slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Feeder steers sold steady, feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher and feeder bulls lightly tested. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle lightly tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.20/cwt on 92 head.

Average price

$145.20

92 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$821

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$6.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.30

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	146.79	840	68
Medium and Large 2	548	140.67	771	24

One grade step is worth $6.12/cwt here — about $69 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale92 hd

145.20

—

AL average16 barns · 986 hd

141.90

+3.30

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	1,484	91.92	1,364	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,255	74.01	928	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	980	64.52	632	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	840	53.30	448	13

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	80.83/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,122	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	954	69.52/cwt	68.00–72.00	663	4
Bulls	—	—	1,290	91.26/cwt	90.00–92.00	1,177	3
Bulls	—	—	1,793	102.45/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,837	4
Bulls	—	—	1,352	83.90/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,134	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,219	76.17/cwt	74.00–78.00	929	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	976	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	134.45/cwt	134.00–136.00	659	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	133.76/cwt	131.00–137.00	766	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	141.01/cwt	140.00–142.00	547	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	400	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	435	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	620	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	660	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	871	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	127.69/cwt	124.00–129.00	797	6
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	674	476.59/cwt	400.00–550.00	3,212	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	130.85/cwt	130.00–132.50	547	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	160.11/cwt	158.00–162.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	138.51/cwt	138.00–139.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	131.79/cwt	130.00–132.00	764	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	133.30/cwt	132.00–133.50	694	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	161.83/cwt	160.00–162.00	660	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	120.68/cwt	120.00–121.00	757	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	121.33/cwt	120.00–124.00	861	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	990	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	912	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	150.51/cwt	150.00–151.00	662	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	131.48/cwt	130.00–133.00	681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	757	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	152.86/cwt	150.00–154.00	783	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	126.42/cwt	124.00–129.00	851	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	158.60/cwt	157.00–160.00	739	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	7,955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	139.57/cwt	139.50–140.00	857	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	145.54/cwt	142.00–148.00	854	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	133.56/cwt	132.00–135.00	508	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	121.76/cwt	120.00–125.00	688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	111.54/cwt	110.00–113.00	745	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	965	64.47/cwt	62.00–66.00	622	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	59.78/cwt	59.00–60.00	644	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,241	67.36/cwt	65.00–68.00	836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	127.79/cwt	125.00–130.00	592	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	906	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	145.84/cwt	144.00–146.00	748	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	722	51.82/cwt	50.00–53.00	374	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	914	55.98/cwt	55.00–58.00	512	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	384	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	151.51/cwt	149.00–154.00	656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	123.98/cwt	123.00–125.00	769	2

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 Jun 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 309Last week 267Year ago 632

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 49Year ago 79

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 11Year ago 30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,388	80.00–82.00	80.83
6	—	1,219	74.00–78.00	76.17
4	—	1,241	65.00–68.00	67.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	954	68.00–72.00	69.52
19	—	965	62.00–66.00	64.47
4	—	1,078	59.00–60.00	59.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	722	50.00–53.00	51.82
7	—	914	55.00–58.00	55.98
1	—	915	42.00	42.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,290	90.00–92.00	91.26
4	—	1,793	100.00–105.00	102.45
5	—	1,352	82.00–85.00	83.90

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	720	135.50	135.50
13	—	408	160.00–162.00	161.83
5	—	753	131.50	131.50
14	—	661	138.00	138.00
9	—	512	150.00–154.00	152.86
5	—	466	157.00–160.00	158.60
7	—	614	139.50–140.00	139.57
11	—	587	142.00–148.00	145.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	158.00–162.00	160.11
3	—	710	120.00–124.00	121.33
2	—	440	150.00–151.00	150.51
2	—	565	134.00	134.00
2	—	673	124.00–129.00	126.42
1	—	755	120.00	120.00
12	—	513	144.00–146.00	145.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	490	134.00–136.00	134.45
2	—	388	140.00–142.00	141.01
6	—	624	124.00–129.00	127.69
2	—	435	138.00–139.00	138.51
9	—	580	130.00–132.00	131.79
17	—	521	132.00–133.50	133.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	435	142.50	142.50
15	—	660	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	130.00–132.50	130.85
3	—	627	120.00–121.00	120.68
1	—	505	125.00	125.00
2	—	380	132.00–135.00	133.56
2	—	668	110.00–113.00	111.54
6	—	463	125.00–130.00	127.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	131.00–137.00	133.76
1	—	660	123.00	123.00
2	—	433	149.00–154.00	151.51
2	—	620	123.00–125.00	123.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	142.00	142.00
1	—	475	133.00	133.00
2	—	518	130.00–133.00	131.48
3	—	565	120.00–125.00	121.76

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	674	400.00–550.00	476.59
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,075	740.00	740.00

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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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

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