Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks: Slaughter Bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher, and slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers sold steady to 8.00 higher, Feeder heifers sold mostly steady, and feeder bulls sold 2.00 - 5.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.40/cwt on 138 head.

Average price

$140.40

138 head · 615 lb average

Value per head Derived

$864

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$165

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

$5.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.21

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	500	145.23	726	23
Medium and Large 1	639	139.43	891	115

One grade step is worth $5.80/cwt here — about −$165 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 sale138 hd

140.40

—

AL average11 barns · 889 hd

146.61

−6.21

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	—	High	1,593	95.90	1,528	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,302	70.64	920	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,081	64.34	695	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	915	52.97	485	12

Every lot, as filed

74 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	157.65/cwt	155.00–160.00	588	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	119.02/cwt	118.00–120.00	694	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	160.41/cwt	159.00–163.00	778	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	785	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,044	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	129.97/cwt	127.50–131.00	934	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	133.49/cwt	132.00–136.00	788	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,160	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	12,180	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	139.35/cwt	135.50–143.00	872	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	960	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,360	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	923	940.85/cwt	900.00–975.00	8,684	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	143.37/cwt	140.00–147.00	684	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	11,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	693	121.49/cwt	119.00–124.00	842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	130.66/cwt	129.00–133.00	742	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	15,470	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	1,162.33/cwt	1,150.00–1,175.00	13,134	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	887	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	152.88/cwt	150.00–157.00	810	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	142.25/cwt	141.00–144.00	609	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	160.95/cwt	160.00–162.00	531	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	723	112.70/cwt	111.00–115.00	815	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	772	109.69/cwt	108.00–111.00	847	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	150.49/cwt	148.00–153.00	742	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	574	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	147.22/cwt	145.00–150.00	537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	838	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	140.24/cwt	139.00–141.00	676	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	146.94/cwt	144.50–149.00	846	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	536	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	163.84/cwt	162.50–165.00	611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	138.36/cwt	137.50–139.00	735	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	148.44/cwt	147.00–150.00	634	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	386	143.70/cwt	140.00–146.00	555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	128.72/cwt	128.00–131.00	789	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	127.69/cwt	127.00–129.00	792	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	840	858.48/cwt	775.00–950.00	7,211	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	967	1,142.89/cwt	1,075.00–1,200.00	11,052	3
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	11,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,112	1,222.38/cwt	1,100.00–1,300.00	13,593	9
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	691	399.40/cwt	300.00–500.00	2,760	19
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	835	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	4,718	1
Bulls	—	—	1,671	105.01/cwt	103.00–107.00	1,755	7
Bulls	—	—	1,540	91.81/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,414	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,356	68.75/cwt	67.00–70.00	932	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	62.99/cwt	61.00–65.00	666	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	793	44.50/cwt	44.00–45.00	353	2
Bulls	—	—	1,530	80.41/cwt	80.00–81.00	1,230	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	56.61/cwt	55.00–59.00	607	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	50.48/cwt	49.00–52.00	396	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	5,886	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,150	1,425.00/cwt	1,425.00–1,425.00	16,388	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	55.71/cwt	54.00–57.00	545	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,119	69.74/cwt	68.00–72.00	780	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,328	1,119.07/cwt	1,000.00–1,225.00	14,861	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,505	1,438.16/cwt	1,425.00–1,450.00	21,644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	146.50/cwt	146.00–147.00	740	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,221	63.99/cwt	62.00–65.00	781	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	73.30/cwt	72.00–76.00	946	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	137.20/cwt	135.00–140.00	803	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	128.70/cwt	125.00–130.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	127.53/cwt	125.00–130.00	686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	16,335	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,026	686.09/cwt	650.00–750.00	7,039	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	140.59/cwt	140.00–142.00	519	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	133.46/cwt	130.00–135.00	621	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	135.31/cwt	133.00–140.00	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	133.37/cwt	130.00–135.00	654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	138.79/cwt	135.00–140.00	575	5

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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 507Last week 547Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 153Last week 199Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 91Last week 40Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	125.00	125.00
5	—	485	159.00–163.00	160.41
32	—	719	127.50–131.00	129.97
16	—	626	135.50–143.00	139.35
17	—	672	132.00	132.00
9	—	530	150.00–157.00	152.88
29	—	576	144.50–149.00	146.94
1	—	415	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	785	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	148.00–153.00	150.49
3	—	410	140.00	140.00
2	—	315	170.00	170.00
3	—	373	162.50–165.00	163.84
2	—	625	130.00	130.00
2	—	505	146.00–147.00	146.50
9	—	585	135.00–140.00	137.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	373	155.00–160.00	157.65
7	—	477	140.00–147.00	143.37
2	—	693	119.00–124.00	121.49
3	—	568	129.00–133.00	130.66
2	—	330	160.00–162.00	160.95
3	—	723	111.00–115.00	112.70
3	—	772	108.00–111.00	109.69
5	—	427	147.00–150.00	148.44
6	—	620	127.00–129.00	127.69
4	—	521	133.00–140.00	135.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	118.00–120.00	119.02
1	—	345	150.00	150.00
4	—	386	140.00–146.00	143.70
4	—	523	125.00–130.00	128.70
4	—	465	130.00–135.00	133.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	590	132.00–136.00	133.49
2	—	720	115.00	115.00
15	—	428	141.00–144.00	142.25
5	—	365	145.00–150.00	147.22
20	—	655	128.00	128.00
12	—	482	139.00–141.00	140.24
15	—	531	137.50–139.00	138.36
14	—	613	128.00–131.00	128.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	125.00–130.00	127.53
3	—	550	120.00	120.00
5	—	369	140.00–142.00	140.59
3	—	490	130.00–135.00	133.37
5	—	414	135.00–140.00	138.79

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,160	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	923	900.00–975.00	940.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	840	775.00–950.00	858.48
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	967	1,075.00–1,200.00	1,142.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,130	1,150.00–1,175.00	1,162.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,505	1,425.00–1,450.00	1,438.16
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	975.00	975.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	835	565.00	565.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,112	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,222.38
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,328	1,000.00–1,225.00	1,119.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,210	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	1,225.00	1,225.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	745	790.00	790.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	1,300.00	1,300.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,150.00	1,150.00
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	691	300.00–500.00	399.40
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,026	650.00–750.00	686.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,671	103.00–107.00	105.01
8	—	1,540	90.00–93.00	91.81
2	—	1,530	80.00–81.00	80.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,356	67.00–70.00	68.75
5	—	1,221	62.00–65.00	63.99
21	—	1,290	72.00–76.00	73.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,058	61.00–65.00	62.99
7	—	1,073	55.00–59.00	56.61
16	—	1,119	68.00–72.00	69.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	793	44.00–45.00	44.50
2	—	785	49.00–52.00	50.48
8	—	978	54.00–57.00	55.71

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

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How this sale compares

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