Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls and cows sold mostly steady with a high of 75.00 in breaker cows. Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 - 5.00 higher, feeder bulls sold 4.00 - 7.00 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 $143.47/cwt on 245 head.

Average price

$143.47

245 head · 656 lb average

Value per head Derived

$941

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$146

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

$2.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.78

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	559	145.81	816	36
Medium and Large 1	672	143.07	962	209

One grade step is worth $2.74/cwt here — about −$146 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 sale245 hd

143.47

—

AL average14 barns · 1,277 hd

149.25

−5.78

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	1,510	92.26	1,393	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,241	69.02	857	85
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,083	62.19	673	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	913	49.30	450	19

Every lot, as filed

67 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	—	683	139.86/cwt	139.00–141.00	955	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	786	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	135.14/cwt	135.00–135.50	789	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	138.89/cwt	138.00–139.50	1,010	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,060	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	539	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	765	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	152.81/cwt	152.00–153.00	877	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	144.81/cwt	142.50–146.00	915	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	134.80/cwt	131.00–135.00	826	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	138.33/cwt	138.00–138.50	668	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	616	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	838	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	1,004.15/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	9,690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	136.29/cwt	133.00–138.00	1,064	38
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,475	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	19,913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	126.41/cwt	125.00–127.00	890	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	672	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	865	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	147.50/cwt	145.00–150.00	627	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	878	752.35/cwt	675.00–825.00	6,606	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	135.77/cwt	135.00–137.00	710	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	552	133.66/cwt	133.00–134.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	692	132.07/cwt	131.00–133.00	914	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,070	1,004.67/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	10,750	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	699.11/cwt	680.00–730.00	4,978	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	715	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,145	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	65.15/cwt	63.00–67.50	719	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	54.87/cwt	53.00–56.00	494	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	49.85/cwt	49.00–50.00	480	6
Bulls	—	—	1,310	86.09/cwt	84.00–87.50	1,128	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	42.26/cwt	40.00–45.00	371	6
Bulls	—	—	1,643	96.37/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,583	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	608.60/cwt	515.00–680.00	5,721	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,241	64.20/cwt	62.00–65.00	797	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,241	70.05/cwt	68.00–72.00	869	70
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,064	59.45/cwt	57.00–60.00	633	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	732	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	1,004.78/cwt	900.00–1,125.00	13,213	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	157.06/cwt	155.00–159.00	672	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	662.07/cwt	600.00–725.00	4,866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	687	128.20/cwt	125.00–129.00	881	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	979.97/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	11,005	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	857	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,119	788.30/cwt	695.00–900.00	8,821	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	133.12/cwt	130.00–134.50	688	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	134.49/cwt	134.00–135.00	652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	588	126.52/cwt	125.00–128.00	744	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	130.49/cwt	130.00–132.00	685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	136.18/cwt	135.00–139.00	577	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	133.00/cwt	132.00–134.00	891	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	834	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	144.94/cwt	142.50–146.00	842	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	116.96/cwt	115.00–120.00	912	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	149.51/cwt	148.00–150.00	757	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	162.53/cwt	160.00–165.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	111.55/cwt	108.00–115.00	798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	165.72/cwt	162.00–167.00	670	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	122.55/cwt	120.00–125.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	828	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	129.45/cwt	123.00–130.00	731	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	134.34/cwt	133.00–135.00	645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	137.33/cwt	136.00–138.00	744	3

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 Aug 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 751Last week 753Year ago 434

Slaughter CattleReceipts 257Last week 100Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 46Last week 22Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	683	139.00–141.00	139.86
10	—	491	160.00	160.00
29	—	727	138.00–139.50	138.89
11	—	800	132.50	132.50
33	—	574	152.00–153.00	152.81
31	—	632	142.50–146.00	144.81
38	—	781	133.00–138.00	136.29
1	—	365	170.00	170.00
4	—	404	162.00–167.00	165.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	155.00–159.00	157.06
2	—	670	132.00–134.00	133.00
2	—	600	139.00	139.00
19	—	581	142.50–146.00	144.94
1	—	720	130.00	130.00
1	—	770	125.00	125.00
3	—	490	153.00	153.00
4	—	506	148.00–150.00	149.51
2	—	360	160.00–165.00	162.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	584	135.00–135.50	135.14
20	—	613	131.00–135.00	134.80
6	—	483	138.00–138.50	138.33
11	—	704	125.00–127.00	126.41
17	—	692	131.00–133.00	132.07
4	—	780	115.00–120.00	116.96
3	—	542	136.00–138.00	137.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	539	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	122.00	122.00
1	—	745	115.00	115.00
14	—	517	130.00–134.50	133.12
2	—	485	134.00–135.00	134.49
6	—	424	135.00–139.00	136.18
1	—	760	108.00	108.00
3	—	690	120.00	120.00
16	—	565	123.00–130.00	129.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	130.00	130.00
1	—	480	140.00	140.00
2	—	425	145.00–150.00	147.50
4	—	523	135.00–137.00	135.77
3	—	552	133.00–134.00	133.66
10	—	687	125.00–129.00	128.20
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	616	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	588	125.00–128.00	126.52
4	—	525	130.00–132.00	130.49
2	—	715	108.00–115.00	111.55
2	—	628	120.00–125.00	122.55
3	—	480	133.00–135.00	134.34

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	965	900.00–1,100.00	1,004.15
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	712	680.00–730.00	699.11
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,475	1,350.00	1,350.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,070	900.00–1,100.00	1,004.67
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	865	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	878	675.00–825.00	752.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	715	300.00	300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,315	900.00–1,125.00	1,004.78
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,123	900.00–1,100.00	979.97
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,119	695.00–900.00	788.30
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	940	515.00–680.00	608.60
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	735	600.00–725.00	662.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,103	63.00–67.50	65.15
40	—	1,064	57.00–60.00	59.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	900	53.00–56.00	54.87
6	—	962	49.00–50.00	49.85
6	—	878	40.00–45.00	42.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,241	62.00–65.00	64.20
70	—	1,241	68.00–72.00	70.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,310	84.00–87.50	86.09
3	—	1,643	95.00–98.00	96.37

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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