Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2021-08-17

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Aug 17
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
678 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 751▲ 140 vs year ago 538 · +26.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
177 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 257▲ 129 vs year ago 48 · +268.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 46▼ 8 vs year ago 25 · −32.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher with a high of 106.00 and slaughter cows sold steady. Feeder steers sold 4.00 - 9.00 lower, and feeder heifers and bulls sold 3.00 - 8.00 lower. Trade active with best demand on value added feeder cattle. Replacement sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.17/cwt on 229 head.
Average price
$133.17
229 head · 582 lb average
Value per head Derived
$775
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$175
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.11
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1594133.81795203
Medium and Large 2484128.1562026
One grade step is worth $5.66/cwt here — about $175 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 sale229 hd
133.17
—
AL average14 barns · 1,781 hd
131.06
+2.11
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,69595.161,6135thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,22569.8385634
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05163.6066857
CowsLean 85-90%Low96450.4948714

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—395164.00/cwt164.00–164.006481
HeifersMedium and Large 1—705121.00/cwt121.00–121.008531
SteersMedium and Large 1—773131.40/cwt128.00–135.001,0162
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465134.92/cwt134.00–135.0062713
HeifersMedium and Large 1—619128.60/cwt128.00–129.0079612
SteersMedium and Large 1—537148.78/cwt147.50–150.007997
SteersMedium and Large 1—436163.27/cwt162.00–165.007127
SteersMedium and Large 1—640140.35/cwt139.50–143.5089829
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—533139.85/cwt139.00–140.0074513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560130.50/cwt129.00–131.007314
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433139.33/cwt137.00–142.006033
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—756139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0517
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—681143.53/cwt142.50–144.2597756
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—745139.73/cwt139.00–140.501,04139
SteersMedium and Large 1—492153.57/cwt150.00–158.007565
SteersMedium and Large 1—705135.00/cwt135.00–135.009522
SteersMedium and Large 1—679137.18/cwt135.50–138.5093112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—655132.45/cwt132.00–133.0086836
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—563134.66/cwt134.00–135.0075836
BullsMedium and Large 1—587131.85/cwt131.00–133.0077416
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—490140.00/cwt140.00–140.006868
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—715130.00/cwt130.00–130.009304
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—605149.00/cwt149.00–149.0090113
BullsMedium and Large 1—655125.51/cwt124.00–127.008222
BullsMedium and Large 1—433153.51/cwt153.00–154.006652
Heifer PairsSmall 1-2—535400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1401
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—865700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,0551
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—598150.00/cwt150.00–150.0089717
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—628133.61/cwt133.00–134.5083965
BullsMedium and Large 1—508136.73/cwt133.00–140.0069521
BullsMedium and Large 1—641128.58/cwt128.00–131.008245
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06365.13/cwt63.00–67.0069242
CowsLean 85-90%—87840.00/cwt40.00–40.003512
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01657.02/cwt55.00–58.005794
CowsLean 85-90%—95949.85/cwt48.00–52.004788
Bulls——1,56588.76/cwt87.00–90.001,3892
Bulls——1,78299.43/cwt97.50–103.001,7723
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,25964.17/cwt62.00–66.008088
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01759.33/cwt57.00–60.0060315
HeifersMedium and Large 2—621117.24/cwt115.00–120.007284
HeifersMedium and Large 2—577122.32/cwt122.00–123.007063
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,277984.86/cwt900.00–1,025.0012,5773
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-2—945850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,0331
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,3501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0013,5001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—726589.95/cwt500.00–640.004,2834
BullsMedium and Large 2—365145.00/cwt145.00–145.005292
SteersMedium and Large 2—530140.00/cwt140.00–140.007422
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,248902.51/cwt850.00–950.0011,2632
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,21571.57/cwt70.00–74.0087026
SteersMedium and Large 2—590136.38/cwt135.00–139.008055
SteersMedium and Large 2—625126.20/cwt125.00–130.007894
BullsMedium and Large 2—543126.00/cwt125.00–127.006842
HeifersMedium and Large 2—358139.15/cwt134.00–140.004987
SteersMedium and Large 2—480142.35/cwt140.00–144.006833
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,055680.19/cwt670.00–690.007,1762
SteersMedium and Large 2—358153.49/cwt152.00–155.005492
HeifersMedium and Large 2—420130.00/cwt130.00–130.005462
SteersMedium and Large 2—720120.00/cwt120.00–120.008642
HeifersMedium and Large 2—670115.00/cwt115.00–115.007711
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518124.33/cwt123.00–126.006443
SteersMedium and Large 2—416150.69/cwt149.00–152.006276
BullsMedium and Large 2—435141.63/cwt140.00–145.006163
BullsMedium and Large 2—558123.48/cwt122.00–125.006892
BullsMedium and Large 2—660120.00/cwt120.00–120.007923
HeifersMedium and Large 1—690124.00/cwt124.00–124.008561
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467129.01/cwt126.00–130.006026
SteersMedium and Large 2—775118.00/cwt118.00–118.009152
BullsMedium and Large 1—719122.37/cwt119.00–124.008808
BullsMedium and Large 1—483141.16/cwt140.00–146.006827
HeifersMedium and Large 1—770117.00/cwt117.00–117.009011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—544132.40/cwt132.00–134.007205
BullsMedium and Large 2—340154.19/cwt148.00–155.005248
BullsMedium and Large 2—459133.72/cwt130.00–135.006144
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380144.00/cwt144.00–144.005471

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.