Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady and slaughter cows sold 2.00 - 6.00 higher. Feeder steers sold 5.00 - 10.00 higher, feeder bulls and heifers sold 3.00 - 7.00 lower. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady to firm with best demand on pairs with a high of 1925.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.45/cwt on 107 head.

Average price

$138.45

107 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$753

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

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

$1.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.51

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	592	138.83	821	76
Medium and Large 2	426	137.53	586	31

One grade step is worth $1.30/cwt here — about $235 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 sale107 hd

138.45

—

AL average13 barns · 1,310 hd

141.97

−3.51

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	1,592	100.63	1,602	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,333	87.64	1,168	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,090	73.00	796	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	899	48.81	439	21

Every lot, as filed

85 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	568	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	829	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	142.92/cwt	140.00–145.00	469	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	675	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	938	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	735	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	157.63/cwt	155.00–160.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	143.47/cwt	140.00–145.00	674	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	572	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	146.49/cwt	146.00–147.00	598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	615	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	876	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	803	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	711	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,006	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	121.04/cwt	119.00–124.00	690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	147.59/cwt	145.00–150.00	391	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	132.03/cwt	130.00–134.00	644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	128.98/cwt	128.00–130.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	134.52/cwt	134.00–135.00	578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	151.18/cwt	151.00–152.00	481	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	751	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	984	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	139.25/cwt	135.00–140.00	532	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	136.77/cwt	135.00–140.00	730	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	186.91/cwt	185.00–189.00	617	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	986	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	164.00/cwt	163.00–165.00	836	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	176.66/cwt	170.00–180.00	645	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	1,151	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	197.83/cwt	197.50–198.00	683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	126.01/cwt	125.00–126.50	992	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	944	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	697	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,066	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	215	217.09/cwt	212.00–220.00	467	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	195.57/cwt	194.00–197.50	745	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,130	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	147.45/cwt	145.00–150.00	911	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	367	167.28/cwt	165.00–170.00	614	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	609	135.00/cwt	134.00–136.00	822	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	185.92/cwt	184.00–188.00	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	167.63/cwt	166.00–170.00	805	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	156.51/cwt	155.00–158.00	869	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	326	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,364	71.89/cwt	69.00–76.00	981	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,119	82.18/cwt	79.00–85.00	920	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,084	72.37/cwt	69.00–75.00	784	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	55.87/cwt	54.00–58.00	559	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	874	48.16/cwt	45.00–50.00	421	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,308	88.51/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,158	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,351	93.88/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,268	15
Bulls	—	—	1,661	106.03/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,761	8
Bulls	—	—	1,578	99.11/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,564	11
Bulls	—	—	1,393	87.42/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,218	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,067	61.66/cwt	59.00–64.00	658	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,375	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	16,844	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2Fancy	—	965	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	12,786	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,593	1,749.86/cwt	1,625.00–1,850.00	27,875	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	1,053	969.63/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	10,210	4
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	975	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,581	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	1,425.00/cwt	1,425.00–1,425.00	17,741	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	875	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,250	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,059	825.75/cwt	700.00–925.00	8,745	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	980.54/cwt	875.00–1,075.00	11,796	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,160	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	756	1,414.98/cwt	1,200.00–1,500.00	10,697	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,095	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,950	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,556	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,930	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	875.98/cwt	850.00–900.00	8,348	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	780	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,875	1
Stock Cows	Small 1-2	—	744	593.58/cwt	565.00–645.00	4,416	5
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	900	755.63/cwt	650.00–875.00	6,801	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,030	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	967	989.66/cwt	900.00–1,150.00	9,570	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	1,045.22/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	11,895	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	1,326	1,363.56/cwt	1,325.00–1,450.00	18,081	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2Fancy	—	985	1,225.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,250.00	12,066	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2Fancy	—	975	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,531	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,307	1,345.11/cwt	1,225.00–1,475.00	17,581	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	285	177.46/cwt	175.00–180.00	506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	142.42/cwt	140.00–145.00	745	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	172.98/cwt	170.00–175.00	571	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	538	160.36/cwt	158.00–164.00	863	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	300	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	173.01/cwt	170.00–175.00	718	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.

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Alabama Livestock Auction - Uniontown, AL

Tue Feb 8, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 487Last week 692Year ago 109

Slaughter CattleReceipts 219Last week 91Year ago 44

Replacement CattleReceipts 125Last week 38Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	676	130.00	130.00
11	—	470	140.00–145.00	143.47
6	—	381	150.00	150.00
2	—	408	146.00–147.00	146.49
2	—	595	135.00	135.00
6	—	318	151.00–152.00	151.18
4	—	534	135.00–140.00	136.77
15	—	787	125.00–126.50	126.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	568	146.00	146.00
6	—	675	139.00	139.00
7	—	615	142.50	142.50
2	—	711	141.50	141.50
5	—	751	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	328	140.00–145.00	142.92
3	—	570	119.00–124.00	121.04
4	—	265	145.00–150.00	147.59
2	—	488	130.00–134.00	132.03
2	—	510	128.00–130.00	128.98
2	—	430	134.00–135.00	134.52
9	—	382	135.00–140.00	139.25
3	—	725	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	150.00	150.00
2	—	423	155.00–160.00	157.63
6	—	367	165.00–170.00	167.28
4	—	609	134.00–136.00	135.00
2	—	285	175.00–180.00	177.46
2	—	523	140.00–145.00	142.42
4	—	330	170.00–175.00	172.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	145.00–150.00	147.45
2	—	380	184.00–188.00	185.92
3	—	480	166.00–170.00	167.63
2	—	555	155.00–158.00	156.51
3	—	538	158.00–164.00	160.36
1	—	300	195.00	195.00
3	—	415	170.00–175.00	173.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	290	200.00	200.00
9	—	775	148.50	148.50
3	—	345	197.50–198.00	197.83
9	—	590	160.00	160.00
7	—	697	153.00	153.00
3	—	215	212.00–220.00	217.09
5	—	381	194.00–197.50	195.57
6	—	729	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	185.00–189.00	186.91
2	—	510	163.00–165.00	164.00
1	—	425	175.00	175.00
5	—	365	170.00–180.00	176.66
1	—	620	142.00	142.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	815	40.00	40.00
6	—	1,001	54.00–58.00	55.87
11	—	874	45.00–50.00	48.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,364	69.00–76.00	71.89
19	—	1,308	85.00–90.00	88.51
15	—	1,351	92.00–97.00	93.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,119	79.00–85.00	82.18
44	—	1,084	69.00–75.00	72.37
17	—	1,067	59.00–64.00	61.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,661	104.00–109.00	106.03
11	—	1,578	96.00–100.00	99.11
2	—	1,393	85.00–90.00	87.42

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,375	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,095	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	675.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	875	600.00	600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	780	625.00	625.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	900	650.00–875.00	755.63
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,059	700.00–925.00	825.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	—	1,203	875.00–1,075.00	980.54
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,020	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	975	875.00	875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	965	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	985	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,225.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,593	1,625.00–1,850.00	1,749.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,326	1,325.00–1,450.00	1,363.56
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,053	900.00–1,000.00	969.63
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	967	900.00–1,150.00	989.66
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,245	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,138	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,045.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,307	1,225.00–1,475.00	1,345.11
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	756	1,200.00–1,500.00	1,414.98
Stock Cows — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	744	565.00–645.00	593.58
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	775.00	775.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	990	700.00	700.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	953	850.00–900.00	875.98
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,030	1,000.00	1,000.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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