Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2022-06-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter bulls and cows sold 3.00 - 6.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls sold unevenly steady and feeder heifers sold 1.00 - 3.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.47/cwt on 101 head.

Average price

$159.47

101 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$223

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

$12.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.39

vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	441	167.63	739	37
Medium and Large 1	622	154.75	963	64

One grade step is worth $12.88/cwt here — about −$223 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 sale101 hd

159.47

—

AL average10 barns · 519 hd

159.86

−0.39

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	1,684	107.29	1,806	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,321	91.54	1,210	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,047	80.27	841	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	891	53.03	472	19

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,050	$805	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$742	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	830	$830	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,078	$888	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	875	$800	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	(<2 yrs)	890	$824	2thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	936	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	165.46/cwt	163.00–168.00	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	968	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	171.65/cwt	170.00–175.00	615	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	630	133.27/cwt	129.00–136.00	840	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	678	122.53/cwt	120.00–125.00	831	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	162.90/cwt	160.00–165.00	792	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	702	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	995	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	174.07/cwt	170.00–178.00	809	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	957	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	161.96/cwt	160.00–168.00	842	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	139.13/cwt	135.00–140.00	648	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	128.64/cwt	125.00–130.00	745	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	389	173.86/cwt	170.00–175.00	676	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	169.59/cwt	165.00–170.00	719	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	145.50/cwt	145.00–146.00	888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	145.44/cwt	145.00–146.00	764	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	149.76/cwt	148.00–152.00	619	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	878	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	586	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	949	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	652	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	1,012	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	707	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	148.94/cwt	147.00–150.00	767	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	144.47/cwt	141.00–145.00	543	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	588	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	503	134.34/cwt	131.00–135.00	676	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	805.00/head	805.00–805.00	805	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	742.33/head	735.00–750.00	742	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	830.00/head	830.00–830.00	830	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	823.90/head	675.00–985.00	824	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	895	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bulls	—	—	1,780	105.68/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,881	15
Bulls	—	—	1,677	113.98/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,911	10
Bulls	—	—	1,223	93.03/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,138	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	941	42.57/cwt	40.00–45.00	401	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	930	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	651	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	79.58/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,128	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	88.78/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,083	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	882	61.69/cwt	60.00–64.00	544	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,011	79.30/cwt	73.00–84.00	802	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,245	88.45/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,101	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,323	95.56/cwt	94.00–98.50	1,264	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	866	53.08/cwt	49.00–55.00	460	8

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 21, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 361Last week 407Year ago 299

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 166Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 16Year ago 19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	720	130.00	130.00
2	—	468	163.00–168.00	165.46
1	—	750	129.00	129.00
3	—	358	170.00–175.00	171.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	129.00–136.00	133.27
2	—	678	120.00–125.00	122.53
5	—	471	150.00	150.00
3	—	515	147.00–150.00	148.94
1	—	560	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	486	160.00–165.00	162.90
1	—	580	150.00	150.00
13	—	389	170.00–175.00	173.86
12	—	424	165.00–170.00	169.59
2	—	610	145.00–146.00	145.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	180.00	180.00
12	—	711	140.00	140.00
3	—	465	170.00–178.00	174.07
10	—	634	151.00	151.00
1	—	675	147.00	147.00
6	—	520	160.00–168.00	161.96
1	—	585	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	586	162.00	162.00
21	—	652	155.25	155.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	466	135.00–140.00	139.13
7	—	579	125.00–130.00	128.64
7	—	376	141.00–145.00	144.47
7	—	420	140.00	140.00
6	—	503	131.00–135.00	134.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	146.00	146.00
30	—	525	145.00–146.00	145.44
9	—	413	148.00–152.00	149.76
23	—	634	138.50	138.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,260	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	775.00	775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	805.00	805.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	900	735.00–750.00	742.33
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	830.00	830.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	890	675.00–985.00	823.90

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,780	103.00–108.00	105.68
10	—	1,677	112.00–118.00	113.98
3	—	1,223	90.00–95.00	93.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	941	40.00–45.00	42.57
6	—	882	60.00–64.00	61.69
8	—	866	49.00–55.00	53.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	930	70.00	70.00
11	—	1,220	87.00–91.00	88.78
33	—	1,011	73.00–84.00	79.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,417	78.00–81.00	79.58
4	—	1,245	85.00–91.00	88.45
12	—	1,323	94.00–98.50	95.56

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Alabama Livestock Auction - Uniontown, AL

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle