Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2022-10-04

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Oct 4
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,105 head
▲ 160 vs last sale 945▲ 700 vs year ago 405 · +172.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
236 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 156▲ 64 vs year ago 172 · +37.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 27▼ 90 vs year ago 157 · −57.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady, feeder bulls sold 3.00 - 5.00 higher, and feeder heifers sold 3.00 - 5.00 lower. Trade active with best demand on heavier feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.83/cwt on 316 head.
Average price
$143.83
316 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$855
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$226
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.71
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1620145.35901253
Medium and Large 2490137.7267663
One grade step is worth $7.63/cwt here — about $226 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 sale316 hd
143.83
—
AL average15 barns · 1,635 hd
138.12
+5.71
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—High1,52493.851,43013
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,28672.8293725
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06465.6769995
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00350.8751026

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,207$9984thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,035$8938
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)941$7466
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,023$1,0262thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)800$7112thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,298$1,3915
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)961$68412

Every lot, as filed

70 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—720135.00/cwt135.00–135.0097212
HeifersMedium and Large 2—479139.50/cwt138.00–140.0066810
SteersMedium and Large 1—558162.49/cwt160.00–163.0090710
SteersMedium and Large 1—659153.00/cwt152.00–156.001,0087
HeifersMedium and Large 2—669126.75/cwt125.00–127.008488
HeifersMedium and Large 2—720120.00/cwt120.00–120.008642
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—569153.02/cwt152.00–153.5087125
HeifersMedium and Large 2—618128.51/cwt128.00–129.007942
SteersMedium and Large 2—554148.23/cwt146.00–149.008214
SteersMedium and Large 2—478158.45/cwt157.00–160.007572
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330149.08/cwt146.00–151.004925
HeifersMedium and Large 2—563131.84/cwt130.00–134.007427
SteersMedium and Large 2—636143.99/cwt143.00–145.009165
SteersMedium and Large 1—515164.87/cwt164.00–167.0084913
SteersMedium and Large 2—325170.00/cwt170.00–170.005531
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—662160.58/cwt160.00–164.001,06335
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—541156.00/cwt156.00–156.0084424
HeifersMedium and Large 2—424141.68/cwt140.00–144.0060118
SteersMedium and Large 1—477168.37/cwt166.00–170.0080317
SteersMedium and Large 2—675140.00/cwt140.00–140.009451
SteersMedium and Large 1—622157.62/cwt156.50–159.5098028
SteersMedium and Large 2—360164.73/cwt164.00–165.005934
SteersMedium and Large 2—784132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,03514
SteersMedium and Large 2—415160.00/cwt160.00–160.006648
SteersMedium and Large 1—410169.76/cwt169.00–172.006964
SteersMedium and Large 1—305181.00/cwt181.00–181.005521
SteersMedium and Large 2—523155.04/cwt154.00–156.008112
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—570167.00/cwt167.00–167.0095220
SteersMedium and Large 1—737142.19/cwt141.00–143.501,04838
BullsMedium and Large 2—605140.00/cwt140.00–140.008471
BullsMedium and Large 2—530154.00/cwt153.00–155.008163
BullsMedium and Large 2—650138.00/cwt138.00–138.008971
BullsMedium and Large 2—580144.46/cwt143.00–146.008382
BullsMedium and Large 2—740134.00/cwt134.00–134.009921
BullsMedium and Large 2—461159.38/cwt155.00–160.0073516
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11773.22/cwt71.00–76.0081822
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,29968.00/cwt65.00–69.008836
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,25079.06/cwt78.00–80.009882
Bulls——1,838106.41/cwt104.00–110.001,9563
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06465.50/cwt63.00–68.0069748
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05147.61/cwt45.00–50.005007
CowsLean 85-90%—85139.66/cwt38.00–40.003385
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03356.50/cwt55.00–59.0058414
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,28673.79/cwt72.00–76.0094917
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,01759.37/cwt57.00–60.0060425
Bulls——1,20073.68/cwt72.00–75.008843
Bulls——1,52897.12/cwt94.00–99.001,4847
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—730625.00/head575.00–675.006252
Stock CowsSmall 1-2—749534.98/head425.00–610.005357
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,243821.90/head725.00–860.008224
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,3151,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—800711.09/head700.00–725.007112
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,0231,025.79/head1,000.00–1,050.001,0262
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,134921.17/head800.00–1,025.009214
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2821,097.69/head1,050.00–1,175.001,0983
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,046806.09/head670.00–950.008064
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—855579.82/head500.00–650.005802
Bred CowsSmall 1-2—980700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,0151,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2981,391.06/head1,300.00–1,550.001,3915
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375144.82/cwt144.00–146.005436
HeifersMedium and Large 1—513144.68/cwt143.00–145.007426
HeifersMedium and Large 2—522136.61/cwt134.00–138.007135
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—623148.51/cwt147.00–149.5092575
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—743142.89/cwt140.50–144.001,06238
BullsMedium and Large 2—444162.00/cwt162.00–162.007199
HeifersMedium and Large 1—753126.00/cwt126.00–126.009498
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474145.48/cwt145.00–145.5069024
HeifersMedium and Large 1—564138.69/cwt138.50–139.0078219
HeifersMedium and Large 1—675137.00/cwt137.00–137.0092522

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.