Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2022-12-13

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Dec 13
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
784 head
396 vs last sale 1,180 190 vs year ago 974 · 19.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
28 vs last sale 100 4 vs year ago 124 · +3.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
68 head
2 vs last sale 66 35 vs year ago 103 · 34.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls sold steady and slaughter cows sold 3.00 - 5.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00 - 10.00 higher, feeder bulls sold sharply higher. Trade active with very 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 $187.26/cwt on 181 head.
Average price
$187.26
181 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$952
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.35
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515188.43971157
Medium and Large 2466179.5883724
One grade step is worth $8.85/cwt here — about $134 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 sale181 hd
187.26
AL average15 barns · 1,390 hd
179.90
+7.35
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
BullsAverage1,61792.151,49022
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,35370.6595618
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08867.1673149
CowsLean 85-90%Average92048.8544913

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)$1,2194thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,2049
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$4002thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)$9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,18210
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)$69516

Every lot, as filed

77 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 1333189.03/cwt187.00–190.006295
HeifersMedium and Large 1786132.72/cwt132.00–138.001,0438
HeifersMedium and Large 1575159.04/cwt158.50–160.0091416
HeifersMedium and Large 2684133.33/cwt132.00–134.009123
HeifersMedium and Large 1371184.15/cwt182.00–187.0068310
HeifersMedium and Large 2261183.33/cwt180.00–188.004785
HeifersMedium and Large 2601142.40/cwt140.00–145.008565
HeifersMedium and Large 1457166.00/cwt166.00–166.007596
HeifersMedium and Large 2485158.38/cwt157.00–160.007685
SteersMedium and Large 2377189.24/cwt188.00–192.007133
HeifersMedium and Large 2371171.31/cwt170.00–175.006364
SteersMedium and Large 1373208.96/cwt206.00–212.0077925
HeifersMedium and Large 2518152.53/cwt150.00–155.007903
HeifersMedium and Large 2317177.06/cwt175.00–179.005613
HeifersMedium and Large 1666147.14/cwt142.00–148.009807
SteersMedium and Large 1556184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,02318
HeifersMedium and Large 2580146.37/cwt145.00–150.008495
SteersMedium and Large 2560168.98/cwt168.00–170.009462
SteersMedium and Large 2438181.02/cwt180.00–183.007934
SteersMedium and Large 1709160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1344
SteersMedium and Large 2460176.01/cwt172.00–180.008103
SteersMedium and Large 2615160.00/cwt160.00–160.009841
SteersMedium and Large 2295210.00/cwt210.00–210.006202
SteersMedium and Large 1524188.65/cwt185.00–189.5098947
SteersMedium and Large 2770138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0631
SteersMedium and Large 2715146.51/cwt146.00–147.001,0482
SteersMedium and Large 2530170.00/cwt170.00–170.009012
SteersMedium and Large 1337215.38/cwt214.00–216.007263
SteersMedium and Large 2333200.28/cwt197.00–204.006674
SteersMedium and Large 1450192.00/cwt192.00–192.0086415
SteersMedium and Large 1625172.60/cwt171.50–175.001,07936
SteersMedium and Large 1423200.11/cwt198.00–201.008469
BullsMedium and Large 1558160.99/cwt160.00–162.008982
BullsMedium and Large 2370180.63/cwt180.00–182.006683
BullsMedium and Large 1528169.05/cwt167.00–171.008934
BullsMedium and Large 1319202.90/cwt200.00–208.006478
BullsMedium and Large 1614150.80/cwt149.00–154.009264
BullsMedium and Large 1275209.33/cwt208.00–210.005763
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26264.35/cwt64.00–65.008123
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09060.75/cwt59.00–63.0066215
CowsLean 85-90%97350.00/cwt50.00–50.004872
CowsLean 85-90%94342.20/cwt40.00–45.003986
CowsLean 85-90%87056.37/cwt54.00–58.004905
Bulls1,60091.62/cwt89.00–95.001,46613
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40078.60/cwt77.00–80.001,1003
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36470.23/cwt68.00–72.0095812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08268.70/cwt66.00–71.0074327
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10774.99/cwt74.00–78.008307
Bulls1,834100.73/cwt99.00–104.001,8475
Bulls1,40183.16/cwt80.00–86.001,1654
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 1-2800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2839.00/head755.00–995.0083910
Stock CowsSmall 1-2454.17/head385.00–510.004546
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred CowsSmall 1-2400.00/head300.00–500.004002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,130.83/head1,025.00–1,225.001,1316
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,158.33/head1,050.00–1,250.001,1583
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,350.00/head1,300.00–1,400.001,3503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,193.75/head1,050.00–1,275.001,1944
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,050.00/head925.00–1,175.001,0502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,383.33/head1,375.00–1,400.001,3833
BullsMedium and Large 1370194.80/cwt190.00–200.0072111
BullsMedium and Large 2329189.21/cwt185.00–192.006234
BullsMedium and Large 2270200.00/cwt200.00–200.005404
BullsMedium and Large 2743130.51/cwt129.00–132.009702
BullsMedium and Large 2468172.60/cwt170.00–175.008086
BullsMedium and Large 1422186.93/cwt185.00–190.007897
BullsMedium and Large 2688138.54/cwt135.00–142.009532
HeifersMedium and Large 1413173.83/cwt171.00–180.007188
BullsMedium and Large 2422177.63/cwt175.00–180.007505
BullsMedium and Large 2520161.02/cwt158.00–164.008374
BullsMedium and Large 2757118.65/cwt117.00–122.008983
BullsMedium and Large 2575149.41/cwt146.00–153.008597
HeifersMedium and Large 2425164.13/cwt160.00–166.0069825
HeifersMedium and Large 1509160.68/cwt160.00–162.0081825
HeifersMedium and Large 2785124.70/cwt120.00–127.009796

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.