Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2023-09-12

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Sep 12
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
808 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 798▼ 318 vs year ago 1,126 · −28.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 109▼ 142 vs year ago 328 · −43.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 56▼ 48 vs year ago 112 · −42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago, slaughter cattle sold unevenly steady. Feeder steers sold 1.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Replacement cattle sold steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $238.59/cwt on 169 head.
Average price
$238.59
169 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,333
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.98
vs AL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548245.251,34481
Medium and Large 2576234.161,34867
Medium and Large 3545227.041,23721
One grade step is worth $18.21/cwt here — about $107 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 sale169 hd
238.59
—
AL average13 barns · 992 hd
242.57
−3.98
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—Average1,579127.082,00615
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,432104.761,50016
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,223102.931,25976
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07895.451,0299thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,4173thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,3754thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,3003thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 3—459235.19/cwt230.00–237.001,08011
SteersMedium and Large 3—694214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,4855
HeifersMedium and Large 2—672207.54/cwt207.00–208.001,39517
HeifersMedium and Large 2—740201.27/cwt201.00–203.001,48914
HeifersMedium and Large 2—451218.00/cwt218.00–218.009835
HeifersMedium and Large 2—537210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,12810
SteersMedium and Large 1—306268.00/cwt268.00–268.008205
SteersMedium and Large 2—721220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5868
SteersMedium and Large 1—626240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5026
SteersMedium and Large 1—432256.50/cwt254.00–258.001,1087
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380234.10/cwt228.00–237.0089010
HeifersMedium and Large 1—388249.00/cwt240.00–250.0096617
SteersMedium and Large 3—623222.41/cwt220.00–225.001,3862
SteersMedium and Large 2—522244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,2742
SteersMedium and Large 3—395240.00/cwt240.00–240.009481
SteersMedium and Large 3—745200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4901
SteersMedium and Large 3—539226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2181
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—565252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4241
SteersMedium and Large 1—578241.82/cwt241.00–244.001,3986
SteersMedium and Large 2—325255.75/cwt252.00–260.008312
SteersMedium and Large 2—375250.00/cwt250.00–250.009386
SteersMedium and Large 2—558236.13/cwt234.00–241.001,31828
SteersMedium and Large 2—626229.98/cwt229.00–232.001,44017
SteersMedium and Large 2—666225.01/cwt224.00–226.001,4992
SteersMedium and Large 1—390260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0141
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—608248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5087
SteersMedium and Large 1—454247.91/cwt247.00–250.001,12623
SteersMedium and Large 2—800212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6961
SteersMedium and Large 1—521246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2826
SteersMedium and Large 2—455246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,1191
SteersMedium and Large 1—730230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6791
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—470250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1751
BullsMedium and Large 1—440240.76/cwt239.00–248.001,05912
BullsMedium and Large 2—535222.10/cwt218.00–228.001,1888
BullsMedium and Large 1—318258.09/cwt252.00–260.008217
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—390265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0341
BullsMedium and Large 1—464224.30/cwt220.00–228.001,0417
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09996.98/cwt95.00–100.001,0666
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,389101.83/cwt100.00–103.001,4146
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,458106.52/cwt104.00–109.001,55310
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19798.92/cwt95.00–100.001,18426
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03792.38/cwt90.00–94.009583
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,253109.05/cwt107.00–112.001,36613
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,231103.59/cwt101.00–106.001,27537
Bulls——1,390123.79/cwt121.00–126.001,7216
Bulls——1,273114.98/cwt114.00–116.001,4643
Bulls——1,920136.41/cwt134.00–139.002,6196
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,416.67/head1,375.00–1,475.001,4173
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2——1,375.00/head1,275.00–1,425.001,3754
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2——1,300.00/head1,250.00–1,350.001,3003
BullsMedium and Large 3—478214.06/cwt210.00–218.001,0232
BullsMedium and Large 3—395230.00/cwt230.00–230.009096
BullsMedium and Large 2—380240.00/cwt240.00–240.009123
BullsMedium and Large 2—620201.94/cwt200.00–204.001,2522
BullsMedium and Large 3—613193.95/cwt190.00–198.001,1892
BullsMedium and Large 2—345250.00/cwt250.00–250.008632
BullsMedium and Large 2—440230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0121
BullsMedium and Large 1—355250.00/cwt250.00–250.008885
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418233.85/cwt230.00–238.0097710
BullsMedium and Large 3—438221.36/cwt220.00–225.009705
BullsMedium and Large 3—520204.12/cwt200.00–208.001,0612
BullsMedium and Large 3—330235.00/cwt235.00–235.007761
HeifersMedium and Large 3—578201.47/cwt200.00–203.001,16413
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380222.08/cwt220.00–224.008442
HeifersMedium and Large 3—620197.01/cwt196.00–198.001,2218
HeifersMedium and Large 3—431217.86/cwt216.00–222.009396
BullsMedium and Large 2—800198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,5841
BullsMedium and Large 2—565210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1871
SteersMedium and Large 1—694236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,63810
SteersMedium and Large 1—771227.89/cwt227.00–229.001,7578
HeifersMedium and Large 2—431223.64/cwt220.00–226.0096417
HeifersMedium and Large 3—471208.22/cwt207.00–210.0098112
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323231.95/cwt225.00–235.007499
HeifersMedium and Large 3—710180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2781

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.