Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder steers and bulls sold 8.00 to 14.00 higher. Feeder heifers were 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand on feeder calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $244.71/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −143.54 against this barn's trailing median of $388.25.

Average price

$244.71

94 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,372

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$50.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.07

vs AL average

−7.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	260.50	1,362	16thin
Medium and Large 2	569	241.88	1,376	77
Medium and Large 3	545	210.00	1,145	1thin

One grade step is worth $50.50/cwt here — about $218 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $436.90, low $332.52, median $388.25 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale94 hd

244.71

—

AL average15 barns · 554 hd

234.64

+10.07

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−7.23

This barn, trailing median30 sales

388.25

−143.54

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	—	Low	1,661	165.49	2,749	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,382	146.76	2,028	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,246	143.00	1,781	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	126.00	1,367	31

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,475	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,009	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,350	5

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,350	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,091	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,294	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,236	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	257.99/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,373	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	239.27/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,393	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	289.27/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,461	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	239.97/cwt	232.00–245.00	1,389	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	287.70/cwt	282.00–295.00	1,171	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	276.23/cwt	274.00–280.00	1,180	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	257.25/cwt	240.00–264.00	1,219	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	248.16/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,328	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	311.72/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,194	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	274.90/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,045	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,618	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,164	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	592	252.64/cwt	252.00–255.00	1,496	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	282.75/cwt	270.00–288.00	1,380	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	247.32/cwt	236.00–250.00	1,642	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	226.80/cwt	222.00–229.50	1,538	75
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	267.25/cwt	265.00–268.00	1,414	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	137.59/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,769	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	149.15/cwt	148.00–150.00	1,994	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	127.73/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,424	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,981	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,378	147.46/cwt	145.00–152.00	2,032	11
Bulls	—	—	1,348	152.10/cwt	146.00–156.00	2,050	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,585.00/head	2,400.00–2,725.00	2,585	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,864.40/head	1,500.00–2,250.00	1,864	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,375.00/head	2,150.00–2,600.00	2,375	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	2,675.00/head	2,675.00–2,675.00	2,675	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,187.50/head	1,850.00–2,300.00	2,188	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,145	1
Bulls	—	—	1,730	167.06/cwt	164.00–170.00	2,890	9
Bulls	—	—	1,820	178.48/cwt	177.00–180.00	3,248	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	143.47/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,750	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	117.89/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,182	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	134.11/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,532	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,221	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	262.84/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,138	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,264	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	487	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,198	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	235.83/cwt	232.00–238.00	1,712	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	565	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,480	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,569	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,581	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,331	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	299.03/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,390	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,615	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,596	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,190	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,129	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	229.97/cwt	228.50–232.50	1,785	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,224	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,808	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,323	12

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 Aug 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 941Last week 636Year ago 734

Slaughter CattleReceipts 330Last week 70Year ago 137

Replacement CattleReceipts 33Last week 13Year ago 39

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	297	380.00	380.00
1	300–350	340	330.00	330.00
5	350–400	366	325.00	325.00
5	400–450	444	304.00	304.00
12	450–500	465	290.00–306.00	299.03
29	500–550	505	289.00–290.00	289.27
17	550–600	592	265.00	265.00
23	600–650	621	257.00	257.00
19	700–750	726	232.00–238.00	235.83
22	750–800	776	228.50–232.50	229.97
18	800–850	800	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	300.00	300.00
5	400–450	407	282.00–295.00	287.70
5	450–500	488	270.00–288.00	282.75
4	500–550	529	265.00–268.00	267.25
14	550–600	592	252.00–255.00	252.64
3	600–650	632	256.00	256.00
18	650–700	664	236.00–250.00	247.32
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	285.00	285.00
1	400–450	440	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	490	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	352	310.00	310.00
8	400–450	420	308.00	308.00
17	450–500	462	267.50	267.50
12	500–550	509	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	305.00	305.00
5	350–400	380	270.00–276.00	274.90
9	400–450	433	255.00–270.00	262.84
38	450–500	474	240.00–264.00	257.25
18	500–550	535	235.00–252.00	248.16
59	550–600	579	232.00–245.00	239.97
75	650–700	678	222.00–229.50	226.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	487	246.00	246.00
1	500–550	545	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	565	262.00	262.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	325.00	325.00
3	350–400	383	300.00–325.00	311.72
3	400–450	427	274.00–280.00	276.23
1	450–500	490	255.00	255.00
5	500–550	532	250.00–260.00	257.99
4	550–600	582	234.00–245.00	239.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	350.00	350.00
7	350–400	370	330.00	330.00
3	400–450	408	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	493	270.00	270.00
3	600–650	635	249.00	249.00
6	750–800	751	215.00	215.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,286	137.00–139.00	137.59
6	—	1,337	148.00–150.00	149.15
37	—	1,220	140.00–146.00	143.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,115	124.00–130.00	127.73
10	—	1,003	114.00–120.00	117.89
7	—	1,142	133.00–135.00	134.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	139.00	139.00
11	—	1,378	145.00–152.00	147.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,348	146.00–156.00	152.10
9	—	1,730	164.00–170.00	167.06
2	—	1,820	177.00–180.00	178.48

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	—	2,400.00–2,725.00	2,585.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	2,675.00	2,675.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	—	1,500.00–2,250.00	1,864.40
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	2,150.00–2,600.00	2,375.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	3,000.00	3,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	1,850.00–2,300.00	2,187.50

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Alabama Livestock Auction - Uniontown, AL

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