Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00 to 12.00 lower. Replacement cattle sold steady to firm. Feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder steers sold sharply higher. Feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Trade was active with moderate to good demand on feeder calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.26/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −155.99 against this barn's trailing median of $388.25.

Average price

$232.26

98 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,289

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$36.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.41

vs AL average

−20.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	244.17	1,344	23
Medium and Large 2	556	229.80	1,279	71
Medium and Large 3	552	207.58	1,145	4thin

One grade step is worth $36.60/cwt here — about $199 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale98 hd

232.26

—

AL average14 barns · 578 hd

225.86

+6.41

National average183 barns · 16,319 hd

252.68

−20.42

This barn, trailing median30 sales

388.25

−155.99

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	1,393	137.31	1,912	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,244	123.35	1,535	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,489	119.44	1,778	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,138	113.11	1,287	60

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,553	17
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,132	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,231	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,640	23

Every lot, as filed

61 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 2	550–600	560	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,204	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,334	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	275.99/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,314	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	251.82/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,453	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	804	226.92/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,824	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,101	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	744	229.38/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,707	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	223.06/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,506	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	952	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	250.49/cwt	247.00–252.00	1,045	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	240.15/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,482	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	244.84/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,271	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	226.52/cwt	220.00–228.50	1,307	45
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	215.04/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,516	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	631	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,483	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	259.32/cwt	258.00–260.00	980	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	219.25/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,662	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	228.68/cwt	227.00–229.50	1,422	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,102	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	207.15/cwt	200.00–214.00	1,187	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,182	119.71/cwt	119.00–124.00	1,415	14
Bulls	—	—	1,463	130.91/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,915	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	116.17/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,717	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	121.25/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,813	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	123.60/cwt	122.00–125.00	1,541	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	112.57/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,282	38
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,662.50/head	1,550.00–1,750.00	1,663	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	—	1,750.00/head	1,700.00–1,800.00	1,750	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,571.43/head	3,300.00–3,900.00	3,571	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,833.33/head	2,500.00–3,100.00	2,833	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,166.67/head	3,100.00–3,300.00	3,167	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,725.00/head	2,400.00–2,950.00	2,725	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,132.14/head	2,000.00–2,350.00	2,132	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,466.07/head	2,000.00–2,800.00	2,466	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,242.86/head	3,000.00–3,600.00	3,243	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,159	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	119.93/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,521	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,443	1
Bulls	—	—	1,558	148.42/cwt	144.00–152.00	2,312	2
Bulls	—	—	1,284	136.71/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,755	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	104.16/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,099	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,347	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	251.60/cwt	244.00–257.00	1,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,386	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,040	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	897	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	230.15/cwt	229.00–232.00	1,772	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	265.60/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,381	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,597	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,494	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	242.77/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,146	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	235.47/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,227	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	696	234.26/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,630	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	328.95/cwt	327.00–330.00	1,066	6

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 Oct 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,119Last week 890Year ago 920

Slaughter CattleReceipts 300Last week 200Year ago 151

Replacement CattleReceipts 85Last week 35Year ago 65

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	519	240.00–250.00	244.84
3	550–600	560	215.00	215.00
1	600–650	635	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	324	327.00–330.00	328.95
2	350–400	355	310.00	310.00
25	450–500	476	270.00–282.00	275.99
16	500–550	520	250.00–268.00	265.60
30	550–600	577	248.00–260.00	251.82
40	600–650	617	240.00–246.00	240.15
21	650–700	696	230.00–245.00	234.26
21	700–750	744	227.00–230.00	229.38
31	750–800	770	229.00–232.00	230.15
27	800–850	804	225.00–230.00	226.92
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	260.00	260.00
3	350–400	385	270.00	270.00
3	400–450	434	244.00–257.00	251.60
2	450–500	483	240.00	240.00
6	600–650	631	235.00	235.00
2	700–750	705	210.00–220.00	215.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	624	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	258.00–260.00	259.32
10	400–450	417	247.00–252.00	250.49
16	450–500	472	240.00–245.00	242.77
26	500–550	521	232.00–237.00	235.47
45	550–600	577	220.00–228.50	226.52
29	600–650	622	227.00–229.50	228.68
38	650–700	675	220.00–225.00	223.06
49	750–800	758	215.00–222.00	219.25
1	800–850	800	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	244.00	244.00
1	400–450	425	222.00	222.00
1	450–500	460	224.00	224.00
2	500–550	530	208.00	208.00
2	550–600	573	200.00–214.00	207.15
1	600–650	640	214.00	214.00
8	650–700	660	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	515	248.00	248.00
22	550–600	552	244.00	244.00
8	600–650	625	239.00	239.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,182	119.00–124.00	119.71
38	—	1,139	110.00–117.00	112.57
8	—	1,055	100.00–108.00	104.16
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,478	115.00–117.00	116.17
9	—	1,495	120.00–122.00	121.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,247	122.00–125.00	123.60
2	—	1,268	119.00–121.00	119.93
1	—	1,145	126.00	126.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,463	130.00–133.00	130.91
2	—	1,558	144.00–152.00	148.42
5	—	1,284	135.00–139.00	136.71

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	—	1,550.00–1,750.00	1,662.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	3,100.00–3,300.00	3,166.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	2,400.00–2,950.00	2,725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	2,000.00–2,350.00	2,132.14
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	1,700.00–1,800.00	1,750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	—	3,300.00–3,900.00	3,571.43
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	—	3,000.00–3,600.00	3,242.86
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	—	2,500.00–3,100.00	2,833.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	—	2,000.00–2,800.00	2,466.07

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

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