Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to market lightly tested because of winter weather.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $270.70/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −117.55 against this barn's trailing median of $388.25.

Average price

$270.70

4 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,454

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.51

vs AL average

−33.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	537	270.70	1,454	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale4 hd

270.70

—

AL average9 barns · 389 hd

270.19

+0.51

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−33.72

This barn, trailing median30 sales

388.25

−117.55

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	1,671	154.42	2,581	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,610	137.00	2,206	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,202	136.12	1,637	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,035	117.66	1,218	5thin

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)	—	$1,700	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$1,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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	—	—	1,725	148.52/cwt	148.00–149.00	2,562	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	137.39/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,539	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,352	141.32/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,911	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	124.53/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,525	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,240	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	129.51/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,405	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	103.15/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,032	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,171	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,236	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	284.95/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,265	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	336.24/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,358	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,498	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	362.26/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,141	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,700.00/head	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,700	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bulls	—	—	1,850	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,812	1
Bulls	—	—	1,528	161.53/cwt	160.00–163.00	2,468	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	326.22/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,341	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	257.54/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	271.60/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,439	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,428	1

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 Jan 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 55Last week 513Year ago 817

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 121Year ago 95

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 55Year ago 54

No trends due to market lightly tested because of winter weather.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,725	148.00–149.00	148.52
1	—	1,850	152.00	152.00
2	—	1,528	160.00–163.00	161.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,120	135.00–138.00	137.39
3	—	1,352	140.00–143.00	141.32
2	—	1,225	124.00–125.00	124.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,600	140.00	140.00
4	—	1,620	134.00	134.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	129.00–130.00	129.51
2	—	1,000	100.00–107.00	103.15
1	—	1,005	123.00	123.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	510	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	444	280.00–290.00	284.95
3	500–550	530	270.00–275.00	271.60
1	550–600	559	268.00	268.00
2	600–650	625	255.00–260.00	257.54
1	750–800	775	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	355.00–365.00	362.26
4	400–450	404	335.00–340.00	336.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	248.00	248.00
1	550–600	590	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	411	325.00–330.00	326.22

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	1,200.00	1,200.00

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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Uniontown Stockyards

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle