Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher, with high yielding up to 2.00. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder steers sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers and bulls sold unevenly steady. Trade was active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.13/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −49.12 against this barn's trailing median of $388.25.

Average price

$339.13

67 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,800

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$335

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

$45.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.50

vs AL average

−0.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	351.00	1,909	38
Medium and Large 2	512	330.39	1,693	21
Medium and Large 3	515	305.71	1,574	8thin

One grade step is worth $45.29/cwt here — about $335 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale67 hd

339.13

—

AL average9 barns · 221 hd

318.63

+20.50

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

−0.75

This barn, trailing median30 sales

388.25

−49.12

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	—	High	1,711	170.75	2,922	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,257	149.48	1,879	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,458	145.15	2,117	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,195	136.00	1,625	1thin

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)	—	$2,191	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,050	12

Every lot, as filed

66 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 2	300–350	305	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,373	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	504.90/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,212	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	337.63/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	341.70/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,770	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	264	373.79/cwt	370.00–375.00	987	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	711	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,827	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,010	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	396.61/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,892	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	591	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,921	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	354.96/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,147	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	888	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,042	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,605	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,885	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	296.12/cwt	280.00–312.00	1,940	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,343	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	334.90/cwt	310.00–338.00	1,691	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,023	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	344.85/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,769	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,122	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	287.51/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,676	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	674	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,752	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,369	1
Bulls	—	—	1,826	177.04/cwt	170.00–185.00	3,233	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	148.18/cwt	144.00–155.00	2,146	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	146.58/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,903	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	151.96/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,857	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,625	1
Bulls	—	—	1,653	162.99/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,694	3
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,645.83/head	1,475.00–1,850.00	1,646	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,416.67/head	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,417	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,150.00/head	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,150	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,888.89/head	2,250.00–3,200.00	2,889	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,533.33/head	3,400.00–3,700.00	3,533	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,193	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	305.71/cwt	290.00–308.00	1,574	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	332.80/cwt	315.00–350.00	965	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,644	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,963	1
Bulls	—	—	1,085	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,909	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,726	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,189	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	594	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,228	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,753	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,161	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	497.55/cwt	495.00–500.00	1,294	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	464.04/cwt	435.00–474.00	2,176	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	798	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,234	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	394.46/cwt	385.00–396.00	1,448	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,982	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	431.88/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,801	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	290.04/cwt	285.00–299.00	1,995	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,000	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,100	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,920	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 May 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 370Last week 290Year ago 277

Slaughter CattleReceipts 193Last week 148Year ago 107

Replacement CattleReceipts 68Last week 22Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	450.00	450.00
3	400–450	417	420.00–440.00	431.88
3	450–500	477	390.00–400.00	396.61
7	500–550	518	340.00–342.00	341.70
9	550–600	591	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	605	290.00	290.00
11	650–700	688	285.00–299.00	290.04
4	750–800	798	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	500.00–510.00	504.90
2	250–300	260	495.00–500.00	497.55
4	350–400	369	475.00	475.00
7	400–450	415	477.50	477.50
19	450–500	469	435.00–474.00	464.04
13	500–550	505	400.00	400.00
31	550–600	594	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	475	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	555	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	264	370.00–375.00	373.79
2	300–350	323	350.00–360.00	354.96
2	350–400	358	375.00	375.00
14	400–450	418	384.00	384.00
2	450–500	465	325.00–350.00	337.63
19	500–550	505	310.00–338.00	334.90
2	550–600	583	285.00–290.00	287.51
2	650–700	674	260.00	260.00
3	700–750	711	257.00	257.00
2	750–800	778	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	315.00–350.00	332.80
1	300–350	340	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	355	335.00	335.00
1	400–450	435	345.00	345.00
8	500–550	515	290.00–308.00	305.71
1	650–700	685	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	510.00	510.00
1	250–300	270	430.00	430.00
14	350–400	367	385.00–396.00	394.46
11	400–450	437	395.00	395.00
38	500–550	544	351.00	351.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	470	365.00	365.00
2	500–550	513	335.00–355.00	344.85
1	550–600	580	330.00	330.00
5	600–650	614	307.00	307.00
2	650–700	655	280.00–312.00	296.12
4	700–750	718	280.00	280.00
1	800–850	800	240.00	240.00
2	850–900	888	230.00	230.00
2	1000–1050	1,000	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	550	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	500.00	500.00
1	350–400	375	490.00	490.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,826	170.00–185.00	177.04
3	—	1,653	160.00–165.00	162.99
1	—	1,085	150.00	150.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,448	144.00–155.00	148.18
1	—	1,510	130.00	130.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,298	141.00–149.00	146.58
7	—	1,222	150.00–158.00	151.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	136.00	136.00

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)	6	—	—	1,475.00–1,850.00	1,645.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,416.67
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	2,250.00–3,200.00	2,888.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	3,400.00–3,700.00	3,533.33

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Alabama Livestock Auction - Uniontown, AL

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