Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $377.77/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −61.71 against this barn's trailing median of $439.48.

Average price

$377.77

93 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,057

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$7

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$12.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.43

vs AL average

−12.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	385.31	2,053	36
Medium and Large 2	552	373.01	2,060	57

One grade step is worth $12.30/cwt here — about −$7 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $474.49, low $372.21, median $439.48 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 sale93 hd

377.77

—

AL average12 barns · 337 hd

366.34

+11.43

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

−12.25

This barn, trailing median30 sales

439.48

−61.71

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	1,676	195.46	3,276	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,488	169.96	2,529	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,183	165.97	1,963	54

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)	—	$2,320	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,812	8

Every lot, as filed

50 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	550–600	582	361.78/cwt	360.00–367.00	2,106	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,796	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	334.97/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,903	97
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	389.29/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,799	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	401.50/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,751	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	318.36/cwt	316.00–319.50	1,983	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	356.39/cwt	350.00–362.00	2,210	77
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	902	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,111	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,830	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	392.53/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	300.79/cwt	300.00–302.00	2,271	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,461	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,129	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	369.99/cwt	368.00–371.00	2,279	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	427.02/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,153	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	300	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,778	10
Bulls	—	—	1,337	182.55/cwt	180.00–184.00	2,441	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	165.12/cwt	160.00–174.00	1,947	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	155.47/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,735	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	180.97/cwt	178.00–185.00	2,302	9
Bulls	—	—	1,788	206.88/cwt	204.00–210.00	3,699	6
Bulls	—	—	1,719	191.73/cwt	187.00–197.00	3,296	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	379.08/cwt	372.50–383.00	2,032	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	759	326.92/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,481	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	306.65/cwt	304.00–314.00	2,162	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	313.42/cwt	310.00–318.00	2,047	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	616	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,947	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	347.54/cwt	346.00–350.00	1,766	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	366.11/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,585	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	328.74/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,778	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	341.17/cwt	332.00–352.00	2,327	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	355.01/cwt	350.00–358.00	1,708	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	850–900	885	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	763	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,350	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	176.91/cwt	176.00–178.00	2,588	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	163.01/cwt	155.00–169.00	2,466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,536	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	400.72/cwt	400.00–401.00	2,020	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	375.50/cwt	375.50–375.50	2,069	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	387	354.29/cwt	350.00–357.00	1,371	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,485.94/head	2,000.00–2,850.00	2,486	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,633.33/head	3,400.00–3,800.00	3,633	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,320.00/head	2,100.00–2,600.00	2,320	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,275.00/head	3,150.00–3,400.00	3,275	2
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,558.33/head	1,500.00–1,725.00	1,558	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 Aug 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,100Last week 839Year ago 636

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 115Year ago 70

Replacement CattleReceipts 59Last week 70Year ago 13

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	270	420.00–430.00	427.02
13	400–450	436	400.00–410.00	401.50
18	450–500	462	385.00–400.00	389.29
37	500–550	536	372.50–383.00	379.08
20	550–600	582	360.00–367.00	361.78
77	600–650	620	350.00–362.00	356.39
77	650–700	682	332.00–352.00	341.17
39	750–800	759	320.00–332.00	326.92
2	900–950	902	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	504	400.00–401.00	400.72
22	550–600	551	375.50	375.50
40	600–650	616	368.00–371.00	369.99
6	650–700	667	369.00	369.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	500.00	500.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	616	316.00	316.00
20	750–800	763	308.00	308.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	479	375.00	375.00
1	500–550	525	360.00	360.00
10	650–700	675	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	705	312.00	312.00
1	750–800	750	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	885	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	353	435.00	435.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	433	360.00–368.00	366.11
20	450–500	481	350.00–358.00	355.01
8	500–550	508	346.00–350.00	347.54
97	550–600	568	330.00–339.00	334.97
35	600–650	623	316.00–319.50	318.36
7	650–700	653	310.00–318.00	313.42
15	700–750	705	304.00–314.00	306.65
10	750–800	755	300.00–302.00	300.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	390.00–395.00	392.53
7	450–500	484	378.00	378.00
10	500–550	508	350.00	350.00
27	600–650	630	338.00	338.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	387	350.00–357.00	354.29
4	500–550	541	325.00–330.00	328.74

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,337	180.00–184.00	182.55
6	—	1,788	204.00–210.00	206.88
8	—	1,719	187.00–197.00	191.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,179	160.00–174.00	165.12
10	—	1,116	150.00–159.00	155.47
9	—	1,272	178.00–185.00	180.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,463	176.00–178.00	176.91
2	—	1,513	155.00–169.00	163.01

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)	16	—	—	2,000.00–2,850.00	2,485.94
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	—	—	3,150.00–3,400.00	3,275.00
Bred Cows — Small 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	—	1,500.00–1,725.00	1,558.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	3,400.00–3,800.00	3,633.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	2,100.00–2,600.00	2,320.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

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