Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower with high yielding up to 214.00 cwt. Replacement cattle sold firm, with fancy pairs bringing up to 4950.00. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold sharply higher. 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 $345.35/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −42.90 against this barn's trailing median of $388.25.

Average price

$345.35

29 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

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

$61.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.83

vs AL average

−5.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	366.00	1,867	7thin
Medium and Large 2	562	340.39	1,914	21
Medium and Large 3	535	305.00	1,632	1thin

One grade step is worth $61.00/cwt here — about $235 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 sale29 hd

345.35

—

AL average14 barns · 524 hd

330.52

+14.83

National average152 barns · 8,349 hd

350.81

−5.46

This barn, trailing median30 sales

388.25

−42.90

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	194.08	3,223	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,483	168.43	2,497	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	164.00	1,983	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,124	140.31	1,578	10

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)	—	$2,503	29
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,373	24

Every lot, as filed

70 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	350–400	375	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,867	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,160	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	213	502.53/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,070	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,795	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,209	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	336.40/cwt	332.00–342.00	2,099	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	383.24/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,004	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	400.83/cwt	397.00–405.00	1,896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	335.43/cwt	334.50–339.00	2,066	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	350.49/cwt	346.00–354.00	2,194	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	338.58/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,292	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	425.71/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,741	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,023	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,754	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	943	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,329	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	312.34/cwt	312.00–314.00	2,283	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	369.95/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,927	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	401.03/cwt	387.00–410.00	1,476	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,174	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	474.96/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,629	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,552	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	352.30/cwt	342.00–359.00	1,702	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	837	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,678	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	586	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,080	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	690	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,174	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	376.11/cwt	370.00–378.00	2,125	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	704	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,323	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,115	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	387	352.04/cwt	325.00–380.00	1,362	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,669	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	169.71/cwt	167.00–173.00	2,610	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,155	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	166.51/cwt	164.00–174.00	1,983	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	157.39/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,908	22
Bulls	—	—	1,615	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,778	1
Bulls	—	—	1,737	201.35/cwt	190.00–210.00	3,497	8
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,808.33/head	1,775.00–1,850.00	1,808	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	4,530.00/head	4,100.00–4,950.00	4,530	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,137.50/head	3,000.00–3,400.00	3,138	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,441.67/head	1,925.00–2,800.00	2,442	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,068.42/head	2,100.00–3,800.00	3,068	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	178.16/cwt	177.00–180.00	2,264	6
Bulls	—	—	1,548	186.86/cwt	184.00–191.00	2,893	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,374	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,154	144.82/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,671	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	134.70/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,360	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	352.56/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,897	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,088	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	312.70/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,939	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,357	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	387.51/cwt	385.00–388.00	2,031	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,476	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	449.89/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,714	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	200	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,930	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,333	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	340.46/cwt	335.00–345.50	1,941	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	368.01/cwt	362.00–370.00	1,612	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	727	314.37/cwt	300.00–319.50	2,285	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	866	278.46/cwt	275.00–285.00	2,411	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

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 735Last week 1,100Year ago 941

Slaughter CattleReceipts 125Last week 90Year ago 330

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 59Year ago 33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	213	500.00–505.00	502.53
1	350–400	375	430.00	430.00
1	400–450	440	395.00	395.00
12	500–550	524	385.00–388.00	387.51
7	600–650	600	360.00	360.00
7	750–800	781	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	470.00–480.00	474.96
1	350–400	350	450.00	450.00
7	400–450	409	425.00–430.00	425.71
8	450–500	480	402.00	402.00
15	500–550	521	360.00–380.00	369.95
5	550–600	562	360.00	360.00
17	600–650	626	346.00–354.00	350.49
7	650–700	677	335.00–340.00	338.58
4	700–750	704	330.00	330.00
4	800–850	837	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	445	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	586	355.00	355.00
2	600–650	620	300.00–325.00	312.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	520.00	520.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	465.00	465.00
2	300–350	310	430.00	430.00
12	450–500	485	370.00	370.00
7	500–550	510	366.00	366.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	387.00–410.00	401.03
15	400–450	438	362.00–370.00	368.01
8	450–500	483	342.00–359.00	352.30
3	500–550	516	340.00	340.00
18	550–600	570	335.00–345.50	340.46
19	600–650	616	334.50–339.00	335.43
2	650–700	669	325.00	325.00
14	700–750	727	300.00–319.50	314.37
6	850–900	866	275.00–285.00	278.46
2	900–950	943	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	378.00	378.00
4	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	405	335.00	335.00
3	450–500	485	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	535	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	397.00–405.00	400.83
15	500–550	523	380.00–390.00	383.24
13	550–600	565	370.00–378.00	376.11
24	600–650	624	332.00–342.00	336.40
1	650–700	680	322.00	322.00
6	700–750	731	312.00–314.00	312.34
1	750–800	780	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	387	325.00–380.00	352.04
2	500–550	538	340.00–365.00	352.56
1	550–600	560	345.00	345.00
1	650–700	690	315.00	315.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	381	440.00–455.00	449.89
2	400–450	420	420.00	420.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,538	167.00–173.00	169.71
1	—	1,390	155.00	155.00
1	—	1,410	178.00	178.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,191	164.00–174.00	166.51
22	—	1,212	150.00–163.00	157.39
6	—	1,271	177.00–180.00	178.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	120.00	120.00
7	—	1,154	140.00–150.00	144.82
2	—	1,010	130.00–139.00	134.70
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	172.00	172.00
8	—	1,737	190.00–210.00	201.35
5	—	1,548	184.00–191.00	186.86

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	—	—	1,775.00–1,850.00	1,808.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	—	3,000.00–3,400.00	3,137.50
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	—	1,925.00–2,800.00	2,441.67
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	—	4,100.00–4,950.00	4,530.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	—	2,100.00–3,800.00	3,068.42

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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