Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 10.00 lower. Trade was active, with moderate demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $392.13/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 5 of 30 comparable sales and sits −47.35 against this barn's trailing median of $439.48.

Average price

$392.13

43 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,148

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$311

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

$39.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.25

vs AL average

−21.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	417.00	2,210	6thin
Medium and Large 2	553	388.70	2,151	35
Medium and Large 3	503	377.49	1,899	2thin

One grade step is worth $39.51/cwt here — about $311 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale43 hd

392.13

—

AL average16 barns · 372 hd

393.38

−1.25

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

−21.39

This barn, trailing median30 sales

439.48

−47.35

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	1,534	183.93	2,821	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,195	170.00	2,032	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,217	160.97	1,959	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,030	136.89	1,410	8thin

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)	—	$2,713	19
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$3,626	43
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	—	$2,545	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$4,006	9

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	650–700	650	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,158	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	406.25/cwt	404.00–407.00	1,954	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	388.74/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,041	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	607	332.55/cwt	330.00–338.00	2,019	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,357	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	866	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	388.70/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,165	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	362.16/cwt	359.00–367.00	2,434	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,206	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	421.75/cwt	421.00–422.00	1,809	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	378.97/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,459	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	795	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,988	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,596	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	373.37/cwt	370.00–377.00	2,278	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	712	321.42/cwt	300.00–323.00	2,289	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	357.37/cwt	357.00–360.00	1,508	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	326.89/cwt	320.00–337.00	2,171	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	411.41/cwt	410.00–414.00	1,995	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	360.45/cwt	344.00–376.00	2,062	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	331.66/cwt	320.00–333.00	2,514	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	757	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,286	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,419	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,195	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,032	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	150.47/cwt	148.00–152.00	1,705	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	168.81/cwt	167.00–174.00	2,073	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	160.30/cwt	155.00–166.00	1,970	27
Bulls	—	—	1,128	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,861	2
Bulls	—	—	1,686	191.55/cwt	190.00–194.00	3,230	5
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	—	1,483.33/head	1,200.00–1,800.00	1,483	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	4,800.00/head	4,800.00–4,800.00	4,800	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,545.00/head	2,450.00–2,700.00	2,545	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,943.75/head	2,350.00–3,500.00	2,944	16
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	4,495.00/head	4,200.00–4,750.00	4,495	10
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,362.12/head	2,900.00–3,900.00	3,362	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,737.50/head	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,738	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	5,166.67/head	4,500.00–6,000.00	5,167	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	849	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,335	3
Bulls	—	—	1,546	183.87/cwt	178.00–188.00	2,843	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	142.72/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,440	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	130.76/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,406	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,253	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,417	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,415	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,061	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	503	377.49/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,899	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,054	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	425.96/cwt	425.00–428.00	2,011	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	385.77/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,670	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	383.60/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,795	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,538	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,210	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	359.62/cwt	350.00–366.00	1,823	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,192	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	385.95/cwt	382.00–390.00	2,057	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	716	341.25/cwt	334.00–345.50	2,443	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,318	80

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.

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Alabama Livestock Auction - Uniontown, AL

Tue Sep 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,350Last week 672Year ago 1,009

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 95Year ago 400

Replacement CattleReceipts 144Last week 47Year ago 75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	430.00	430.00
8	450–500	481	404.00–407.00	406.25
8	500–550	533	382.00–390.00	385.95
3	550–600	586	374.00	374.00
10	600–650	645	342.00	342.00
4	650–700	650	332.00	332.00
6	700–750	731	320.00–325.00	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	430.00	430.00
8	400–450	429	421.00–422.00	421.75
44	450–500	485	410.00–414.00	411.41
4	500–550	525	385.00–390.00	388.74
31	550–600	557	385.00–390.00	388.70
55	600–650	610	370.00–377.00	373.37
25	650–700	672	359.00–367.00	362.16
52	700–750	716	334.00–345.50	341.25
20	750–800	758	320.00–333.00	331.66
1	850–900	880	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	415.00	415.00
1	350–400	360	390.00	390.00
2	500–550	503	375.00–380.00	377.49
2	600–650	640	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	377	475.00	475.00
21	450–500	472	425.00–428.00	425.96
6	500–550	530	417.00	417.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
80	600–650	610	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	400.00	400.00
5	350–400	385	375.00–380.00	378.97
46	400–450	422	357.00–360.00	357.37
53	500–550	507	350.00–366.00	359.62
16	550–600	572	344.00–376.00	360.45
31	600–650	607	330.00–338.00	332.55
14	650–700	664	320.00–337.00	326.89
52	700–750	712	300.00–323.00	321.42
5	750–800	757	302.00	302.00
3	850–900	866	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	630	326.00	326.00
2	750–800	795	250.00	250.00
3	800–850	849	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	433	385.00–390.00	385.77
11	450–500	468	380.00–385.00	383.60
2	600–650	644	375.00	375.00
3	700–750	715	338.00	338.00
13	750–800	760	334.00	334.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	170.00	170.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,133	148.00–152.00	150.47
9	—	1,228	167.00–174.00	168.81
27	—	1,229	155.00–166.00	160.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,009	140.00–146.00	142.72
2	—	1,075	125.00–136.00	130.76
1	—	1,044	120.00	120.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,128	165.00	165.00
5	—	1,686	190.00–194.00	191.55
4	—	1,546	178.00–188.00	183.87

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)	3	—	—	1,200.00–1,800.00	1,483.33
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	—	2,350.00–3,500.00	2,943.75
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	—	4,800.00	4,800.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,737.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	—	4,500.00–6,000.00	5,166.67
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	—	2,450.00–2,700.00	2,545.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	—	2,900.00–3,900.00	3,362.12
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	—	4,200.00–4,750.00	4,495.00

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Alabama Livestock Auction - Uniontown, AL

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