Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2026-01-27

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Jan 27
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
65 head
524 vs last sale 589 423 vs year ago 488 · 86.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
69 vs last sale 95 90 vs year ago 116 · 77.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
35 vs last sale 40 30 vs year ago 35 · 85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder steers and heifers sold sharply higher. Feeder bulls were lightly tested. Trade was moderate to active with good demand on feeder calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $403.56/cwt on 5 head, up $3.82 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 30 comparable sales and sits 35.92 against this barn's trailing median of $439.48.
Average price
$403.56
3.82 vs prior sale
5 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,203
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$294
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$35.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.31
vs AL average
80.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2551410.712,2634thin
Medium and Large 3525375.001,9691thin
One grade step is worth $35.70/cwt here — about $294 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
488445402358median 439.4812/1602/2404/2806/1608/18
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 sale5 hd
403.56
AL average8 barns · 75 hd
414.87
−11.31
National average63 barns · 7,974 hd
484.10
−80.54
This barn, trailing median30 sales
439.48
−35.92
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,660200.203,3233thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,120182.502,0442thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,129172.531,94818

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$1,9002thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600575380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1851
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550520390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0281
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400380470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7861
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400354440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5581
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350311567.88/cwt555.00–587.501,7663
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350319467.46/cwt455.00–475.001,4914
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450412471.76/cwt465.00–475.001,9443
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400365450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6431
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300285612.00/cwt612.00–612.001,7441
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450420489.36/cwt480.00–500.002,0555
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450430500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1501
HeifersMedium and Large 2900–950900215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9354
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350325537.58/cwt535.00–540.001,7472
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500483460.00/cwt450.00–470.002,2224
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550530434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,3001
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600558402.94/cwt385.00–416.002,2483
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400367503.85/cwt500.00–510.001,8495
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550503401.00/cwt400.00–402.002,0172
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550525375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9691
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750700330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3101
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800770300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3101
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450415440.24/cwt430.00–450.001,8272
HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650630302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,9031
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,900.00/head1,800.00–2,000.001,9002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bulls1,300187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,4311
Bulls1,840206.80/cwt204.00–209.003,8052
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,055179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,8881
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,185186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,2041
CowsBoner 80-85%1,120169.29/cwt161.00–174.001,89612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,148179.01/cwt175.00–183.002,0556

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.