Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher with high yielding up to 220 cwt. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder steers and bulls sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold sharply lower. Trade was active with good demand on feeder calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $412.91/cwt on 30 head, down $2.70 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 25 of 30 comparable sales and sits +24.65 against this barn's trailing median of $388.25.

Average price

$412.91

▼ 2.70 vs prior sale

30 head · 513 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$67.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.56

vs AL average

−17.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	509	421.86	2,147	26
Medium and Large 3	538	354.71	1,907	4thin

One grade step is worth $67.16/cwt here — about $240 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 sale30 hd

412.91

—

AL average15 barns · 427 hd

402.34

+10.56

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−17.50

This barn, trailing median30 sales

388.25

+24.65

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	—	Average	1,648	201.93	3,328	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,512	173.43	2,622	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,254	164.61	2,065	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,115	112.00	1,249	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)	—	$2,700	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$4,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	490.94/cwt	470.00–505.00	1,875	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	427.84/cwt	427.00–428.00	2,691	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	461.00/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,872	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	351.68/cwt	335.00–370.00	2,349	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,077	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	374.95/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,328	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	506.26/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,425	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	421.86/cwt	390.00–435.00	2,147	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,311	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	364	510.45/cwt	490.00–525.00	1,858	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,978	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	444.72/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,112	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	554.55/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,220	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	701	378.62/cwt	352.00–382.00	2,654	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	516.73/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,367	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	855	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	527	367.94/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,939	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	450.79/cwt	425.00–470.00	1,461	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	841	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,784	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,295	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,569	169.35/cwt	167.00–174.00	2,657	4
Bulls	—	—	1,150	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,105	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	172.55/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,240	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,032	147.27/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,520	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,344	165.58/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,225	9
Bulls	—	—	1,293	172.23/cwt	170.00–174.00	2,227	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,100.00/head	1,875.00–2,325.00	2,100	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	3,300.00/head	3,050.00–3,500.00	3,300	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	4,100.00/head	4,100.00–4,100.00	4,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,267	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	466.03/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,377	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	495.16/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,045	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,249	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	181.58/cwt	180.00–183.00	2,538	2
Bulls	—	—	1,799	211.72/cwt	208.00–216.00	3,809	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	517.53/cwt	515.00–520.00	2,096	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,153	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,126	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	419	414.53/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,737	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	482.11/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,208	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	235	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,118	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	466.64/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,487	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	477.43/cwt	474.00–483.00	2,702	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	559.62/cwt	545.00–565.00	2,115	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,519	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	306	554.12/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,696	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	401.32/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,641	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	496.49/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,584	7

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 Feb 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 365Last week 265Year ago 242

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 135Year ago 165

Replacement CattleReceipts 39Last week 50Year ago 35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	550.00–560.00	554.55
1	250–300	250	510.00	510.00
7	300–350	319	480.00–500.00	496.49
12	350–400	382	470.00–505.00	490.94
5	400–450	406	460.00–465.00	461.00
4	450–500	475	435.00–450.00	444.72
26	500–550	509	390.00–435.00	421.86
36	600–650	621	360.00–395.00	374.95
1	650–700	670	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	425.00	425.00
5	300–350	324	425.00–470.00	450.79
5	400–450	419	400.00–435.00	414.53
3	500–550	527	350.00–380.00	367.94
1	550–600	570	315.00	315.00
1	850–900	855	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	650.00	650.00
2	400–450	405	515.00–520.00	517.53
7	450–500	458	480.00–495.00	482.11
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	605.00	605.00
5	300–350	306	550.00–560.00	554.12
9	350–400	378	545.00–565.00	559.62
2	400–450	436	530.00	530.00
14	450–500	479	490.00–520.00	506.26
4	500–550	512	492.00	492.00
29	550–600	566	474.00–483.00	477.43
6	600–650	629	427.00–428.00	427.84
15	650–700	658	400.00–410.00	401.32
9	700–750	701	352.00–382.00	378.62
3	800–850	841	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	364	490.00–525.00	510.45
3	400–450	413	485.00–500.00	495.16
4	500–550	510	455.00–470.00	466.03
2	550–600	580	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	635	357.00	357.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	680.00	680.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	630.00	630.00
1	250–300	255	600.00	600.00
1	350–400	385	550.00	550.00
1	400–450	410	525.00	525.00
3	450–500	458	500.00–525.00	516.73
6	500–550	533	465.00–475.00	466.64
3	650–700	668	335.00–370.00	351.68
1	800–850	810	320.00	320.00
1	850–900	850	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	430.00	430.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	630.00	630.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,569	167.00–174.00	169.35
2	—	1,398	180.00–183.00	181.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,298	170.00–179.00	172.55
6	—	1,032	140.00–150.00	147.27
9	—	1,344	160.00–169.00	165.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	112.00	112.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	183.00	183.00
2	—	1,293	170.00–174.00	172.23
8	—	1,799	208.00–216.00	211.72

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)	3	—	—	1,875.00–2,325.00	2,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	—	3,050.00–3,500.00	3,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	4,100.00	4,100.00

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

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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