Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers sold sharply higher. Feeder bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. 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 $386.66/cwt on 46 head, up $6.51 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 30 comparable sales and sits −52.82 against this barn's trailing median of $439.48.

Average price

$386.66

▲ 6.51 vs prior sale

46 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,136

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$442

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

$87.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.39

vs AL average

−27.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	416.00	2,317	4thin
Medium and Large 2	552	385.20	2,125	41
Medium and Large 3	570	329.00	1,875	1thin

One grade step is worth $87.00/cwt here — about $442 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale46 hd

386.66

—

AL average13 barns · 364 hd

388.05

−1.39

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

−27.58

This barn, trailing median30 sales

439.48

−52.82

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	—	High	1,495	200.40	2,997	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,242	181.44	2,254	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,089	164.24	1,789	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	947	137.17	1,298	4thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$4,386	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,963	32
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,325	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$3,625	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$2,425	4thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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	350–400	355	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,361	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	385.82/cwt	370.00–396.00	2,037	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	348.95/cwt	344.00–350.00	1,954	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	432.19/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,638	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	893	308.50/cwt	307.50–310.00	2,755	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	3,112	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	393.49/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,798	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	343.57/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,079	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	377.15/cwt	372.00–378.00	1,727	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	711	333.59/cwt	321.00–336.00	2,372	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	422.76/cwt	417.00–440.00	1,801	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,303	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,556	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	781	320.38/cwt	319.00–324.00	2,502	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	416.76/cwt	413.00–425.00	1,538	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	423.66/cwt	422.00–425.00	2,123	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,222	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,500	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	2,223	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,658	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	375.44/cwt	375.00–376.00	2,129	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	528.78/cwt	525.00–530.00	1,523	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,390	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,370	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,317	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	164.39/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,815	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	965	153.65/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,483	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	176.25/cwt	172.00–180.00	2,062	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,280	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,304	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,235	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,174	1
Bulls	—	—	1,611	223.74/cwt	220.00–230.00	3,604	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	381.00/cwt	370.00–383.00	1,939	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	386.94/cwt	380.00–396.00	2,086	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	367.78/cwt	358.00–377.00	2,324	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	407.26/cwt	402.00–411.00	1,788	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	400.09/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,864	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,309	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	348.75/cwt	340.00–354.00	2,323	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	357.10/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,643	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	402	401.35/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,613	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	336.32/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,263	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	884	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	422.15/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,372	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	804	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,565	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,010	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	409.95/cwt	400.00–417.00	1,693	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	377.21/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,377	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	353.80/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,659	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,876	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	703	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,933	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	381.00/cwt	370.00–384.00	2,217	12
Bulls	—	—	1,358	171.07/cwt	162.00–180.00	2,323	3
Bulls	—	—	1,470	197.71/cwt	190.00–204.00	2,906	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,208	185.61/cwt	183.00–188.00	2,242	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,205	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	142.33/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,395	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,171	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	—	5,488.89/head	5,000.00–6,000.00	5,489	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,325.00/head	1,800.00–2,750.00	2,325	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	4,385.71/head	4,000.00–4,900.00	4,386	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,625.00/head	3,200.00–4,200.00	3,625	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	2,425.00/head	2,300.00–2,800.00	2,425	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	—	3,365.22/head	2,900.00–3,900.00	3,365	23

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 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 839Last week 353Year ago 1,100

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 77Year ago 90

Replacement CattleReceipts 110Last week 22Year ago 59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	495.00	495.00
3	350–400	355	470.00	470.00
11	400–450	426	417.00–440.00	422.76
9	450–500	466	385.00–410.00	400.09
29	500–550	539	380.00–396.00	386.94
12	550–600	582	370.00–384.00	381.00
39	600–650	632	358.00–377.00	367.78
13	650–700	666	340.00–354.00	348.75
40	700–750	711	321.00–336.00	333.59
73	750–800	781	319.00–324.00	320.38
3	800–850	804	319.00	319.00
10	850–900	893	307.50–310.00	308.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	288	525.00–530.00	528.78
7	400–450	430	517.00	517.00
4	550–600	557	416.00	416.00
10	600–650	629	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	402	375.00–405.00	401.35
4	450–500	469	350.00–355.00	353.80
1	550–600	570	329.00	329.00
1	600–650	625	300.00	300.00
4	700–750	703	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	600.00	600.00
1	300–350	305	510.00	510.00
6	350–400	379	425.00–440.00	432.19
7	400–450	413	400.00–417.00	409.95
7	450–500	458	372.00–378.00	377.15
10	500–550	509	370.00–383.00	381.00
6	550–600	560	344.00–350.00	348.95
7	600–650	605	335.00–350.00	343.57
1	650–700	650	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	456	505.00	505.00
4	500–550	517	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	615	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	415.00–430.00	422.15
9	350–400	369	413.00–425.00	416.76
7	400–450	439	402.00–411.00	407.26
24	450–500	457	380.00–400.00	393.49
38	500–550	528	370.00–396.00	385.82
20	550–600	567	375.00–376.00	375.44
8	600–650	645	366.00	366.00
4	650–700	673	330.00–355.00	336.32
4	700–750	740	312.00	312.00
2	850–900	884	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	460.00	460.00
9	500–550	501	422.00–425.00	423.66
2	600–650	600	395.00	395.00
15	650–700	672	372.00	372.00
2	850–900	884	352.00	352.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	370.00–390.00	377.21
1	400–450	400	350.00	350.00
7	450–500	460	350.00–360.00	357.10
2	600–650	600	335.00	335.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,104	160.00–170.00	164.39
6	—	965	150.00–158.00	153.65
5	—	1,170	172.00–180.00	176.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,235	176.00	176.00
2	—	1,208	183.00–188.00	185.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	913	132.00	132.00
2	—	980	140.00–145.00	142.33
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,611	220.00–230.00	223.74
3	—	1,358	162.00–180.00	171.07
2	—	1,470	190.00–204.00	197.71

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	—	5,000.00–6,000.00	5,488.89
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	—	—	1,800.00–2,750.00	2,325.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	—	4,000.00–4,900.00	4,385.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	—	2,900.00–3,900.00	3,365.22
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	3,200.00–4,200.00	3,625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,300.00–2,800.00	2,425.00

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

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