Sale reports / Alabama / Uniontown Stockyards / 2026-08-11

Uniontown Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Aug 11
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995
Feeder Cattle receipts
645 head
194 vs last sale 839 90 vs year ago 735 · 12.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
19 vs last sale 72 72 vs year ago 125 · 57.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
240 head
130 vs last sale 110 160 vs year ago 80 · +200.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold unevenly steady. Replacement cattle were firm. Feeder steers and bulls sold 7.00 to 14.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold sharply 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 $372.21/cwt on 54 head, down $14.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 67.27 against this barn's trailing median of $439.48.
Average price
$372.21
14.45 vs prior sale
54 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,094
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$239
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$50.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.75
vs AL average
29.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535391.822,09511thin
Medium and Large 2575372.212,13936
Medium and Large 3544341.411,8567thin
One grade step is worth $50.40/cwt here — about $239 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
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 sale54 hd
372.21
AL average16 barns · 304 hd
381.96
−9.75
National average152 barns · 6,242 hd
401.88
−29.67
This barn, trailing median30 sales
439.48
−67.27
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
BullsHigh1,830216.083,9548thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,202164.541,97830
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,098132.691,4572thin

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)$4,58225
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$2,7205
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)$2,2252thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)$6,61822
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)$4,99585
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)$3,87119
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)$5,3789
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)$3,4333thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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
SteersMedium and Large 2200–250205540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,1071
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450430380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,6342
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300260560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,4561
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400379410.17/cwt400.00–420.001,5554
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600589372.41/cwt367.00–375.002,19327
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650645335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1611
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350338486.70/cwt480.00–490.001,6453
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400380389.87/cwt380.00–400.001,4823
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650626330.15/cwt326.00–340.002,06712
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500471377.60/cwt375.00–385.001,7788
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550532371.61/cwt362.00–376.001,9779
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300250460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,1501
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650610353.04/cwt350.00–362.002,15417
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350340412.18/cwt400.00–415.001,4015
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500480367.25/cwt363.00–370.001,76313
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600576339.23/cwt330.00–350.001,95424
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700670302.39/cwt295.00–310.002,0262
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750715331.92/cwt320.00–339.002,37348
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650638330.47/cwt320.00–333.002,1085
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550529342.43/cwt340.00–345.001,81112
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550520337.55/cwt335.00–340.001,7552
HeifersMedium and Large 3500–550500320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6001
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550537306.71/cwt300.00–320.001,6473
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700678351.88/cwt350.00–353.002,38613
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300260400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0401
SteersMedium and Large 2850–900872310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,7033
BullsMedium and Large 3400–450449345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5495
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450420350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4701
BullsMedium and Large 3300–350300350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0501
SteersMedium and Large 3550–600553342.96/cwt335.00–345.001,8975
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-23,871.05/head3,150.00–4,400.003,87119
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy7,750.00/head7,500.00–8,500.007,7504
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-24,995.29/head4,500.00–5,900.004,99585
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,720.00/head2,700.00–2,800.002,7205
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-24,097.50/head3,000.00–5,300.004,09820
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy6,520.00/head5,700.00–7,300.006,5205
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-26,366.67/head6,000.00–7,000.006,36718
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-22,225.00/head2,100.00–2,350.002,2252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-25,377.78/head4,200.00–5,900.005,3789
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-23,433.33/head3,300.00–3,700.003,4333
CowsBoner 80-85%1,143152.67/cwt150.00–155.001,7456
CowsBoner 80-85%1,166164.60/cwt162.00–168.001,91914
CowsBoner 80-85%1,288171.57/cwt170.00–176.002,21010
Bulls1,904227.54/cwt220.00–232.004,3324
Bulls1,756204.63/cwt191.00–210.003,5934
CowsLean 85-90%1,098132.69/cwt131.00–134.001,4572
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550501387.48/cwt380.00–390.001,9418
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600550395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,1734
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300253600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,5182
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550541350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8947
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600559348.89/cwt340.00–352.001,9504
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400377402.04/cwt400.00–410.001,5165
BullsMedium and Large 2750–800790275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1731
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550526390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0517
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450442480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,12213
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450435402.50/cwt395.00–410.001,7512
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700684362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,4764
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450420389.05/cwt385.00–390.001,6345
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500468382.38/cwt375.00–390.001,7902
SteersMedium and Large 2250–300280494.82/cwt490.00–500.001,3856
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650614368.50/cwt367.00–370.002,2636
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700690320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2084
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700650325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1131
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800789300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3672
SteersMedium and Large 2800–850800320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5601
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250230510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,1731
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800777324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,5178

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.