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Uniontown Stockyards

Name: Uniontown Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Uniontown, Alabama · Tue, Sep 22

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1995

← Sep 15Sep 22Sep 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

726 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 788▼ 158 vs year ago 884 · −17.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

65 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 70▼ 75 vs year ago 140 · −53.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

90 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 85▲ 0 vs year ago 90 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cattle sold firm. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers and bulls sold 3.00 to 9.00 higher. Trade was active with good demand on feeder cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $368.55/cwt on 45 head, down $3.97 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 32 comparable sales and sits −50.59 against this barn's trailing median of $419.14.

Average price

$368.55

▼ 3.97 vs prior sale

45 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,056

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

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

$44.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.29

vs AL average

−36.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	558	369.54	2,061	44
Medium and Large 3	560	325.00	1,820	1thin

One grade step is worth $44.54/cwt here — about $241 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale45 hd

368.55

—

AL average14 barns · 254 hd

373.84

−5.29

National average175 barns · 12,027 hd

405.41

−36.86

This barn, trailing median32 sales

419.14

−50.59

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $474.49, low $343.23, median $419.14 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,969	173.20	3,411	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,244	139.76	1,738	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,095	117.22	1,284	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,628	27
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,881	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	—	$2,875	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	—	$1,900	9

Every lot, as filed

60 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	260	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,300	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	270	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,229	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	308	482.40/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,486	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,785	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,558	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	381	444.55/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,694	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	408	405.56/cwt	375.00–417.00	1,655	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	431.83/cwt	422.00–445.00	1,848	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	457	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,600	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	409.89/cwt	400.00–422.00	1,943	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	378.29/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,024	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,820	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	362.89/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,087	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	603	342.21/cwt	334.00–350.00	2,064	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	672	326.40/cwt	324.00–330.00	2,193	38
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	689	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,964	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	2,132	22
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,534	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	795	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,385	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	810	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,309	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,122	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,140	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,528	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	315	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,087	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	375.68/cwt	375.00–377.00	1,428	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	359.87/cwt	350.00–368.00	1,511	36
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,807	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	354.43/cwt	348.00–356.00	1,708	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	482	323.89/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,561	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	514	345.27/cwt	340.00–352.00	1,775	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	523	318.71/cwt	307.00–335.00	1,667	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	558	307.60/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,716	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	332.25/cwt	325.00–348.00	1,927	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	612	322.50/cwt	300.00–328.00	1,974	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	689	308.79/cwt	295.00–312.00	2,128	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,967	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,775	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	783	283.63/cwt	275.00–285.00	2,221	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,634	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,672	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,789	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	371.82/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,777	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	334.56/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,756	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,960	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	603	325.86/cwt	322.00–332.00	1,965	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,820	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,140	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,102	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	810	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,228	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,883	182.31/cwt	180.00–185.00	3,433	2
Bulls	—	—	1,998	170.17/cwt	160.00–175.00	3,400	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	900	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	990	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,090	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,635	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,160	119.63/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,388	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	135.74/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,676	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,259	141.88/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,786	16
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,875.00/head	2,500.00–3,400.00	2,875	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,900.00/head	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,900	9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	2,627.78/head	2,350.00–3,200.00	2,628	27
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,881.25/head	1,500.00–2,200.00	1,881	16

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 Sep 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 726Last week 788Year ago 884

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 70Year ago 140

Replacement CattleReceipts 90Last week 85Year ago 90

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	387.00	387.00
1	300–350	300	380.00	380.00
3	350–400	380	375.00–377.00	375.68
36	400–450	420	350.00–368.00	359.87
24	450–500	482	348.00–356.00	354.43
17	500–550	514	340.00–352.00	345.27
29	550–600	580	325.00–348.00	332.25
24	600–650	612	300.00–328.00	322.50
5	650–700	689	295.00–312.00	308.79
6	700–750	700	281.00	281.00
7	750–800	783	275.00–285.00	283.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	345.00	345.00
4	450–500	482	315.00–330.00	323.89
7	500–550	523	307.00–335.00	318.71
2	550–600	558	300.00–315.00	307.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	485.00	485.00
14	450–500	478	378.00	378.00
3	700–750	740	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	500.00	500.00
4	300–350	308	470.00–490.00	482.40
8	350–400	381	420.00–470.00	444.55
4	400–450	428	422.00–445.00	431.83
33	450–500	474	400.00–422.00	409.89
19	500–550	535	370.00–385.00	378.29
25	550–600	575	350.00–375.00	362.89
22	600–650	603	334.00–350.00	342.21
38	650–700	672	324.00–330.00	326.40
22	700–750	700	304.50	304.50
1	750–800	795	300.00	300.00
8	800–850	810	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	455.00	455.00
3	350–400	380	410.00	410.00
4	400–450	408	375.00–417.00	405.56
3	450–500	457	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	560	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	689	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	510.00	510.00
4	750–800	775	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	495.00	495.00
2	350–400	380	440.00	440.00
4	400–450	430	416.00	416.00
7	450–500	478	350.00–385.00	371.82
8	500–550	525	325.00–350.00	334.56
1	550–600	560	350.00	350.00
7	600–650	603	322.00–332.00	325.86
3	650–700	675	317.00	317.00
3	700–750	720	292.00	292.00
1	800–850	810	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	650	280.00	280.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	110.00	110.00
3	—	1,160	118.00–121.00	119.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	150.00	150.00
11	—	1,235	131.00–138.00	135.74
16	—	1,259	139.00–149.00	141.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,998	160.00–175.00	170.17
2	—	1,883	180.00–185.00	182.31

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	—	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	—	2,500.00–3,400.00	2,875.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · n/c wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	—	1,500.00–2,200.00	1,881.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	—	2,350.00–3,200.00	2,627.78

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.