Alabama Livestock Auction Market Report

Uniontown, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 14, 2021

1,201 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $149.88/cwt -10.12 vs last sale · ≈ $959/hd at 640 lb · 58 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.12/cwt +5.94 vs last sale · ≈ $818/hd at 584 lb · 47 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.85/cwt +15.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,040/hd at 728 lb · 41 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,201	726	1,092
Feeder cattle	974	605	878
Slaughter cattle	124	82	111
Replacement cattle	103	39	103

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 - 7.00 higher and feeder bulls lightly tested. Trade active with very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady with best demand on bred cows.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456 value added	456	14	180.00	$180.00	$821	—
460–495	467	6	169.00–174.00	$170.36	$796	-4.88
511–527 value added	520	27	175.00–179.00	$176.36	$917	—
528	528	7	168.00	$168.00	$887	-3.23
560–564 value added	563	26	173.50–179.50	$177.03	$997	—
615–648	640	58	148.50–154.00	$149.88	$959	-10.12
650–694	676	12	145.50–147.50	$146.70	$992	—
709–711 value added	710	17	145.00–146.50	$145.88	$1,036	—
816 value added	816	27	144.50	$144.50	$1,179	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345–349	347	11	170.00–175.00	$172.72	$599	+0.93
355–370	363	2	164.00–169.00	$166.55	$605	-1.21
440	440	2	160.00	$160.00	$704	-0.86
450–480	468	3	155.00–160.00	$157.55	$737	-0.80
510–535	523	2	150.00–152.00	$151.02	$790	+3.36
560–598	586	6	146.00–150.00	$148.18	$868	+6.47
645	645	2	142.00	$142.00	$916	+3.04
655–685	670	2	130.00–135.00	$132.44	$887	-0.03
790	790	1	122.00	$122.00	$964	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–444	439	21	144.00–150.00	$145.86	$640	+2.65
482–485	483	16	140.00–144.00	$143.25	$692	+4.15
507–535	522	22	139.00–139.50	$139.28	$727	+6.65
535 value added	535	17	142.50	$142.50	$762	—
560–576	573	15	135.00–138.00	$135.59	$777	+9.39
589 value added	589	32	142.25	$142.25	$838	+4.08
646	646	11	135.00	$135.00	$872	+12.51
690	690	1	126.00	$126.00	$869	+6.49
702–745 value added	728	41	138.50–144.50	$142.85	$1,040	—
750–775 value added	763	10	136.00–138.00	$137.02	$1,045	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	333	3	140.00–144.00	$142.00	$473	+4.37
355–380	372	3	135.00–140.00	$136.59	$508	-3.25
405–430	424	8	130.00–135.00	$131.19	$556	+1.19
465	465	3	130.00	$130.00	$604	+1.52
540–545	541	6	125.00–127.00	$125.34	$678	+2.82
565–595	580	6	120.00–125.00	$122.39	$710	+2.39
652–680	656	7	115.00–118.50	$117.98	$774	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	150.00	$150.00	$675	+10.00
518	518	6	140.00	$140.00	$725	+10.00
596–598	597	10	137.50–140.00	$138.50	$827	—
680	680	1	124.00	$124.00	$843	—
700	700	1	120.00	$120.00	$840	+10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1170	1111	80-85%	7	60.00–64.00	$62.31	$692	+13.31
1050–1260	1143	80-85%	12	47.00–50.00	$48.50	$554	-7.31
1075–1200	1153	80-85%	10	53.00–57.00	$54.63	$630	-7.46

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1640	1293	75-80%	6	64.00–67.00	$65.69	$849	—
1210–1530	1407	75-80%	5	54.00–56.00	$55.24	$777	-6.39
1215–1500	1415	75-80%	7	59.00–61.00	$59.98	$849	-1.65

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–995	950	85-90%	3	44.00–45.00	$44.30	$421	—
830–1080	983	85-90%	7	38.00–41.00	$39.56	$389	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360	1360	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,020	-6.86
1165–1860	1467	10	82.00–86.00	$84.01	$1,232	—
1250–2085	1759	12	90.00–94.00	$92.29	$1,623	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–775	743	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	375.00–500.00	$435.26

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1060	975	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	860.00–955.00	$909.58
1115–1330	1223	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	570.00–600.00	$583.68

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1105 fancy	1048	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,364.86
1055–1290	1138	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	625.00–800.00	$714.60
1005–1485	1219	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,107.37
1055–1400	1243	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	800.00–1,020.00	$915.99
1255–1330 fancy	1293	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,575.00–1,675.00	$1,626.45

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–850	805	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	400.00–550.00	$460.77
690–935	843	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	550.00–750.00	$663.23

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630	630	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	550.00–575.00	$558.33
840–855	848	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	700.00–850.00	$775.66

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1195	1195	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.