Alabama Livestock Auction Market Report

Uniontown, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, February 22, 2022

492 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.74/cwt -1.25 vs last sale · ≈ $721/hd at 466 lb · 20 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.46/cwt -10.81 vs last sale · ≈ $758/hd at 507 lb · 16 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $175.00/cwt +1.29 vs last sale · ≈ $987/hd at 564 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	492	656	489
Feeder cattle	339	462	369
Slaughter cattle	114	147	94
Replacement cattle	39	47	26

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 - 7.00 higher and slaughter cows sold steady. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady, feeder heifers sold 3.00 - 7.00 lower, and feeder bulls sold 2.00 - 4.00 higher. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480 value added	480	5	185.00	$185.00	$888	—
510–545	524	4	160.00–166.00	$162.78	$853	-7.22
564 value added	564	10	175.00	$175.00	$987	+0.76
600–645	606	7	155.00–159.50	$158.82	$962	+6.41
665–670	666	6	144.50–147.00	$144.92	$965	—
700	700	1	139.00	$139.00	$973	—
776 value added	776	6	145.50	$145.50	$1,129	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–342	337	6	170.00–174.00	$171.66	$578	—
360–395	378	2	168.00–170.00	$169.05	$639	-4.29
405	405	3	160.00	$160.00	$648	—
450–455	453	2	156.00–160.00	$157.99	$716	—
510	510	3	150.00–155.00	$151.67	$774	-0.79
620	620	1	146.00	$146.00	$905	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–348	343	6	164.00–165.00	$164.85	$565	—
355–385	374	4	160.00–162.50	$161.62	$604	-1.05
405	405	2	154.00–159.00	$156.50	$634	-2.51
460–466 value added	463	11	158.00–160.00	$159.10	$737	—
450–490	470	9	147.00–152.50	$149.41	$702	-6.58
500 value added	500	10	154.00–155.00	$154.50	$772	-6.88
510–525	519	6	138.00–145.00	$141.06	$732	-9.82
580 value added	580	4	143.00	$143.00	$829	—
585–597	595	5	137.00–138.00	$137.80	$820	-8.21
600–604	603	6	132.00–137.00	$135.67	$818	—
650–695	673	2	128.00–130.00	$129.03	$868	-10.79
720	720	1	127.00	$127.00	$914	-3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	318	3	150.00–152.50	$151.65	$482	—
370–380	375	2	144.00–150.00	$146.96	$551	-4.59
410–445	423	3	136.00–142.00	$139.39	$590	-9.35
490	490	1	136.00	$136.00	$666	-7.23
510–545	528	4	130.00–135.00	$132.18	$698	-9.25
565–580	568	6	125.00–130.00	$128.82	$732	—
710	710	1	120.00	$120.00	$852	+4.00
771	771	6	118.00	$118.00	$910	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	180.00	$180.00	$477	+2.48
315–340	330	3	168.00–172.00	$170.05	$561	+0.05
355–395	376	5	160.00–165.00	$162.16	$610	-7.19
410–435	422	5	155.00–160.00	$157.54	$665	+0.65
450–455	453	4	150.00–152.00	$150.99	$684	+3.02
510–535	519	4	144.00–149.00	$145.77	$757	+4.50
570	570	6	140.00–142.00	$140.33	$800	—
620–635	625	3	138.00–140.00	$138.68	$867	+3.84
665	665	2	131.00	$131.00	$871	+4.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1350	1081	80-85%	13	65.00–70.00	$67.85	$733	-9.97
905–1240	1083	80-85%	15	73.00–78.00	$75.43	$817	-2.39
905–1250	1112	80-85%	7	82.00–86.00	$83.17	$925	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1435	1265	75-80%	6	88.00–93.00	$89.85	$1,137	+8.45
1280–1460	1344	75-80%	8	79.00–85.50	$82.62	$1,110	+9.79
1340–1550	1445	75-80%	2	70.00–72.50	$71.34	$1,031	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–845	765	85-90%	3	45.00–46.00	$45.26	$346	—
700–1110	932	85-90%	6	50.00–55.00	$53.76	$501	-8.18
925–1170	1018	85-90%	3	60.00–64.00	$61.53	$626	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1725	1421	4	89.00–90.00	$89.70	$1,275	—
1585–2110	1783	7	101.00–107.00	$104.27	$1,859	—
2100–2200	2133	3	115.00–118.00	$116.03	$2,475	—

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–850	814	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	625.00–775.00	$712.04
820	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
740–965	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	675.00–875.00	$800.39

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1030	983	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	975.00–1,000.00	$988.10
935–1050	993	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	750.00–850.00	$797.10
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1175	1175	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

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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
1235–1350	1293	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,150.00	$1,078.34	—
1370 fancy	1370	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
740	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
1005	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.