Alabama Livestock Auction Market Report

Uniontown, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 13, 2022

1,566 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.71/cwt -4.13 vs last sale · ≈ $873/hd at 568 lb · 75 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $169.44/cwt -3.36 vs last sale · ≈ $975/hd at 575 lb · 68 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $156.99/cwt -2.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,080/hd at 688 lb · 44 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,566	1,303	1,423
Feeder cattle	1,126	935	1,148
Slaughter cattle	328	298	244
Replacement cattle	112	70	31

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls sold steady and slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers sold 2.00 - 8.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 2.00 - 4.00 lower, and feeder bulls sold unevenly steady. Trade active with good to very good demand on feeder cattle. Replacement cattle sold steady to firm.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	333	3	210.00–216.00	$212.36	$707	+13.55
370	370	2	198.00	$198.00	$733	+8.00
410–440	428	13	186.00–196.00	$189.20	$810	+2.18
455	455	2	180.00	$180.00	$819	+0.28
505	505	6	178.00	$178.00	$899	+1.24
527 value added	527	11	188.00	$188.00	$991	+8.00
572–577	575	66	168.00–170.00	$168.97	$972	-0.02
583 value added	583	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,079	+7.00
626–628 value added	627	15	171.00–171.50	$171.30	$1,074	—
610–645	643	20	158.00–159.00	$158.95	$1,022	-8.00
677 value added	677	6	167.00	$167.00	$1,131	—
673–695	690	38	155.00–157.00	$155.41	$1,072	—
710–723	721	13	147.00–153.00	$148.93	$1,074	-0.86
732 value added	732	30	166.00	$166.00	$1,215	—
750–770	755	4	144.00–145.00	$144.25	$1,089	—
767 value added	767	4	154.00	$154.00	$1,181	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–325	323	2	202.00–206.00	$204.02	$659	+14.02
350–395	368	3	180.00–190.00	$183.88	$677	-0.27
410–430	413	11	170.00–178.00	$170.94	$706	-7.38
455	455	6	170.00	$170.00	$774	+0.29
510–545	532	11	158.00–170.00	$168.26	$895	+6.32
550–596	572	15	154.00–160.00	$155.94	$892	—
600–630	626	17	150.00–154.00	$152.70	$956	-1.70
655–699	688	15	140.00–148.00	$146.44	$1,008	+1.44
705	705	1	140.00	$140.00	$987	—
755–790	773	2	132.00–135.00	$133.47	$1,032	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	168.00	$168.00	$529	—
370–375	374	4	162.00–167.00	$165.01	$617	-3.16
409–420	412	9	156.00–160.00	$158.67	$654	-2.93
459–490	463	31	154.50–156.00	$154.89	$717	-3.36
464 value added	464	8	163.00	$163.00	$756	-9.00
505–530	518	7	150.00–154.00	$152.57	$790	-3.34
537 value added	537	23	165.50	$165.50	$889	-2.32
558–581 value added	563	56	156.00–159.00	$156.61	$882	-7.89
550–585	583	19	145.00–148.00	$145.15	$846	-6.26
625–635	627	17	142.00–144.00	$143.64	$901	+0.66
627 value added	627	12	156.00	$156.00	$978	-3.00
650–670	663	18	137.00–141.00	$138.78	$920	-0.22
654–677 value added	664	20	145.00–147.00	$145.92	$969	-6.08
715–730	729	10	134.00–137.00	$136.20	$993	—
797	797	8	134.00	$134.00	$1,068	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	2	160.00–162.50	$161.21	$459	-4.15
300–340	320	4	155.00–159.00	$157.13	$503	+1.11
356–390	366	13	150.00–155.00	$152.31	$557	+3.52
440–445	443	2	148.00–150.00	$148.99	$660	+3.99
515–546	544	23	140.00–146.00	$145.67	$792	+7.33
550–595	567	3	136.00–140.00	$137.64	$780	—
645	645	3	130.00	$130.00	$838	—
655–675	668	3	125.00–130.00	$128.37	$858	—
700–740	727	3	120.00–125.00	$121.61	$884	—
760	760	1	116.00	$116.00	$882	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	182.00	$182.00	$592	-7.00
365–385	374	4	170.00–176.00	$172.04	$643	-5.36
412	412	2	170.00	$170.00	$700	—
455–470	463	2	165.00–166.00	$165.49	$766	+1.41
550	550	1	156.00	$156.00	$858	+3.02
710–735	723	2	135.00–140.00	$137.46	$994	—
780–785	784	9	128.00–130.00	$128.22	$1,005	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–1215	1007	80-85%	33	68.00–72.00	$70.67	$712	+2.87
810–1325	1084	80-85%	55	75.00–79.00	$77.36	$839	—
800–1330	1132	80-85%	18	82.00–86.00	$83.17	$941	+6.88

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1300	1204	75-80%	8	73.00–76.00	$74.75	$900	—
1040–1670	1308	75-80%	39	79.00–83.00	$81.01	$1,060	+4.50
1215–1415	1333	75-80%	14	86.00–89.00	$86.78	$1,157	+10.27

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1015	845	85-90%	13	55.00–60.00	$57.75	$488	—
775–1055	918	85-90%	13	46.00–51.00	$49.36	$453	—
840–1075	975	85-90%	10	65.00–70.00	$66.86	$652	+1.70

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1575	1289	5	88.00–92.00	$89.41	$1,152	—
1390–1790	1513	7	100.00–104.00	$102.05	$1,544	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865–870 fancy	868	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,125.00	$1,074.86
875–1185	1021	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	750.00–995.00	$846.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965–1085	1030	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	770.00–1,000.00	$858.67
1050–1370	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,025.00–1,300.00	$1,160.28
1090–1440	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,100.00–1,500.00	$1,286.78
1115–1420 fancy	1280	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,450.00–1,750.00	$1,573.24
1270–1490 fancy	1398	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,525.00–1,700.00	$1,595.89

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	645.00	$645.00
785–960	886	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	725.00–900.00	$802.61
875–920	898	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	775.00–975.00	$877.51
965 fancy	965	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005–1035	1020	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	875.00–975.00	$925.74
995–1075 fancy	1037	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,100.00–1,450.00	$1,268.97

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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
1010–1160	1092	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,175.00	$1,081.76	-100.62
1085–1285	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,050.00–1,450.00	$1,266.88	+16.88
1205–1260	1233	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,425.00	$1,297.21	—
1260	1260	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1298 fancy	1298	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1320 fancy	1320	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
740	740	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—
795	795	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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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.