Alabama Livestock Auction Market Report

Uniontown, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 6, 2022

1,346 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $174.76/cwt +10.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,004/hd at 575 lb · 94 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $165.18/cwt +9.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,119/hd at 678 lb · 59 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $158.86/cwt +10.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,209/hd at 761 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,346	1,297	726
Feeder cattle	1,180	957	605
Slaughter cattle	100	209	82
Replacement cattle	66	131	39

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady and slaughter cows sold 2.00 - 5.00 lower with high 85.00. Feeder steers and bulls sold 4.00 - 9.00 higher, feeder heifers sold 6.00 - 10.00 higher. Trade active with very 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
341	341	3	200.00	$200.00	$682	—
365	365	4	192.00	$192.00	$701	+3.21
400–418	413	6	185.00–192.00	$190.54	$787	—
457	457	4	182.00	$182.00	$832	±0.00
504 value added	504	17	183.00	$183.00	$922	—
520–548	531	19	177.00–179.00	$177.94	$945	+1.80
552–556 value added	553	21	179.00–180.00	$179.76	$994	—
569–593	581	73	170.00–176.50	$173.32	$1,007	+9.13
606–611	607	14	166.00–169.50	$166.75	$1,012	—
648 value added	648	4	174.50	$174.50	$1,131	—
660–695	676	44	161.50–166.50	$163.10	$1,103	+7.53
678–699 value added	682	15	170.50–171.50	$171.30	$1,168	—
739 value added	739	11	168.50	$168.50	$1,245	—
758 value added	758	36	159.50	$159.50	$1,209	—
779	779	6	155.00	$155.00	$1,207	+6.49
814	814	6	145.00	$145.00	$1,180	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	8	190.00	$190.00	$642	+7.44
365–395	381	9	180.00–187.00	$181.95	$693	+3.97
400–440	414	4	175.00–180.00	$177.79	$736	+7.37
456–495	478	8	170.00–175.00	$172.31	$824	—
500–530	525	6	165.00–170.00	$169.21	$888	+9.21
605–635	615	7	152.00–160.00	$155.96	$959	+9.31
660–695	678	6	147.00–153.00	$151.16	$1,025	—
730–740	733	3	138.00–139.00	$138.34	$1,014	—
750–760	755	2	133.00–137.00	$135.01	$1,019	—
846	846	2	131.00	$131.00	$1,108	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	313	3	175.00–180.00	$178.40	$558	+8.40
350	350	2	170.00	$170.00	$595	+10.00
405–415	410	4	160.00–168.00	$163.01	$668	—
450–495	487	7	150.00–159.00	$152.54	$743	+0.14
500–510	503	3	145.00–150.00	$148.31	$746	+3.11
575–586	584	7	135.00–140.00	$136.13	$795	+0.77
620–645	633	2	130.00–134.00	$131.96	$835	+1.96

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	180.00	$180.00	$621	+11.43
355–378	366	17	170.00–178.00	$175.02	$641	+10.95
410–432	428	8	165.00–167.00	$165.36	$708	+7.80
450–475	463	23	158.00–163.00	$161.15	$746	+6.44
507 value added	507	10	161.00	$161.00	$816	—
520–545	538	8	152.00–156.00	$153.73	$827	+7.03
563–580	567	6	148.00–152.00	$149.01	$845	+6.47
568 value added	568	10	156.50	$156.50	$889	—
608–640 value added	628	17	151.50–153.00	$152.07	$955	—
616–640	629	9	143.00–147.00	$145.42	$915	+7.98
670–695	682	3	139.00–142.00	$140.33	$957	+4.84
711 value added	711	4	146.00	$146.00	$1,038	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	315	4	164.00–170.00	$167.35	$527	+8.02
355–395	376	4	155.00–162.00	$159.28	$599	+7.45
405–445	424	5	150.00–155.00	$152.46	$646	+6.11
450–495	474	4	148.00–150.00	$149.28	$708	+8.87
535–547	544	36	145.00–148.00	$146.43	$797	+9.11
550–590	565	3	139.00–144.00	$140.99	$797	+5.99
650	650	2	130.00	$130.00	$845	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	328	3	175.00–178.00	$176.66	$579	+6.66
350–390	371	7	170.00–175.00	$171.78	$637	—
410–425	418	2	164.00–170.00	$166.95	$698	+4.11
475–495	482	3	160.00–162.00	$160.69	$775	+5.01
513–530	522	6	150.00–158.00	$154.31	$805	+4.84
580–595	585	3	149.00–150.00	$149.66	$876	+2.66
620	620	2	139.00–146.00	$142.50	$884	-0.50
722–740	727	4	123.00–129.00	$127.47	$927	-4.77

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–380	370	2	180.00–182.00	$180.97	$670	+8.00
400	400	3	177.00	$177.00	$708	+7.00
480–495	488	2	168.00–172.00	$170.03	$830	+1.01

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1225	1111	80-85%	16	64.00–68.00	$65.43	$727	—
1035–1310	1118	80-85%	14	58.00–61.00	$59.85	$669	-9.74
1065–1230	1139	80-85%	5	70.00–73.00	$70.58	$804	+0.99

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1275	1213	75-80%	3	73.00–74.00	$73.30	$889	-5.94
1040–1540	1305	75-80%	9	64.00–69.00	$66.82	$872	-7.19
1120–1500	1328	75-80%	5	58.00–62.00	$60.22	$800	-13.79

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–985	906	85-90%	4	50.00–55.00	$51.76	$469	+11.76

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1730	1389	4	90.00–96.00	$93.09	$1,293	+7.31
1235–1890	1436	6	79.00–85.00	$82.27	$1,181	—
1685–1970	1828	2	99.00–105.00	$102.23	$1,869	—

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Stock Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	405.00–490.00	$436.88

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	755.00–890.00	$831.25

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	985.00–1,175.00	$1,090.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	650.00–835.00	$728.33
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	800.00–1,050.00	$925.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	875.00–955.00	$915.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	500.00–675.00	$587.50
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	700.00–755.00	$735.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	915.00	$915.00
—	—	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	855.00	$855.00

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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
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	950.00–1,175.00	$1,062.50	—

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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.