Sale reports / Oklahoma / McAlester Union Stockyards / 2019-06-25

McAlester Union Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McAlester, Oklahoma · Tue, Jun 25
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1827
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,350 head
▼ 250 vs last sale 1,600▲ 1,350 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 186▲ 146 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
89 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 74▲ 89 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Heifer calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Quality was plain through average. Demand was light to moderate. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 4.00 higher. A total of 235 cows and bulls sold with 58 percent going to packers. There will be a sale 7-2-19

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.08/cwt on 394 head.
Average price
$129.08
394 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.81
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1516130.41674343
Medium and Large 2451120.0754151
One grade step is worth $10.34/cwt here — about $132 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale394 hd
129.08
—
OK average7 barns · 7,673 hd
125.26
+3.81
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,69879.311,34715
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46258.4785517
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20857.3669339
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08654.7859525

Every lot, as filed

68 lots · USDA AMS · McAlester Union Livestock Auction - McAlester, OK
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1—521152.92/cwt148.00–162.0079740
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,010947.65/cwt775.00–1,085.009,5712
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,162697.43/cwt625.00–735.008,1043
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—9311,358.09/cwt1,275.00–1,425.0012,64420
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,058758.25/cwt700.00–810.008,0222
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,045700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,3151
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,185833.12/cwt700.00–925.009,8723
SteersMedium and Large 1—421162.02/cwt155.00–169.0068228
SteersMedium and Large 1—284162.34/cwt155.00–166.0046112
SteersMedium and Large 1—704122.25/cwt120.00–123.008614
BullsMedium and Large 1—381146.45/cwt129.00–159.0055818
BullsMedium and Large 1—284168.84/cwt151.00–196.0048015
BullsMedium and Large 1—713108.49/cwt107.00–110.007742
BullsMedium and Large 1—472142.27/cwt123.00–160.0067221
BullsMedium and Large 1—423144.73/cwt131.00–173.0061216
BullsMedium and Large 1—693117.00/cwt117.00–117.008113
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—7601,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.007,7901
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—8681,350.62/cwt1,225.00–1,400.0011,7233
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,367.33/cwt1,300.00–1,425.0015,0412
BullsMedium and Large 1—322157.14/cwt124.00–181.0050622
BullsMedium and Large 1—569135.35/cwt125.00–151.0077016
BullsMedium and Large 1—618124.21/cwt118.00–133.0076813
HeifersMedium and Large 2—419121.71/cwt115.00–129.0051014
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565109.01/cwt105.00–111.006164
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525128.06/cwt119.00–132.0067265
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421135.87/cwt130.00–144.0057224
HeifersMedium and Large 1—335142.63/cwt140.00–154.0047817
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740111.75/cwt106.00–115.008274
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468119.69/cwt108.00–127.0056016
HeifersMedium and Large 2—381123.81/cwt120.00–128.004725
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475133.26/cwt129.00–142.0063375
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620126.08/cwt117.00–131.0078241
HeifersMedium and Large 1—676117.43/cwt112.00–126.0079418
HeifersMedium and Large 1—773111.77/cwt107.00–119.008645
SteersMedium and Large 2—631124.88/cwt116.00–130.007887
SteersMedium and Large 2—576127.18/cwt110.00–137.0073311
SteersMedium and Large 1—875108.00/cwt107.00–109.009452
SteersMedium and Large 1—331164.24/cwt155.00–169.005448
SteersMedium and Large 1—477157.50/cwt151.00–165.0075127
SteersMedium and Large 1—369159.32/cwt151.00–165.0058830
SteersMedium and Large 2—688113.52/cwt112.00–115.007812
SteersMedium and Large 2—518137.95/cwt122.00–143.0071510
SteersMedium and Large 2—475137.31/cwt121.00–149.0065232
SteersMedium and Large 1—773111.49/cwt111.00–112.008622
SteersMedium and Large 1—808112.32/cwt109.00–118.009086
SteersMedium and Large 1—675127.26/cwt121.00–133.0085917
SteersMedium and Large 1—619141.04/cwt132.00–146.0087329
SteersMedium and Large 1—569146.64/cwt137.00–150.0083441
BullsMedium and Large 1—525137.07/cwt121.00–162.0072028
Bulls——1,84886.05/cwt84.00–87.001,5905
Bulls——1,69878.68/cwt76.00–82.001,3366
Bulls——1,51071.83/cwt70.00–74.001,0854
HeifersMedium and Large 1—289152.96/cwt147.00–161.004427
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380138.80/cwt132.00–141.0052723
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569127.75/cwt118.00–132.0072764
HeifersMedium and Large 2—326132.39/cwt129.00–136.004324
HeifersMedium and Large 2—521115.02/cwt112.00–119.005998
SteersMedium and Large 2—371137.41/cwt121.00–149.0051010
SteersMedium and Large 2—430134.98/cwt115.00–148.0058015
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22353.82/cwt49.00–55.0065810
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42160.98/cwt60.00–62.008675
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09359.72/cwt58.00–62.006537
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19557.23/cwt56.00–59.0068422
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45957.99/cwt57.00–59.008469
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08554.90/cwt53.00–57.0059612
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22562.83/cwt60.00–64.007707
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53755.70/cwt55.00–56.008563
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08048.78/cwt45.00–51.005276

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Oklahoma auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.