Sale reports / Oklahoma / McAlester Union Stockyards / 2019-07-09

McAlester Union Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McAlester, Oklahoma · Tue, Jul 9
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1827
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,300 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 1,325▲ 1,300 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
208 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 209▲ 208 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 81▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Quality was average through attractive. Demand was good. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. A total of 285 cows and bulls sold with 73 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.13/cwt on 416 head.
Average price
$132.13
416 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.84
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539134.16723337
Medium and Large 2474123.4658579
One grade step is worth $10.69/cwt here — about $138 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 sale416 hd
132.13
—
OK average4 barns · 6,197 hd
131.29
+0.84
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—Average1,66176.541,27110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40860.0084525
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20858.2370436
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07655.8060041

Every lot, as filed

74 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—519142.31/cwt135.00–150.0073911
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523122.56/cwt113.00–126.0064114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418144.27/cwt138.00–152.0060315
HeifersMedium and Large 1—734118.89/cwt115.00–123.0087310
BullsMedium and Large 1—763111.95/cwt107.00–117.008542
BullsMedium and Large 1—563140.08/cwt133.00–145.007899
BullsMedium and Large 1—317171.89/cwt141.00–185.0054517
BullsMedium and Large 1—423158.37/cwt131.00–165.0067016
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365143.00/cwt136.00–146.0052214
SteersMedium and Large 1—663142.73/cwt131.00–145.0094646
SteersMedium and Large 1—484162.07/cwt154.00–168.0078429
HeifersMedium and Large 1—327152.78/cwt147.00–160.005009
HeifersMedium and Large 1—769113.17/cwt112.00–115.008706
HeifersMedium and Large 1—674121.63/cwt117.00–127.0082017
HeifersMedium and Large 1—581131.46/cwt126.00–136.00764118
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520136.18/cwt128.00–141.0070861
SteersMedium and Large 1—415166.82/cwt159.00–171.006929
SteersMedium and Large 1—313186.26/cwt184.00–189.005837
SteersMedium and Large 1—621145.12/cwt138.00–149.0090150
HeifersMedium and Large 1—284158.58/cwt153.00–163.0045015
SteersMedium and Large 1—867117.33/cwt115.00–119.001,0173
SteersMedium and Large 1—815127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0352
SteersMedium and Large 1—526156.50/cwt148.00–161.0082352
SteersMedium and Large 1—578150.26/cwt142.00–155.0086949
SteersMedium and Large 1—776126.70/cwt116.00–130.0098316
SteersMedium and Large 1—724131.71/cwt128.00–135.0095415
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,168840.34/cwt810.00–875.009,8152
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,035874.40/cwt735.00–1,025.009,0502
BullsMedium and Large 1—290184.92/cwt176.00–187.005365
BullsMedium and Large 1—813109.91/cwt104.00–116.008942
SteersMedium and Large 1—289189.95/cwt171.00–200.0054911
SteersMedium and Large 1—377167.96/cwt161.00–175.0063310
BullsMedium and Large 1—619134.63/cwt127.00–140.008338
BullsMedium and Large 1—713124.11/cwt118.00–132.008856
BullsMedium and Large 1—365146.40/cwt123.00–167.0053415
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,198750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,9852
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,169758.36/cwt700.00–825.008,8655
HeifersMedium and Large 2—481124.55/cwt121.00–131.0059912
BullsMedium and Large 1—468152.86/cwt132.00–165.0071522
BullsMedium and Large 1—668128.10/cwt121.00–133.008565
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469140.25/cwt134.00–148.0065836
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625124.66/cwt117.00–131.0077936
HeifersMedium and Large 2—377127.57/cwt111.00–134.0048113
SteersMedium and Large 2—675123.98/cwt121.00–127.008372
HeifersMedium and Large 2—635113.65/cwt112.00–115.007223
HeifersMedium and Large 2—670109.03/cwt104.00–112.007314
HeifersMedium and Large 2—290141.00/cwt141.00–141.004092
HeifersMedium and Large 2—718109.00/cwt109.00–109.007832
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575116.82/cwt110.00–122.006727
SteersMedium and Large 2—523138.38/cwt119.00–164.0072412
Bulls——1,74675.31/cwt74.00–78.001,3155
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20159.84/cwt58.00–61.0071914
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422126.69/cwt120.00–132.0053516
SteersMedium and Large 2—315146.19/cwt142.00–150.004602
SteersMedium and Large 2—570130.20/cwt127.00–132.007424
SteersMedium and Large 2—624127.59/cwt112.00–134.007965
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06251.78/cwt46.00–54.0055015
Bulls——1,39369.04/cwt68.00–70.009622
SteersMedium and Large 2—478142.17/cwt136.00–148.006803
HeifersMedium and Large 2—344127.16/cwt119.00–131.004376
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07356.72/cwt55.00–58.0060917
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39860.04/cwt58.00–61.008399
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20153.89/cwt49.00–57.0064714
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36354.07/cwt50.00–57.007375
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23463.01/cwt62.00–64.007788
Bulls——1,69783.60/cwt82.00–86.001,4193
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10360.76/cwt59.00–64.006709
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43762.67/cwt62.00–64.0090111
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1601,117.62/cwt1,050.00–1,175.0012,9642
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,0401,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0013,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,037856.54/cwt825.00–925.008,8823
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—977889.05/cwt600.00–1,125.008,68613
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,445962.02/cwt950.00–975.0013,9012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,155918.83/cwt810.00–1,035.0010,6123

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.