Sale reports / Oklahoma / McAlester Union Stockyards / 2020-06-02

McAlester Union Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McAlester, Oklahoma · Tue, Jun 2
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1827
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,950 head
▲ 650 vs last sale 1,300▼ 500 vs year ago 2,450 · −20.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
289 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 219▼ 13 vs year ago 302 · −4.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 41▼ 62 vs year ago 123 · −50.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago , steer calves 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand was good for all classes. Quality was average through attractive, mostly attractive. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. A total of 350 cows and bulls sold with 80 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.55/cwt on 522 head.
Average price
$143.55
522 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$783
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.01
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553145.39804415
Medium and Large 2518136.39706107
One grade step is worth $9.00/cwt here — about $98 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 sale522 hd
143.55
—
OK average7 barns · 17,382 hd
129.54
+14.01
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—High1,68782.661,39427
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,38564.3089130
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22163.9978129
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06561.1165127

Every lot, as filed

84 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—320182.92/cwt170.00–191.0058511
BullsMedium and Large 1—614126.01/cwt116.00–131.0077411
BullsMedium and Large 1—472144.11/cwt139.00–154.0068012
BullsMedium and Large 1—566133.30/cwt128.00–140.0075422
BullsMedium and Large 1—518139.90/cwt135.00–147.0072524
BullsMedium and Large 2—655107.00/cwt107.00–107.007011
BullsMedium and Large 2—587113.67/cwt112.00–116.006673
BullsMedium and Large 2—322150.40/cwt146.00–160.004844
BullsMedium and Large 2—476131.07/cwt123.00–137.006249
BullsMedium and Large 2—374155.07/cwt147.00–162.0058011
BullsMedium and Large 2—424140.69/cwt135.00–149.0059716
BullsMedium and Large 2—525129.46/cwt125.00–134.0068017
HeifersMedium and Large 1—775109.00/cwt109.00–109.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 1—875110.00/cwt110.00–110.009631
HeifersMedium and Large 1—805114.50/cwt114.00–115.009222
HeifersMedium and Large 1—711108.72/cwt102.00–111.0077315
HeifersMedium and Large 1—674111.13/cwt104.00–116.0074918
HeifersMedium and Large 1—319153.31/cwt146.00–160.0048921
Bulls——1,76492.17/cwt90.00–97.001,6267
Bulls——1,79485.62/cwt83.00–88.001,5368
Bulls——1,57075.15/cwt70.00–82.001,18012
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19457.16/cwt55.00–59.006828
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22664.93/cwt63.00–66.0079610
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23768.09/cwt67.00–70.0084211
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33257.43/cwt55.00–59.007655
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35962.39/cwt60.00–65.0084810
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42067.86/cwt66.00–70.0096415
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05754.48/cwt51.00–58.005768
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06667.00/cwt65.00–70.007148
BullsMedium and Large 1—665117.59/cwt115.00–121.0078210
BullsMedium and Large 1—817120.11/cwt117.00–132.009816
BullsMedium and Large 1—434154.87/cwt150.00–164.006724
BullsMedium and Large 1—773111.65/cwt103.00–120.008633
BullsMedium and Large 1—370179.41/cwt173.00–187.006643
BullsMedium and Large 1—720125.00/cwt125.00–125.009001
SteersMedium and Large 1—472153.57/cwt149.00–163.0072547
SteersMedium and Large 1—668131.00/cwt125.00–139.0087536
SteersMedium and Large 1—619138.60/cwt132.00–146.0085834
SteersMedium and Large 1—783128.01/cwt124.00–134.001,00222
SteersMedium and Large 1—719132.57/cwt122.00–135.0095319
SteersMedium and Large 1—306183.44/cwt178.00–192.0056119
SteersMedium and Large 1—371176.07/cwt168.00–182.0065317
SteersMedium and Large 1—910113.02/cwt103.00–115.001,0286
SteersMedium and Large 1—854113.33/cwt110.00–114.009686
SteersMedium and Large 1—825113.00/cwt113.00–113.009321
HeifersMedium and Large 2—534121.71/cwt117.00–125.0065016
HeifersMedium and Large 2—484125.74/cwt118.00–128.0060915
HeifersMedium and Large 2—369137.35/cwt132.00–141.0050712
HeifersMedium and Large 2—429127.25/cwt119.00–132.005469
HeifersMedium and Large 2—630110.88/cwt104.00–115.006998
HeifersMedium and Large 2—562115.45/cwt112.00–119.006497
HeifersMedium and Large 2—326138.48/cwt129.00–145.004517
HeifersMedium and Large 2—655116.00/cwt116.00–116.007601
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479136.67/cwt130.00–144.0065579
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527131.24/cwt126.00–140.0069276
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368156.45/cwt146.00–159.0057674
HeifersMedium and Large 1—564128.84/cwt120.00–134.0072758
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423143.26/cwt135.00–148.0060646
HeifersMedium and Large 1—614123.39/cwt117.00–131.0075841
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,050876.19/cwt825.00–925.009,2002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2181,026.03/cwt925.00–1,125.0012,4972
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,045925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,6661
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9001,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0011,9251
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07061.64/cwt60.00–64.0066011
SteersMedium and Large 1—427157.21/cwt152.00–166.0067150
SteersMedium and Large 1—571137.83/cwt129.00–143.0078761
SteersMedium and Large 1—531145.77/cwt138.00–152.0077497
SteersMedium and Large 2—330151.09/cwt149.00–153.004992
SteersMedium and Large 2—527132.81/cwt127.00–135.0070011
SteersMedium and Large 2—378155.86/cwt149.00–162.0058913
SteersMedium and Large 2—420143.84/cwt139.00–150.0060413
SteersMedium and Large 2—669119.28/cwt110.00–123.0079813
SteersMedium and Large 2—563129.82/cwt121.00–135.0073115
SteersMedium and Large 2—617127.41/cwt121.00–132.0078617
SteersMedium and Large 2—475142.21/cwt134.00–148.0067523
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1-2—46561.00/cwt61.00–61.002842
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1-2—35760.00/cwt60.00–60.002147
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—955835.00/cwt835.00–835.007,9741
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2101,106.57/cwt1,000.00–1,300.0013,3894
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1251,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0014,3441
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0651,273.29/cwt1,050.00–1,460.0013,5612
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0851,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0014,3761
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9331,186.80/cwt1,175.00–1,200.0011,0732
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—8251,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.009,6941

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.