Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-02

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 / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	145.39	804	415
Medium and Large 2	518	136.39	706	107

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,687	82.66	1,394	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,385	64.30	891	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,221	63.99	781	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,065	61.11	651	27

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	182.92/cwt	170.00–191.00	585	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	614	126.01/cwt	116.00–131.00	774	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	144.11/cwt	139.00–154.00	680	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	133.30/cwt	128.00–140.00	754	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	139.90/cwt	135.00–147.00	725	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	587	113.67/cwt	112.00–116.00	667	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	322	150.40/cwt	146.00–160.00	484	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	131.07/cwt	123.00–137.00	624	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	374	155.07/cwt	147.00–162.00	580	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	140.69/cwt	135.00–149.00	597	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	129.46/cwt	125.00–134.00	680	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	922	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	108.72/cwt	102.00–111.00	773	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	111.13/cwt	104.00–116.00	749	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	153.31/cwt	146.00–160.00	489	21
Bulls	—	—	1,764	92.17/cwt	90.00–97.00	1,626	7
Bulls	—	—	1,794	85.62/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,536	8
Bulls	—	—	1,570	75.15/cwt	70.00–82.00	1,180	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	57.16/cwt	55.00–59.00	682	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	64.93/cwt	63.00–66.00	796	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	68.09/cwt	67.00–70.00	842	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,332	57.43/cwt	55.00–59.00	765	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,359	62.39/cwt	60.00–65.00	848	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	67.86/cwt	66.00–70.00	964	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	54.48/cwt	51.00–58.00	576	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	67.00/cwt	65.00–70.00	714	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	117.59/cwt	115.00–121.00	782	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	817	120.11/cwt	117.00–132.00	981	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	434	154.87/cwt	150.00–164.00	672	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	773	111.65/cwt	103.00–120.00	863	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	179.41/cwt	173.00–187.00	664	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	153.57/cwt	149.00–163.00	725	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	131.00/cwt	125.00–139.00	875	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	138.60/cwt	132.00–146.00	858	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	128.01/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,002	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	132.57/cwt	122.00–135.00	953	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	183.44/cwt	178.00–192.00	561	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	176.07/cwt	168.00–182.00	653	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	113.02/cwt	103.00–115.00	1,028	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	113.33/cwt	110.00–114.00	968	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	121.71/cwt	117.00–125.00	650	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	125.74/cwt	118.00–128.00	609	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	137.35/cwt	132.00–141.00	507	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	127.25/cwt	119.00–132.00	546	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	110.88/cwt	104.00–115.00	699	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	115.45/cwt	112.00–119.00	649	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	138.48/cwt	129.00–145.00	451	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	136.67/cwt	130.00–144.00	655	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	131.24/cwt	126.00–140.00	692	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	156.45/cwt	146.00–159.00	576	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	128.84/cwt	120.00–134.00	727	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	143.26/cwt	135.00–148.00	606	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	123.39/cwt	117.00–131.00	758	41
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	876.19/cwt	825.00–925.00	9,200	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	1,026.03/cwt	925.00–1,125.00	12,497	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,666	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	11,925	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	61.64/cwt	60.00–64.00	660	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	157.21/cwt	152.00–166.00	671	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	137.83/cwt	129.00–143.00	787	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	145.77/cwt	138.00–152.00	774	97
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	151.09/cwt	149.00–153.00	499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	132.81/cwt	127.00–135.00	700	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	155.86/cwt	149.00–162.00	589	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	143.84/cwt	139.00–150.00	604	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	669	119.28/cwt	110.00–123.00	798	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	129.82/cwt	121.00–135.00	731	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	127.41/cwt	121.00–132.00	786	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	142.21/cwt	134.00–148.00	675	23
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	284	2
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	357	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	214	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	7,974	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,106.57/cwt	1,000.00–1,300.00	13,389	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	14,344	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	1,273.29/cwt	1,050.00–1,460.00	13,561	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	14,376	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	1,186.80/cwt	1,175.00–1,200.00	11,073	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	9,694	1

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.

Oklahoma feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

McAlester Union Livestock Auction - McAlester, OK

Tue Jun 2, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Oklahoma City, OK (LS-KO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,950Last week 1,300Year ago 2,450

Slaughter CattleReceipts 289Last week 219Year ago 302

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 41Year ago 123

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	320	170.00–191.00	182.92
11	—	614	116.00–131.00	126.01
12	—	472	139.00–154.00	144.11
22	—	566	128.00–140.00	133.30
24	—	518	135.00–147.00	139.90
10	—	665	115.00–121.00	117.59
6	—	817	117.00–132.00	120.11
4	—	434	150.00–164.00	154.87
3	—	773	103.00–120.00	111.65
3	—	370	173.00–187.00	179.41
1	—	720	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	107.00	107.00
3	—	587	112.00–116.00	113.67
4	—	322	146.00–160.00	150.40
9	—	476	123.00–137.00	131.07
11	—	374	147.00–162.00	155.07
16	—	424	135.00–149.00	140.69
17	—	525	125.00–134.00	129.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	109.00	109.00
1	—	875	110.00	110.00
2	—	805	114.00–115.00	114.50
15	—	711	102.00–111.00	108.72
18	—	674	104.00–116.00	111.13
21	—	319	146.00–160.00	153.31
79	—	479	130.00–144.00	136.67
76	—	527	126.00–140.00	131.24
74	—	368	146.00–159.00	156.45
58	—	564	120.00–134.00	128.84
46	—	423	135.00–148.00	143.26
41	—	614	117.00–131.00	123.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	534	117.00–125.00	121.71
15	—	484	118.00–128.00	125.74
12	—	369	132.00–141.00	137.35
9	—	429	119.00–132.00	127.25
8	—	630	104.00–115.00	110.88
7	—	562	112.00–119.00	115.45
7	—	326	129.00–145.00	138.48
1	—	655	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	472	149.00–163.00	153.57
36	—	668	125.00–139.00	131.00
34	—	619	132.00–146.00	138.60
22	—	783	124.00–134.00	128.01
19	—	719	122.00–135.00	132.57
19	—	306	178.00–192.00	183.44
17	—	371	168.00–182.00	176.07
6	—	910	103.00–115.00	113.02
6	—	854	110.00–114.00	113.33
1	—	825	113.00	113.00
50	—	427	152.00–166.00	157.21
61	—	571	129.00–143.00	137.83
97	—	531	138.00–152.00	145.77
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	149.00–153.00	151.09
11	—	527	127.00–135.00	132.81
13	—	378	149.00–162.00	155.86
13	—	420	139.00–150.00	143.84
13	—	669	110.00–123.00	119.28
15	—	563	121.00–135.00	129.82
17	—	617	121.00–132.00	127.41
23	—	475	134.00–148.00	142.21
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	61.00	61.00
7	—	357	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,764	90.00–97.00	92.17
8	—	1,794	83.00–88.00	85.62
12	—	1,570	70.00–82.00	75.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,194	55.00–59.00	57.16
10	—	1,226	63.00–66.00	64.93
11	—	1,237	67.00–70.00	68.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,332	55.00–59.00	57.43
10	—	1,359	60.00–65.00	62.39
15	—	1,420	66.00–70.00	67.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,057	51.00–58.00	54.48
8	—	1,066	65.00–70.00	67.00
11	—	1,070	60.00–64.00	61.64

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,050	825.00–925.00	876.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,218	925.00–1,125.00	1,026.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,325.00	1,325.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	835.00	835.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,210	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,106.57
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,065	1,050.00–1,460.00	1,273.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	933	1,175.00–1,200.00	1,186.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	1,175.00	1,175.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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