Sale reports / Oklahoma / McAlester Union Stockyards / 2020-07-07

McAlester Union Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McAlester, Oklahoma · Tue, Jul 7
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1827
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,550 head
150 vs last sale 1,700 250 vs year ago 1,300 · +19.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
190 head
11 vs last sale 201 18 vs year ago 208 · 8.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
19 vs last sale 49 47 vs year ago 77 · 61.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifer calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was good. Quality was average . Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher. A total of 220 cows and bulls sold with 81 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.03/cwt on 466 head.
Average price
$142.03
466 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$749
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.14
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533143.58766377
Medium and Large 2502135.4668089
One grade step is worth $8.12/cwt here — about $86 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 sale466 hd
142.03
OK average5 barns · 6,988 hd
134.89
+7.14
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
BullsAverage1,75488.391,55014
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37767.2092534
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21266.3780433
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07561.0165638

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
CowsLean 85-90%1,12370.10/cwt68.00–74.007877
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37468.48/cwt67.00–71.0094115
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37762.90/cwt60.00–66.0086613
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38373.33/cwt72.00–74.001,0146
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20665.43/cwt64.00–69.0078917
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22772.46/cwt71.00–73.008899
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20660.84/cwt59.00–63.007347
Bulls1,71288.47/cwt87.00–89.001,5157
Bulls1,86491.88/cwt90.00–95.001,7134
Bulls1,70383.53/cwt82.00–85.001,4233
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2641,108.98/cwt825.00–1,200.0014,01810
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2986850.50/cwt785.00–950.008,3867
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,160910.00/cwt910.00–910.0010,5561
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4301,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0015,0151
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2945775.00/cwt775.00–775.007,3241
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,125995.00/cwt995.00–995.0011,1941
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2830760.00/cwt760.00–760.006,3081
SteersMedium and Large 2631127.70/cwt120.00–133.0080629
SteersMedium and Large 2321155.40/cwt141.00–164.0049914
SteersMedium and Large 2520124.69/cwt115.00–129.0064813
SteersMedium and Large 2432144.99/cwt140.00–149.0062612
SteersMedium and Large 2389145.34/cwt134.00–152.0056511
SteersMedium and Large 2572124.57/cwt123.00–128.007135
SteersMedium and Large 2480129.30/cwt128.00–131.006213
HeifersMedium and Large 1612123.90/cwt116.00–128.0075819
SteersMedium and Large 1473142.28/cwt134.00–149.0067378
SteersMedium and Large 2668103.53/cwt102.00–105.006922
HeifersMedium and Large 1376145.73/cwt142.00–156.0054834
HeifersMedium and Large 1421140.99/cwt138.00–153.0059443
HeifersMedium and Large 1469132.81/cwt126.00–140.0062346
HeifersMedium and Large 1522129.75/cwt121.00–135.0067756
HeifersMedium and Large 1564132.46/cwt123.00–136.00747107
HeifersMedium and Large 2655101.00/cwt101.00–101.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 2313136.00/cwt136.00–136.004264
HeifersMedium and Large 2473121.84/cwt119.00–124.005765
HeifersMedium and Large 2528119.76/cwt112.00–128.006325
HeifersMedium and Large 2583119.50/cwt116.00–121.006976
HeifersMedium and Large 2625105.22/cwt101.00–110.006588
HeifersMedium and Large 2371134.55/cwt129.00–140.0049910
HeifersMedium and Large 2429132.22/cwt124.00–137.0056717
SteersMedium and Large 1850111.00/cwt111.00–111.009441
SteersMedium and Large 1737125.03/cwt121.00–127.009213
SteersMedium and Large 1769125.33/cwt125.00–126.009643
SteersMedium and Large 1618139.02/cwt135.00–149.0085918
SteersMedium and Large 1325175.33/cwt168.00–183.0057020
SteersMedium and Large 1813115.89/cwt112.00–121.0094223
SteersMedium and Large 1375161.87/cwt156.00–170.0060727
SteersMedium and Large 1688127.09/cwt118.00–129.0087434
SteersMedium and Large 1423157.82/cwt156.00–170.0066838
SteersMedium and Large 1533138.54/cwt132.00–146.0073865
SteersMedium and Large 1570146.29/cwt139.00–153.0083467
CowsLean 85-90%1,08964.39/cwt62.00–67.0070110
CowsLean 85-90%1,05356.37/cwt53.00–61.0059421
BullsMedium and Large 1750111.00/cwt111.00–111.008331
BullsMedium and Large 1820105.00/cwt105.00–105.008611
BullsMedium and Large 1663114.10/cwt105.00–117.007566
BullsMedium and Large 1727116.08/cwt111.00–119.008449
BullsMedium and Large 1309178.29/cwt168.00–183.0055114
BullsMedium and Large 1429147.37/cwt145.00–159.0063214
BullsMedium and Large 1636123.42/cwt119.00–131.0078514
BullsMedium and Large 1581131.77/cwt126.00–139.0076615
BullsMedium and Large 1379161.54/cwt159.00–177.0061220
BullsMedium and Large 1470136.67/cwt132.00–146.0064223
BullsMedium and Large 1534129.06/cwt123.00–137.0068928
BullsMedium and Large 2518118.93/cwt116.00–122.006162
BullsMedium and Large 2630113.33/cwt110.00–115.007143
BullsMedium and Large 2471126.22/cwt122.00–131.005944
BullsMedium and Large 2585115.12/cwt113.00–120.006736
BullsMedium and Large 2383145.35/cwt139.00–157.005577
BullsMedium and Large 2424132.64/cwt126.00–140.005627
HeifersMedium and Large 1745101.67/cwt101.00–103.007573
HeifersMedium and Large 1767103.31/cwt102.00–106.007923
HeifersMedium and Large 1314149.50/cwt147.00–153.0046916
HeifersMedium and Large 1674112.68/cwt105.00–116.0075916

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.