Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 4.00 lower. Heifer calves 6.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality was plain through average. Slaughter cows, breakers and leans 2.00 to 3.00 higher, boners 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 7.00 lower. A total of 375 cows and bulls sold with 74 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.70/cwt on 418 head.

Average price

$136.70

418 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$760

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$93

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$12.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.44

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	139.56	783	319
Medium and Large 2	541	127.50	690	99

One grade step is worth $12.06/cwt here — about $93 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 sale418 hd

136.70

—

OK average7 barns · 10,505 hd

139.15

−2.44

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	—	Low	1,634	72.33	1,182	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,448	54.84	794	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,213	52.11	632	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,057	48.26	510	35

Every lot, as filed

82 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	121.63/cwt	111.00–125.00	634	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	121.68/cwt	117.00–131.00	767	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	154.62/cwt	149.00–163.00	507	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	119.26/cwt	109.00–122.00	868	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,089	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	130.65/cwt	122.00–136.00	813	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	129.23/cwt	122.00–137.00	487	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	125.17/cwt	121.00–135.00	715	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	130.54/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,022	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	121.32/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,058	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	129.50/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,053	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	132.40/cwt	129.00–143.00	444	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	118.17/cwt	113.00–122.00	679	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	126.75/cwt	122.00–137.00	542	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	131.39/cwt	125.00–136.00	945	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	134.26/cwt	126.00–140.00	768	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	993	114.16/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,134	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	142.41/cwt	136.00–150.00	661	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,058	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	130.45/cwt	125.00–137.00	888	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	151.82/cwt	145.00–162.00	641	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	112.19/cwt	109.00–114.00	744	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	159.98/cwt	146.00–167.00	600	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	907.16/cwt	835.00–1,025.00	10,977	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	146.06/cwt	138.00–154.00	749	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	155.60/cwt	151.00–165.00	672	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	819.66/cwt	700.00–1,025.00	9,697	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	809.17/cwt	750.00–850.00	9,791	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	792	113.35/cwt	112.00–119.00	898	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	621	113.84/cwt	106.00–117.00	707	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	727	103.40/cwt	101.00–110.00	752	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	159.92/cwt	158.00–170.00	584	34
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,333	975.47/cwt	925.00–1,025.00	13,003	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	902.63/cwt	850.00–950.00	11,147	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	1,023.12/cwt	710.00–1,225.00	9,597	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	931	802.22/cwt	725.00–975.00	7,469	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	1,000.39/cwt	975.00–1,025.00	9,704	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,144	842.63/cwt	765.00–1,000.00	9,640	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	51.41/cwt	49.00–53.00	625	15
Bulls	—	—	1,565	66.56/cwt	65.00–68.00	1,042	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	49.41/cwt	48.00–51.00	674	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	46.15/cwt	44.00–48.00	542	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	43.87/cwt	41.00–46.00	462	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	129.71/cwt	123.00–132.00	429	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	115.20/cwt	111.00–120.00	495	17
Bulls	—	—	1,824	76.84/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,402	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	58.42/cwt	56.00–61.00	618	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	58.43/cwt	57.00–61.00	812	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	55.19/cwt	54.00–60.00	676	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	671	119.90/cwt	115.00–124.00	805	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	114.80/cwt	109.00–119.00	540	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	51.28/cwt	48.00–54.00	546	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	54.50/cwt	52.00–56.00	803	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	122.16/cwt	115.00–125.00	702	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	116.44/cwt	110.00–121.00	724	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	915	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	113.98/cwt	108.00–119.00	600	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	114.36/cwt	108.00–119.00	660	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	626	105.39/cwt	101.00–109.00	660	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	131.13/cwt	126.00–139.00	623	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	108.40/cwt	106.00–110.00	612	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	118.83/cwt	113.00–128.00	621	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	117.00/cwt	113.00–121.00	819	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	116.08/cwt	114.00–121.00	448	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	112.12/cwt	110.00–116.00	692	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	332	133.10/cwt	128.00–141.00	442	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	521	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,021	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	144.35/cwt	140.00–156.00	690	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	131.98/cwt	122.00–137.00	693	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	137.38/cwt	132.00–141.00	508	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	134.91/cwt	131.00–146.00	579	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	953	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	136.85/cwt	133.00–150.00	717	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	984	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	132.72/cwt	125.00–141.00	572	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	131.68/cwt	123.00–137.00	624	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	364	127.55/cwt	120.00–133.00	464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	125.28/cwt	120.00–134.00	600	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	306	162.32/cwt	155.00–168.00	497	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	122.33/cwt	117.00–131.00	826	15
Bulls	—	—	1,538	71.88/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,106	9

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 →

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Feeder CattleReceipts 1,800Last week 2,600Year ago 2,200

Slaughter CattleReceipts 318Last week 289Year ago 339

Replacement CattleReceipts 57Last week 31Year ago 71

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	521	111.00–125.00	121.63
40	—	630	117.00–131.00	121.68
29	—	728	109.00–122.00	119.26
1	—	915	117.00	117.00
22	—	377	122.00–137.00	129.23
68	—	571	121.00–135.00	125.17
8	—	335	129.00–143.00	132.40
40	—	428	122.00–137.00	126.75
3	—	853	124.00	124.00
4	—	781	122.00	122.00
3	—	800	123.00	123.00
47	—	479	120.00–134.00	125.28
15	—	675	117.00–131.00	122.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	331	123.00–132.00	129.71
17	—	430	111.00–120.00	115.20
22	—	470	109.00–119.00	114.80
16	—	526	108.00–119.00	113.98
25	—	577	108.00–119.00	114.36
11	—	386	114.00–121.00	116.08
8	—	617	110.00–116.00	112.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	521	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	328	149.00–163.00	154.62
13	—	575	113.00–122.00	118.17
18	—	422	145.00–162.00	151.82
5	—	663	109.00–114.00	112.19
8	—	375	146.00–167.00	159.98
5	—	792	112.00–119.00	113.35
30	—	621	106.00–117.00	113.84
12	—	727	101.00–110.00	103.40
13	—	478	140.00–156.00	144.35
16	—	524	133.00–150.00	136.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	626	101.00–109.00	105.39
5	—	565	106.00–110.00	108.40
10	—	523	113.00–128.00	118.83
3	—	332	128.00–141.00	133.10
15	—	431	125.00–141.00	132.72
12	—	474	123.00–137.00	131.68
4	—	364	120.00–133.00	127.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	900	121.00	121.00
53	—	622	122.00–136.00	130.65
16	—	783	125.00–136.00	130.54
3	—	872	120.00–124.00	121.32
2	—	813	128.00–131.00	129.50
10	—	719	125.00–136.00	131.39
70	—	572	126.00–140.00	134.26
6	—	993	114.00–115.00	114.16
39	—	464	136.00–150.00	142.41
23	—	681	125.00–137.00	130.45
27	—	513	138.00–154.00	146.06
25	—	432	151.00–165.00	155.60
34	—	365	158.00–170.00	159.92
8	—	306	155.00–168.00	162.32
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	671	115.00–124.00	119.90
17	—	575	115.00–125.00	122.16
9	—	622	110.00–121.00	116.44
2	—	775	118.00	118.00
18	—	475	126.00–139.00	131.13
2	—	700	113.00–121.00	117.00
30	—	525	122.00–137.00	131.98
4	—	370	132.00–141.00	137.38
8	—	429	131.00–146.00	134.91

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,210	835.00–1,025.00	907.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,183	700.00–1,025.00	819.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,210	750.00–850.00	809.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	931	725.00–975.00	802.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	970	975.00–1,025.00	1,000.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,144	765.00–1,000.00	842.63
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,333	925.00–1,025.00	975.47
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,235	850.00–950.00	902.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	938	710.00–1,225.00	1,023.12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,216	49.00–53.00	51.41
6	—	1,175	44.00–48.00	46.15
15	—	1,224	54.00–60.00	55.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,365	48.00–51.00	49.41
7	—	1,390	57.00–61.00	58.43
26	—	1,473	52.00–56.00	54.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,054	41.00–46.00	43.87
7	—	1,058	56.00–61.00	58.42
7	—	1,064	48.00–54.00	51.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,565	65.00–68.00	66.56
6	—	1,824	75.00–78.00	76.84
9	—	1,538	70.00–74.00	71.88

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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