Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer and heifer calves were to light on comparable offerings for a trend to be noted. Demand was light to moderate. Quality mostly plain, with a few groups of attractive calves. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. A total of 290 cows and bulls sold with 76 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.73/cwt on 193 head.

Average price

$117.73

193 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$10.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.24

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	118.66	623	176
Medium and Large 2	534	108.14	578	17thin

One grade step is worth $10.52/cwt here — about $45 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 sale193 hd

117.73

—

OK average6 barns · 4,057 hd

117.98

−0.24

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	1,714	78.56	1,347	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,400	55.82	781	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,219	53.06	647	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,047	50.01	524	90

Every lot, as filed

58 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	—	755	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	119.14/cwt	111.00–122.00	565	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	128.14/cwt	122.00–132.00	675	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	130.53/cwt	126.00–138.00	608	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	114.02/cwt	113.00–116.00	656	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	718.54/cwt	700.00–735.00	8,177	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	118.91/cwt	116.00–121.00	499	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	111.06/cwt	111.00–112.00	781	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	659	105.50/cwt	102.00–106.00	695	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	152.10/cwt	146.00–158.00	581	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	126.44/cwt	121.00–131.00	422	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	117.45/cwt	110.00–121.00	681	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	772	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	123.46/cwt	119.00–130.00	691	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	142.45/cwt	136.00–145.00	470	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	108.68/cwt	105.00–111.00	734	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	115.63/cwt	108.00–118.00	760	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	140.61/cwt	133.00–146.00	598	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	114.28/cwt	107.00–118.00	726	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	12,198	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	642	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	128.28/cwt	122.00–135.00	485	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	432	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	900.20/cwt	775.00–1,075.00	9,245	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	806.40/cwt	625.00–1,025.00	8,935	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	8,236	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	714.63/cwt	675.00–775.00	7,146	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	53.10/cwt	51.00–55.00	549	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,389	54.26/cwt	52.00–56.00	754	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	48.15/cwt	46.00–50.00	589	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	47.05/cwt	45.00–50.00	494	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	57.68/cwt	56.00–60.00	611	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	57.38/cwt	57.00–59.00	809	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	727	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	112.51/cwt	111.00–114.00	521	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	56.90/cwt	56.00–60.00	704	9
Bulls	—	—	1,626	83.79/cwt	81.00–86.00	1,362	4
Bulls	—	—	1,773	75.08/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,331	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	52.89/cwt	51.00–55.00	642	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	112.59/cwt	107.00–120.00	527	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	107.69/cwt	107.00–109.00	560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	110.00/cwt	107.00–113.00	638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	128.00/cwt	122.00–134.00	486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	116.08/cwt	112.00–119.00	555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	107.82/cwt	102.00–110.00	613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	719	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	105.04/cwt	103.00–107.00	429	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	116.00/cwt	112.00–122.00	486	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	105.77/cwt	104.00–107.00	611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	118.49/cwt	111.00–122.00	505	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	122.98/cwt	119.00–128.00	464	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	119.03/cwt	114.00–123.00	626	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	135.10/cwt	129.00–143.00	573	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	132.14/cwt	126.00–137.00	626	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	116.54/cwt	107.00–118.00	711	12

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.

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McAlester Union Livestock Auction - McAlester, OK

Tue Oct 27, 2020

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Feeder CattleReceipts 750Last week 2,000Year ago 1,400

Slaughter CattleReceipts 251Last week 393Year ago 238

Replacement CattleReceipts 39Last week 67Year ago 32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	101.00	101.00
3	—	575	113.00–116.00	114.02
1	—	625	112.00	112.00
8	—	659	102.00–106.00	105.50
3	—	522	123.00	123.00
2	—	378	122.00–135.00	128.28
1	—	330	131.00	131.00
7	—	424	129.00–143.00	135.10
13	—	474	126.00–137.00	132.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	111.00–114.00	112.51
4	—	419	112.00–122.00	116.00
4	—	578	104.00–107.00	105.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	474	111.00–122.00	119.14
11	—	334	121.00–131.00	126.44
65	—	580	110.00–121.00	117.45
6	—	715	108.00	108.00
12	—	657	108.00–118.00	115.63
7	—	426	111.00–122.00	118.49
24	—	377	119.00–128.00	122.98
19	—	526	114.00–123.00	119.03
12	—	610	107.00–118.00	116.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	101.00	101.00
5	—	468	107.00–120.00	112.59
3	—	520	107.00–109.00	107.69
4	—	569	102.00–110.00	107.82
2	—	685	105.00	105.00
2	—	408	103.00–107.00	105.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	527	122.00–132.00	128.14
11	—	466	126.00–138.00	130.53
18	—	703	111.00–112.00	111.06
8	—	382	146.00–158.00	152.10
8	—	560	119.00–130.00	123.46
8	—	330	136.00–145.00	142.45
5	—	675	105.00–111.00	108.68
17	—	425	133.00–146.00	140.61
3	—	635	107.00–118.00	114.28
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	116.00–121.00	118.91
2	—	580	107.00–113.00	110.00
2	—	380	122.00–134.00	128.00
4	—	478	112.00–119.00	116.08
1	—	610	101.00	101.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,138	700.00–735.00	718.54
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,027	775.00–1,075.00	900.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,108	625.00–1,025.00	806.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,160	710.00	710.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,000	675.00–775.00	714.63
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	900.00	900.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,033	51.00–55.00	53.10
55	—	1,050	45.00–50.00	47.05
12	—	1,060	56.00–60.00	57.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,389	52.00–56.00	54.26
9	—	1,410	57.00–59.00	57.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,223	46.00–50.00	48.15
9	—	1,238	56.00–60.00	56.90
31	—	1,213	51.00–55.00	52.89
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,626	81.00–86.00	83.79
6	—	1,773	74.00–77.00	75.08

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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