Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves steady to 2.00 higher. Heifer calves 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand was good. Quality was average through attractive. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. A total of 300 cows and bulls sold with 76 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.61/cwt on 671 head.

Average price

$154.61

671 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$813

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$10.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.21

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	156.79	835	532
Medium and Large 2	498	146.27	728	139

One grade step is worth $10.53/cwt here — about $107 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 sale671 hd

154.61

—

OK average7 barns · 19,024 hd

149.40

+5.21

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	1,648	72.94	1,202	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,429	55.08	787	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,208	53.34	644	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,072	47.30	507	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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	901	843.56/cwt	725.00–1,035.00	7,600	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	876.10/cwt	800.00–1,000.00	8,086	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	59.07/cwt	58.00–62.00	888	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	47.52/cwt	46.00–49.00	557	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	53.00/cwt	51.00–55.00	643	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	58.36/cwt	56.00–60.00	713	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	49.69/cwt	48.00–53.00	543	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	55.75/cwt	54.00–58.00	611	5
Bulls	—	—	1,697	80.56/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,367	5
Bulls	—	—	1,486	65.46/cwt	63.00–69.00	973	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	120.35/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,110	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	141.66/cwt	134.00–145.00	873	67
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	152.01/cwt	148.00–158.00	797	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	202.87/cwt	190.00–215.00	690	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	747.63/cwt	710.00–775.00	8,882	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	781.78/cwt	710.00–850.00	8,623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	130.87/cwt	121.00–134.00	953	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	183.60/cwt	179.00–193.00	687	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	172.29/cwt	167.00–179.00	731	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	798	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	737	106.31/cwt	102.00–111.00	784	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	146.21/cwt	138.00–152.00	833	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	114.47/cwt	110.00–119.00	769	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	112.57/cwt	108.00–122.00	812	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	172.72/cwt	166.00–180.00	724	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	120.83/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,066	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	166.56/cwt	162.00–175.00	798	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	955	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	124.70/cwt	120.00–134.00	651	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	124.75/cwt	116.00–130.00	961	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	204.79/cwt	182.00–225.00	680	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	127.50/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,049	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	127.70/cwt	123.00–137.00	852	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	135.50/cwt	130.00–144.00	782	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	116.00/cwt	113.00–117.00	906	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	152.87/cwt	149.00–162.00	483	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	622	125.04/cwt	117.00–131.00	778	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	154.10/cwt	151.00–165.00	812	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	144.90/cwt	143.00–157.00	611	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	184.67/cwt	177.00–191.00	674	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	151.40/cwt	147.00–159.00	575	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	133.43/cwt	129.00–143.00	627	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	120.65/cwt	113.00–125.00	741	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	119.39/cwt	116.00–130.00	682	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	676	121.77/cwt	117.00–131.00	823	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	138.04/cwt	124.00–145.00	725	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	161.70/cwt	151.00–174.00	700	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	638	110.48/cwt	105.00–116.00	705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	102.99/cwt	102.00–104.00	695	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	155.87/cwt	152.00–166.00	740	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	875	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	901	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	114.47/cwt	109.00–119.00	608	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	115.67/cwt	113.00–121.00	781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	169.27/cwt	153.00–181.00	545	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	150.24/cwt	144.00–160.00	706	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	110.22/cwt	106.00–116.00	918	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	317	164.67/cwt	151.00–183.00	522	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	142.33/cwt	136.00–147.00	460	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	110.50/cwt	101.00–115.00	632	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	129.42/cwt	123.00–132.00	813	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	394	167.30/cwt	152.00–175.00	659	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	107.68/cwt	104.00–110.00	665	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	132.73/cwt	126.00–136.00	759	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	136.25/cwt	124.00–144.00	514	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	166.28/cwt	152.00–175.00	627	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	122.17/cwt	114.00–129.00	590	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	141.30/cwt	120.00–150.00	736	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	140.40/cwt	133.00–148.00	592	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	992.95/cwt	850.00–1,135.00	12,610	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,276	982.22/cwt	775.00–1,150.00	12,533	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	132.35/cwt	127.00–142.00	561	74
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	561	118.26/cwt	114.00–129.00	663	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	963.55/cwt	825.00–1,060.00	11,563	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	9,032	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,344	49.45/cwt	48.00–52.00	665	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	55.27/cwt	53.00–57.00	785	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	139.32/cwt	121.00–151.00	666	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	44.26/cwt	41.00–47.00	468	21
Bulls	—	—	1,742	75.19/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,310	13

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 2,600Last week 2,350Year ago 2,400

Slaughter CattleReceipts 252Last week 237Year ago 301

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 23Year ago 59

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)	8	—	901	725.00–1,035.00	843.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	923	800.00–1,000.00	876.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,188	710.00–775.00	747.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,103	710.00–850.00	781.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,270	850.00–1,135.00	992.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,276	775.00–1,150.00	982.22
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	825.00–1,060.00	963.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,115	810.00	810.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,503	58.00–62.00	59.07
9	—	1,344	48.00–52.00	49.45
14	—	1,420	53.00–57.00	55.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,172	46.00–49.00	47.52
15	—	1,214	51.00–55.00	53.00
8	—	1,222	56.00–60.00	58.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,093	48.00–53.00	49.69
5	—	1,096	54.00–58.00	55.75
21	—	1,058	41.00–47.00	44.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,697	79.00–84.00	80.56
9	—	1,486	63.00–69.00	65.46
13	—	1,742	73.00–77.00	75.19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	922	115.00–123.00	120.35
67	—	616	134.00–145.00	141.66
32	—	728	121.00–134.00	130.87
37	—	374	179.00–193.00	183.60
52	—	570	138.00–152.00	146.21
110	—	419	166.00–180.00	172.72
4	—	882	114.00–123.00	120.83
67	—	479	162.00–175.00	166.56
24	—	770	116.00–130.00	124.75
30	—	332	182.00–225.00	204.79
4	—	823	127.00–128.00	127.50
39	—	667	123.00–137.00	127.70
63	—	527	151.00–165.00	154.10
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	675	113.00–121.00	115.67
6	—	322	153.00–181.00	169.27
21	—	470	144.00–160.00	150.24
27	—	628	123.00–132.00	129.42
34	—	394	152.00–175.00	167.30
11	—	572	126.00–136.00	132.73
1	—	715	118.00	118.00
26	—	521	120.00–150.00	141.30
9	—	422	133.00–148.00	140.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	524	148.00–158.00	152.01
12	—	340	190.00–215.00	202.87
1	—	805	106.00	106.00
32	—	424	167.00–179.00	172.29
2	—	775	103.00	103.00
7	—	737	102.00–111.00	106.31
23	—	577	130.00–144.00	135.50
15	—	622	117.00–131.00	125.04
30	—	365	177.00–191.00	184.67
10	—	676	117.00–131.00	121.77
33	—	475	152.00–166.00	155.87
1	—	875	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	525	124.00–145.00	138.04
7	—	433	151.00–174.00	161.70
2	—	638	105.00–116.00	110.48
32	—	317	151.00–183.00	164.67
20	—	377	152.00–175.00	166.28
7	—	561	114.00–129.00	118.26
21	—	478	121.00–151.00	139.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	672	110.00–119.00	114.47
11	—	721	108.00–122.00	112.57
3	—	860	111.00	111.00
83	—	522	120.00–134.00	124.70
11	—	781	113.00–117.00	116.00
30	—	316	149.00–162.00	152.87
72	—	422	143.00–157.00	144.90
33	—	380	147.00–159.00	151.40
55	—	470	129.00–143.00	133.43
71	—	614	113.00–125.00	120.65
32	—	571	116.00–130.00	119.39
5	—	833	106.00–116.00	110.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	102.00–104.00	102.99
41	—	531	109.00–119.00	114.47
14	—	323	136.00–147.00	142.33
14	—	572	101.00–115.00	110.50
3	—	618	104.00–110.00	107.68
33	—	377	124.00–144.00	136.25
54	—	483	114.00–129.00	122.17
74	—	424	127.00–142.00	132.35
1	—	735	104.00	104.00

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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