Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 12-15-2020. Steer calves steady to 6.00 higher. Heifer calves under 500 lbs. 1.00 to 3.00 lower, over 500 lbs. 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was good. Quality was average, mostly attractive. Slaughter cows , breakers 2.00 lower, boners and leans 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 higher. A total of 335 cows and bulls sold with 82 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.99/cwt on 479 head.

Average price

$128.99

479 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$7.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.75

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	130.02	680	414
Medium and Large 2	460	122.45	564	65

One grade step is worth $7.57/cwt here — about $116 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 sale479 hd

128.99

—

OK average4 barns · 6,646 hd

130.74

−1.75

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	—	Average	1,666	74.85	1,247	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,423	54.60	777	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	51.68	624	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,075	49.36	531	41

Every lot, as filed

80 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 2	—	737	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	148.49/cwt	141.00–155.00	474	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	116.85/cwt	114.00–128.00	770	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	464	151.66/cwt	147.00–155.00	704	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	128.42/cwt	119.00–133.00	683	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	191.93/cwt	181.00–195.00	691	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	151.12/cwt	143.00–155.00	787	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	138.04/cwt	131.00–145.00	578	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	121.91/cwt	113.00–125.00	756	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	145.45/cwt	139.00–152.00	551	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	113.27/cwt	111.00–117.00	930	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	102.52/cwt	101.00–104.00	833	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	111.01/cwt	105.00–114.00	864	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	211.12/cwt	205.00–216.00	695	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	147.33/cwt	141.00–155.00	837	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	137.43/cwt	131.00–142.00	859	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	111.49/cwt	110.00–113.00	981	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	168.88/cwt	164.00–179.00	807	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	158.64/cwt	153.00–167.00	831	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	954	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	182.48/cwt	171.00–185.00	788	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	190.08/cwt	184.00–199.00	711	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	123.46/cwt	117.00–130.00	785	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	129.73/cwt	123.00–137.00	865	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	676	123.85/cwt	122.00–129.00	837	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	773	106.00/cwt	104.00–108.00	819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	970	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	165.18/cwt	161.00–172.00	771	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	135.24/cwt	129.00–144.00	775	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	123.23/cwt	120.00–128.00	893	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	125.86/cwt	121.00–135.00	730	78
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	894.99/cwt	425.00–1,075.00	10,785	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	1,003.74/cwt	860.00–1,085.00	11,473	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	61.00/cwt	58.00–62.00	637	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	52.59/cwt	50.00–55.00	578	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	45.27/cwt	44.00–49.00	486	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	48.04/cwt	46.00–50.00	660	6
Bulls	—	—	1,708	76.19/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,301	11
Bulls	—	—	1,523	69.66/cwt	68.00–73.00	1,061	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	132.33/cwt	127.00–139.00	626	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	114.83/cwt	106.00–119.00	833	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	130.57/cwt	122.00–137.00	423	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	319	198.68/cwt	190.00–209.00	634	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	178.33/cwt	170.00–181.00	758	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	389	169.68/cwt	166.00–177.00	660	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	595	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	701	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	107.61/cwt	105.00–113.00	719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	134.76/cwt	127.00–141.00	710	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	589	131.03/cwt	124.00–135.00	772	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	160.65/cwt	156.00–170.00	689	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	116.56/cwt	110.00–120.00	614	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	371	172.00/cwt	167.00–180.00	638	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	616	123.65/cwt	117.00–129.00	762	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	125.22/cwt	120.00–130.00	527	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	121.06/cwt	115.00–124.00	863	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	181.75/cwt	176.00–190.00	605	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	384	131.00/cwt	121.00–136.00	503	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	781.19/cwt	710.00–925.00	7,078	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,401	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	158.30/cwt	152.00–162.00	747	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	162.33/cwt	154.00–167.00	703	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	833.95/cwt	675.00–950.00	9,549	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	121.10/cwt	111.00–125.00	580	16
Bulls	—	—	1,806	80.15/cwt	79.00–83.00	1,448	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	54.25/cwt	53.00–56.00	649	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	116.52/cwt	110.00–120.00	665	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	144.97/cwt	135.00–151.00	763	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,085	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	7,975	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	880.77/cwt	750.00–1,050.00	7,716	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	61.35/cwt	59.00–64.00	733	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	48.55/cwt	47.00–52.00	590	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	1,163.18/cwt	1,150.00–1,175.00	13,353	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,189	730.86/cwt	675.00–775.00	8,690	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	54.53/cwt	52.00–56.00	786	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	58.27/cwt	57.00–61.00	829	11

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 1,475Last week 950Year ago 2,400

Slaughter CattleReceipts 281Last week 156Year ago 258

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 19Year ago 62

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	737	101.00	101.00
6	—	464	147.00–155.00	151.66
1	—	595	121.00	121.00
1	—	615	114.00	114.00
5	—	527	127.00–141.00	134.76
6	—	371	167.00–180.00	172.00
8	—	433	154.00–167.00	162.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	360	181.00–195.00	191.93
11	—	521	143.00–155.00	151.12
10	—	636	117.00–130.00	123.46
7	—	676	122.00–129.00	123.85
3	—	773	104.00–108.00	106.00
9	—	467	161.00–172.00	165.18
14	—	573	129.00–144.00	135.24
9	—	319	190.00–209.00	198.68
11	—	425	170.00–181.00	178.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	319	141.00–155.00	148.49
16	—	659	114.00–128.00	116.85
65	—	532	119.00–133.00	128.42
40	—	419	131.00–145.00	138.04
39	—	620	113.00–125.00	121.91
39	—	379	139.00–152.00	145.45
4	—	813	101.00–104.00	102.52
3	—	778	105.00–114.00	111.01
78	—	580	121.00–135.00	125.86
78	—	473	127.00–139.00	132.33
28	—	725	106.00–119.00	114.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	324	122.00–137.00	130.57
3	—	668	105.00–113.00	107.61
1	—	615	101.00	101.00
9	—	527	110.00–120.00	116.56
8	—	421	120.00–130.00	125.22
8	—	384	121.00–136.00	131.00
16	—	479	111.00–125.00	121.10
8	—	571	110.00–120.00	116.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	821	111.00–117.00	113.27
24	—	329	205.00–216.00	211.12
34	—	568	141.00–155.00	147.33
53	—	625	131.00–142.00	137.43
2	—	880	110.00–113.00	111.49
30	—	478	164.00–179.00	168.88
49	—	524	153.00–167.00	158.64
6	—	757	126.00	126.00
25	—	432	171.00–185.00	182.48
32	—	374	184.00–199.00	190.08
34	—	667	123.00–137.00	129.73
3	—	907	107.00	107.00
8	—	725	120.00–128.00	123.23
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	389	166.00–177.00	169.68
12	—	589	124.00–135.00	131.03
11	—	429	156.00–170.00	160.65
11	—	616	117.00–129.00	123.65
1	—	755	114.00	114.00
3	—	713	115.00–124.00	121.06
2	—	670	117.00	117.00
6	—	333	176.00–190.00	181.75
6	—	472	152.00–162.00	158.30
23	—	526	135.00–151.00	144.97

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,148	1,150.00–1,175.00	1,163.18
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	735.00	735.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,205	425.00–1,075.00	894.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,143	860.00–1,085.00	1,003.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	906	710.00–925.00	781.19
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,145	675.00–950.00	833.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	876	750.00–1,050.00	880.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,189	675.00–775.00	730.86

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,044	58.00–62.00	61.00
10	—	1,100	50.00–55.00	52.59
25	—	1,073	44.00–49.00	45.27
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,373	46.00–50.00	48.04
15	—	1,442	52.00–56.00	54.53
11	—	1,423	57.00–61.00	58.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,196	53.00–56.00	54.25
5	—	1,194	59.00–64.00	61.35
22	—	1,215	47.00–52.00	48.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,708	74.00–78.00	76.19
11	—	1,523	68.00–73.00	69.66
8	—	1,806	79.00–83.00	80.15

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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