Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer salves 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good. Quality average through attractive. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. A total of 220 cows and bulls sold with 60 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.89/cwt on 723 head.

Average price

$134.89

723 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$5.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.55

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	518	135.80	704	605
Medium and Large 2	457	130.23	596	118

One grade step is worth $5.57/cwt here — about $108 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 sale723 hd

134.89

—

OK average7 barns · 10,609 hd

132.35

+2.55

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	1,719	78.20	1,344	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,076	52.73	567	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,492	52.22	779	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,211	51.78	627	19

Every lot, as filed

85 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	169.19/cwt	163.00–178.00	804	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	182.49/cwt	172.00–186.00	756	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	209.94/cwt	202.00–216.00	676	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	132.54/cwt	126.00–134.00	945	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	145.70/cwt	140.00–149.00	896	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	134.06/cwt	130.00–140.00	902	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	833	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,033	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	182.01/cwt	173.00–187.00	784	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	127.75/cwt	120.00–131.00	976	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	147.83/cwt	142.00–156.00	621	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	128.27/cwt	120.00–134.00	727	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	117.85/cwt	110.00–120.00	857	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	118.13/cwt	111.00–125.00	800	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	113.95/cwt	110.00–120.00	997	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	162.12/cwt	152.00–168.00	762	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	141.20/cwt	135.00–149.00	668	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	115.00/cwt	113.00–118.00	889	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	949	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	512	159.98/cwt	156.00–161.00	819	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	133.45/cwt	126.00–140.00	695	95
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	616	131.46/cwt	122.00–135.00	810	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	121.49/cwt	120.00–123.00	875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	111.77/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,025	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	193.48/cwt	188.00–202.00	733	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	163.32/cwt	156.00–170.00	856	94
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	147.15/cwt	138.00–152.00	831	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	152.47/cwt	146.00–160.00	874	64
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	921.76/cwt	700.00–1,050.00	9,061	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	126.94/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,037	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	1,203.54/cwt	1,125.00–1,275.00	14,021	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,332	1,066.21/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	14,202	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	371	201.61/cwt	197.00–210.00	748	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	133.50/cwt	133.00–134.00	892	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	12,556	1
Bulls	—	—	1,759	77.44/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,362	7
Bulls	—	—	1,786	81.92/cwt	81.00–84.00	1,463	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	55.06/cwt	54.00–57.00	804	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,358	45.49/cwt	45.00–46.00	618	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	52.11/cwt	50.00–53.00	640	8
Bulls	—	—	1,480	70.25/cwt	69.00–72.00	1,040	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	53.44/cwt	51.00–55.00	570	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	51.16/cwt	49.00–53.00	784	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	56.34/cwt	54.00–58.00	678	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	47.72/cwt	45.00–50.00	512	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	942.10/cwt	700.00–1,160.00	8,762	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	45.79/cwt	44.00–48.00	544	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,247	1,048.02/cwt	750.00–1,325.00	13,069	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,177	830.25/cwt	775.00–900.00	9,772	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,216	839.23/cwt	800.00–910.00	10,205	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	13,108	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	122.30/cwt	112.00–125.00	631	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	59.09/cwt	57.00–61.00	644	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	116.66/cwt	116.00–117.00	661	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	135.58/cwt	130.00–140.00	582	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	114.33/cwt	111.00–116.00	701	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	320	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	563	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	780	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,177	980.10/cwt	825.00–1,200.00	11,536	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	130.10/cwt	124.00–134.00	610	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	717	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	135.73/cwt	130.00–138.00	847	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	875	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	113.25/cwt	106.00–115.00	945	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	156.98/cwt	154.00–159.00	520	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	147.15/cwt	141.00–150.00	692	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	149.94/cwt	147.00–160.00	558	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	144.28/cwt	140.00–148.00	760	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	667	120.19/cwt	111.00–125.00	802	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	166.29/cwt	160.00–174.00	712	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	125.88/cwt	119.00–130.00	789	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	168.44/cwt	165.00–172.00	714	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	208.06/cwt	201.00–210.00	697	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	184.42/cwt	181.00–195.00	601	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	147.20/cwt	141.00–155.00	760	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	151.95/cwt	147.00–161.00	728	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	141.30/cwt	137.00–151.00	463	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	179.11/cwt	175.00–189.00	690	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	138.66/cwt	132.00–142.00	524	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	142.72/cwt	135.00–145.00	816	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	169.60/cwt	162.00–176.00	617	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	119.95/cwt	116.00–124.00	876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	105.71/cwt	102.00–110.00	714	3

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 →

McAlester Union Livestock Auction - McAlester, OK

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Feeder CattleReceipts 2,250Last week 1,475Year ago 1,380

Slaughter CattleReceipts 154Last week 281Year ago 81

Replacement CattleReceipts 66Last week 54Year ago 19

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	475	163.00–178.00	169.19
27	—	322	202.00–216.00	209.94
31	—	713	126.00–134.00	132.54
43	—	615	140.00–149.00	145.70
47	—	673	130.00–140.00	134.06
55	—	431	173.00–187.00	182.01
31	—	764	120.00–131.00	127.75
3	—	875	110.00–120.00	113.95
4	—	917	111.00–114.00	111.77
41	—	379	188.00–202.00	193.48
94	—	524	156.00–170.00	163.32
64	—	573	146.00–160.00	152.47
20	—	817	123.00–130.00	126.94
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	120.00	120.00
14	—	624	130.00–138.00	135.73
13	—	424	165.00–172.00	168.44
7	—	326	181.00–195.00	184.42
16	—	516	141.00–155.00	147.20
18	—	479	147.00–161.00	151.95
20	—	572	135.00–145.00	142.72
8	—	364	162.00–176.00	169.60
2	—	730	116.00–124.00	119.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	414	172.00–186.00	182.49
2	—	833	124.00	124.00
21	—	470	152.00–168.00	162.12
8	—	512	156.00–161.00	159.98
14	—	616	122.00–135.00	131.46
2	—	720	120.00–123.00	121.49
9	—	565	138.00–152.00	147.15
12	—	371	197.00–210.00	201.61
1	—	760	112.00	112.00
2	—	668	133.00–134.00	133.50
1	—	875	100.00	100.00
19	—	335	201.00–210.00	208.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	176.00	176.00
4	—	470	141.00–150.00	147.15
3	—	527	140.00–148.00	144.28
9	—	667	111.00–125.00	120.19
13	—	428	160.00–174.00	166.29
1	—	575	131.00	131.00
5	—	385	175.00–189.00	179.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	420	142.00–156.00	147.83
106	—	567	120.00–134.00	128.27
13	—	727	110.00–120.00	117.85
45	—	677	111.00–125.00	118.13
97	—	473	135.00–149.00	141.20
5	—	773	113.00–118.00	115.00
5	—	887	107.00	107.00
95	—	521	126.00–140.00	133.45
9	—	834	106.00–115.00	113.25
33	—	331	154.00–159.00	156.98
55	—	372	147.00–160.00	149.94
55	—	627	119.00–130.00	125.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	516	112.00–125.00	122.30
3	—	567	116.00–117.00	116.66
20	—	429	130.00–140.00	135.58
9	—	613	111.00–116.00	114.33
35	—	469	124.00–134.00	130.10
1	—	710	101.00	101.00
19	—	328	137.00–151.00	141.30
12	—	378	132.00–142.00	138.66
3	—	675	102.00–110.00	105.71

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	983	700.00–1,050.00	921.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,165	1,125.00–1,275.00	1,203.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,332	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,066.21
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	1,000.00	1,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	930	700.00–1,160.00	942.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,247	750.00–1,325.00	1,048.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,177	775.00–900.00	830.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,216	800.00–910.00	839.23
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,177	825.00–1,200.00	980.10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,759	75.00–79.00	77.44
10	—	1,786	81.00–84.00	81.92
4	—	1,480	69.00–72.00	70.25
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,461	54.00–57.00	55.06
2	—	1,358	45.00–46.00	45.49
14	—	1,533	49.00–53.00	51.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,229	50.00–53.00	52.11
6	—	1,204	54.00–58.00	56.34
5	—	1,189	44.00–48.00	45.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,066	51.00–55.00	53.44
14	—	1,072	45.00–50.00	47.72
10	—	1,090	57.00–61.00	59.09

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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