Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-02-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Freezing rain across the trade area kept receipts too few to establish a trend. However a special sale of, value added cattle, had a higher undertone noted. All other steers and heifers had a much lower undertone noted. Demand moderate. Quality good. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. in a light test. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher also in a light test. A total of 180 cows and bulls sold with 39 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.64/cwt on 398 head.

Average price

$152.64

398 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$125

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

$1.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.02

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	153.04	816	287
Medium and Large 1-2	456	151.60	691	111

One grade step is worth $1.45/cwt here — about $125 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 sale398 hd

152.64

—

OK average6 barns · 7,937 hd

145.62

+7.02

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	1,741	86.53	1,506	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,086	66.43	721	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,433	63.67	912	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,017	54.14	551	39

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1-2	—	361	159.90/cwt	154.00–164.00	577	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	421	156.73/cwt	155.00–165.00	660	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	157.83/cwt	150.00–160.00	824	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	118.97/cwt	111.00–121.00	857	5
Bulls	—	—	1,747	85.63/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,496	6
Bulls	—	—	1,830	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,684	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,086	66.43/cwt	64.00–69.00	721	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,196	63.23/cwt	62.00–66.00	756	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,202	51.65/cwt	47.00–52.00	621	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,151	56.24/cwt	54.00–59.00	647	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	160.68/cwt	156.00–166.00	680	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	517	152.06/cwt	145.00–155.00	786	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	150.05/cwt	146.00–156.00	852	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	146.25/cwt	140.00–150.00	699	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	436	176.84/cwt	172.00–183.00	771	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	125.10/cwt	122.00–132.00	702	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	474	174.95/cwt	170.00–188.00	829	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	561	165.89/cwt	157.00–167.00	931	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	174.12/cwt	169.00–179.00	594	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	156.69/cwt	150.00–160.00	544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	158.77/cwt	151.00–161.00	578	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	145.11/cwt	141.00–147.00	541	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	339	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	570	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	166.82/cwt	162.00–171.00	631	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	140.96/cwt	132.00–142.00	716	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	129.66/cwt	125.00–135.00	611	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	152.73/cwt	145.00–155.00	648	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	146.81/cwt	141.00–151.00	756	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	145.64/cwt	139.00–149.00	772	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	136.41/cwt	130.00–140.00	596	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	149.14/cwt	141.00–151.00	638	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	159.37/cwt	155.00–165.00	752	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	116.45/cwt	108.50–118.50	743	47
Bulls	—	—	1,588	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,286	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	11,950	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	820.49/cwt	600.00–935.00	9,378	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	112.94/cwt	111.00–121.00	631	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	142.16/cwt	136.00–146.00	877	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	664	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	851	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	820	48.42/cwt	47.00–50.00	397	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	935	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	692	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	118.44/cwt	109.50–119.50	799	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	121.36/cwt	121.00–131.00	659	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	782	62.39/cwt	61.00–65.00	488	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,238	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	879	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	62.89/cwt	61.00–64.00	922	9
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	10,406	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	1,025.83/cwt	950.00–1,085.00	12,054	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	151.02/cwt	145.00–155.00	622	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	110.88/cwt	110.00–120.00	869	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	127.84/cwt	120.00–130.00	865	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	169.34/cwt	165.00–175.00	620	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	149.74/cwt	144.00–154.00	738	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	160.86/cwt	158.00–168.00	529	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 820Last week 1,500Year ago 1,200

Slaughter CattleReceipts 128Last week 193Year ago 177

Replacement CattleReceipts 52Last week 107Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	361	154.00–164.00	159.90
17	—	424	145.00–155.00	152.73
42	—	530	139.00–149.00	145.64
21	—	493	144.00–154.00	149.74
13	—	329	158.00–168.00	160.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	522	150.00–160.00	157.83
5	—	720	111.00–121.00	118.97
32	—	423	156.00–166.00	160.68
43	—	568	146.00–156.00	150.05
10	—	341	169.00–179.00	174.12
43	—	472	155.00–165.00	159.37
21	—	617	136.00–146.00	142.16
11	—	784	110.00–120.00	110.88
39	—	677	120.00–130.00	127.84
10	—	366	165.00–175.00	169.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	436	172.00–183.00	176.84
22	—	474	170.00–188.00	174.95
9	—	561	157.00–167.00	165.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	421	155.00–165.00	156.73
10	—	517	145.00–155.00	152.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	478	140.00–150.00	146.25
16	—	561	122.00–132.00	125.10
3	—	347	150.00–160.00	156.69
10	—	364	151.00–161.00	158.77
12	—	508	132.00–142.00	140.96
37	—	428	141.00–151.00	149.14
47	—	638	108.50–118.50	116.45
36	—	675	109.50–119.50	118.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	373	141.00–147.00	145.11
40	—	471	125.00–135.00	129.66
2	—	315	146.00	146.00
19	—	437	130.00–140.00	136.41
18	—	559	111.00–121.00	112.94
5	—	645	103.00	103.00
9	—	665	104.00	104.00
26	—	543	121.00–131.00	121.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	339	168.00	168.00
9	—	378	162.00–171.00	166.82
17	—	515	141.00–151.00	146.81
10	—	412	145.00–155.00	151.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,747	83.00–87.00	85.63
3	—	1,830	92.00	92.00
2	—	1,588	81.00	81.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,086	64.00–69.00	66.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,196	62.00–66.00	63.23
13	—	1,202	47.00–52.00	51.65
4	—	1,151	54.00–59.00	56.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	56.00	56.00
2	—	1,238	71.00	71.00
9	—	1,466	61.00–64.00	62.89
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	820	47.00–50.00	48.42
1	—	935	55.00	55.00
6	—	782	61.00–65.00	62.39

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,195	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	38	—	1,143	600.00–935.00	820.49
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,125	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,175	950.00–1,085.00	1,025.83

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

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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