Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves under 400 lbs. 7.00 higher, over 400 lbs. 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good. Quality was plain to average, few large groups of attractive calves. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 5.00 higher. A total of 430 cows and bulls sold with 72 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.51/cwt on 329 head.

Average price

$137.51

329 head · 473 lb average

Value per head Derived

$651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$15.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.25

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	467	140.96	658	257
Medium and Large 2	497	125.20	622	72

One grade step is worth $15.77/cwt here — about $36 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 sale329 hd

137.51

—

OK average7 barns · 8,181 hd

128.26

+9.25

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	—	Low	1,715	89.98	1,543	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,222	63.19	772	57
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,428	63.13	901	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,056	59.20	625	70

Every lot, as filed

76 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	—	—	1,581	85.12/cwt	83.00–87.00	1,346	4
Bulls	—	—	1,748	90.01/cwt	88.00–91.00	1,573	10
Bulls	—	—	1,748	93.18/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,629	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,591	56.43/cwt	55.00–58.00	898	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	62.43/cwt	60.00–64.00	879	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	61.10/cwt	59.00–63.00	665	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	134.22/cwt	127.00–139.00	690	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	140.94/cwt	134.00–148.00	598	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	674	124.02/cwt	116.00–130.00	836	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	192.81/cwt	185.00–200.00	636	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	984	1,040.29/cwt	885.00–1,235.00	10,236	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	152.68/cwt	146.00–161.00	643	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	194.31/cwt	187.00–203.00	647	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	833	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	149.71/cwt	144.00–158.00	783	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	146.53/cwt	138.00–152.00	700	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	179.71/cwt	170.00–184.00	679	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	757	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	142.48/cwt	136.00–149.00	891	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	149.09/cwt	140.00–152.00	480	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	359	190.36/cwt	184.00–198.00	683	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	153.92/cwt	148.00–162.00	736	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,019	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	159.01/cwt	152.00–161.00	684	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	798	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	854	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	140.82/cwt	134.00–147.00	862	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	130.28/cwt	126.00–140.00	865	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	900	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	149.73/cwt	143.00–157.00	777	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	140.00/cwt	130.00–142.00	952	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	143.50/cwt	136.00–150.00	825	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	877	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	144.04/cwt	138.00–152.00	542	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	139.81/cwt	137.00–148.00	671	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	637	134.01/cwt	123.00–138.00	854	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	138.23/cwt	130.00–140.00	988	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	708	108.02/cwt	104.00–110.00	765	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	369	167.56/cwt	160.00–178.00	618	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	577	130.54/cwt	120.00–136.00	753	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	130.09/cwt	126.00–135.00	619	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	834.43/cwt	825.00–850.00	8,261	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	822.07/cwt	700.00–975.00	7,933	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	62.39/cwt	60.00–64.00	766	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	55.53/cwt	54.00–58.00	574	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	66.29/cwt	64.00–67.00	707	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	65.73/cwt	65.00–68.00	922	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	128.31/cwt	120.00–132.00	602	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,162	56.22/cwt	55.00–57.00	653	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	66.35/cwt	65.00–68.00	820	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	8,325	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	960.92/cwt	835.00–1,010.00	10,618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	125.61/cwt	118.00–131.00	786	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	814	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	836.74/cwt	750.00–925.00	9,146	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	833.02/cwt	700.00–925.00	10,021	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	136.70/cwt	129.00–143.00	522	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	672	105.35/cwt	104.00–107.00	708	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	128.33/cwt	120.00–134.00	535	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	129.80/cwt	120.00–137.00	480	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	561	125.94/cwt	111.00–132.00	707	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	120.18/cwt	112.00–125.00	619	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	115.96/cwt	110.00–124.00	785	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	133.31/cwt	120.00–141.00	687	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	118.02/cwt	116.00–120.00	732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	156.28/cwt	149.00–163.00	489	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	151.06/cwt	138.00–157.00	858	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	135.18/cwt	130.00–138.00	716	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	133.73/cwt	123.00–144.00	625	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	138.59/cwt	128.00–147.00	574	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	312	168.93/cwt	152.00–179.00	527	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	145.68/cwt	132.00–154.00	842	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	137.15/cwt	131.00–145.00	582	8

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 1,200Last week 1,250Year ago 1,300

Slaughter CattleReceipts 350Last week 277Year ago 219

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 88Year ago 41

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,581	83.00–87.00	85.12
10	—	1,748	88.00–91.00	90.01
6	—	1,748	92.00–95.00	93.18
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,591	55.00–58.00	56.43
19	—	1,408	60.00–64.00	62.43
18	—	1,403	65.00–68.00	65.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,088	59.00–63.00	61.10
36	—	1,033	54.00–58.00	55.53
13	—	1,067	64.00–67.00	66.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,228	60.00–64.00	62.39
8	—	1,162	55.00–57.00	56.22
24	—	1,236	65.00–68.00	66.35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	514	127.00–139.00	134.22
45	—	424	134.00–148.00	140.94
3	—	700	119.00	119.00
41	—	322	140.00–152.00	149.09
2	—	798	107.00	107.00
12	—	612	134.00–147.00	140.82
13	—	664	126.00–140.00	130.28
33	—	575	136.00–150.00	143.50
37	—	376	138.00–152.00	144.04
40	—	480	137.00–148.00	139.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	103.00	103.00
18	—	469	120.00–132.00	128.31
5	—	626	118.00–131.00	125.61
12	—	417	120.00–134.00	128.33
9	—	370	120.00–137.00	129.80
1	—	300	130.00	130.00
7	—	561	111.00–132.00	125.94
12	—	515	112.00–125.00	120.18
7	—	677	110.00–124.00	115.96
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	674	116.00–130.00	124.02
11	—	330	185.00–200.00	192.81
17	—	421	146.00–161.00	152.68
21	—	523	144.00–158.00	149.71
13	—	478	138.00–152.00	146.53
3	—	757	109.00	109.00
10	—	359	184.00–198.00	190.36
1	—	900	100.00	100.00
1	—	805	109.00	109.00
6	—	637	123.00–138.00	134.01
3	—	708	104.00–110.00	108.02
8	—	568	138.00–157.00	151.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	369	160.00–178.00	167.56
6	—	577	120.00–136.00	130.54
7	—	476	126.00–135.00	130.09
1	—	775	105.00	105.00
3	—	672	104.00–107.00	105.35
3	—	515	120.00–141.00	133.31
2	—	620	116.00–120.00	118.02
3	—	312	152.00–179.00	168.93
8	—	424	131.00–145.00	137.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	333	187.00–203.00	194.31
11	—	378	170.00–184.00	179.71
25	—	625	136.00–149.00	142.48
23	—	478	148.00–162.00	153.92
2	—	755	135.00	135.00
18	—	430	152.00–161.00	159.01
27	—	519	143.00–157.00	149.73
14	—	680	130.00–142.00	140.00
17	—	715	130.00–140.00	138.23
31	—	578	132.00–154.00	145.68
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	382	129.00–143.00	136.70
2	—	313	149.00–163.00	156.28
1	—	600	132.00	132.00
5	—	530	130.00–138.00	135.18
7	—	467	123.00–144.00	133.73
1	—	575	111.00	111.00
7	—	414	128.00–147.00	138.59

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	20	—	984	885.00–1,235.00	1,040.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,105	835.00–1,010.00	960.92
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	990	825.00–850.00	834.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	965	700.00–975.00	822.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,093	750.00–925.00	836.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,203	700.00–925.00	833.02

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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