Sale reports / Oklahoma / McAlester Union Stockyards / 2021-08-10

McAlester Union Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McAlester, Oklahoma · Tue, Aug 10
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1827
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,800 head
▲ 450 vs last sale 1,350▲ 60 vs year ago 1,740 · +3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
198 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 118▲ 42 vs year ago 156 · +26.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 22▲ 18 vs year ago 44 · +40.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Heifer calves 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Quality was plain through average. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows, breakers 2.00 higher, boners and leans 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 4.00 lower. A total of 260 cows and bulls sold with 66 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.77/cwt on 515 head.
Average price
$146.77
515 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$752
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.04
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526149.29785363
Medium and Large 2481140.74677152
One grade step is worth $8.54/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 sale515 hd
146.77
—
OK average7 barns · 7,992 hd
146.73
+0.04
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,60690.661,45615
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40471.201,00015
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21566.6981032
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04964.5767737

Every lot, as filed

90 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—672140.18/cwt130.00–144.0094222
HeifersMedium and Large 2—432146.68/cwt143.00–158.0063445
HeifersMedium and Large 2—621129.39/cwt120.00–135.0080410
HeifersMedium and Large 2—735115.00/cwt115.00–115.008451
BullsMedium and Large 1—414183.43/cwt171.00–188.0075913
BullsMedium and Large 2—389165.56/cwt159.00–173.0064415
BullsMedium and Large 1—670141.15/cwt140.00–155.0094618
BullsMedium and Large 1—338193.61/cwt189.00–210.0065427
HeifersMedium and Large 1—776126.91/cwt117.00–131.009854
HeifersMedium and Large 1—864118.70/cwt112.00–122.001,0263
BullsMedium and Large 2—320172.56/cwt170.00–180.0055211
BullsMedium and Large 2—575140.48/cwt134.00–147.0080814
BullsMedium and Large 2—428155.68/cwt150.00–165.0066622
BullsMedium and Large 2—660126.00/cwt126.00–126.008321
BullsMedium and Large 1—741140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0378
BullsMedium and Large 2—476146.74/cwt140.00–151.0069812
BullsMedium and Large 2—633124.20/cwt121.00–130.007864
BullsMedium and Large 2—517135.20/cwt130.00–141.006996
BullsMedium and Large 2—780120.00/cwt120.00–120.009361
BullsMedium and Large 2—728132.00/cwt132.00–132.009612
BullsMedium and Large 1—875115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0061
BullsMedium and Large 1—818115.09/cwt110.00–120.009413
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,020840.97/cwt750.00–910.008,5784
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,036956.87/cwt711.00–1,162.009,9136
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1701,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0014,3331
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—715813.79/cwt710.00–975.005,8193
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0401,083.65/cwt1,060.00–1,100.0011,2702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—955776.72/cwt715.00–875.007,4185
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—645825.00/cwt825.00–825.005,3211
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—950675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,4131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9681,009.56/cwt925.00–1,100.009,7732
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,155800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,2401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—994835.67/cwt625.00–1,025.008,30717
Bulls——1,44184.35/cwt83.00–86.001,2155
Bulls——1,63391.97/cwt90.00–94.001,5026
Bulls——1,77096.59/cwt95.00–99.001,7104
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21166.02/cwt64.00–68.0080017
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22172.75/cwt72.00–74.008888
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21961.41/cwt59.00–63.007497
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35876.01/cwt75.00–78.001,0324
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,42672.20/cwt71.00–73.001,0306
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41466.16/cwt65.00–68.009365
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05564.28/cwt63.00–66.0067811
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06370.67/cwt68.00–72.0075112
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03259.57/cwt58.00–62.0061514
BullsMedium and Large 1—387195.29/cwt188.00–215.0075618
BullsMedium and Large 1—465160.99/cwt153.00–168.0074941
BullsMedium and Large 1—631137.84/cwt130.00–144.0087015
BullsMedium and Large 1—574154.06/cwt147.00–158.0088417
BullsMedium and Large 1—768132.37/cwt126.00–140.001,0179
BullsMedium and Large 1—526155.50/cwt150.00–160.0081824
SteersMedium and Large 1—377199.67/cwt189.00–210.0075312
SteersMedium and Large 1—776145.52/cwt137.00–150.001,12917
SteersMedium and Large 1—620153.65/cwt143.00–157.0095333
SteersMedium and Large 1—572160.67/cwt154.00–168.0091950
SteersMedium and Large 1—908117.47/cwt114.00–121.001,0672
SteersMedium and Large 1—472168.01/cwt164.00–174.0079326
SteersMedium and Large 1—425180.53/cwt175.00–189.0076726
SteersMedium and Large 2—775127.35/cwt120.00–135.009872
SteersMedium and Large 2—682137.59/cwt132.00–144.009383
SteersMedium and Large 2—468149.38/cwt142.00–157.0069911
SteersMedium and Large 1—672149.73/cwt141.00–155.001,00622
SteersMedium and Large 1—333203.10/cwt195.00–212.0067610
SteersMedium and Large 1—727151.42/cwt145.00–156.001,10117
SteersMedium and Large 2—715141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0081
SteersMedium and Large 2—421162.68/cwt155.00–171.0068523
SteersMedium and Large 2—327152.00/cwt152.00–152.004973
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422155.59/cwt151.00–165.0065747
HeifersMedium and Large 1—812127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0313
HeifersMedium and Large 2—667123.11/cwt117.00–132.008213
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470140.94/cwt134.00–148.0066233
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524138.86/cwt129.00–144.0072830
HeifersMedium and Large 2—569132.92/cwt125.00–140.0075614
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370142.82/cwt137.00–152.005289
HeifersMedium and Large 2—314150.18/cwt146.00–160.004727
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380158.72/cwt154.00–169.0060344
HeifersMedium and Large 1—631141.33/cwt136.00–146.0089249
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524150.80/cwt146.00–160.0079046
HeifersMedium and Large 1—322168.78/cwt164.00–170.0054315
HeifersMedium and Large 1—714128.75/cwt124.00–135.0091913
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473154.15/cwt148.00–162.0072960
SteersMedium and Large 2—571143.20/cwt137.00–152.0081815
SteersMedium and Large 2—624139.84/cwt134.00–148.0087312
SteersMedium and Large 2—387176.24/cwt170.00–182.006827
SteersMedium and Large 1—524158.69/cwt152.00–166.0083274
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576146.88/cwt142.00–156.0084654
HeifersMedium and Large 1—915106.00/cwt106.00–106.009703
SteersMedium and Large 2—534144.40/cwt135.00–150.0077116
SteersMedium and Large 1—867139.97/cwt128.00–143.001,2145
SteersMedium and Large 1—827139.39/cwt130.00–146.001,1535

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.