Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

C0mpared to last week; Steer calves 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifer calves 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Quality was average through attractive, with nice groups of attractive calves. Demand was good. Slaughter cows , breakers and boners 2.00 higher, leans 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 10.00 lower. A total of 300 cows and bulls sold with 73 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.03/cwt on 576 head.

Average price

$144.03

576 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$744

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$9.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.94

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	524	146.18	766	441
Medium and Large 2	493	137.02	676	135

One grade step is worth $9.16/cwt here — about $90 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 sale576 hd

144.03

—

OK average7 barns · 7,767 hd

147.97

−3.94

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	1,580	78.68	1,243	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	64.30	926	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,220	63.13	771	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	57.16	603	59

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	116.78/cwt	108.00–121.00	960	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	153.27/cwt	144.00–160.00	492	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	149.23/cwt	147.00–161.00	640	64
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	169.43/cwt	166.00–178.00	800	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	144.07/cwt	137.00–152.00	550	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	135.93/cwt	130.00–140.00	648	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	135.15/cwt	129.00–138.00	781	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	134.37/cwt	124.00–138.00	703	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	173.49/cwt	165.00–179.00	559	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	136.94/cwt	134.00–140.00	923	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	140.11/cwt	132.00–146.00	605	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	127.14/cwt	121.00–131.00	788	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	124.41/cwt	120.00–129.00	842	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	121.00/cwt	120.00–122.00	857	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	162.30/cwt	155.00–168.00	613	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	919	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	134.21/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,033	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	144.56/cwt	138.00–148.00	824	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	138.08/cwt	132.00–142.00	859	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	131.69/cwt	131.00–136.00	936	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	165.50/cwt	160.00–171.00	554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	144.40/cwt	139.00–153.00	767	65
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	669	129.36/cwt	125.00–139.00	865	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	152.78/cwt	148.00–161.00	741	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	141.91/cwt	137.00–151.00	816	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	454	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	826	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	141.40/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,038	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	147.09/cwt	141.00–155.00	702	97
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	149.00/cwt	142.00–154.00	779	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	178.69/cwt	170.00–185.00	663	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	124.26/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,079	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	178.35/cwt	171.00–187.00	678	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	152.76/cwt	141.00–158.00	727	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	513	145.45/cwt	138.00–152.00	746	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	434	198.55/cwt	195.00–209.00	862	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	321	209.38/cwt	197.00–230.00	672	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	175.65/cwt	170.00–187.00	743	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	661	131.60/cwt	128.00–140.00	870	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	612	125.16/cwt	120.00–133.00	766	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	376	201.26/cwt	195.00–227.00	757	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	585	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	322	183.45/cwt	176.00–191.00	591	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	849.39/cwt	700.00–1,125.00	9,199	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	798.01/cwt	650.00–1,025.00	6,703	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,504	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	7,161	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	811.09/cwt	725.00–875.00	6,854	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	903.62/cwt	675.00–1,025.00	10,057	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	9,293	1
Bulls	—	—	1,517	70.40/cwt	69.00–72.00	1,068	3
Bulls	—	—	1,558	77.81/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,212	6
Bulls	—	—	1,661	86.18/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,431	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	69.51/cwt	68.00–71.00	878	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	60.88/cwt	60.00–62.00	664	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	64.50/cwt	62.00–66.00	784	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	58.46/cwt	57.00–61.00	703	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	64.62/cwt	63.00–66.00	952	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,456	68.23/cwt	68.00–69.00	993	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	59.61/cwt	58.00–62.00	802	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	53.54/cwt	53.00–57.00	561	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	64.87/cwt	64.00–67.00	683	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	134.96/cwt	127.00–139.00	852	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	173.58/cwt	168.00–183.00	739	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	135.50/cwt	131.00–145.00	1,037	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	988	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	205.46/cwt	196.00–223.00	764	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	127.38/cwt	122.00–138.00	1,104	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	219.05/cwt	205.00–228.00	721	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	135.26/cwt	126.00–140.00	1,112	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	150.13/cwt	146.00–153.00	934	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	922	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	190.15/cwt	187.00–213.00	789	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	146.89/cwt	141.00–155.00	969	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	163.58/cwt	156.00–170.00	847	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	156.85/cwt	152.00–164.00	903	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,092	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	163.89/cwt	161.00–168.00	777	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	893	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,045	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	810	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,053	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	154.87/cwt	151.00–158.00	808	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	611	141.10/cwt	132.00–144.00	862	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	785	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	887	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	149.40/cwt	144.00–158.00	847	18

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 2,000Last week 1,250Year ago 1,500

Slaughter CattleReceipts 239Last week 219Year ago 197

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 61Year ago 23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	822	108.00–121.00	116.78
1	—	900	105.00	105.00
64	—	429	147.00–161.00	149.23
21	—	322	165.00–179.00	173.49
13	—	674	134.00–140.00	136.94
42	—	378	155.00–168.00	162.30
14	—	770	130.00–141.00	134.21
35	—	570	138.00–148.00	144.56
54	—	622	132.00–142.00	138.08
26	—	711	131.00–136.00	131.69
65	—	531	139.00–153.00	144.40
97	—	477	141.00–155.00	147.09
6	—	868	120.00–131.00	124.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	321	144.00–160.00	153.27
25	—	382	137.00–152.00	144.07
23	—	477	130.00–140.00	135.93
18	—	578	129.00–138.00	135.15
20	—	523	124.00–138.00	134.37
17	—	432	132.00–146.00	140.11
15	—	620	121.00–131.00	127.14
4	—	677	120.00–129.00	124.41
2	—	708	120.00–122.00	121.00
2	—	763	120.00–121.00	120.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	472	166.00–178.00	169.43
13	—	434	195.00–209.00	198.55
20	—	321	197.00–230.00	209.38
10	—	661	128.00–140.00	131.60
28	—	376	195.00–227.00	201.26
2	—	893	117.00	117.00
1	—	810	130.00	130.00
21	—	522	151.00–158.00	154.87
8	—	611	132.00–144.00	141.10
1	—	785	113.00	113.00
18	—	567	144.00–158.00	149.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	380	171.00–187.00	178.35
10	—	476	141.00–158.00	152.76
8	—	513	138.00–152.00	145.45
20	—	423	170.00–187.00	175.65
1	—	675	121.00	121.00
12	—	612	120.00–133.00	125.16
1	—	585	141.00	141.00
7	—	322	176.00–191.00	183.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	160.00–171.00	165.50
23	—	669	125.00–139.00	129.36
19	—	485	148.00–161.00	152.78
16	—	575	137.00–151.00	141.91
14	—	523	142.00–154.00	149.00
9	—	371	170.00–185.00	178.69
5	—	631	127.00–139.00	134.96
7	—	426	168.00–183.00	173.58
1	—	760	130.00	130.00
1	—	715	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	454	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	734	130.00–144.00	141.40
36	—	765	131.00–145.00	135.50
31	—	372	196.00–223.00	205.46
3	—	867	122.00–138.00	127.38
22	—	329	205.00–228.00	219.05
3	—	822	126.00–140.00	135.26
34	—	622	146.00–153.00	150.13
73	—	415	187.00–213.00	190.15
46	—	660	141.00–155.00	146.89
89	—	518	156.00–170.00	163.58
50	—	576	152.00–164.00	156.85
2	—	910	120.00	120.00
31	—	474	161.00–168.00	163.89

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	1,083	700.00–1,125.00	849.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	840	650.00–1,025.00	798.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,113	675.00–1,025.00	903.62
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	1,050.00	1,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	770.00	770.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	845	725.00–875.00	811.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,517	69.00–72.00	70.40
6	—	1,558	76.00–80.00	77.81
4	—	1,661	85.00–89.00	86.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,263	68.00–71.00	69.51
14	—	1,216	62.00–66.00	64.50
15	—	1,202	57.00–61.00	58.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,090	60.00–62.00	60.88
37	—	1,047	53.00–57.00	53.54
13	—	1,053	64.00–67.00	64.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,473	63.00–66.00	64.62
5	—	1,456	68.00–69.00	68.23
5	—	1,345	58.00–62.00	59.61

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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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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