Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves under 600 lbs. 4.00 to 7.00 higher, over 600 lbs. 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Heifer calves under 500 lbs. 6.00 to 7.00 higher, over 500 lbs. 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was good. Quality was average through attractive, with large groups of attractive calves. Slaughter cows, breakers 2.00 lower, boners and leans steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. A total of 400 cows and bulls sold with 79 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.55/cwt on 540 head.

Average price

$128.55

540 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$9.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.81

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	130.41	700	434
Medium and Large 2	500	120.93	605	106

One grade step is worth $9.48/cwt here — about $95 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 sale540 hd

128.55

—

OK average7 barns · 7,470 hd

136.36

−7.81

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	1,582	75.31	1,192	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,408	61.27	863	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,207	56.13	677	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,074	55.04	591	37

Every lot, as filed

79 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	—	665	139.82/cwt	128.00–142.00	930	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	149.59/cwt	140.00–160.00	549	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	137.24/cwt	133.00–140.00	990	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	144.61/cwt	136.00–152.00	680	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	146.96/cwt	143.00–158.00	919	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	153.13/cwt	147.00–161.00	805	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	151.57/cwt	141.00–155.00	867	71
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	136.85/cwt	126.00–146.00	721	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	178.69/cwt	175.00–189.00	572	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	132.04/cwt	121.00–142.00	825	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	124.34/cwt	122.00–127.00	883	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	149.23/cwt	140.00–163.00	467	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	121.93/cwt	113.00–131.00	827	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	139.14/cwt	130.00–143.00	519	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	151.38/cwt	138.00–160.00	627	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	129.43/cwt	126.00–137.00	797	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	133.59/cwt	124.00–138.00	759	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	113.88/cwt	108.00–120.00	1,042	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	408	193.98/cwt	185.00–196.00	791	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	111.91/cwt	104.00–120.00	736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	129.21/cwt	115.00–139.00	730	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	123.05/cwt	112.00–128.00	523	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	130.91/cwt	122.00–135.00	621	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	135.15/cwt	129.00–142.00	568	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	114.10/cwt	107.00–121.00	872	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	124.11/cwt	122.00–125.00	891	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	117.60/cwt	111.00–122.00	614	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	119.34/cwt	102.00–126.00	553	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	117.18/cwt	111.00–122.00	725	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	120.52/cwt	112.00–127.00	693	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	134.66/cwt	132.00–146.00	764	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	129.30/cwt	123.00–137.00	676	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	129.23/cwt	120.00–133.00	426	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	141.32/cwt	135.00–145.00	454	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	116.77/cwt	111.00–123.00	778	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	609	123.61/cwt	111.00–128.00	753	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	366	148.56/cwt	130.00–158.00	544	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	312	168.29/cwt	163.00–179.00	525	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	128.83/cwt	101.00–139.00	678	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	161.73/cwt	156.00–167.00	684	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	121.34/cwt	111.00–125.00	807	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	619	134.93/cwt	128.00–142.00	835	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	120.45/cwt	111.00–135.00	677	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	148.12/cwt	142.00–156.00	764	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	411	147.26/cwt	145.00–150.00	605	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	135.56/cwt	132.00–138.00	652	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,126	922.95/cwt	775.00–1,100.00	10,392	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	807.78/cwt	635.00–925.00	6,680	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,260.00/cwt	1,260.00–1,260.00	13,860	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	854.25/cwt	725.00–960.00	8,543	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	861.74/cwt	725.00–1,050.00	9,178	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	755.16/cwt	600.00–950.00	5,958	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	12,375	1
Bulls	—	—	1,502	70.72/cwt	69.00–73.00	1,062	11
Bulls	—	—	1,750	83.74/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,465	5
Bulls	—	—	1,589	76.49/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,215	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	63.76/cwt	63.00–67.00	778	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	63.45/cwt	61.00–65.00	671	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	59.46/cwt	58.00–62.00	720	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	51.97/cwt	50.00–55.00	624	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	54.54/cwt	53.00–57.00	773	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,379	61.34/cwt	59.00–63.00	846	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	65.44/cwt	64.00–68.00	946	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	56.99/cwt	55.00–60.00	606	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	51.44/cwt	50.00–54.00	558	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	169.65/cwt	166.00–181.00	634	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,033	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	167.07/cwt	159.00–174.00	780	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	169.64/cwt	162.00–176.00	712	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	766	118.24/cwt	111.00–120.00	906	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	727	109.98/cwt	108.00–111.00	800	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	165.51/cwt	159.00–173.00	616	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	154.91/cwt	152.00–166.00	722	12

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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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Oklahoma City, OK (LS-KO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,900Last week 1,680Year ago 1,550

Slaughter CattleReceipts 347Last week 323Year ago 331

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 77Year ago 59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	665	128.00–142.00	139.82
38	—	721	133.00–140.00	137.24
48	—	625	143.00–158.00	146.96
64	—	526	147.00–161.00	153.13
71	—	572	141.00–155.00	151.57
8	—	320	175.00–189.00	178.69
10	—	374	166.00–181.00	169.65
1	—	820	126.00	126.00
89	—	467	159.00–174.00	167.07
42	—	420	162.00–176.00	169.64
1	—	790	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	367	140.00–160.00	149.59
16	—	470	136.00–152.00	144.61
16	—	527	126.00–146.00	136.85
23	—	625	121.00–142.00	132.04
3	—	710	122.00–127.00	124.34
4	—	313	140.00–163.00	149.23
7	—	678	113.00–131.00	121.93
10	—	414	138.00–160.00	151.38
17	—	565	115.00–139.00	129.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	408	185.00–196.00	193.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	373	130.00–143.00	139.14
40	—	616	126.00–137.00	129.43
51	—	568	124.00–138.00	133.59
22	—	915	108.00–120.00	113.88
86	—	474	122.00–135.00	130.91
54	—	420	129.00–142.00	135.15
12	—	764	107.00–121.00	114.10
35	—	718	122.00–125.00	124.11
54	—	523	123.00–137.00	129.30
1	—	810	102.00	102.00
12	—	321	135.00–145.00	141.32
12	—	666	111.00–123.00	116.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	658	104.00–120.00	111.91
1	—	385	130.00	130.00
19	—	425	112.00–128.00	123.05
11	—	522	111.00–122.00	117.60
17	—	463	102.00–126.00	119.34
20	—	619	111.00–122.00	117.18
22	—	575	112.00–127.00	120.52
14	—	330	120.00–133.00	129.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	567	132.00–146.00	134.66
6	—	312	163.00–179.00	168.29
14	—	423	156.00–167.00	161.73
14	—	665	111.00–125.00	121.34
6	—	619	128.00–142.00	134.93
23	—	516	142.00–156.00	148.12
5	—	766	111.00–120.00	118.24
3	—	727	108.00–111.00	109.98
12	—	372	159.00–173.00	165.51
1	—	805	108.00	108.00
12	—	466	152.00–166.00	154.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	609	111.00–128.00	123.61
8	—	366	130.00–158.00	148.56
17	—	526	101.00–139.00	128.83
1	—	330	133.00	133.00
10	—	562	111.00–135.00	120.45
4	—	411	145.00–150.00	147.26
4	—	481	132.00–138.00	135.56
1	—	665	101.00	101.00

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)	12	—	1,126	775.00–1,100.00	922.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	827	635.00–925.00	807.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,065	725.00–1,050.00	861.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	789	600.00–950.00	755.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,500	825.00	825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,260.00	1,260.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	725.00–960.00	854.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,502	69.00–73.00	70.72
5	—	1,750	82.00–86.00	83.74
7	—	1,589	74.00–78.00	76.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,220	63.00–67.00	63.76
11	—	1,211	58.00–62.00	59.46
18	—	1,201	50.00–55.00	51.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,058	61.00–65.00	63.45
11	—	1,064	55.00–60.00	56.99
20	—	1,084	50.00–54.00	51.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,417	53.00–57.00	54.54
16	—	1,379	59.00–63.00	61.34
11	—	1,445	64.00–68.00	65.44

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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How this sale compares

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