Sale reports / Oklahoma / McAlester Union Stockyards / 2021-11-30

McAlester Union Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McAlester, Oklahoma · Tue, Nov 30
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1827
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,000 head
▼ 400 vs last sale 2,400▼ 350 vs year ago 2,350 · −14.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
334 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 295▲ 97 vs year ago 237 · +40.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 45▲ 28 vs year ago 23 · +121.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Steer calves 7.00 to 9.00 higher, some 16.00 higher. Heifer calves 9.00 to 11.00 higher, some 14.00 higher. Demand was very good. Quality was average through attractive. Slaughter cows 9.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. A total of 385 cows and bulls sold with 84 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $173.24/cwt on 531 head.
Average price
$173.24
531 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$924
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.59
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544179.41976358
Medium and Large 2510160.47819173
One grade step is worth $18.95/cwt here — about $158 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 sale531 hd
173.24
—
OK average4 barns · 11,226 hd
169.65
+3.59
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—Low1,60874.041,19019
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47365.5796645
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19960.8873049
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07655.0559346

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 2—630112.00/cwt112.00–112.007061
HeifersMedium and Large 2—426152.65/cwt138.00–165.0065040
HeifersMedium and Large 2—531137.14/cwt130.00–140.0072826
BullsMedium and Large 1—723145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0482
BullsMedium and Large 2—755112.00/cwt112.00–112.008461
BullsMedium and Large 2—578145.67/cwt143.00–150.008426
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373175.52/cwt170.00–185.0065541
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—351151.00/cwt151.00–151.005304
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—424152.00/cwt152.00–152.006445
BullsMedium and Large 2—324172.05/cwt161.00–190.0055711
BullsMedium and Large 2—636133.44/cwt132.00–138.008494
BullsMedium and Large 2—485169.85/cwt160.00–174.008248
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—447184.00/cwt184.00–184.008225
BullsMedium and Large 1—316212.56/cwt198.00–225.0067223
BullsMedium and Large 1—576159.05/cwt153.00–178.0091623
BullsMedium and Large 2—438167.59/cwt151.00–174.007349
BullsMedium and Large 2—526154.46/cwt142.00–159.008129
BullsMedium and Large 2—379180.27/cwt160.00–191.0068318
BullsMedium and Large 1—752139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0453
BullsMedium and Large 1—830115.34/cwt113.00–117.009573
BullsMedium and Large 1—616148.35/cwt146.00–150.009146
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,067850.00/cwt725.00–925.009,0703
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,213825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,0072
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,248814.88/cwt750.00–875.0010,1702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1591,159.62/cwt1,025.00–1,225.0013,4406
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,087830.28/cwt760.00–925.009,0257
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0051,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,0551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—933812.84/cwt710.00–925.007,58410
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1101,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0012,4881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,293987.04/cwt975.00–1,000.0012,7622
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1401,225.00/cwt1,225.00–1,225.0013,9651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—945890.48/cwt850.00–925.008,4152
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,128743.64/cwt625.00–825.008,3886
Bulls——1,54068.38/cwt67.00–71.001,0539
Bulls——1,57376.46/cwt75.00–79.001,2035
Bulls——1,76481.79/cwt81.00–84.001,4435
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22969.66/cwt67.00–71.008566
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07663.79/cwt60.00–65.006868
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22364.24/cwt62.00–66.007869
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05850.65/cwt49.00–54.0053620
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18858.44/cwt57.00–61.0069434
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48967.17/cwt65.00–69.001,00021
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57972.57/cwt71.00–75.001,1466
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41861.36/cwt59.00–64.0087018
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09756.05/cwt55.00–59.0061518
BullsMedium and Large 1—484191.89/cwt188.00–201.009298
BullsMedium and Large 1—518169.55/cwt167.00–180.0087814
BullsMedium and Large 1—423195.30/cwt188.00–203.0082617
BullsMedium and Large 1—374207.99/cwt197.00–215.0077822
BullsMedium and Large 1—688134.98/cwt130.00–140.009292
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—588145.00/cwt145.00–145.008534
SteersMedium and Large 1—469196.59/cwt190.00–207.0092266
SteersMedium and Large 1—383212.30/cwt210.00–220.0081320
SteersMedium and Large 1—809138.57/cwt121.00–143.001,1215
SteersMedium and Large 1—322218.25/cwt200.00–230.0070326
SteersMedium and Large 1—668153.34/cwt146.00–159.001,02436
SteersMedium and Large 1—887124.34/cwt123.00–125.001,1033
SteersMedium and Large 2—673135.49/cwt122.00–144.009123
SteersMedium and Large 2—565150.15/cwt146.00–161.0084812
SteersMedium and Large 1—429205.11/cwt199.00–215.0088026
SteersMedium and Large 1—712147.23/cwt143.00–150.001,04834
SteersMedium and Large 1—757144.35/cwt135.00–146.001,0937
SteersMedium and Large 1—612168.19/cwt162.00–175.001,02951
SteersMedium and Large 2—484164.11/cwt147.00–185.0079426
SteersMedium and Large 2—430169.95/cwt152.00–194.0073128
SteersMedium and Large 2—710127.00/cwt127.00–127.009021
SteersMedium and Large 2—621150.96/cwt140.00–160.0093742
HeifersMedium and Large 2—670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
HeifersMedium and Large 2—581135.30/cwt122.00–143.0078615
HeifersMedium and Large 2—312148.41/cwt140.00–166.0046310
HeifersMedium and Large 1—969105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0174
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577140.81/cwt135.00–149.0081265
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522146.81/cwt143.00–152.0076662
HeifersMedium and Large 1—472162.04/cwt155.00–167.0076562
HeifersMedium and Large 2—479146.35/cwt138.00–154.0070133
HeifersMedium and Large 2—374153.51/cwt140.00–169.0057427
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725127.00/cwt127.00–127.009211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—619135.01/cwt125.00–139.0083642
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422169.86/cwt166.00–180.0071728
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326173.67/cwt166.00–179.0056623
HeifersMedium and Large 1—669132.03/cwt128.00–136.0088315
HeifersMedium and Large 1—822114.01/cwt110.00–119.009375
SteersMedium and Large 2—377182.79/cwt166.00–193.0068917
SteersMedium and Large 2—317169.19/cwt153.00–189.0053610
SteersMedium and Large 1—576173.30/cwt166.00–179.0099840
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—472178.29/cwt170.00–185.0084221
SteersMedium and Large 1—533180.26/cwt177.00–191.0096123
HeifersMedium and Large 1—755123.00/cwt123.00–123.009291
SteersMedium and Large 2—795129.50/cwt128.00–131.001,0302
SteersMedium and Large 2—527156.30/cwt143.00–172.0082432

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.