Sale reports / Oklahoma / McAlester Union Stockyards / 2022-01-25

McAlester Union Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McAlester, Oklahoma · Tue, Jan 25
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1827
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,100 head
200 vs last sale 1,300 450 vs year ago 1,550 · 29.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
201 head
25 vs last sale 176 72 vs year ago 129 · +55.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
79 head
19 vs last sale 60 18 vs year ago 61 · +29.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves under 500 lbs. 7.00 to 9.00 lower, over 500 lbs. 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Quality plain to average. Slaughter cows 9.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher. A total of 280 cows and bulls sold with 63 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.22/cwt on 380 head.
Average price
$152.22
380 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$728
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.91
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1498156.18778251
Medium and Large 2439144.52634129
One grade step is worth $11.66/cwt here — about $144 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 sale380 hd
152.22
OK average7 barns · 11,985 hd
153.13
−0.91
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
BullsHigh1,77489.741,5918thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51974.051,12538
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24271.7889232
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05767.6571535

Every lot, as filed

74 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 2417147.52/cwt142.00–159.0061545
BullsMedium and Large 1679142.83/cwt140.00–148.0097014
HeifersMedium and Large 2525140.80/cwt132.00–147.0073915
SteersMedium and Large 2622145.97/cwt145.00–149.009086
SteersMedium and Large 1724143.23/cwt136.00–147.001,0373
HeifersMedium and Large 2675131.00/cwt131.00–131.008841
HeifersMedium and Large 1432166.18/cwt160.00–174.0071844
HeifersMedium and Large 1522154.72/cwt149.00–163.0080846
HeifersMedium and Large 1755121.51/cwt120.00–123.009172
SteersMedium and Large 1522178.95/cwt172.00–186.0093438
SteersMedium and Large 1358204.43/cwt198.00–215.0073213
HeifersMedium and Large 2623133.13/cwt125.00–138.008298
HeifersMedium and Large 2327145.32/cwt137.00–151.0047511
HeifersMedium and Large 1336158.75/cwt157.00–171.0053314
SteersMedium and Large 2670126.00/cwt126.00–126.008441
SteersMedium and Large 2529165.66/cwt160.00–170.008765
SteersMedium and Large 1772140.77/cwt139.00–144.001,0874
HeifersMedium and Large 1464161.97/cwt156.00–167.0075259
HeifersMedium and Large 1727124.71/cwt121.00–128.009077
HeifersMedium and Large 2382146.43/cwt140.00–152.0055929
SteersMedium and Large 1621161.47/cwt157.00–167.001,00319
SteersMedium and Large 2315180.00/cwt180.00–180.005671
SteersMedium and Large 2578153.38/cwt148.00–159.008872
SteersMedium and Large 2385178.72/cwt169.00–181.0068810
SteersMedium and Large 2426176.70/cwt170.00–182.0075319
SteersMedium and Large 2487154.62/cwt147.00–160.007533
SteersMedium and Large 1333195.30/cwt191.00–202.0065011
SteersMedium and Large 1426190.71/cwt185.00–199.0081227
SteersMedium and Large 1466181.40/cwt173.00–188.0084523
SteersMedium and Large 1565169.76/cwt161.00–175.0095930
SteersMedium and Large 1665152.36/cwt142.00–156.001,0135
BullsMedium and Large 1710130.99/cwt130.00–134.009304
BullsMedium and Large 1529168.15/cwt160.00–175.0089015
BullsMedium and Large 2670127.00/cwt127.00–127.008511
BullsMedium and Large 1769131.84/cwt125.00–134.001,0147
BullsMedium and Large 1488171.90/cwt165.00–180.0083910
BullsMedium and Large 1629147.89/cwt145.00–160.0093015
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53773.91/cwt72.00–76.001,13622
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46869.68/cwt67.00–71.001,0238
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22667.65/cwt66.00–70.0082914
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27878.12/cwt76.00–80.009986
CowsLean 85-90%1,05969.92/cwt69.00–71.0074012
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51978.81/cwt77.00–81.001,1978
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24373.42/cwt71.00–75.0091312
Bulls1,90791.96/cwt90.00–94.001,7544
CowsLean 85-90%1,05564.25/cwt63.00–67.0067818
CowsLean 85-90%1,06074.42/cwt73.00–76.007895
Bulls1,64087.51/cwt86.00–89.001,4354
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2321,090.46/cwt1,085.00–1,100.0013,4346
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2813720.35/cwt715.00–725.005,8562
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1901,485.00/cwt1,485.00–1,485.0017,6722
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1771,216.61/cwt1,150.00–1,325.0014,3195
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,040900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,3601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2979936.14/cwt800.00–1,135.009,16512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,104981.70/cwt815.00–1,135.0010,83818
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,143928.23/cwt900.00–950.0010,6102
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0931,002.87/cwt875.00–1,135.0010,9617
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0361,079.38/cwt1,010.00–1,235.0011,1827
BullsMedium and Large 1563167.88/cwt155.00–170.0094534
BullsMedium and Large 2372178.45/cwt169.00–183.006646
BullsMedium and Large 2326181.64/cwt176.00–190.005924
BullsMedium and Large 1811132.28/cwt129.00–140.001,0734
BullsMedium and Large 2421162.73/cwt154.00–170.006859
BullsMedium and Large 2471153.89/cwt150.00–163.007254
HeifersMedium and Large 1627147.01/cwt140.00–153.0092215
HeifersMedium and Large 1568147.87/cwt143.00–157.0084036
BullsMedium and Large 2525140.00/cwt140.00–140.007351
BullsMedium and Large 1429186.15/cwt180.00–195.0079920
BullsMedium and Large 1388196.47/cwt193.00–206.0076214
BullsMedium and Large 1317205.60/cwt200.00–215.006527
HeifersMedium and Large 1368164.41/cwt155.00–169.0060517
HeifersMedium and Large 2469142.94/cwt136.00–152.0067018
HeifersMedium and Large 1658141.33/cwt135.00–149.0093011
HeifersMedium and Large 2578139.49/cwt138.00–141.008062

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.