Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer and heifer calves was plain to average in quality. A few in each class sold steady. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.12/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −151.04 against this barn's trailing median of $403.16.

Average price

$252.12

77 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,392

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$20.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.15

vs OK average

−18.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	254.75	1,413	67
Medium and Large 2	536	234.51	1,258	10thin

One grade step is worth $20.24/cwt here — about $155 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $432.69, low $357.86, median $403.16 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale77 hd

252.12

—

OK average5 barns · 317 hd

266.27

−14.15

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−18.47

This barn, trailing median32 sales

403.16

−151.04

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,547	156.63	2,423	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,496	142.47	2,132	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,208	132.71	1,603	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,074	125.36	1,347	14

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,075	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,023	$1,844	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,214	$1,570	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,118	$1,541	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,163	$1,455	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	952	$2,158	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,015	$1,738	11

Every lot, as filed

77 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	1,540.80/head	1,400.00–1,775.00	1,541	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,214	1,570.31/head	1,250.00–1,825.00	1,570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,648	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	293.76/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,398	30
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,024	1,864.19/head	1,650.00–2,000.00	1,864	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	1,515.90/head	1,195.00–1,875.00	1,516	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	220.57/cwt	213.00–225.00	1,577	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	301.51/cwt	293.00–313.00	1,293	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	245.84/cwt	239.00–257.00	1,418	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,223	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	346.15/cwt	330.00–363.00	1,122	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	294.41/cwt	289.00–302.00	1,581	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	342.41/cwt	327.00–353.00	1,602	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	282.78/cwt	273.00–295.00	1,632	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	309.98/cwt	298.00–323.00	1,172	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	232.34/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	288.02/cwt	281.00–294.00	1,800	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	214.94/cwt	212.00–218.00	1,644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	331.30/cwt	312.00–355.00	1,236	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	242.79/cwt	220.00–255.00	1,476	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	220.14/cwt	212.00–230.00	1,486	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	194.85/cwt	180.00–203.00	1,530	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,528	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	290.52/cwt	275.00–298.00	1,502	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	345.76/cwt	313.00–355.00	1,065	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	331.41/cwt	303.00–342.00	1,415	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	136.59/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,972	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,767	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,559	149.43/cwt	147.00–152.00	2,330	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	135.83/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,650	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	131.33/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,424	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	115.65/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,182	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	327.82/cwt	301.00–343.00	1,515	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	124.02/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,357	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	125.63/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,508	5
Bulls	—	—	1,483	163.17/cwt	161.00–165.00	2,420	2
Bulls	—	—	1,590	152.27/cwt	149.00–154.00	2,421	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	132.79/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,600	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	260.05/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	263.40/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,404	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	300	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,209	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	323.52/cwt	310.00–338.00	1,061	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	334.84/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,433	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	338.77/cwt	325.00–353.00	1,247	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	267.50/cwt	248.00–287.00	816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	176.85/cwt	153.00–195.00	1,291	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	251.20/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,193	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	213.63/cwt	180.00–230.00	1,207	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,221	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	279.52/cwt	279.00–280.00	1,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	275.09/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,021	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	282.87/cwt	263.00–298.00	1,168	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	248.90/cwt	233.00–265.00	1,566	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	250.10/cwt	230.00–271.00	1,045	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	181.48/cwt	173.00–193.00	1,209	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	278.09/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,140	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	243.46/cwt	223.00–253.00	1,276	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	941	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	207.73/cwt	195.00–215.00	1,334	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,073	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,163	1,454.62/head	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,455	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	298.82/cwt	295.00–303.00	986	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	915	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	272.51/cwt	243.00–293.00	1,286	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	257.91/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,354	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	238.74/cwt	229.00–250.00	1,471	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	293.28/cwt	285.00–303.00	1,672	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	1,843.93/head	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,844	3

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 →

McAlester Union Livestock Auction - McAlester, OK

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Feeder CattleReceipts 600Last week 600Year ago 1,100

Slaughter CattleReceipts 101Last week 98Year ago 243

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 22Year ago 32

Compared to last week; Steer and heifer calves was plain to average in quality. A few in each class sold steady. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 4.00 lower.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,118	1,400.00–1,775.00	1,540.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,075	2,100.00	2,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,214	1,250.00–1,825.00	1,570.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,163	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,454.62
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,023	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,843.93
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,024	1,650.00–2,000.00	1,864.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	1,750.00	1,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	998	1,195.00–1,875.00	1,515.90
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	2,800.00	2,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	1,925.00	1,925.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	328	310.00–338.00	323.52
19	350–400	378	298.00–323.00	309.98
21	400–450	429	293.00–313.00	301.51
30	450–500	476	280.00–303.00	293.76
34	500–550	533	260.00–279.00	263.40
33	550–600	577	239.00–257.00	245.84
9	600–650	616	229.00–250.00	238.74
17	650–700	675	212.00–230.00	220.14
11	700–750	715	213.00–225.00	220.57
5	750–800	785	180.00–203.00	194.85
3	800–850	820	201.00	201.00
1	850–900	855	143.00	143.00
1	900–950	920	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	248.00–287.00	267.50
7	350–400	371	271.00–285.00	275.09
7	400–450	418	230.00–271.00	250.10
7	450–500	475	240.00–275.00	251.20
7	500–550	524	223.00–253.00	243.46
3	550–600	565	180.00–230.00	213.63
3	600–650	642	195.00–215.00	207.73
4	650–700	666	173.00–193.00	181.48
5	700–750	730	153.00–195.00	176.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	324	330.00–363.00	346.15
12	350–400	368	325.00–353.00	338.77
11	400–450	428	325.00–360.00	334.84
17	450–500	468	327.00–353.00	342.41
11	500–550	537	289.00–302.00	294.41
23	550–600	570	285.00–303.00	293.28
23	600–650	625	281.00–294.00	288.02
3	700–750	720	225.00–240.00	232.34
2	750–800	765	212.00–218.00	214.94
1	900–950	900	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	295.00–303.00	298.82
4	400–450	413	263.00–298.00	282.87
2	450–500	465	279.00–280.00	279.52
2	500–550	538	250.00–270.00	260.05
1	550–600	555	220.00	220.00
5	600–650	629	233.00–265.00	248.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	300	403.00	403.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	308	313.00–355.00	345.76
3	350–400	373	312.00–355.00	331.30
6	400–450	427	303.00–342.00	331.41
12	450–500	462	301.00–343.00	327.82
17	500–550	517	275.00–298.00	290.52
5	550–600	577	273.00–295.00	282.78
4	600–650	608	220.00–255.00	242.79
1	650–700	670	255.00	255.00
1	800–850	835	183.00	183.00
1	900–950	900	198.00	198.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	273.00	273.00
1	350–400	385	270.00	270.00
2	400–450	410	271.00–285.00	278.09
5	450–500	472	243.00–293.00	272.51
3	500–550	525	240.00–270.00	257.91
1	550–600	580	185.00	185.00
1	600–650	615	153.00	153.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,444	134.00–139.00	136.59
1	—	1,370	129.00	129.00
7	—	1,559	147.00–152.00	149.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,215	135.00–139.00	135.83
5	—	1,200	124.00–129.00	125.63
13	—	1,205	131.00–134.00	132.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,084	129.00–132.00	131.33
3	—	1,022	114.00–118.00	115.65
5	—	1,094	123.00–125.00	124.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,483	161.00–165.00	163.17
3	—	1,590	149.00–154.00	152.27

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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