Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

C0mpared to last week; A light test on all feeders due to weather conditions. Demand was good and quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $279.40/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −123.76 against this barn's trailing median of $403.16.

Average price

$279.40

13 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,494

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

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

$29.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.49

vs OK average

−18.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	281.68	1,508	12thin
Medium and Large 2	530	252.00	1,336	1thin

One grade step is worth $29.68/cwt here — about $172 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 sale13 hd

279.40

—

OK average3 barns · 107 hd

280.89

−1.49

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−18.43

This barn, trailing median32 sales

403.16

−123.76

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

29 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	650–700	660	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	246.32/cwt	241.00–249.00	1,569	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	329.17/cwt	323.00–336.00	1,076	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	290.43/cwt	282.00–297.00	1,382	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	323.31/cwt	315.00–333.00	1,342	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,635	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,683	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	267.64/cwt	263.00–270.00	1,547	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	328.83/cwt	317.00–336.00	1,207	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	286.36/cwt	279.00–295.00	1,492	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	310.24/cwt	303.00–317.00	1,607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,811	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	359.96/cwt	353.00–365.00	1,508	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,412	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	343.48/cwt	333.00–353.00	1,264	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	343.10/cwt	335.00–347.00	1,424	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	303.06/cwt	291.00–309.00	1,606	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	337.47/cwt	330.00–347.00	1,600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	344.35/cwt	335.00–353.00	1,305	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,169	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	343.51/cwt	335.00–359.00	1,635	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,308	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	996	1

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

Tue Feb 18, 2025

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

Receipts 200Last week 395Year ago 1,100

C0mpared to last week; A light test on all feeders due to weather conditions. Demand was good and quality was average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	327	323.00–336.00	329.17
11	350–400	367	317.00–336.00	328.83
5	400–450	415	315.00–333.00	323.31
9	450–500	476	282.00–297.00	290.43
9	500–550	521	279.00–295.00	286.36
3	550–600	578	263.00–270.00	267.64
3	600–650	637	241.00–249.00	246.32
2	650–700	660	241.00	241.00
2	750–800	758	222.00	222.00
2	850–900	868	203.00	203.00
1	900–950	945	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	249.00	249.00
1	450–500	490	267.00	267.00
1	500–550	530	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	335.00–353.00	344.35
4	400–450	419	353.00–365.00	359.96
6	450–500	476	335.00–359.00	343.51
2	500–550	518	303.00–317.00	310.24
2	550–600	590	278.00	278.00
5	600–650	631	287.00	287.00
1	650–700	650	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	333.00–353.00	343.48
3	400–450	415	335.00–347.00	343.10
4	450–500	474	330.00–347.00	337.47
3	500–550	530	291.00–309.00	303.06
4	550–600	586	279.00	279.00
1	650–700	660	214.00	214.00
2	700–750	703	244.00	244.00

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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