Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 4.00 higher. Heifer calves 8.00 to 9.00 higher. Quality; Nice attractive groups of calves in the afternoon part of the sale. Demand was very good. Slaughter cows; Breakers and Boners 11.00 to 15.00 lower. Leans 16.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. A very small number of receipts was compared to last weeks slaughter number.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $431.28/cwt on 106 head, down $1.41 from the prior sale. That ranks 31 of 32 comparable sales and sits +28.12 against this barn's trailing median of $403.16.

Average price

$431.28

▼ 1.41 vs prior sale

106 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,401

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

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

$60.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.07

vs OK average

+0.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	439.26	2,446	92
Medium and Large 2	557	378.83	2,111	14thin

One grade step is worth $60.42/cwt here — about $334 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale106 hd

431.28

—

OK average6 barns · 794 hd

427.20

+4.07

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

+0.87

This barn, trailing median32 sales

403.16

+28.12

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	1,615	178.33	2,880	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,478	161.34	2,384	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,211	155.99	1,888	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	153.50	1,657	16

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	454.88/cwt	400.00–480.00	2,393	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,862	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	342.65/cwt	320.00–375.00	2,642	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	300	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	548.06/cwt	500.00–585.00	2,061	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	406.50/cwt	403.00–410.00	2,134	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	435.02/cwt	310.00–493.00	1,858	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	551.00/cwt	551.00–551.00	3,080	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	373	446.51/cwt	325.00–580.00	1,665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,231	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	523.68/cwt	500.00–585.00	2,194	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	434.72/cwt	398.00–449.00	2,873	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	406.68/cwt	303.00–465.00	1,911	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	522.44/cwt	470.00–550.00	2,226	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	514.73/cwt	488.00–550.00	2,728	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	437.26/cwt	415.00–473.00	2,720	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	614.87/cwt	593.00–665.00	2,238	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	364.01/cwt	360.00–368.00	2,632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	529.01/cwt	495.00–565.00	2,529	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	465.56/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,682	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	605.84/cwt	595.00–620.00	2,332	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	366.70/cwt	330.00–405.00	2,138	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	312	664.55/cwt	550.00–720.00	2,073	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	581.27/cwt	560.00–650.00	2,494	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	373.99/cwt	373.00–375.00	2,932	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	650.87/cwt	550.00–703.00	2,109	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,821	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	410	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	388	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,843	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,021	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,132	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	331	630.39/cwt	550.00–650.00	2,087	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,419	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	350	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,205	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	157.56/cwt	155.00–159.00	1,732	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	148.65/cwt	147.00–151.00	1,573	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	159.42/cwt	158.00–161.00	2,516	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,325	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,001	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	146.62/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,752	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	158.02/cwt	157.00–159.00	1,917	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	162.66/cwt	161.00–165.00	1,819	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	166.71/cwt	165.00–168.00	2,381	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	163.32/cwt	162.00–165.00	1,999	3
Bulls	—	—	1,425	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,109	1
Bulls	—	—	1,755	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	3,317	1
Bulls	—	—	1,665	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	3,297	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	578.20/cwt	545.00–625.00	2,400	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	331.32/cwt	318.00–343.00	2,733	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	484.01/cwt	453.00–503.00	2,546	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	502.67/cwt	485.00–515.00	2,408	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	464.68/cwt	385.00–505.00	1,989	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	423.11/cwt	418.00–428.00	1,989	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	423.20/cwt	410.00–455.00	2,446	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	598.13/cwt	565.00–620.00	2,309	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	566.97/cwt	500.00–645.00	1,814	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	414.49/cwt	373.00–428.00	2,184	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	290.03/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,532	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	373.65/cwt	355.00–405.00	2,507	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	385.37/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,189	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	450.92/cwt	383.00–541.00	1,686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	336.61/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,397	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	392.72/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	323.10/cwt	313.00–333.00	2,352	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	331.54/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	542.09/cwt	500.00–580.00	1,708	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	474.83/cwt	440.00–500.00	2,270	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	422.78/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,435	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	366.88/cwt	345.00–390.00	2,249	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	521	553.00/cwt	553.00–553.00	2,881	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	353.70/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,370	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	459.74/cwt	405.00–495.00	1,692	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	458.17/cwt	415.00–495.00	1,512	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	367.07/cwt	345.00–395.00	1,975	5

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 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 800Last week 625Year ago 400

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 70Year ago 204

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	315	500.00–580.00	542.09
23	350–400	376	500.00–585.00	548.06
31	400–450	419	500.00–585.00	523.68
31	450–500	478	440.00–500.00	474.83
31	500–550	526	400.00–480.00	454.88
57	550–600	576	400.00–445.00	422.78
13	600–650	613	345.00–390.00	366.88
35	650–700	670	340.00–365.00	353.70
9	700–750	712	320.00–350.00	336.61
5	750–800	771	320.00–375.00	342.65
2	800–850	818	300.00	300.00
1	900–950	940	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	330	415.00–495.00	458.17
8	350–400	368	405.00–495.00	459.74
13	400–450	427	310.00–493.00	435.02
1	450–500	490	380.00	380.00
5	500–550	538	345.00–395.00	367.07
9	550–600	568	370.00–395.00	385.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	545.00	545.00
2	350–400	373	325.00–580.00	446.51
1	450–500	485	460.00	460.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	521	553.00	553.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	510.00	510.00
7	400–450	426	470.00–550.00	522.44
3	450–500	470	303.00–465.00	406.68
2	500–550	525	403.00–410.00	406.50
2	550–600	583	330.00–405.00	366.70
1	600–650	640	403.00	403.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	550.00–720.00	664.55
6	350–400	385	595.00–620.00	605.84
1	400–450	410	605.00	605.00
1	450–500	465	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	540	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	559	551.00	551.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	324	550.00–703.00	650.87
9	350–400	364	593.00–665.00	614.87
19	400–450	429	560.00–650.00	581.27
17	450–500	478	495.00–565.00	529.01
29	500–550	530	488.00–550.00	514.73
9	550–600	576	450.00–480.00	465.56
13	600–650	622	415.00–473.00	437.26
28	650–700	661	398.00–449.00	434.72
2	700–750	723	360.00–368.00	364.01
4	750–800	784	373.00–375.00	373.99
1	900–950	925	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	550.00–650.00	630.39
2	350–400	388	475.00	475.00
2	400–450	435	490.00	490.00
4	450–500	479	505.00	505.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	500.00–645.00	566.97
5	350–400	386	565.00–620.00	598.13
17	400–450	415	545.00–625.00	578.20
7	450–500	479	485.00–515.00	502.67
12	500–550	526	453.00–503.00	484.01
4	550–600	578	410.00–455.00	423.20
2	600–650	608	375.00–410.00	392.72
5	650–700	671	355.00–405.00	373.65
2	700–750	728	313.00–333.00	323.10
4	750–800	763	320.00–340.00	331.54
3	800–850	825	318.00–343.00	331.32
2	850–900	873	280.00–300.00	290.03
1	950–1000	950	318.00	318.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	630.00	630.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	374	383.00–541.00	450.92
8	400–450	428	385.00–505.00	464.68
2	450–500	470	418.00–428.00	423.11
5	500–550	527	373.00–428.00	414.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,099	155.00–159.00	157.56
9	—	1,058	147.00–151.00	148.65
3	—	1,118	161.00–165.00	162.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,578	158.00–161.00	159.42
1	—	1,325	151.00	151.00
3	—	1,428	165.00–168.00	166.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,195	145.00–148.00	146.62
3	—	1,213	157.00–159.00	158.02
3	—	1,224	162.00–165.00	163.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,425	148.00	148.00
1	—	1,755	189.00	189.00
1	—	1,665	198.00	198.00

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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