Sale reports / Oklahoma / McAlester Union Stockyards / 2020-08-04

McAlester Union Stockyards

Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McAlester, Oklahoma · Tue, Aug 4

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1827

← Jul 28Aug 4Aug 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,820 head

▲ 270 vs last sale 1,550▲ 430 vs year ago 1,390 · +30.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

276 head

▲ 86 vs last sale 190▲ 81 vs year ago 195 · +41.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

49 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 50▲ 4 vs year ago 45 · +8.9%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves under 400 lbs. 3.00 to 4.00 lower, over 400 lbs. 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifer calves under 450 lbs. 1.00 to 2.00 lower, over 450 lbs. 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was good. Quality was average through attractive. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. A total of 325 cows and bulls sold with 77 percent going to packers.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.26/cwt on 565 head.

Average price

$138.26

565 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$703

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$9.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.85

vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	139.48	716	494
Medium and Large 2	474	129.80	616	71

One grade step is worth $9.68/cwt here — about $100 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 sale565 hd

138.26

—

OK average7 barns · 7,653 hd

135.41

+2.85

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	1,629	90.49	1,474	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,410	71.88	1,014	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,217	71.79	874	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,086	68.73	746	36

Every lot

85 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	316	182.91/cwt	179.00–194.00	578	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	329	152.99/cwt	150.00–160.00	503	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	172.98/cwt	169.00–184.00	656	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	386	156.29/cwt	145.00–165.00	603	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	170.19/cwt	166.00–180.00	720	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	426	151.68/cwt	142.00–165.00	646	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	477	149.29/cwt	141.00–158.00	712	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	162.81/cwt	159.00–173.00	788	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	519	141.96/cwt	140.00–144.00	737	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	158.20/cwt	152.00–164.00	823	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	574	137.12/cwt	135.00–142.00	787	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	151.20/cwt	142.00–156.00	869	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	768	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	141.49/cwt	133.00–147.00	879	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	128.49/cwt	128.00–129.00	854	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	137.07/cwt	130.00–141.00	940	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	134.41/cwt	131.00–137.00	970	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	133.97/cwt	129.00–137.00	1,028	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	845	126.02/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,065	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,021	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	145.45/cwt	139.00–153.00	474	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	329	131.55/cwt	123.00–139.00	433	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	145.05/cwt	140.00–149.00	541	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	130.65/cwt	129.00–132.00	496	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	146.63/cwt	141.00–155.00	620	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	134.57/cwt	126.00–140.00	569	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	143.48/cwt	137.00–151.00	680	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	474	130.04/cwt	121.00–136.00	616	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	138.07/cwt	131.00–144.00	714	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	129.66/cwt	120.00–138.00	674	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	138.04/cwt	130.00–141.00	780	104
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	576	120.90/cwt	114.00–127.00	696	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	132.89/cwt	121.00–137.00	816	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	119.02/cwt	115.00–123.00	736	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	666	121.53/cwt	120.00–124.00	809	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	133.73/cwt	130.00–136.00	897	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	124.38/cwt	119.00–133.00	894	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	740	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	858	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	944	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	805	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	950	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	887	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	986	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	947	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	313	178.16/cwt	170.00–195.00	558	33
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	336	164.21/cwt	160.00–170.00	552	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	373	172.25/cwt	166.00–180.00	642	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	377	151.95/cwt	135.00–161.00	573	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	425	160.03/cwt	156.00–171.00	680	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	143.13/cwt	125.00–150.00	608	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	467	137.56/cwt	120.00–140.00	642	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	478	153.79/cwt	146.00–159.00	735	43
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	515	134.66/cwt	131.00–154.00	693	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	523	145.03/cwt	139.00–154.00	759	32
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	574	143.15/cwt	138.00–153.00	822	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	577	131.48/cwt	121.00–137.00	759	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	621	142.35/cwt	134.00–148.00	884	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	624	123.97/cwt	121.00–130.00	774	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	664	131.97/cwt	130.00–135.00	876	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	678	117.52/cwt	113.00–122.00	797	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	705	122.99/cwt	117.00–124.00	867	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	750	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	923	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	840	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	916	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	945	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	954	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	953	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	963	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,597	90.27/cwt	88.00–91.00	1,442	11
Bulls	—	—	1,668	95.01/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,585	6
Bulls	—	—	1,670	82.23/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,373	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	63.47/cwt	60.00–66.00	684	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,086	68.99/cwt	67.00–72.00	749	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,096	75.40/cwt	73.00–79.00	826	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	67.63/cwt	66.00–69.00	816	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	77.37/cwt	75.00–80.00	940	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,226	72.60/cwt	70.00–74.00	890	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,330	63.24/cwt	59.00–66.00	841	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,420	76.71/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,089	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,441	72.25/cwt	69.00–74.00	1,041	17
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,080	806.64/cwt	725.00–925.00	8,712	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,088	900.06/cwt	885.00–911.00	9,793	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,151	807.62/cwt	725.00–850.00	9,296	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,158	863.89/cwt	725.00–935.00	10,004	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,220	888.70/cwt	775.00–1,050.00	10,842	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,273	1,006.71/cwt	975.00–1,035.00	12,815	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	865	924.28/cwt	900.00–950.00	7,995	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	8,741	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	980	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,575	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,063	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,301	2

This sale against other markets

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 Aug 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,820Last week 1,550Year ago 1,390

Slaughter CattleReceipts 276Last week 190Year ago 195

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 50Year ago 45

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,273	975.00–1,035.00	1,006.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,220	775.00–1,050.00	888.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,088	885.00–911.00	900.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,151	725.00–850.00	807.62
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,158	725.00–935.00	863.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,080	725.00–925.00	806.64

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,063	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	980	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	945	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	865	900.00–950.00	924.28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	128.00–129.00	128.49
4	—	519	140.00–144.00	141.96
6	—	329	150.00–160.00	152.99
8	—	574	135.00–142.00	137.12
14	—	386	145.00–165.00	156.29
20	—	426	142.00–165.00	151.68
29	—	477	141.00–158.00	149.29
1	—	605	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	484	159.00–173.00	162.81
44	—	621	133.00–147.00	141.49
43	—	575	142.00–156.00	151.20
40	—	520	152.00–164.00	158.20
32	—	423	166.00–180.00	170.19
30	—	686	130.00–141.00	137.07
22	—	379	169.00–184.00	172.98
17	—	767	129.00–137.00	133.97
6	—	845	120.00–129.00	126.02
6	—	316	179.00–194.00	182.91
5	—	722	131.00–137.00	134.41
1	—	865	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	377	135.00–161.00	151.95
18	—	577	121.00–137.00	131.48
18	—	515	131.00–154.00	134.66
17	—	467	120.00–140.00	137.56
12	—	425	125.00–150.00	143.13
8	—	624	121.00–130.00	123.97
7	—	336	160.00–170.00	164.21
2	—	678	113.00–122.00	117.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	478	146.00–159.00	153.79
33	—	313	170.00–195.00	178.16
32	—	523	139.00–154.00	145.03
27	—	425	156.00–171.00	160.03
24	—	574	138.00–153.00	143.15
20	—	621	134.00–148.00	142.35
18	—	373	166.00–180.00	172.25
8	—	705	117.00–124.00	122.99
4	—	664	130.00–135.00	131.97
2	—	953	101.00	101.00
1	—	945	101.00	101.00
1	—	840	109.00	109.00
1	—	750	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	423	126.00–140.00	134.57
18	—	474	121.00–136.00	130.04
11	—	520	120.00–138.00	129.66
7	—	329	123.00–139.00	131.55
5	—	576	114.00–127.00	120.90
4	—	666	120.00–124.00	121.53
3	—	380	129.00–132.00	130.65
2	—	618	115.00–123.00	119.02
1	—	740	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	121.00	121.00
1	—	870	102.00	102.00
2	—	805	118.00	118.00
5	—	986	96.00	96.00
15	—	671	130.00–136.00	133.73
15	—	719	119.00–133.00	124.38
22	—	373	140.00–149.00	145.05
32	—	326	139.00–153.00	145.45
48	—	614	121.00–137.00	132.89
79	—	423	141.00–155.00	146.63
84	—	474	137.00–151.00	143.48
86	—	517	131.00–144.00	138.07
104	—	565	130.00–141.00	138.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,670	80.00–85.00	82.23
6	—	1,668	93.00–97.00	95.01
11	—	1,597	88.00–91.00	90.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,215	75.00–80.00	77.37
11	—	1,206	66.00–69.00	67.63
15	—	1,226	70.00–74.00	72.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,330	59.00–66.00	63.24
13	—	1,420	75.00–79.00	76.71
17	—	1,441	69.00–74.00	72.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,096	73.00–79.00	75.40
11	—	1,078	60.00–66.00	63.47
17	—	1,086	67.00–72.00	68.99

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.