Sale reports / Oklahoma / McAlester Union Stockyards / 2020-09-01

McAlester Union Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McAlester, Oklahoma · Tue, Sep 1
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1827
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,500 head
▲ 150 vs last sale 1,350▲ 50 vs year ago 1,450 · +3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
197 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 138▼ 13 vs year ago 210 · −6.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 32▼ 42 vs year ago 65 · −64.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 11.00 to 13.00 lower. Heifer calves under 500 lbs. 3.00 to 11.00 lower, over 500 lbs. steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was light to moderate. Quality was plain to average. Slaughter cows breakers and leans 4.00 to 5.00 higher, boners 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 7.00 higher. A total of 220 cows and bulls sold with 85 percent going to packers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.99/cwt on 516 head.
Average price
$131.99
516 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$676
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.69
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518134.46697419
Medium and Large 2485121.3358997
One grade step is worth $13.14/cwt here — about $108 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 sale516 hd
131.99
—
OK average7 barns · 7,859 hd
130.30
+1.69
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
Bulls—Average1,67984.551,41916
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40964.5290923
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20363.0675941
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07657.3361751

Every lot

73 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1322162.92/cwt157.00–171.005258
Steers—Medium and Large 2327142.63/cwt137.00–151.004663
Steers—Medium and Large 2376144.52/cwt141.00–148.005437
Steers—Medium and Large 1377160.33/cwt157.00–166.0060419
Steers—Medium and Large 1428154.37/cwt149.00–164.0066125
Steers—Medium and Large 2429140.89/cwt133.00–147.0060410
Steers—Medium and Large 1468144.60/cwt140.00–154.0067748
Steers—Medium and Large 2478133.04/cwt122.00–137.0063611
Steers—Medium and Large 1523150.18/cwt143.00–156.0078542
Steers—Medium and Large 2527133.71/cwt124.00–140.007059
Steers—Medium and Large 1572147.07/cwt141.00–155.0084143
Steers—Medium and Large 2573130.18/cwt123.00–138.0074620
Steers—Medium and Large 2625120.85/cwt115.00–129.007556
Steers—Medium and Large 1633139.80/cwt131.00–145.0088547
Steers—Medium and Large 2665113.93/cwt111.00–117.007582
Steers—Medium and Large 1680127.05/cwt120.00–130.0086412
Steers—Medium and Large 1712132.86/cwt127.00–137.0094619
Steers—Medium and Large 2737120.43/cwt116.00–124.008887
Steers—Medium and Large 1787107.00/cwt106.00–109.008423
Steers—Medium and Large 1810122.00/cwt122.00–122.009881
Steers—Medium and Large 1913103.01/cwt101.00–104.009403
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332139.74/cwt136.00–144.004649
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376123.17/cwt116.00–129.004639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383137.43/cwt132.00–147.0052631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421136.25/cwt131.00–142.0057449
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421123.54/cwt119.00–134.0052021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476120.26/cwt115.00–127.0057236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478135.96/cwt129.00–142.00650106
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524122.06/cwt116.00–127.0064014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531135.25/cwt130.00–139.0071860
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569133.10/cwt128.00–142.0075782
Heifers—Medium and Large 2571121.37/cwt119.00–123.006935
Heifers—Medium and Large 2621119.24/cwt116.00–122.0074011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622133.28/cwt124.00–139.0082965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660122.26/cwt118.00–125.008074
Heifers—Medium and Large 2680109.00/cwt109.00–109.007411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720119.47/cwt111.00–123.0086013
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1317157.98/cwt150.00–165.005017
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325146.00/cwt146.00–146.004752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2361130.43/cwt126.00–141.004719
Bulls—Medium and Large 1381150.84/cwt146.00–161.005759
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416150.95/cwt143.00–157.0062811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425126.39/cwt116.00–130.005376
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468136.18/cwt130.00–144.0063728
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478124.04/cwt121.00–126.005935
Bulls—Medium and Large 2513117.93/cwt113.00–122.006053
Bulls—Medium and Large 1516133.00/cwt128.00–139.006868
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575130.25/cwt128.00–140.0074915
Bulls—Medium and Large 2579119.52/cwt118.00–121.006926
Bulls—Medium and Large 1622123.21/cwt116.00–126.0076614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1669117.87/cwt115.00–125.0078910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1713118.14/cwt109.00–120.008426
Bulls—Medium and Large 2760101.00/cwt101.00–101.007681
Bulls—Medium and Large 1775102.00/cwt102.00–102.007912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1823104.50/cwt104.00–105.008602
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41176.87/cwt70.00–82.001,0854
Bulls——1,73589.67/cwt88.00–92.001,5565
Bulls——1,79185.27/cwt84.00–87.001,5277
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07254.38/cwt52.00–58.0058336
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08167.13/cwt65.00–71.007268
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09361.30/cwt60.00–63.006707
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17758.63/cwt56.00–59.006908
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20862.84/cwt61.00–65.0075924
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21367.57/cwt66.00–70.008209
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35460.75/cwt60.00–61.008234
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41364.08/cwt63.00–65.0090512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43267.44/cwt66.00–70.009667
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,055810.00/cwt810.00–810.008,5461
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,119999.83/cwt925.00–1,075.0011,1884
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,146902.81/cwt825.00–950.0010,3464
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1601,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0012,1801
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29151,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0010,2941
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2071,021.47/cwt935.00–1,075.0012,3293

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.