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McAlester Union Stockyards

Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McAlester, Oklahoma · Tue, Nov 2

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1827

← Oct 26Nov 2Nov 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,800 head

▼ 100 vs last sale 1,900▲ 450 vs year ago 1,350 · +33.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

320 head

▲ 59 vs last sale 261▲ 73 vs year ago 247 · +29.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

65 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 64▲ 12 vs year ago 53 · +22.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 6.00 to 14.00 higher. Heifer calves under 450 lbs. 3.00 to 7.00 higher, over 450 lbs. 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand was vary good for steer calves, moderate for heifer calves. Quality mostly attractive. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. A total of 385 cows and bulls sold with 79 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 $131.65/cwt on 416 head.

Average price

$131.65

416 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$639

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$10.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.81

vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	498	134.66	671	298
Medium and Large 2	453	124.07	562	118

One grade step is worth $10.59/cwt here — about $109 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 sale416 hd

131.65

—

OK average7 barns · 7,518 hd

142.46

−10.81

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	1,607	76.38	1,227	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	61.66	888	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,203	56.56	680	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,071	55.24	592	34

Every lot

87 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	207.43/cwt	193.00–213.00	691	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	343	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	563	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	196.97/cwt	185.00–201.00	717	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	389	174.03/cwt	162.00–183.00	677	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	416	157.25/cwt	151.00–171.00	654	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	177.93/cwt	167.00–181.00	765	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	166.44/cwt	163.00–178.00	799	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	481	151.48/cwt	142.00–158.00	729	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	168.95/cwt	156.00–170.00	885	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	150.99/cwt	140.00–158.00	793	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	564	140.77/cwt	130.00–147.00	794	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	155.63/cwt	150.00–164.00	893	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	145.26/cwt	138.00–150.00	909	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	635	128.34/cwt	122.00–137.00	815	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	145.72/cwt	136.00–150.00	973	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	676	133.54/cwt	127.00–137.00	903	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	132.99/cwt	125.00–138.00	959	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	735	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	889	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	138.80/cwt	129.00–143.00	1,052	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	765	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	933	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	134.08/cwt	124.00–138.00	1,094	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	825	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,007	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,099	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	111.44/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,020	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	958	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,169	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	320	135.52/cwt	130.00–142.00	434	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	151.79/cwt	143.00–158.00	496	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	143.10/cwt	138.00–152.00	537	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	130.85/cwt	124.00–137.00	497	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	124.85/cwt	120.00–131.00	527	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	140.55/cwt	130.00–144.00	599	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	469	123.88/cwt	116.00–131.00	581	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	136.22/cwt	127.00–140.00	651	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	516	118.74/cwt	111.00–123.00	613	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	130.69/cwt	122.00–136.00	684	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	112.90/cwt	108.00–118.00	641	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	127.50/cwt	120.00–133.00	728	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	617	113.80/cwt	110.00–118.00	702	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	128.18/cwt	119.00–132.00	800	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	119.92/cwt	111.00–125.00	791	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	675	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	743	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	118.49/cwt	116.00–120.00	858	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	859	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	808	112.50/cwt	112.00–113.00	909	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	322	194.55/cwt	189.00–201.00	626	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	330	173.98/cwt	165.00–178.00	574	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	371	190.50/cwt	180.00–205.00	707	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	374	162.20/cwt	160.00–170.00	607	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	413	177.75/cwt	167.00–181.00	734	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	429	155.65/cwt	145.00–165.00	668	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	470	164.04/cwt	159.00–172.00	771	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	485	146.84/cwt	142.00–154.00	712	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	517	140.20/cwt	134.00–142.00	725	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	527	150.26/cwt	145.00–159.00	792	31
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	567	137.40/cwt	134.00–141.00	779	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	580	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	650	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	616	136.39/cwt	127.00–141.00	840	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	626	118.21/cwt	109.00–123.00	740	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	665	131.78/cwt	127.00–141.00	876	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	690	120.50/cwt	119.00–122.00	831	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	714	123.12/cwt	118.00–133.00	879	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	725	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	812	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	756	120.16/cwt	115.00–128.00	908	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	870	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,001	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,460	70.71/cwt	58.00–74.00	1,032	10
Bulls	—	—	1,639	78.80/cwt	77.00–81.00	1,292	8
Bulls	—	—	1,758	83.58/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,469	2
Bulls	—	—	1,908	84.02/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,603	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,057	61.60/cwt	60.00–65.00	651	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,059	57.12/cwt	55.00–59.00	605	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,083	51.83/cwt	50.00–54.00	561	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,192	53.00/cwt	52.00–54.00	632	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,203	56.65/cwt	55.00–59.00	681	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,216	60.78/cwt	60.00–64.00	739	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,377	56.64/cwt	55.00–59.00	780	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	61.77/cwt	60.00–64.00	893	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,582	73.63/cwt	72.00–76.00	1,165	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	727.74/cwt	600.00–1,010.00	6,331	25
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,125	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,000	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,128	861.18/cwt	625.00–1,025.00	9,714	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,148	752.56/cwt	710.00–785.00	8,639	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,400	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	12,250	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	908	780.69/cwt	725.00–825.00	7,089	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	958	819.17/cwt	675.00–925.00	7,848	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,015	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,714	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,034	767.29/cwt	625.00–960.00	7,934	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,135	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,513	1

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 Nov 2, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,800Last week 1,900Year ago 1,350

Slaughter CattleReceipts 320Last week 261Year ago 247

Replacement CattleReceipts 65Last week 64Year ago 53

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,148	710.00–785.00	752.56
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	—	870	600.00–1,010.00	727.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,128	625.00–1,025.00	861.18

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	1	—	1,135	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	908	725.00–825.00	780.69
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	958	675.00–925.00	819.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,034	625.00–960.00	767.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	760.00	760.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	330	165.00–178.00	173.98
6	—	517	134.00–142.00	140.20
4	—	626	109.00–123.00	118.21
1	—	580	112.00	112.00
10	—	374	160.00–170.00	162.20
2	—	690	119.00–122.00	120.50
1	—	725	112.00	112.00
24	—	429	145.00–165.00	155.65
13	—	485	142.00–154.00	146.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	115.00	115.00
31	—	527	145.00–159.00	150.26
24	—	470	159.00–172.00	164.04
17	—	665	127.00–141.00	131.78
11	—	413	167.00–181.00	177.75
7	—	714	118.00–133.00	123.12
8	—	371	180.00–205.00	190.50
7	—	567	134.00–141.00	137.40
5	—	756	115.00–128.00	120.16
24	—	616	127.00–141.00	136.39
10	—	322	189.00–201.00	194.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	808	112.00–113.00	112.50
31	—	624	119.00–132.00	128.18
54	—	523	122.00–136.00	130.69
33	—	375	138.00–152.00	143.10
39	—	571	120.00–133.00	127.50
4	—	724	116.00–120.00	118.49
29	—	327	143.00–158.00	151.79
2	—	788	109.00	109.00
11	—	660	111.00–125.00	119.92
58	—	478	127.00–140.00	136.22
33	—	426	130.00–144.00	140.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	110.00	110.00
9	—	516	111.00–123.00	118.74
5	—	617	110.00–118.00	113.80
28	—	422	120.00–131.00	124.85
19	—	320	130.00–142.00	135.52
9	—	380	124.00–137.00	130.85
15	—	568	108.00–118.00	112.90
31	—	469	116.00–131.00	123.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	758	129.00–143.00	138.80
58	—	480	163.00–178.00	166.44
17	—	364	185.00–201.00	196.97
29	—	574	150.00–164.00	155.63
28	—	668	136.00–150.00	145.72
29	—	524	156.00–170.00	168.95
10	—	721	125.00–138.00	132.99
5	—	872	126.00	126.00
15	—	333	193.00–213.00	207.43
11	—	816	124.00–138.00	134.08
2	—	958	122.00	122.00
2	—	915	108.00–115.00	111.44
30	—	626	138.00–150.00	145.26
46	—	430	167.00–181.00	177.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	343	164.00	164.00
1	—	765	122.00	122.00
16	—	525	140.00–158.00	150.99
12	—	481	142.00–158.00	151.48
7	—	389	162.00–183.00	174.03
1	—	735	121.00	121.00
9	—	635	122.00–137.00	128.34
11	—	676	127.00–137.00	133.54
10	—	564	130.00–147.00	140.77
14	—	416	151.00–171.00	157.25
1	—	825	122.00	122.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,216	60.00–64.00	60.78
22	—	1,203	55.00–59.00	56.65
10	—	1,192	52.00–54.00	53.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,445	60.00–64.00	61.77
17	—	1,377	55.00–59.00	56.64
7	—	1,582	72.00–76.00	73.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,083	50.00–54.00	51.83
7	—	1,057	60.00–65.00	61.60
9	—	1,059	55.00–59.00	57.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,460	58.00–74.00	70.71
3	—	1,908	82.00–86.00	84.02
8	—	1,639	77.00–81.00	78.80
2	—	1,758	82.00–85.00	83.58

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.