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McAlester Union Stockyards

Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McAlester, Oklahoma · Tue, Nov 30

● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1827

← Nov 16Nov 30Dec 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,000 head

▼ 400 vs last sale 2,400▼ 350 vs year ago 2,350 · −14.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

334 head

▲ 39 vs last sale 295▲ 97 vs year ago 237 · +40.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

51 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 45▲ 28 vs year ago 23 · +121.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago; Steer calves 7.00 to 9.00 higher, some 16.00 higher. Heifer calves 9.00 to 11.00 higher, some 14.00 higher. Demand was very good. Quality was average through attractive. Slaughter cows 9.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. A total of 385 cows and bulls sold with 84 percent going to packers.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.24/cwt on 531 head.

Average price

$173.24

531 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$18.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.59

vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	179.41	976	358
Medium and Large 2	510	160.47	819	173

One grade step is worth $18.95/cwt here — about $158 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 sale531 hd

173.24

—

OK average4 barns · 11,226 hd

169.65

+3.59

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	1,608	74.04	1,190	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,473	65.57	966	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,199	60.88	730	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,076	55.05	593	46

Every lot

90 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	317	169.19/cwt	153.00–189.00	536	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	322	218.25/cwt	200.00–230.00	703	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	377	182.79/cwt	166.00–193.00	689	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	212.30/cwt	210.00–220.00	813	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	205.11/cwt	199.00–215.00	880	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	169.95/cwt	152.00–194.00	731	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	196.59/cwt	190.00–207.00	922	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	472	178.29/cwt	170.00–185.00	842	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	484	164.11/cwt	147.00–185.00	794	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	156.30/cwt	143.00–172.00	824	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	180.26/cwt	177.00–191.00	961	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	150.15/cwt	146.00–161.00	848	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	173.30/cwt	166.00–179.00	998	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	168.19/cwt	162.00–175.00	1,029	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	621	150.96/cwt	140.00–160.00	937	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	153.34/cwt	146.00–159.00	1,024	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	673	135.49/cwt	122.00–144.00	912	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	710	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	902	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	147.23/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,048	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	144.35/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,093	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	795	129.50/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,030	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	138.57/cwt	121.00–143.00	1,121	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	887	124.34/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,103	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	312	148.41/cwt	140.00–166.00	463	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	173.67/cwt	166.00–179.00	566	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	351	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	530	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	175.52/cwt	170.00–185.00	655	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	374	153.51/cwt	140.00–169.00	574	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	169.86/cwt	166.00–180.00	717	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	424	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	644	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	426	152.65/cwt	138.00–165.00	650	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	162.04/cwt	155.00–167.00	765	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	146.35/cwt	138.00–154.00	701	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	146.81/cwt	143.00–152.00	766	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	531	137.14/cwt	130.00–140.00	728	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	140.81/cwt	135.00–149.00	812	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	581	135.30/cwt	122.00–143.00	786	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	135.01/cwt	125.00–139.00	836	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	630	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	706	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	132.03/cwt	128.00–136.00	883	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	670	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	737	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	921	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	929	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	114.01/cwt	110.00–119.00	937	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	969	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,017	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	316	212.56/cwt	198.00–225.00	672	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	324	172.05/cwt	161.00–190.00	557	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	374	207.99/cwt	197.00–215.00	778	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	379	180.27/cwt	160.00–191.00	683	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	423	195.30/cwt	188.00–203.00	826	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	438	167.59/cwt	151.00–174.00	734	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	447	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	822	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	484	191.89/cwt	188.00–201.00	929	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	485	169.85/cwt	160.00–174.00	824	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	518	169.55/cwt	167.00–180.00	878	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	526	154.46/cwt	142.00–159.00	812	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	576	159.05/cwt	153.00–178.00	916	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	578	145.67/cwt	143.00–150.00	842	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	588	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	853	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	616	148.35/cwt	146.00–150.00	914	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	636	133.44/cwt	132.00–138.00	849	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	688	134.98/cwt	130.00–140.00	929	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	723	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,048	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	752	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,045	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	755	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	846	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	830	115.34/cwt	113.00–117.00	957	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,540	68.38/cwt	67.00–71.00	1,053	9
Bulls	—	—	1,573	76.46/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,203	5
Bulls	—	—	1,764	81.79/cwt	81.00–84.00	1,443	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,058	50.65/cwt	49.00–54.00	536	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,076	63.79/cwt	60.00–65.00	686	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,097	56.05/cwt	55.00–59.00	615	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,188	58.44/cwt	57.00–61.00	694	34
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,223	64.24/cwt	62.00–66.00	786	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,229	69.66/cwt	67.00–71.00	856	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,418	61.36/cwt	59.00–64.00	870	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,489	67.17/cwt	65.00–69.00	1,000	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,579	72.57/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,146	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,067	850.00/cwt	725.00–925.00	9,070	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,213	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,007	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	933	812.84/cwt	710.00–925.00	7,584	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	890.48/cwt	850.00–925.00	8,415	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,005	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,055	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,087	830.28/cwt	760.00–925.00	9,025	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,110	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	12,488	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,128	743.64/cwt	625.00–825.00	8,388	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,140	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	13,965	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,159	1,159.62/cwt	1,025.00–1,225.00	13,440	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,248	814.88/cwt	750.00–875.00	10,170	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,293	987.04/cwt	975.00–1,000.00	12,762	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 Nov 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,000Last week 2,400Year ago 2,350

Slaughter CattleReceipts 334Last week 295Year ago 237

Replacement CattleReceipts 51Last week 45Year ago 23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	112.00	112.00
40	—	426	138.00–165.00	152.65
26	—	531	130.00–140.00	137.14
1	—	670	110.00	110.00
15	—	581	122.00–143.00	135.30
10	—	312	140.00–166.00	148.41
33	—	479	138.00–154.00	146.35
27	—	374	140.00–169.00	153.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	373	170.00–185.00	175.52
4	—	969	105.00	105.00
65	—	577	135.00–149.00	140.81
62	—	522	143.00–152.00	146.81
62	—	472	155.00–167.00	162.04
1	—	725	127.00	127.00
42	—	619	125.00–139.00	135.01
28	—	422	166.00–180.00	169.86
23	—	326	166.00–179.00	173.67
15	—	669	128.00–136.00	132.03
5	—	822	110.00–119.00	114.01
1	—	755	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	351	151.00	151.00
5	—	424	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	145.00	145.00
23	—	316	198.00–225.00	212.56
23	—	576	153.00–178.00	159.05
3	—	752	139.00	139.00
3	—	830	113.00–117.00	115.34
6	—	616	146.00–150.00	148.35
8	—	484	188.00–201.00	191.89
14	—	518	167.00–180.00	169.55
17	—	423	188.00–203.00	195.30
22	—	374	197.00–215.00	207.99
2	—	688	130.00–140.00	134.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	112.00	112.00
6	—	578	143.00–150.00	145.67
11	—	324	161.00–190.00	172.05
4	—	636	132.00–138.00	133.44
8	—	485	160.00–174.00	169.85
9	—	438	151.00–174.00	167.59
9	—	526	142.00–159.00	154.46
18	—	379	160.00–191.00	180.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	447	184.00	184.00
4	—	588	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	469	190.00–207.00	196.59
20	—	383	210.00–220.00	212.30
5	—	809	121.00–143.00	138.57
26	—	322	200.00–230.00	218.25
36	—	668	146.00–159.00	153.34
3	—	887	123.00–125.00	124.34
26	—	429	199.00–215.00	205.11
34	—	712	143.00–150.00	147.23
7	—	757	135.00–146.00	144.35
51	—	612	162.00–175.00	168.19
40	—	576	166.00–179.00	173.30
23	—	533	177.00–191.00	180.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	673	122.00–144.00	135.49
12	—	565	146.00–161.00	150.15
26	—	484	147.00–185.00	164.11
28	—	430	152.00–194.00	169.95
1	—	710	127.00	127.00
42	—	621	140.00–160.00	150.96
17	—	377	166.00–193.00	182.79
10	—	317	153.00–189.00	169.19
2	—	795	128.00–131.00	129.50
32	—	527	143.00–172.00	156.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	472	170.00–185.00	178.29

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,067	725.00–925.00	850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,213	825.00	825.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,248	750.00–875.00	814.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,087	760.00–925.00	830.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	933	710.00–925.00	812.84
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,293	975.00–1,000.00	987.04
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	945	850.00–925.00	890.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,128	625.00–825.00	743.64

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,159	1,025.00–1,225.00	1,159.62
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,125.00	1,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,225.00	1,225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,540	67.00–71.00	68.38
5	—	1,573	75.00–79.00	76.46
5	—	1,764	81.00–84.00	81.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,229	67.00–71.00	69.66
9	—	1,223	62.00–66.00	64.24
34	—	1,188	57.00–61.00	58.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,076	60.00–65.00	63.79
20	—	1,058	49.00–54.00	50.65
18	—	1,097	55.00–59.00	56.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,489	65.00–69.00	67.17
6	—	1,579	71.00–75.00	72.57
18	—	1,418	59.00–64.00	61.36

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.