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McAlester Union Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McAlester, Oklahoma · Tue, Sep 16
● Final114 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1827
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,200 head
▼ 150 vs last sale 1,350▲ 125 vs year ago 1,075 · +11.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 151▼ 9 vs year ago 119 · −7.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 49▲ 44 vs year ago 11 · +400.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves under 500 lbs. 12.00+ lower, over 500 lbs. 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 5.00 to 11.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Quality was average over-all, some groups of vary attractive calves. Slaughter cows ; Breakers 7.00 higher; Boners and Leans 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls; 13.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $398.40/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 14 of 35 comparable sales and sits −23.27 against this barn's trailing median of $421.67.
Average price
$398.40
96 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,221
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$329
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$50.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.05
vs OK average
−6.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559404.192,25985
Medium and Large 2546353.641,93011thin
One grade step is worth $50.55/cwt here — about $329 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale96 hd
398.40
—
OK average6 barns · 1,591 hd
413.45
−15.05
National average165 barns · 10,728 hd
404.64
−6.24
This barn, trailing median35 sales
421.67
−23.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

35 sales
507449390331median 421.6703/0304/2807/0709/0811/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.25, low $345.40, median $421.67 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,732188.053,25712
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,417167.812,3778thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,231166.922,05526
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,073154.381,65622

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)905$3,2001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,043$2,7234thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,233$2,7007
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,263$2,66318
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,160$3,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,263$3,47212

Every lot

114 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310418.68/cwt418.00–420.001,2983
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned340415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,4111
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368462.35/cwt414.00–540.001,7015
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned372427.85/cwt415.00–440.001,5925
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,2011
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned419443.67/cwt428.00–457.001,8595
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2420415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7431
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423452.10/cwt425.00–470.001,91214
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned469437.30/cwt420.00–461.002,0516
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned475337.66/cwt312.00–365.001,6042
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483438.86/cwt420.00–455.002,12022
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485330.62/cwt300.00–360.001,6042
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned500300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned518408.91/cwt403.00–415.002,1184
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534414.71/cwt400.00–430.002,21519
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2539387.52/cwt363.00–401.002,0896
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned550311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,7111
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569400.99/cwt345.00–415.002,28258
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned571395.94/cwt391.00–401.002,2614
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573317.98/cwt314.00–320.001,8223
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned618344.82/cwt330.00–350.002,1314
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626401.98/cwt390.00–420.002,51630
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627308.75/cwt231.00–350.001,9369
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664389.55/cwt383.00–395.002,5874
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned666347.94/cwt343.00–353.002,3174
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720385.19/cwt375.00–395.002,77320
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2728267.31/cwt210.00–303.001,9465
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769346.40/cwt341.00–355.002,6646
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805343.74/cwt338.00–355.002,7673
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875335.89/cwt328.00–342.002,93948
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1999309.00/cwt309.00–309.003,08718
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned315431.37/cwt423.00–440.001,3599
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318454.30/cwt447.00–460.001,4457
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned335344.05/cwt290.00–363.001,1534
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369432.78/cwt425.00–450.001,5974
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned376363.06/cwt303.00–392.001,3657
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned380438.40/cwt425.00–450.001,6669
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383288.39/cwt276.00–300.001,1052
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned413423.20/cwt405.00–430.001,74813
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2413352.25/cwt335.00–373.001,4553
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418444.20/cwt433.00–450.001,85713
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned434315.85/cwt251.00–365.001,3719
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned472378.21/cwt368.00–386.001,78520
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned480325.56/cwt303.00–343.001,5634
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482365.21/cwt358.00–375.001,76015
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490329.95/cwt320.00–335.001,6173
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned519337.57/cwt325.00–347.001,75218
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522371.69/cwt363.00–380.001,94032
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522328.50/cwt305.00–350.001,7158
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned563350.15/cwt343.00–360.001,97112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570298.84/cwt273.00–330.001,70314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576351.95/cwt343.00–365.002,02735
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned577303.29/cwt300.00–310.001,7503
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned600309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,8541
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621352.58/cwt341.00–363.002,19030
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627288.03/cwt240.00–339.001,80612
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670279.61/cwt267.00–293.001,8732
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671360.91/cwt348.00–365.002,4227
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned680294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,9991
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,9521
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717317.36/cwt310.00–322.002,2754
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned765243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,8591
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1833266.44/cwt261.00–270.002,2195
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1878246.03/cwt243.00–249.002,1602
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1925189.10/cwt183.00–195.001,7492
Heifers4900–4950Medium and Large 14,910350.00/cwt350.00–350.0017,1851
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned319412.48/cwt365.00–450.001,3169
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320520.31/cwt510.00–525.001,6653
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned329497.72/cwt485.00–520.001,63714
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377451.22/cwt405.00–480.001,7013
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned381362.10/cwt320.00–400.001,3804
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned382484.02/cwt468.00–505.001,84914
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418457.49/cwt414.00–495.001,9123
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned421357.62/cwt295.00–395.001,5069
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned432442.82/cwt418.00–465.001,91319
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1458383.72/cwt379.00–393.001,7576
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned467425.29/cwt403.00–435.001,98625
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned477337.80/cwt311.00–373.001,6118
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1508378.92/cwt363.00–395.001,9252
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned520324.17/cwt315.00–333.001,6862
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned527382.94/cwt360.00–398.002,01815
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574375.98/cwt350.00–395.002,15812
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned576346.05/cwt335.00–355.001,9934
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned621312.71/cwt305.00–330.001,94211
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624334.43/cwt323.00–345.002,0879
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2640273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,7471
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned670333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,2311
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680284.29/cwt278.00–300.001,9337
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2693240.89/cwt210.00–272.001,6692
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1712291.99/cwt290.00–293.002,0793
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1775254.39/cwt249.00–260.001,9722
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1822353.95/cwt350.00–357.002,9093
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1866357.99/cwt355.00–361.003,1006
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1912236.69/cwt235.00–240.002,1593
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1960208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,9971
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,487176.10/cwt174.00–177.002,6193
Bulls——1,798190.78/cwt188.00–193.003,4308
Bulls——1,940202.00/cwt202.00–202.003,9191
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,061142.98/cwt140.00–145.001,5174
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070163.04/cwt160.00–165.001,7459
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,081150.79/cwt149.00–154.001,6309
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,221174.88/cwt173.00–177.002,1358
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,226156.27/cwt154.00–159.001,9168
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,244169.07/cwt166.00–171.002,10310
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,416163.44/cwt161.00–165.002,3145
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,418175.10/cwt174.00–177.002,4833
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1603,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2553,422.01/head2,400.00–3,900.003,4226
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2583,566.41/head2,500.00–3,950.003,5665
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3353,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29053,200.00/head3,200.00–3,200.003,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0432,722.93/head1,900.00–3,675.002,7234
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2332,700.13/head2,400.00–2,875.002,7007
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2632,663.46/head2,250.00–3,000.002,66318

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.