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McAlester Union Stockyards

Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McAlester, Oklahoma · Tue, Oct 7

● Final101 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1827

← Sep 30Oct 7Oct 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

850 head

▼ 50 vs last sale 900▼ 250 vs year ago 1,100 · −22.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

134 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 125▼ 48 vs year ago 182 · −26.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

31 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 25▼ 7 vs year ago 38 · −18.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves under 550 lbs. 11.00 lower, over 550 lbs. 14.00 higher. Heifer calves 8.00 to 15.00 lower. Quality was average. Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cows; 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls; 2.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $356.10/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 10 of 35 comparable sales and sits −36.54 against this barn's trailing median of $392.64.

Average price

$356.10

74 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,925

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$31.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.94

vs OK average

−28.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	359.90	1,946	65
Medium and Large 2	539	328.66	1,771	9thin

One grade step is worth $31.24/cwt here — about $175 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 sale74 hd

356.10

—

OK average6 barns · 1,026 hd

360.04

−3.94

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

−28.29

This barn, trailing median35 sales

392.64

−36.54

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $427.45, low $320.69, median $392.64 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,672	190.42	3,183	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,432	163.32	2,339	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,203	159.04	1,913	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,065	153.07	1,631	23

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,112	$3,108	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,205	$3,000	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,258	$2,819	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,225	$2,483	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,178	$2,469	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,202	$2,343	6

Every lot

101 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	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	958	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	318	452.60/cwt	420.00–489.00	1,439	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	483.70/cwt	460.00–488.00	1,553	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	470.57/cwt	423.00–524.00	1,746	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	405	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,758	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	449.99/cwt	442.00–473.00	1,899	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,329	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	432.43/cwt	428.00–437.00	2,045	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	485	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,276	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	392.05/cwt	387.00–397.00	1,921	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	413.92/cwt	403.00–427.00	2,041	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	402.20/cwt	392.00–416.00	2,087	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	354.88/cwt	310.00–371.00	1,867	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	374.47/cwt	368.00–381.00	1,977	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	392.21/cwt	379.00–397.00	2,259	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	362.39/cwt	343.00–375.00	2,095	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,213	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	389.68/cwt	380.00–396.00	2,463	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,965	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	672	327.55/cwt	304.00–350.00	2,201	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	383.88/cwt	377.00–391.00	2,587	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	362.30/cwt	356.00–371.00	2,656	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	312.00/cwt	303.00–321.00	2,324	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	352.50/cwt	341.00–357.00	2,767	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	336.44/cwt	330.00–343.00	2,769	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	320.44/cwt	312.00–330.00	1,025	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	446.54/cwt	432.00–465.00	1,460	22
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	332	456.82/cwt	447.00–470.00	1,517	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	367	428.14/cwt	411.00–445.00	1,571	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	371	347.12/cwt	300.00–387.00	1,288	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	372	367.78/cwt	348.00–393.00	1,368	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	468.87/cwt	461.00–481.00	1,754	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	406	411.86/cwt	405.00–421.00	1,672	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	414.33/cwt	405.00–429.00	1,753	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	429	343.22/cwt	301.00–376.00	1,472	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	374.29/cwt	352.00–397.00	1,624	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	463	380.95/cwt	375.00–392.00	1,764	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	397.97/cwt	390.00–414.00	1,878	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	363.29/cwt	346.00–378.00	1,726	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	475	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,439	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	524	359.35/cwt	347.00–365.00	1,883	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	525	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,696	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	335.88/cwt	312.00–351.00	1,767	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	365.89/cwt	361.00–380.00	1,954	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	560	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,921	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	318.50/cwt	312.00–331.00	1,800	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	350.49/cwt	343.00–358.00	1,991	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	321.84/cwt	301.00–335.00	2,011	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	351.12/cwt	342.00–361.00	2,205	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	340.22/cwt	336.00–354.00	2,283	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	309.08/cwt	306.00–312.00	2,080	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	321.29/cwt	307.00–329.00	2,323	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,393	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,673	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	315	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,282	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	459.86/cwt	435.00–474.00	1,522	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	332	479.55/cwt	454.00–512.00	1,592	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	368.90/cwt	326.00–391.00	1,228	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	367	416.54/cwt	370.00–473.00	1,529	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	401.14/cwt	391.00–412.00	1,476	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	379	488.91/cwt	483.00–512.00	1,853	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	485.09/cwt	475.00–494.00	1,902	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	411	472.89/cwt	465.00–484.00	1,944	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	420	405.21/cwt	383.00–427.00	1,702	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	446.65/cwt	427.00–460.00	1,898	17
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	370.44/cwt	362.00–383.00	1,619	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	465	377.26/cwt	371.00–389.00	1,754	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	471	407.85/cwt	401.00–427.00	1,921	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	432.64/cwt	415.00–453.00	2,046	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	380.58/cwt	355.00–403.00	1,819	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	526	305.63/cwt	301.00–312.00	1,608	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	358.27/cwt	340.00–377.00	1,920	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	563	362.43/cwt	353.00–371.00	2,040	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	353.80/cwt	323.00–369.00	2,024	23
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	608	259.68/cwt	253.00–263.00	1,579	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	336.44/cwt	328.00–345.00	2,066	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	622	307.16/cwt	298.00–312.00	1,911	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,894	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	362.82/cwt	353.00–372.00	2,442	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	282.88/cwt	271.00–293.00	2,074	9
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	260.94/cwt	249.00–267.00	2,054	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	259.88/cwt	255.00–265.00	2,131	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,179	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,610	177.05/cwt	176.00–178.00	2,851	2
Bulls	—	—	1,660	205.59/cwt	204.00–208.00	3,413	2
Bulls	—	—	1,708	189.51/cwt	188.00–191.00	3,237	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,045	162.79/cwt	161.00–165.00	1,701	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,068	171.95/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,836	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,073	136.63/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,466	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,197	163.71/cwt	156.00–169.00	1,960	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,199	152.26/cwt	149.00–154.00	1,826	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	172.43/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,104	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,369	157.31/cwt	155.00–160.00	2,154	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,479	165.88/cwt	163.00–169.00	2,453	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,504	174.96/cwt	172.00–177.00	2,631	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,112	3,108.25/head	2,750.00–3,400.00	3,108	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,178	2,468.95/head	2,200.00–2,850.00	2,469	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,202	2,342.98/head	1,800.00–2,725.00	2,343	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,205	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,225	2,482.94/head	1,625.00–2,850.00	2,483	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,258	2,818.59/head	2,300.00–3,225.00	2,819	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 →

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Feeder CattleReceipts 850Last week 900Year ago 1,100

Slaughter CattleReceipts 134Last week 125Year ago 182

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 25Year ago 38

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,202	1,800.00–2,725.00	2,342.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,112	2,750.00–3,400.00	3,108.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,205	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,178	2,200.00–2,850.00	2,468.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,258	2,300.00–3,225.00	2,818.59
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,225	1,625.00–2,850.00	2,482.94

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	304.00	304.00
1	400–450	430	309.00	309.00
2	450–500	490	387.00–397.00	392.05
8	500–550	526	310.00–371.00	354.88
10	550–600	578	343.00–375.00	362.39
1	600–650	640	307.00	307.00
3	650–700	672	304.00–350.00	327.55
2	700–750	745	303.00–321.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	321	460.00–488.00	483.70
12	350–400	371	423.00–524.00	470.57
17	400–450	422	442.00–473.00	449.99
17	450–500	493	403.00–427.00	413.92
36	500–550	519	392.00–416.00	402.20
44	550–600	576	379.00–397.00	392.21
7	600–650	632	380.00–396.00	389.68
17	650–700	674	377.00–391.00	383.88
6	700–750	733	356.00–371.00	362.30
4	750–800	785	341.00–357.00	352.50
2	800–850	823	330.00–343.00	336.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	420.00–489.00	452.60
1	400–450	405	434.00	434.00
2	450–500	473	428.00–437.00	432.43
2	500–550	528	368.00–381.00	374.47
2	600–650	620	357.00	357.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	312.00–330.00	320.44
7	350–400	371	300.00–387.00	347.12
9	400–450	434	352.00–397.00	374.29
10	450–500	475	346.00–378.00	363.29
5	500–550	526	312.00–351.00	335.88
3	550–600	565	312.00–331.00	318.50
7	600–650	625	301.00–335.00	321.84
2	650–700	673	306.00–312.00	309.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	447.00–470.00	456.82
11	350–400	367	411.00–445.00	428.14
8	400–450	406	405.00–421.00	411.86
5	450–500	463	375.00–392.00	380.95
16	500–550	524	347.00–365.00	359.35
1	550–600	560	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	327	432.00–465.00	446.54
7	350–400	374	461.00–481.00	468.87
11	400–450	423	405.00–429.00	414.33
41	450–500	472	390.00–414.00	397.97
31	500–550	534	361.00–380.00	365.89
17	550–600	568	343.00–358.00	350.49
19	600–650	628	342.00–361.00	351.12
9	650–700	671	336.00–354.00	340.22
8	700–750	723	307.00–329.00	321.29
1	750–800	750	319.00	319.00
1	900–950	900	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	348.00–393.00	367.78
4	400–450	429	301.00–376.00	343.22
1	450–500	475	303.00	303.00
1	500–550	525	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	454.00–512.00	479.55
5	350–400	379	483.00–512.00	488.91
8	400–450	411	465.00–484.00	472.89
4	450–500	471	401.00–427.00	407.85
4	500–550	526	301.00–312.00	305.63
3	550–600	563	353.00–371.00	362.43
3	600–650	622	298.00–312.00	307.16
3	650–700	653	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	331	435.00–474.00	459.86
3	350–400	392	475.00–494.00	485.09
17	400–450	425	427.00–460.00	446.65
15	450–500	473	415.00–453.00	432.64
13	500–550	536	340.00–377.00	358.27
23	550–600	572	323.00–369.00	353.80
9	600–650	614	328.00–345.00	336.44
2	650–700	673	353.00–372.00	362.82
9	700–750	733	271.00–293.00	282.88
3	750–800	787	249.00–267.00	260.94
2	800–850	820	255.00–265.00	259.88
1	850–900	875	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	326.00–391.00	368.90
2	350–400	368	391.00–412.00	401.14
7	400–450	437	362.00–383.00	370.44
5	450–500	478	355.00–403.00	380.58
3	600–650	608	253.00–263.00	259.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	407.00	407.00
3	350–400	367	370.00–473.00	416.54
4	400–450	420	383.00–427.00	405.21
3	450–500	465	371.00–389.00	377.26

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,504	172.00–177.00	174.96
12	—	1,369	155.00–160.00	157.31
10	—	1,479	163.00–169.00	165.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,199	149.00–154.00	152.26
9	—	1,220	170.00–175.00	172.43
9	—	1,197	156.00–169.00	163.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,045	161.00–165.00	162.79
11	—	1,073	135.00–138.00	136.63
7	—	1,068	170.00–175.00	171.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,660	204.00–208.00	205.59
4	—	1,708	188.00–191.00	189.51
2	—	1,610	176.00–178.00	177.05

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.