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McAlester Union Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · McAlester, Oklahoma · Tue, Nov 11
● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1827
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,600 head
▲ 860 vs last sale 740▼ 350 vs year ago 1,950 · −17.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
163 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 97▲ 39 vs year ago 124 · +31.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 48▲ 71 vs year ago 26 · +273.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 18+ higher. Heifer calves 6.00 to 13.00 higher. Quality was mostly attractive with large groups of QBN calves. Demand was very good. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 9.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 11.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $389.27/cwt on 153 head. That ranks 12 of 35 comparable sales and sits −32.40 against this barn's trailing median of $421.67.
Average price
$389.27
153 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,164
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.23
vs OK average
−35.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555399.262,214116
Medium and Large 2561357.922,00637
One grade step is worth $41.35/cwt here — about $208 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 sale153 hd
389.27
—
OK average6 barns · 1,213 hd
398.50
−9.23
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−35.60
This barn, trailing median35 sales
421.67
−32.40
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—Average1,757181.183,18317
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,502156.952,35727
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,227150.711,84924
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,069149.261,59632

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,215$2,7683thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)993$2,6127
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,209$2,45612
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,215$2,40745
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,184$2,3746
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,022$2,3734thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)983$2,2893thin

Every lot

106 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318438.86/cwt402.00–475.001,3966
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned328380.18/cwt371.00–393.001,2474
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1332527.95/cwt515.00–545.001,75322
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370498.94/cwt488.00–510.001,84630
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned373450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6791
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2383419.03/cwt418.00–420.001,6052
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426412.07/cwt387.00–435.001,7559
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427464.63/cwt441.00–493.001,98453
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned430420.54/cwt417.00–424.001,8082
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned470349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,6401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472428.10/cwt411.00–445.002,02140
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2484375.16/cwt335.00–405.001,8167
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy506450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2774
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527404.32/cwt391.00–420.002,13149
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2532359.97/cwt340.00–385.001,91514
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2578356.67/cwt309.00–379.002,06223
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579392.11/cwt380.00–415.002,27063
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1607381.64/cwt370.00–387.002,31742
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned622375.11/cwt355.00–385.002,3333
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2624325.67/cwt263.00–350.002,03211
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned658360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3693
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666365.48/cwt358.00–380.002,43484
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2671337.12/cwt267.00–355.002,26210
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2700305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1351
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715348.59/cwt345.00–361.002,49223
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765352.11/cwt335.00–358.002,69458
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1833304.00/cwt303.00–305.002,5322
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1863317.39/cwt295.00–326.002,7396
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2890250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2251
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1955293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,7982
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321463.14/cwt453.00–480.001,48720
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2324343.63/cwt313.00–373.001,11310
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned335333.43/cwt320.00–345.001,1174
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned371434.42/cwt430.00–441.001,6125
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Gaunt375414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,5532
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381435.18/cwt425.00–450.001,65834
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390403.00/cwt403.00–403.001,5721
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414424.66/cwt403.00–445.001,75843
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned420387.91/cwt360.00–413.001,6295
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427372.55/cwt325.00–435.001,59116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned435340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4791
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned467351.69/cwt342.00–356.001,6424
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473315.26/cwt290.00–347.001,4914
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477376.10/cwt359.00–395.001,79444
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned510295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5051
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524348.12/cwt335.00–358.001,82456
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525315.27/cwt296.00–328.001,6557
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573343.78/cwt308.00–359.001,97083
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573307.14/cwt242.00–331.001,7606
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621341.98/cwt310.00–360.002,12473
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2632273.60/cwt230.00–296.001,7294
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1677317.07/cwt303.00–331.002,14736
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy705420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,96114
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713313.50/cwt283.00–329.002,23527
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1777284.59/cwt260.00–305.002,2113
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1817302.41/cwt295.00–306.002,4713
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned318462.16/cwt440.00–482.001,4702
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323507.90/cwt498.00–545.001,6417
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4401
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned370300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1101
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1381493.28/cwt480.00–510.001,8794
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned383417.24/cwt403.00–434.001,5985
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned408303.04/cwt301.00–305.001,2362
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned415425.76/cwt424.00–430.001,7675
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424474.08/cwt419.00–493.002,0106
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1488385.52/cwt360.00–395.001,8817
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned490335.08/cwt327.00–351.001,6423
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513429.54/cwt423.00–442.002,2043
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned523378.91/cwt373.00–389.001,9823
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned528307.48/cwt273.00–341.001,6232
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,9241
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1571365.16/cwt355.00–373.002,0858
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575340.67/cwt340.00–341.001,9593
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned587294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,7263
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,2441
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned633331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,0952
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2730233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,7011
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1731294.91/cwt290.00–305.002,1566
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770267.35/cwt260.00–275.002,0592
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,4501
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1925242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,2391
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1970233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,2601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,586173.76/cwt172.00–177.002,7569
Bulls——1,923186.71/cwt184.00–189.003,5905
Bulls——1,993194.22/cwt191.00–196.003,8713
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,066153.38/cwt151.00–156.001,6358
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068145.07/cwt142.00–147.001,54920
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080161.94/cwt160.00–164.001,7494
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,201159.00/cwt156.00–161.001,9104
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225152.38/cwt150.00–155.001,86713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,246142.86/cwt141.00–145.001,7807
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,446157.46/cwt154.00–160.002,2778
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,486145.73/cwt144.00–149.002,1669
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,561166.63/cwt164.00–168.002,60110
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28602,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29801,953.83/head1,900.00–2,000.001,9542
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0462,837.33/head2,400.00–3,450.002,8375
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0632,792.24/head2,500.00–3,100.002,7922
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1451,794.92/head1,425.00–2,100.001,7952
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2042,664.23/head2,225.00–3,000.002,6644
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2052,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2092,455.96/head1,800.00–2,900.002,45612
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2152,407.44/head2,000.00–3,150.002,40745
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2203,101.84/head3,050.00–3,150.003,1022
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29401,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0052,558.71/head2,300.00–2,800.002,5592

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.