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McAlester Union Stockyards

Name: McAlester Union Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · McAlester, Oklahoma · Tue, Mar 3

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1827

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Feeder Cattle receipts

450 head

▼ 350 vs last sale 800▼ 100 vs year ago 550 · −18.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

49 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 55▼ 32 vs year ago 81 · −39.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 7.00 20.00 lower. Heifer calves 20.00 to 25.00 lower. Quality--McAlester continues to have attractive groups of calves. Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cows; 5.00 to 12.00 higher. Slaughter bulls; 5.00 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 $413.30/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 29 of 35 comparable sales and sits +20.67 against this barn's trailing median of $392.64.

Average price

$413.30

34 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,265

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$44.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.84

vs OK average

−7.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	414.61	2,272	33
Medium and Large 2	550	370.00	2,035	1thin

One grade step is worth $44.61/cwt here — about $237 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale34 hd

413.30

—

OK average6 barns · 1,079 hd

434.14

−20.84

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

−7.66

This barn, trailing median35 sales

392.64

+20.67

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	1,771	192.88	3,417	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,239	171.42	2,124	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,558	168.37	2,624	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,056	162.20	1,713	6thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	318	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,813	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	631.05/cwt	593.00–670.00	2,070	11
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	540.08/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,771	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	574.09/cwt	553.00–595.00	2,130	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	481.84/cwt	465.00–490.00	2,019	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	540.96/cwt	500.00–580.00	2,288	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	443	442.01/cwt	440.00–443.00	1,958	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	526.42/cwt	503.00–578.00	2,522	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,193	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	493.33/cwt	475.00–510.00	2,546	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	520	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,252	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	452.12/cwt	428.00–465.00	2,541	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	407.79/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,365	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,337	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	422.26/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,610	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,868	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	377.26/cwt	350.00–390.00	2,697	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,786	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	308	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,555	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	546.87/cwt	513.00–605.00	1,745	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	430.35/cwt	405.00–455.00	1,528	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	363	536.33/cwt	518.00–545.00	1,947	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	501.96/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,923	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,573	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	469.42/cwt	430.00–500.00	2,042	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	448.36/cwt	420.00–473.00	2,148	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,955	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	433.57/cwt	418.00–460.00	2,246	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,167	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,035	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	558	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,416	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	391.76/cwt	375.00–418.00	2,249	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	363.45/cwt	353.00–380.00	2,203	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	361.46/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,429	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	344.01/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,456	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,445	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,615	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,366	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	610.83/cwt	555.00–665.00	1,924	11
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	553.00/cwt	553.00–553.00	1,853	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	528.00/cwt	513.00–543.00	1,927	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	563.71/cwt	500.00–585.00	2,311	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	535.86/cwt	523.00–543.00	2,444	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	454.60/cwt	450.00–473.00	2,205	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	505	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,348	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,869	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	444.74/cwt	420.00–505.00	2,339	16
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,960	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	412.45/cwt	385.00–423.00	2,322	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	384.49/cwt	360.00–398.00	2,392	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	376.01/cwt	363.00–385.00	2,527	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	336.87/cwt	318.00–345.00	2,510	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,528	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	318.76/cwt	303.00–335.00	2,623	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,744	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,641	185.10/cwt	183.00–188.00	3,037	4
Bulls	—	—	1,764	193.82/cwt	192.00–196.00	3,419	5
Bulls	—	—	1,911	199.49/cwt	197.00–201.00	3,812	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	163.03/cwt	162.00–165.00	1,660	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,083	152.55/cwt	151.00–154.00	1,652	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,996	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	169.04/cwt	167.00–171.00	2,079	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,939	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,270	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,451	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,505	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,468	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,585	170.56/cwt	170.00–171.00	2,703	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 Mar 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 450Last week 800Year ago 550

Slaughter CattleReceipts 49Last week 55Year ago 81

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	319	513.00–605.00	546.87
10	350–400	383	490.00–530.00	501.96
13	400–450	435	430.00–500.00	469.42
14	450–500	479	420.00–473.00	448.36
13	500–550	518	418.00–460.00	433.57
13	550–600	574	375.00–418.00	391.76
8	600–650	606	353.00–380.00	363.45
10	650–700	672	360.00–365.00	361.46
5	700–750	714	340.00–350.00	344.01
4	750–800	764	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	830	315.00	315.00
1	900–950	910	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	518.00–545.00	536.33
2	550–600	550	394.00	394.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	505.00	505.00
2	350–400	355	405.00–455.00	430.35
1	400–450	425	370.00	370.00
2	450–500	485	403.00	403.00
1	550–600	550	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	558	433.00	433.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	315	555.00–665.00	610.83
2	350–400	365	513.00–543.00	528.00
14	400–450	410	500.00–585.00	563.71
12	450–500	456	523.00–543.00	535.86
16	500–550	526	420.00–505.00	444.74
5	550–600	563	385.00–423.00	412.45
5	600–650	622	360.00–398.00	384.49
5	650–700	672	363.00–385.00	376.01
6	700–750	745	318.00–345.00	336.87
1	750–800	790	320.00	320.00
2	800–850	823	303.00–335.00	318.76
1	850–900	885	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	553.00	553.00
5	450–500	485	450.00–473.00	454.60
1	500–550	505	370.00	370.00
1	550–600	560	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	505	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	570.00	570.00
3	400–450	443	440.00–443.00	442.01
1	500–550	520	433.00	433.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	530.00–550.00	540.08
3	400–450	419	465.00–490.00	481.84
1	500–550	510	430.00	430.00
4	550–600	580	390.00–415.00	407.79
1	600–650	615	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	328	593.00–670.00	631.05
6	350–400	371	553.00–595.00	574.09
11	400–450	423	500.00–580.00	540.96
11	450–500	479	503.00–578.00	526.42
18	500–550	516	475.00–510.00	493.33
27	550–600	562	428.00–465.00	452.12
14	600–650	618	400.00–445.00	422.26
1	650–700	670	428.00	428.00
6	700–750	715	350.00–390.00	377.26
1	850–900	860	324.00	324.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	157.00	157.00
1	—	1,270	193.00	193.00
3	—	1,230	167.00–171.00	169.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,083	151.00–154.00	152.55
1	—	1,115	179.00	179.00
3	—	1,018	162.00–165.00	163.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	164.00	164.00
2	—	1,585	170.00–171.00	170.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,911	197.00–201.00	199.49
5	—	1,764	192.00–196.00	193.82
4	—	1,641	183.00–188.00	185.10

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.