Sale reports / Oklahoma / McAlester Union Stockyards / 2026-03-10

McAlester Union Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · McAlester, Oklahoma · Tue, Mar 10
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1827
Feeder Cattle receipts
475 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 450▼ 145 vs year ago 620 · −23.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 49▼ 11 vs year ago 100 · −11.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 8.00 to 12.00 lower. Heifer calves 20.00+ lower. Quality was plain through average, few attractive. Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cows; 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $418.76/cwt on 37 head, up $5.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 32 of 35 comparable sales and sits +26.12 against this barn's trailing median of $392.64.
Average price
$418.76
▲ 5.46 vs prior sale
37 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,253
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$251
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$51.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.98
vs OK average
+4.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537424.322,27933
Medium and Large 2544372.862,0284thin
One grade step is worth $51.46/cwt here — about $251 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 sale37 hd
418.76
—
OK average6 barns · 519 hd
417.78
+0.98
National average182 barns · 10,991 hd
413.78
+4.98
This barn, trailing median35 sales
392.64
+26.12
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
441397352307median 392.6403/0304/2807/0709/0811/03
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,825196.813,5925thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,218163.131,9876thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,483161.622,39623
CowsLean 85-90%High1,061158.051,67716

Every lot

69 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2300450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3501
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316625.61/cwt595.00–698.001,9776
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368612.75/cwt580.00–680.002,25510
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,2431
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7431
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438530.23/cwt510.00–595.002,3226
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned445520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,3141
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469483.88/cwt470.00–495.002,2694
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6581
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516453.64/cwt440.00–470.002,3419
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,7321
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580444.30/cwt430.00–485.002,5779
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,6245
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688401.31/cwt385.00–413.002,7617
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1756360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7221
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870355.00/cwt355.00–355.003,0892
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned305495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,5101
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325532.27/cwt495.00–565.001,73011
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2333446.70/cwt440.00–450.001,4883
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370488.00/cwt488.00–488.001,8061
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377529.18/cwt498.00–560.001,99511
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417530.55/cwt490.00–560.002,21218
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417440.25/cwt400.00–485.001,8365
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned440485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1342
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472465.33/cwt435.00–495.002,19621
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477428.96/cwt424.00–433.002,0463
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned515400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0601
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520423.92/cwt400.00–455.002,20419
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2523368.42/cwt340.00–395.001,9272
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564426.78/cwt395.00–450.002,40713
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565377.30/cwt370.00–385.002,1322
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640357.02/cwt330.00–375.002,28510
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674350.37/cwt348.00–355.002,3613
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1746313.36/cwt300.00–320.002,3386
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1764335.41/cwt328.00–395.002,56311
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,9931
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,5491
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2310478.00/cwt478.00–478.001,4821
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1311624.16/cwt505.00–695.001,9414
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382656.14/cwt595.00–685.002,5066
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned382575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,1973
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned405530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,1471
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2419454.43/cwt340.00–535.001,9045
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430560.15/cwt550.00–610.002,40910
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480508.71/cwt470.00–535.002,44220
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480439.90/cwt413.00–465.002,11211
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525456.33/cwt445.00–485.002,3964
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8381
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2565355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0061
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569412.94/cwt410.00–415.002,3509
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1633404.79/cwt390.00–420.002,56212
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4791
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4651
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4961
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,8122
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1885292.46/cwt285.00–300.002,5882
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1915304.04/cwt300.00–308.002,7822
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,575180.71/cwt179.00–182.002,8462
Bulls——1,873201.31/cwt199.00–203.003,7712
Bulls——2,230220.00/cwt220.00–220.004,9061
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,044158.10/cwt157.00–161.001,6519
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,064148.96/cwt147.00–152.001,5854
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,108170.02/cwt169.00–171.001,8843
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,9751
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,226162.70/cwt160.00–164.001,9954
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,9631
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,468172.58/cwt171.00–174.002,5332
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,476155.80/cwt153.00–159.002,30011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,493165.84/cwt163.00–168.002,47610

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.