McAlester Union Livestock Auction Market Report

McAlester, Oklahoma · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 30, 2021

2,385 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $192.17/cwt +13.92 vs last sale · ≈ $903/hd at 470 lb · 87 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.81/cwt +1.50 vs last sale · ≈ $812/hd at 577 lb · 65 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $162.04/cwt +21.33 vs last sale · ≈ $765/hd at 472 lb · 62 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,385	2,740	2,610
Feeder cattle	2,000	2,400	2,350
Slaughter cattle	334	295	237
Replacement cattle	51	45	23

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago; Steer calves 7.00 to 9.00 higher, some 16.00 higher. Heifer calves 9.00 to 11.00 higher, some 14.00 higher. Demand was very good. Quality was average through attractive. Slaughter cows 9.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. A total of 385 cows and bulls sold with 84 percent going to packers.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–347	322	26	200.00–230.00	$218.25	$703	+21.36
355–392	383	20	210.00–220.00	$212.30	$813	+19.78
410–448	429	26	199.00–215.00	$205.11	$880	+18.64
450–490	469	66	190.00–207.00	$196.59	$922	+18.34
458–478 unweaned	472	21	170.00–185.00	$178.29	$842	—
500–548	533	23	177.00–191.00	$180.26	$961	+9.43
558–595	576	40	166.00–179.00	$173.30	$998	+7.47
602–636	612	51	162.00–175.00	$168.19	$1,029	+11.60
653–694	668	36	146.00–159.00	$153.34	$1,024	+7.82
706–745	712	34	143.00–150.00	$147.23	$1,048	-1.89
750–795	757	7	135.00–146.00	$144.35	$1,093	+1.61
808–815	809	5	121.00–143.00	$138.57	$1,121	+16.58
880–890	887	3	123.00–125.00	$124.34	$1,103	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	317	10	153.00–189.00	$169.19	$536	-1.32
355–395	377	17	166.00–193.00	$182.79	$689	+13.68
405–445	430	28	152.00–194.00	$169.95	$731	+1.43
450–498	484	26	147.00–185.00	$164.11	$794	+4.35
500–548	527	32	143.00–172.00	$156.30	$824	+9.92
560–595	565	12	146.00–161.00	$150.15	$848	+3.42
600–647	621	42	140.00–160.00	$150.96	$937	+12.03
660–690	673	3	122.00–144.00	$135.49	$912	+0.58
710	710	1	127.00	$127.00	$902	+2.50
795	795	2	128.00–131.00	$129.50	$1,030	+4.58

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–342	326	23	166.00–179.00	$173.67	$566	+16.47
351 unweaned	351	4	151.00	$151.00	$530	+4.00
353–395	373	41	170.00–185.00	$175.52	$655	+15.82
400–442	422	28	166.00–180.00	$169.86	$717	+22.91
424 unweaned	424	5	152.00	$152.00	$644	—
450–498	472	62	155.00–167.00	$162.04	$765	+21.17
503–548	522	62	143.00–152.00	$146.81	$766	+6.78
550–598	577	65	135.00–149.00	$140.81	$812	+1.50
600–648	619	42	125.00–139.00	$135.01	$836	-2.47
650–695	669	15	128.00–136.00	$132.03	$883	-4.30
725	725	1	127.00	$127.00	$921	-1.93
755	755	1	123.00	$123.00	$929	+10.99
805–840	822	5	110.00–119.00	$114.01	$937	+5.01
969	969	4	105.00	$105.00	$1,017	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	312	10	140.00–166.00	$148.41	$463	+6.31
350–395	374	27	140.00–169.00	$153.51	$574	+13.80
400–445	426	40	138.00–165.00	$152.65	$650	+19.86
450–495	479	33	138.00–154.00	$146.35	$701	+18.99
503–546	531	26	130.00–140.00	$137.14	$728	+10.77
550–595	581	15	122.00–143.00	$135.30	$786	+9.85
630	630	1	112.00	$112.00	$706	-15.42
670	670	1	110.00	$110.00	$737	-7.88

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	316	23	198.00–225.00	$212.56	$672	+19.87
355–395	374	22	197.00–215.00	$207.99	$778	+27.63
400–445	423	17	188.00–203.00	$195.30	$826	+13.07
447 unweaned	447	5	184.00	$184.00	$822	—
450–498	484	8	188.00–201.00	$191.89	$929	+29.83
500–543	518	14	167.00–180.00	$169.55	$878	+12.49
550–591	576	23	153.00–178.00	$159.05	$916	+2.96
588 unweaned	588	4	145.00	$145.00	$853	—
605–625	616	6	146.00–150.00	$148.35	$914	+5.22
685–690	688	2	130.00–140.00	$134.98	$929	-4.94
723	723	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,048	+21.31
752	752	3	139.00	$139.00	$1,045	+17.00
815–845	830	3	113.00–117.00	$115.34	$957	+8.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–340	324	11	161.00–190.00	$172.05	$557	+7.87
350–398	379	18	160.00–191.00	$180.27	$683	+29.71
410–445	438	9	151.00–174.00	$167.59	$734	+11.38
460–495	485	8	160.00–174.00	$169.85	$824	+22.32
500–543	526	9	142.00–159.00	$154.46	$812	+20.86
565–595	578	6	143.00–150.00	$145.67	$842	+15.33
610–645	636	4	132.00–138.00	$133.44	$849	+4.10
755	755	1	112.00	$112.00	$846	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1275	1188	80-85%	34	57.00–61.00	$58.44	$694	+8.52
1145–1290	1223	80-85%	9	62.00–66.00	$64.24	$786	+10.35
1165–1290	1229	80-85%	6	67.00–71.00	$69.66	$856	+15.77

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1140	1058	85-90%	20	49.00–54.00	$50.65	$536	+9.60
1000–1140	1076	85-90%	8	60.00–65.00	$63.79	$686	+11.36
1000–1147	1097	85-90%	18	55.00–59.00	$56.05	$615	+8.95

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1580	1418	75-80%	18	59.00–64.00	$61.36	$870	+14.14
1365–1680	1489	75-80%	21	65.00–69.00	$67.17	$1,000	—
1430–1785	1579	75-80%	6	71.00–75.00	$72.57	$1,146	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1780	1540	9	67.00–71.00	$68.38	$1,053	—
1435–1825	1573	5	75.00–79.00	$76.46	$1,203	—
1650–1905	1764	5	81.00–84.00	$81.79	$1,443	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–1085	933	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	710.00–925.00	$812.84
870–1020	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–925.00	$890.48
895–1295	1087	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	760.00–925.00	$830.28
1040–1290	1128	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	625.00–825.00	$743.64
1200–1295	1248	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	750.00–875.00	$814.88
1245–1340	1293	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	975.00–1,000.00	$987.04

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1110–1220	1159	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,025.00–1,225.00	$1,159.62

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–1270	1067	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	725.00–925.00	$850.00	—
1100–1325	1213	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	825.00	$825.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.