Name: OKC West Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls sold sharply higher bulk of the trade was 3.00-6.00 higher, instances to as much as 8.00 higher. Demand very good.

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	—	Average	1,679	114.22	1,918	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,482	98.33	1,457	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	96.19	1,232	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,046	87.47	915	178

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,326	$1,425	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,204	$1,400	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,172	$1,207	7
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	925	$925	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,264	$1,507	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$1,200	21

Every lot, as filed

24 lots · USDA AMS · OKC West Livestock Auction Slaughter/Replacement Cattle - El Reno, OK

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,270	1,590.00/head	1,575.00–1,600.00	1,590	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,204	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,172	1,207.31/head	1,075.00–1,250.00	1,207	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,326	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bulls	—	—	1,641	109.01/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,789	7
Bulls	—	—	1,870	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	2,094	1
Bulls	—	—	1,613	102.00/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,645	2
Bulls	—	—	1,943	113.71/cwt	112.00–115.00	2,209	6
Bulls	—	—	1,641	116.98/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,920	32
Bulls	—	—	1,540	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,417	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	87.80/cwt	85.00–92.00	984	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	93.77/cwt	93.50–95.00	950	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	81.06/cwt	79.00–83.00	850	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	91.88/cwt	86.00–96.00	1,170	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	99.29/cwt	98.00–101.00	1,277	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	983	88.73/cwt	86.00–91.50	872	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	909	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	700	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	949	82.74/cwt	79.00–85.00	785	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	97.81/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,459	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	101.91/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,411	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,745	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,553	3

How this sale compares

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.

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OKC West Livestock Auction Slaughter/Replacement Cattle - El Reno, OK

Mon Feb 20, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 402Last week 308Year ago 243

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 59Year ago 7

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls sold sharply higher bulk of the trade was 3.00-6.00 higher, instances to as much as 8.00 higher. Demand very good.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,270	1,575.00–1,600.00	1,590.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,250	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	—	950	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,204	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,326	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,172	1,075.00–1,250.00	1,207.31
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	925.00	925.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,641	108.00–110.00	109.01
1	—	1,870	112.00	112.00
2	—	1,613	101.00–103.00	102.00
6	—	1,943	112.00–115.00	113.71
32	—	1,641	115.00–121.00	116.98
1	—	1,540	92.00	92.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,121	85.00–92.00	87.80
23	—	1,013	93.50–95.00	93.77
10	—	1,049	79.00–83.00	81.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,273	86.00–96.00	91.88
25	—	1,286	98.00–101.00	99.29
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	983	86.00–91.50	88.73
8	—	909	77.00	77.00
16	—	949	79.00–85.00	82.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,492	96.00–100.00	97.81
9	—	1,385	100.00–104.00	101.91
3	—	1,745	89.00	89.00

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.

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