Name: OKC West Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls mostly steady. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand.

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	1,483	127.35	1,889	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,423	117.80	1,676	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,279	117.07	1,497	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,068	107.33	1,147	62

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)	1,151	$2,000	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$1,996	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,123	$1,726	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,055	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,186	$1,680	14
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	864	$2,375	32
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	890	$1,700	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$1,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$1,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	1,200	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	980	1,996.08/head	1,800.00–2,400.00	1,996	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,306	1,960.04/head	1,800.00–2,200.00	1,960	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,065	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,055	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,168	1,844.15/head	1,750.00–1,900.00	1,844	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	32
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,151	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	7
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,198	131.95/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,581	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,093	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,279	3
Bulls	—	—	1,660	139.10/cwt	136.00–143.00	2,309	6
Bulls	—	—	1,452	116.15/cwt	105.00–121.00	1,686	7
Bulls	—	—	1,516	128.46/cwt	122.00–135.00	1,947	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	990	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,238	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	108.95/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,186	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	989	82.73/cwt	82.00–85.00	818	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	127.22/cwt	123.00–138.00	1,759	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	949	101.23/cwt	99.00–105.00	961	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	116.09/cwt	108.00–119.00	1,470	53
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,850	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	2,331	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	109.34/cwt	103.00–114.00	1,578	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,369	119.71/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,639	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	93.53/cwt	82.50–96.00	947	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,338	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,197	118.10/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,414	11

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 26, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 278Last week 236Year ago 384

Replacement CattleReceipts 82Last week 131Year ago 25

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls mostly steady. Trading activity was active on very good buyer demand.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,750.00	1,750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	980	1,800.00–2,400.00	1,996.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,306	1,800.00–2,200.00	1,960.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,168	1,750.00–1,900.00	1,844.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,151	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,065	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,055	1,550.00	1,550.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	32	—	864	2,375.00	2,375.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	890	1,700.00	1,700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,198	125.00–140.00	131.95
3	—	1,093	117.00	117.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,660	136.00–143.00	139.10
7	—	1,452	105.00–121.00	116.15
27	—	1,516	122.00–135.00	128.46
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	990	125.00	125.00
4	—	989	82.00–85.00	82.73
5	—	949	99.00–105.00	101.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,089	100.00–113.00	108.95
10	—	1,012	82.50–96.00	93.53
11	—	1,197	115.00–125.00	118.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,383	123.00–138.00	127.22
53	—	1,266	108.00–119.00	116.09
2	—	1,245	107.50	107.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	126.00	126.00
3	—	1,443	103.00–114.00	109.34
9	—	1,369	115.00–123.00	119.71

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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