Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows mostly 4.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand good to very good. Quality average to attractive with many attractive pairs on offer. There were 428 cows and bulls sold with 32 percent going to packers. Estimated dressed cost at the OKC National Stockyards Livestock Market: Lean Cows 128.66; Boners 124.04; Breakers 122.17; Light Weight Cows 123.53; Bulls 150.40.

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	1,634	81.87	1,338	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,518	67.84	1,030	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,221	63.04	769	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,015	56.73	576	105

Every lot, as filed

44 lots · USDA AMS · Oklahoma National Stockyards Slaughter/Replacement Cattle - Oklahoma City, 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 2-3	—	600	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	3,360	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	950	1,725.00/cwt	1,725.00–1,725.00	16,388	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,151.82/cwt	1,050.00–1,210.00	12,670	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	1,488.16/cwt	1,425.00–1,550.00	17,679	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	1,550.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,550.00	11,238	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	949.02/cwt	835.00–1,000.00	7,782	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	14,625	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	988	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,904	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	725	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	6,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2-3	—	720	355.14/cwt	335.00–375.00	2,557	6
Bred Cows	Medium 2-3	—	675	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,430	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,635	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	17,168	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,373	952.02/cwt	950.00–960.00	13,071	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,378	1,054.66/cwt	985.00–1,100.00	14,533	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,232	1,035.74/cwt	1,010.00–1,175.00	12,760	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,384	828.15/cwt	725.00–850.00	11,462	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	751.07/cwt	735.00–810.00	8,412	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	778.60/cwt	610.00–885.00	8,860	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,074	847.14/cwt	685.00–935.00	9,098	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	789.43/cwt	625.00–875.00	8,984	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,359	906.68/cwt	660.00–950.00	12,322	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,036	894.98/cwt	860.00–900.00	9,272	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,041	862.89/cwt	700.00–950.00	8,983	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	893	575.35/cwt	550.00–600.00	5,138	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,035	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,210	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	823	559.21/cwt	535.00–600.00	4,602	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	915	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,490	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	735	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,116	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	768.37/cwt	660.00–825.00	6,869	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	63.09/cwt	58.00–67.00	778	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	978	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	597	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	63.35/cwt	59.00–65.00	846	15
Bulls	—	—	1,597	83.25/cwt	80.50–88.50	1,330	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	60.89/cwt	56.00–64.00	669	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	919	57.24/cwt	55.50–60.00	526	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	68.23/cwt	68.00–68.50	886	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,589	69.56/cwt	66.50–71.00	1,105	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,206	66.76/cwt	64.50–68.50	805	4
Bulls	—	—	1,653	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,488	3
Bulls	—	—	1,662	76.42/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,270	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	54.20/cwt	54.00–55.00	569	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	616	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	900	52.22/cwt	48.00–55.00	470	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	799	38.12/cwt	30.00–45.00	305	8

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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Oklahoma National Stockyards Slaughter/Replacement Cattle - Oklahoma City, OK

Tue Apr 23, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 169Last week 82Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 359Last week 191Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	600	560.00	560.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	950	1,725.00	1,725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,100	1,050.00–1,210.00	1,151.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,188	1,425.00–1,550.00	1,488.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	725	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	820	835.00–1,000.00	949.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	975	1,500.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	988	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	720	335.00–375.00	355.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	675	360.00	360.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,635	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,373	950.00–960.00	952.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,378	985.00–1,100.00	1,054.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,232	1,010.00–1,175.00	1,035.74
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,384	725.00–850.00	828.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,120	735.00–810.00	751.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	—	1,138	610.00–885.00	778.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,074	685.00–935.00	847.14
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,138	625.00–875.00	789.43
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,359	660.00–950.00	906.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,036	860.00–900.00	894.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,041	700.00–950.00	862.89
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	893	550.00–600.00	575.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,035	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	823	535.00–600.00	559.21
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	915	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	735	560.00	560.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	894	660.00–825.00	768.37

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,233	58.00–67.00	63.09
2	—	1,298	68.00–68.50	68.23
1	—	1,100	56.00	56.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	978	61.00	61.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,335	59.00–65.00	63.35
39	—	1,589	66.50–71.00	69.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,098	56.00–64.00	60.89
4	—	1,206	64.50–68.50	66.76
5	—	1,049	54.00–55.00	54.20
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	919	55.50–60.00	57.24
24	—	900	48.00–55.00	52.22
8	—	799	30.00–45.00	38.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,597	80.50–88.50	83.25
3	—	1,653	90.00	90.00
6	—	1,662	73.00–80.00	76.42

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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