Sale reports / Oklahoma / Oklahoma National Stockyards Market / 2020-03-17

Oklahoma National Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Tue, Mar 17
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1823
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
76 vs last sale 125 49 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
1 vs last sale 32 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: All classes lightly tested. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. Packer demand good for the light numbers. A total of 82 cows and bulls sold with 49 percent going to packers. The estimated dressed cost at the Oklahoma National Stockyards: Lean cows 134.05; Boners 129.90; Breakers 124.80; Light weight cows not well tested. Bulls 157.55.

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
BullsAverage1,71387.691,5026thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,53367.841,0406thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21266.2780411
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03053.8955511

Every lot, as filed

17 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,144809.32/cwt725.00–875.009,2594
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,053777.73/cwt725.00–825.008,1892
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,230675.00/cwt675.00–675.008,3031
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,5001
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight72034.69/cwt32.00–37.002502
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight99547.00/cwt47.00–47.004681
CowsLean 85-90%1,09155.40/cwt54.00–56.006044
CowsLean 85-90%1,09260.92/cwt60.00–62.506653
CowsLean 85-90%1,25572.00/cwt72.00–72.009041
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64371.53/cwt70.00–72.501,1753
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42364.15/cwt62.00–66.009133
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24269.47/cwt67.25–71.008636
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20064.05/cwt63.00–65.007694
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08556.00/cwt56.00–56.006081
Bulls1,70888.28/cwt86.50–91.001,5084
Bulls1,97593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,8371
Bulls1,47080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1761

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.