Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2021-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00 - 2.00 higher. Several high quality bulls offered. A total of 231 cows and bulls sold with 74% going to packers.

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	—	Low	1,686	89.38	1,507	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,444	70.95	1,024	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,050	67.89	713	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	989	57.20	566	37

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bulls	—	—	1,516	78.00/cwt	68.00–82.00	1,182	5
Bulls	—	—	1,667	89.26/cwt	84.00–94.50	1,488	17
Bulls	—	—	1,952	99.26/cwt	96.00–103.50	1,938	10
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,192	76.09/cwt	69.00–80.00	907	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	55.93/cwt	54.00–58.50	614	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	813	55.73/cwt	53.50–58.00	453	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,385	1,087.10/cwt	900.00–1,160.00	15,056	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,069	1,108.27/cwt	950.00–1,225.00	11,847	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	960	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	8,736	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,640	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	718	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,026	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,105	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,011	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	1,338.33/cwt	1,200.00–1,425.00	14,253	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	13,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,410	954.43/cwt	935.00–975.00	13,457	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	788.37/cwt	600.00–860.00	9,303	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	10,329	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	834.92/cwt	810.00–860.00	6,704	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,624	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	8,190	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,059	639.15/cwt	625.00–660.00	6,769	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	918	711.32/cwt	625.00–785.00	6,530	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	62.09/cwt	56.00–65.00	733	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	68.54/cwt	66.00–71.00	793	31
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	11,183	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	11,825	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	63.23/cwt	61.00–65.00	866	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	61.36/cwt	59.00–63.00	681	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	860	46.70/cwt	42.00–51.00	402	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	900	61.63/cwt	60.00–62.50	555	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,168	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	8,877	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,077	759.64/cwt	750.00–785.00	8,181	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	70.12/cwt	67.00–72.50	981	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	74.34/cwt	72.00–79.00	1,140	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	585	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	64.27/cwt	64.00–64.50	719	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	71.89/cwt	70.00–73.00	906	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	815	67.82/cwt	63.00–70.00	553	21

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 20, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 170Last week 319Year ago 84

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 226Year ago 21

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00 - 2.00 higher. Several high quality bulls offered. A total of 231 cows and bulls sold with 74% going to packers.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,516	68.00–82.00	78.00
17	—	1,667	84.00–94.50	89.26
10	—	1,952	96.00–103.50	99.26
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,192	69.00–80.00	76.09
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,098	54.00–58.50	55.93
14	—	1,110	59.00–63.00	61.36
1	—	1,170	50.00	50.00
2	—	1,118	64.00–64.50	64.27
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	813	53.50–58.00	55.73
6	—	860	42.00–51.00	46.70
3	—	900	60.00–62.50	61.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,181	56.00–65.00	62.09
31	—	1,157	66.00–71.00	68.54
4	—	1,260	70.00–73.00	71.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,370	61.00–65.00	63.23
17	—	1,399	67.00–72.50	70.12
11	—	1,533	72.00–79.00	74.34
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	815	63.00–70.00	67.82

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,385	900.00–1,160.00	1,087.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,069	950.00–1,225.00	1,108.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	910.00	910.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	910.00	910.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,205	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,410	935.00–975.00	954.43
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,180	600.00–860.00	788.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	803	810.00–860.00	834.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	828	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	718	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,105	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,059	625.00–660.00	639.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	918	625.00–785.00	711.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,168	760.00	760.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,077	750.00–785.00	759.64
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,065	1,200.00–1,425.00	1,338.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	1,050.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	1,060.00	1,060.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,075.00	1,075.00

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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