Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2021-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 - 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 - 2.00 lower. Demand moderate. A total of 637 cows and bulls sold with 65 percent 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	—	Average	1,784	82.54	1,473	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,464	69.17	1,013	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,189	63.22	752	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,061	49.00	520	108

Every lot, as filed

32 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 and Large 2-3	—	900	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	4,590	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,067	1,159.38/cwt	1,150.00–1,175.00	12,371	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	12,510	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,206	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	12,965	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,210	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	12,826	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	928.17/cwt	885.00–950.00	10,655	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	895	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	6,355	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,153	722.40/cwt	625.00–775.00	8,329	45
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	935	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	5,236	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	12,031	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,023	707.86/cwt	650.00–750.00	7,241	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,039	881.08/cwt	810.00–925.00	9,154	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,174	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	9,216	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,316	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,186	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,169	684.36/cwt	600.00–750.00	8,000	33
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,147	1,028.29/cwt	1,000.00–1,050.00	11,794	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,160	685.11/cwt	660.00–710.00	7,947	2
Bulls	—	—	1,846	86.02/cwt	81.50–89.00	1,588	26
Bulls	—	—	1,652	76.14/cwt	70.50–79.50	1,258	16
Bulls	—	—	2,295	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	2,169	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	763	40.97/cwt	40.00–42.00	313	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	902	56.81/cwt	54.00–60.00	512	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	939	50.54/cwt	46.00–54.00	475	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	41.30/cwt	39.00–48.50	427	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	50.86/cwt	46.00–54.50	575	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	57.94/cwt	55.00–60.00	674	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	66.48/cwt	64.00–68.50	965	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	73.53/cwt	71.00–76.00	1,092	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,048	54.48/cwt	54.00–55.00	571	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	64.85/cwt	62.00–69.50	881	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	73.58/cwt	69.00–74.00	791	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	55.78/cwt	54.50–61.00	659	26

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 Sep 28, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 438Last week 302Year ago 185

Replacement CattleReceipts 199Last week 75Year ago 114

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 - 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 - 2.00 lower. Demand moderate. A total of 637 cows and bulls sold with 65 percent going to packers.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	510.00	510.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,067	1,150.00–1,175.00	1,159.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	1,060.00	1,060.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,390	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,148	885.00–950.00	928.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,375	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,039	810.00–925.00	881.08
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,316	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	18	—	1,206	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,147	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,028.29
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	895	710.00	710.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	45	—	1,153	625.00–775.00	722.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	560.00	560.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,023	650.00–750.00	707.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	—	1,174	785.00	785.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,169	600.00–750.00	684.36
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,160	660.00–710.00	685.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,846	81.50–89.00	86.02
16	—	1,652	70.50–79.50	76.14
1	—	2,295	94.50	94.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	763	40.00–42.00	40.97
6	—	902	54.00–60.00	56.81
12	—	939	46.00–54.00	50.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,035	39.00–48.50	41.30
31	—	1,131	46.00–54.50	50.86
20	—	1,164	55.00–60.00	57.94
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,451	64.00–68.50	66.48
16	—	1,485	71.00–76.00	73.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,048	54.00–55.00	54.48
15	—	1,358	62.00–69.50	64.85
18	—	1,075	69.00–74.00	73.58
26	—	1,181	54.50–61.00	55.78

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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