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Oklahoma National Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Tue, May 17
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1823
Slaughter Cattle receipts
251 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 246▲ 60 vs year ago 191 · +31.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 81▲ 25 vs year ago 50 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand moderate to good. Quality average to attractive. A total of 326 cows and bulls sold with 72 percent going to packers.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,679100.101,68016
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27286.781,10424
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17375.5088682
CowsLean 85-90%Average97359.8258256

Every lot, as filed

28 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—842647.29/cwt575.00–675.005,4503
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—700660.00/cwt660.00–660.004,6201
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—750785.00/cwt785.00–785.005,8881
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—822972.95/cwt950.00–1,000.007,9989
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,3251,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0013,5811
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1551,010.29/cwt700.00–1,100.0011,66915
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—957644.79/cwt600.00–675.006,1715
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0131,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,1434
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3001,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0016,2501
Bulls——1,843112.58/cwt109.00–115.002,0753
Bulls——1,65191.92/cwt81.00–97.501,5187
Bulls——1,629103.39/cwt100.50–106.001,6846
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—88760.98/cwt60.00–66.0054120
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—94355.17/cwt51.00–59.005205
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—95570.00/cwt70.00–70.006691
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03848.26/cwt48.00–48.505012
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13269.95/cwt69.00–74.007925
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08555.78/cwt50.00–59.506054
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—83749.20/cwt44.00–56.004126
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—97562.00/cwt62.00–62.006051
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17666.78/cwt60.00–69.007858
CowsBreaker 75-80%Light Weight—96087.00/cwt87.00–87.008354
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—85076.00/cwt76.00–76.006464
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07763.08/cwt62.00–66.5067913
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19476.08/cwt72.00–80.0090862
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20281.96/cwt81.00–83.009857
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,31284.82/cwt84.00–87.001,11314
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38691.20/cwt88.00–92.501,2646

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.