Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2022-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Demand were moderate to good.

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	—	High	1,543	92.59	1,428	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,519	84.15	1,278	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,256	78.02	980	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,061	69.51	737	205

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,104	$1,050	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,039	$950	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$950	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,063	$950	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,068	$925	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	943	$784	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$985	3thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	—	1,833	108.19/cwt	104.00–111.50	1,983	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	961	65.86/cwt	61.00–69.00	633	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	920	54.19/cwt	47.00–59.00	499	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	927	72.47/cwt	70.00–76.00	672	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	84.15/cwt	80.00–87.50	1,278	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	74.52/cwt	71.00–78.50	838	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	80.67/cwt	79.00–83.00	924	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	86.41/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,087	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	81.07/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,014	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	73.24/cwt	71.50–77.00	924	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	67.50/cwt	60.00–70.50	738	78
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	900	660.00/head	660.00–660.00	660	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,039	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	4
Bulls	—	—	1,482	85.65/cwt	76.00–89.00	1,269	13
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,075	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,000	2
Bulls	—	—	1,605	95.59/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,534	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	985.00/head	985.00–985.00	985	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,050.00/head	1,025.00–1,075.00	1,050	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,065	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,104	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	908.93/head	875.00–925.00	909	3

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 Aug 16, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 529Last week 470Year ago 397

Replacement CattleReceipts 206Last week 87Year ago 71

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Demand were moderate to good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,833	104.00–111.50	108.19
13	—	1,482	76.00–89.00	85.65
9	—	1,605	91.00–100.00	95.59
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	93.00	93.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	961	61.00–69.00	65.86
7	—	920	47.00–59.00	54.19
14	—	927	70.00–76.00	72.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,519	80.00–87.50	84.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,124	71.00–78.50	74.52
6	—	1,146	79.00–83.00	80.67
78	—	1,094	60.00–70.50	67.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,258	86.00–88.00	86.41
41	—	1,251	78.00–85.00	81.07
35	—	1,262	71.50–77.00	73.24

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	900	660.00	660.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,039	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	960	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,070	1,025.00–1,075.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,104	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,063	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	985	875.00–925.00	908.93
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,065	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,050	985.00	985.00

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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