Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2022-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last test two weeks ago: Slaughter cows 6.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 4.00-5.00 lower. Packer demand moderate as large numbers continue to move to market.

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	1,580	95.52	1,509	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,385	85.27	1,181	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,180	78.06	921	151
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	63.18	659	498

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	990	$1,137	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,030	$936	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	957	$892	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,020	$850	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,013	$845	28
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	874	$938	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,231	$1,207	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$950	1thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1	—	1,050	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,248	1,105.09/head	1,055.00–1,125.00	1,105	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	920.00/head	920.00–920.00	920	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,276	1,239.96/head	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,240	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	955	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,006	1,176.28/head	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,176	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	960	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	865.15/head	850.00–870.00	865	24
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	986	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	828	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	957	879.29/head	800.00–950.00	879	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	820	727.47/head	650.00–760.00	727	4
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,175	79.55/cwt	77.00–81.00	935	5
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,173	90.06/cwt	89.00–92.00	1,056	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,150	93.76/cwt	93.50–94.00	1,078	2
Bulls	—	—	1,850	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	2,137	1
Bulls	—	—	1,810	108.35/cwt	103.00–112.00	1,961	11
Bulls	—	—	1,621	87.35/cwt	79.00–94.50	1,416	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,286	78.34/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,007	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	85.03/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,163	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	94.34/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,489	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	70.53/cwt	69.00–74.00	783	218
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	933	51.23/cwt	41.00–55.00	478	153
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	80.50/cwt	78.00–84.00	956	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	77.06/cwt	75.50–83.00	883	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	64.64/cwt	61.00–68.00	707	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	52.07/cwt	49.00–54.00	567	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	74.35/cwt	67.50–77.00	880	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	942	70.73/cwt	68.00–72.50	666	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	86.99/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,072	11
Bulls	—	—	1,658	98.13/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,627	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	938	64.17/cwt	56.00–67.00	602	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	983	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	737	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	924	66.94/cwt	65.00–70.00	619	4

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 13, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 843Last week 410Year ago 383

Replacement CattleReceipts 296Last week 210Year ago 355

Compared to last test two weeks ago: Slaughter cows 6.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 4.00-5.00 lower. Packer demand moderate as large numbers continue to move to market.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,075.00	1,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,276	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,239.96
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,248	1,055.00–1,125.00	1,105.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	955	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,006	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,176.28
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	935	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	24	—	1,045	850.00–870.00	865.15
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	957	800.00–950.00	879.29
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,020	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	820	650.00–760.00	727.47
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	910	920.00	920.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	850	950.00	950.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	986	84.00	84.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,175	77.00–81.00	79.55
3	—	1,173	89.00–92.00	90.06
2	—	1,150	93.50–94.00	93.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	115.50	115.50
11	—	1,810	103.00–112.00	108.35
11	—	1,621	79.00–94.50	87.35
11	—	1,658	95.00–100.00	98.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,286	76.00–81.00	78.34
34	—	1,368	82.00–88.00	85.03
7	—	1,578	91.00–97.00	94.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
218	—	1,110	69.00–74.00	70.53
15	—	1,146	75.50–83.00	77.06
70	—	1,093	61.00–68.00	64.64
13	—	1,089	49.00–54.00	52.07
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
153	—	933	41.00–55.00	51.23
5	—	942	68.00–72.50	70.73
24	—	938	56.00–67.00	64.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,188	78.00–84.00	80.50
61	—	1,184	67.50–77.00	74.35
11	—	1,232	85.00–95.00	86.99
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	983	75.00	75.00
4	—	924	65.00–70.00	66.94

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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