Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2022-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 - 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand moderate to good. Quality mostly average.

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	1,637	91.58	1,499	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,552	77.85	1,209	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,252	69.65	872	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	54.76	572	147

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)	903	$933	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,305	$925	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,197	$800	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	800	$400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	900	$800	2thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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 1-2	—	900	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,197	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	800	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	933.20/head	875.00–985.00	933	2
Bulls	—	—	1,707	95.31/cwt	90.00–97.50	1,627	9
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,275	82.35/cwt	77.00–86.00	1,050	4
Bulls	—	—	1,792	103.69/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,858	5
Bulls	—	—	1,643	82.03/cwt	76.00–89.00	1,348	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,835	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,523	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	61.31/cwt	57.00–64.50	697	62
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	77.34/cwt	75.00–79.50	1,179	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	898	60.59/cwt	57.00–63.00	544	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	944	52.35/cwt	46.00–55.00	494	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	870	34.42/cwt	25.00–40.00	299	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	53.65/cwt	50.00–56.00	576	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	436	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	69.65/cwt	65.00–73.00	872	49

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 Dec 13, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 289Last week 997Year ago 530

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 9Year ago 127

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 - 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand moderate to good. Quality mostly average.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	800.00	800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,305	925.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,197	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	903	875.00–985.00	933.20
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	400.00	400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,707	90.00–97.50	95.31
5	—	1,792	100.00–107.00	103.69
6	—	1,643	76.00–89.00	82.03
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,275	77.00–86.00	82.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	83.00	83.00
10	—	1,524	75.00–79.50	77.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,137	57.00–64.50	61.31
31	—	1,073	50.00–56.00	53.65
3	—	1,090	40.00	40.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	898	57.00–63.00	60.59
25	—	944	46.00–55.00	52.35
16	—	870	25.00–40.00	34.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,252	65.00–73.00	69.65

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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