Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2022-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and Bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Quality was average. Demand was 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	1,726	92.28	1,593	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,432	80.78	1,156	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,151	72.05	829	116
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,033	55.33	571	313

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)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,005	$1,025	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,017	$989	9
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,155	$950	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,050	$885	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	860	$810	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	856	$720	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	765	$675	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	850	$1,200	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$1,125	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	923	$887	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	900	$750	3thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	885.00/head	885.00–885.00	885	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	895	49.24/cwt	45.00–56.00	441	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	63.54/cwt	58.00–68.50	700	126
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,728	85.67/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,480	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,313	78.82/cwt	78.00–79.00	1,035	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	72.16/cwt	70.00–78.00	898	87
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	814	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	42.80/cwt	40.00–44.00	458	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	55.36/cwt	50.00–56.00	634	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	885	37.00/cwt	31.00–44.00	327	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	938	61.52/cwt	58.00–66.00	577	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	844	71.90/cwt	69.00–75.00	607	27
Bulls	—	—	1,887	102.77/cwt	101.00–104.50	1,939	3
Bulls	—	—	1,928	98.07/cwt	97.00–99.00	1,891	3
Bulls	—	—	1,608	85.96/cwt	82.00–93.00	1,382	5
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,225	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	919	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	850	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,017	988.92/head	800.00–1,225.00	989	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	694	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	900.34/head	750.00–1,025.00	900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	810.00/head	810.00–810.00	810	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	935.00/head	935.00–935.00	935	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	860.00/head	860.00–860.00	860	7

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 20, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 804Last week 289Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 65Last week 20Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and Bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher. Quality was average. Demand was moderate to good.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,050	885.00	885.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,017	800.00–1,225.00	988.92
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,098	750.00–1,025.00	900.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	860	810.00	810.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	765	675.00	675.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	694	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,025.00	1,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	850	1,200.00	1,200.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	900	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	875	935.00	935.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	—	950	860.00	860.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	895	45.00–56.00	49.24
40	—	885	31.00–44.00	37.00
32	—	938	58.00–66.00	61.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,101	58.00–68.50	63.54
18	—	1,069	40.00–44.00	42.80
52	—	1,146	50.00–56.00	55.36
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,728	83.00–88.00	85.67
5	—	1,313	78.00–79.00	78.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,245	70.00–78.00	72.16
2	—	1,180	69.00	69.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	844	69.00–75.00	71.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,887	101.00–104.50	102.77
3	—	1,928	97.00–99.00	98.07
5	—	1,608	82.00–93.00	85.96
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	75.00	75.00

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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