Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2023-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter Bulls and cows were steady to 3.00 higher. Demand was good. Quality was above 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	—	Low	1,571	104.44	1,641	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,432	99.33	1,422	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	92.78	1,122	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,067	79.32	847	45

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,170	$1,370	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,224	$1,218	15
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,028	$1,139	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	965	$1,040	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	903	$1,352	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,110	3thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	820	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	689	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,233	101.37/cwt	100.00–102.50	1,250	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	875	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	700	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	888	64.05/cwt	58.00–74.00	569	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	92.16/cwt	90.50–94.50	1,093	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	95.30/cwt	95.00–96.00	1,206	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	89.00/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,080	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	98.65/cwt	98.00–99.00	1,478	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	81.82/cwt	80.00–82.00	927	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	1,351.85/head	1,075.00–1,575.00	1,352	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	983	1,249.34/head	1,135.00–1,310.00	1,249	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	960	685.00/head	685.00–685.00	685	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	1,370.00/head	1,370.00–1,370.00	1,370	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	807	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	1,175.21/head	1,070.00–1,300.00	1,175	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,348	1,349.48/head	1,100.00–1,385.00	1,349	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,090	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	835	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	1,062.99/head	1,050.00–1,150.00	1,063	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,110.00/head	1,110.00–1,110.00	1,110	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,106	92.82/cwt	89.00–94.50	1,027	5
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,272	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,386	1
Bulls	—	—	1,481	99.76/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,477	15
Bulls	—	—	1,768	108.61/cwt	107.00–110.50	1,920	6
Bulls	—	—	1,922	116.76/cwt	115.00–119.00	2,244	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	895	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	797	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	87.10/cwt	83.00–88.50	1,002	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	652	1

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 Feb 21, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 202Last week 190Year ago 270

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 18Year ago 45

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	84.00	84.00
1	—	875	80.00	80.00
11	—	888	58.00–74.00	64.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,233	100.00–102.50	101.37
6	—	1,498	98.00–99.00	98.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,186	90.50–94.50	92.16
11	—	1,265	95.00–96.00	95.30
4	—	1,213	87.00–90.00	89.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,133	80.00–82.00	81.82
20	—	1,150	83.00–88.50	87.10
1	—	1,105	59.00	59.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,106	89.00–94.50	92.82
1	—	1,272	109.00	109.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,481	97.00–104.00	99.76
6	—	1,768	107.00–110.50	108.61
8	—	1,922	115.00–119.00	116.76

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	903	1,075.00–1,575.00	1,351.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,000	1,110.00	1,110.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	983	1,135.00–1,310.00	1,249.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,170	1,070.00–1,300.00	1,175.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	835	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,275	1,150.00	1,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,170	1,370.00	1,370.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,348	1,100.00–1,385.00	1,349.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,065	1,050.00–1,150.00	1,062.99
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	685.00	685.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	807	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,090	950.00	950.00

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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