Sale reports / Oklahoma / Oklahoma National Stockyards Market / 2023-04-18

Oklahoma National Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Tue, Apr 18
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1823
Slaughter Cattle receipts
229 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 162▲ 14 vs year ago 215 · +6.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 64▲ 66 vs year ago 20 · +330.0%
Also sold hereFeeder CattleMon Sep 28, 2026
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00-500 higher. Demand was good to moderate. Quality was average. Several cows returning to feeding in hopes of filling an expected gap due to light numbers to come.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,715117.342,01218
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,290108.041,3948thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24097.161,20541
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low96893.25903108

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,068$1,18510
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,090$1,1351thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$1,3751thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)900$1,2222thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)900$1,1502thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—9001,222.00/head1,222.00–1,222.001,2222
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,1001,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—9001,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,0901,135.00/head1,135.00–1,135.001,1351
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1051,366.74/head1,350.00–1,400.001,3673
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,0521,107.37/head850.00–1,410.001,1077
Bulls—Light Weight—1,260116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,4621
Bulls—Light Weight—1,270110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3971
Bulls——1,763115.61/cwt115.00–117.002,0385
Bulls——1,829124.63/cwt118.50–132.502,2797
Bulls——1,680108.90/cwt107.00–110.001,8304
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—94374.96/cwt70.00–79.007079
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,100112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2321
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05589.01/cwt88.00–93.0093916
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10085.67/cwt80.00–88.009428
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—94989.96/cwt89.00–91.008543
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,478104.46/cwt101.50–107.001,5445
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—94083.30/cwt80.00–84.0078337
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed—923113.13/cwt107.00–125.001,04431
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed—1,031107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,1034
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24497.31/cwt94.00–101.001,21140
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09091.00/cwt91.00–91.009921
CowsBreaker 75-80%Light Weight—915115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0522

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.