Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2023-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 8.00-9.00 higher. Packer demand very good. Demand still good for replacement cows.

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	1,718	128.16	2,202	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,421	115.37	1,640	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,195	109.42	1,308	125
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,058	99.07	1,048	107

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)	1,300	$1,625	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,273	$1,551	10
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$1,410	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,162	$1,631	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$1,535	1thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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%	—	1,131	106.07/cwt	103.50–108.00	1,200	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	111.99/cwt	108.50–113.50	1,341	37
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,256	1,709.57/head	1,685.00–1,725.00	1,710	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,610.00/head	1,610.00–1,610.00	1,610	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	1,210.00/head	1,210.00–1,210.00	1,210	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	1,535.00/head	1,535.00–1,535.00	1,535	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,273	1,550.79/head	1,450.00–1,625.00	1,551	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,410.00/head	1,410.00–1,410.00	1,410	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,355	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,667	1
Bulls	—	—	1,593	115.64/cwt	104.00–122.00	1,842	4
Bulls	—	—	1,689	128.00/cwt	126.00–130.00	2,162	18
Bulls	—	—	1,891	135.42/cwt	131.00–141.00	2,561	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	117.51/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,482	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	980	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,127	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,082	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	105.50/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,243	67
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,384	110.90/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,535	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	116.54/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,667	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	124.20/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,859	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	899	101.41/cwt	100.00–103.50	912	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	975	89.66/cwt	89.00–97.00	874	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	923	78.12/cwt	76.00–80.00	721	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	112.82/cwt	111.00–114.00	1,326	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 Aug 1, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 284Last week 337Year ago 562

Replacement CattleReceipts 94Last week 0Year ago 159

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 8.00-9.00 higher. Packer demand very good. Demand still good for replacement cows.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,131	103.50–108.00	106.07
16	—	1,110	97.50	97.50
4	—	1,175	111.00–114.00	112.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,197	108.50–113.50	111.99
20	—	1,261	114.00–122.00	117.51
67	—	1,178	102.00–106.00	105.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	115.00	115.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,384	104.00–112.00	110.90
8	—	1,430	114.00–118.00	116.54
3	—	1,497	122.00–128.00	124.20
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	899	100.00–103.50	101.41
33	—	975	89.00–97.00	89.66
2	—	923	76.00–80.00	78.12
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,355	123.00	123.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,593	104.00–122.00	115.64
18	—	1,689	126.00–130.00	128.00
8	—	1,891	131.00–141.00	135.42

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	7	—	1,256	1,685.00–1,725.00	1,709.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,535.00	1,535.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,080	1,610.00	1,610.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,210.00	1,210.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,273	1,450.00–1,625.00	1,550.79
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,625.00	1,625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,000	1,410.00	1,410.00

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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