Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2023-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to weak. Demand moderate.

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	1,749	126.43	2,212	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,392	119.77	1,668	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,194	107.30	1,281	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,045	99.00	1,035	200

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,078	$1,431	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,089	$1,404	16
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,100	$1,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,200	$1,800	1thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,081	1,364.83/head	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,365	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	832	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	1,431.29/head	1,425.00–1,450.00	1,431	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,919	131.39/cwt	129.00–136.00	2,521	4
Bulls	—	—	1,980	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	2,742	1
Bulls	—	—	1,729	125.57/cwt	122.00–128.00	2,171	7
Bulls	—	—	1,493	117.82/cwt	117.50–118.00	1,759	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	107.00/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,267	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	911	94.70/cwt	92.00–98.50	863	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,325	115.66/cwt	111.00–116.50	1,532	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	123.47/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,794	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	106.26/cwt	106.00–107.00	1,126	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	996	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,056	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	101.56/cwt	98.00–106.00	1,106	131
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	935	77.82/cwt	73.00–79.00	728	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	910	85.77/cwt	85.00–86.00	781	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	849	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	92.43/cwt	90.00–96.00	942	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,449	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,158	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,311	1,774.21/head	1,750.00–1,800.00	1,774	6

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 Sep 12, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 590Last week 157Year ago 843

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 28Year ago 296

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to weak. Demand moderate.

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 (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,081	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,364.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,078	1,425.00–1,450.00	1,431.29
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	832	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,311	1,750.00–1,800.00	1,774.21
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,500.00	1,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,800.00	1,800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,919	129.00–136.00	131.39
1	—	1,980	138.50	138.50
7	—	1,729	122.00–128.00	125.57
3	—	1,493	117.50–118.00	117.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,184	103.00–111.00	107.00
7	—	1,294	112.00	112.00
2	—	1,158	100.00	100.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	911	92.00–98.50	94.70
13	—	996	106.00	106.00
9	—	935	73.00–79.00	77.82
4	—	910	85.00–86.00	85.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,325	111.00–116.50	115.66
20	—	1,453	117.00–126.00	123.47
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,060	106.00–107.00	106.26
131	—	1,089	98.00–106.00	101.56
1	—	1,035	82.00	82.00
14	—	1,019	90.00–96.00	92.43

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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