Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2023-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 6.00 lower. Packer demand moderate to good. Fall culling has begun with several bunches of slaughter cows included. Demand continues good for bred cows and pairs.

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	1,657	116.22	1,925	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,438	106.27	1,528	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,203	98.60	1,186	133
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,062	88.63	941	169

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)	1,260	$1,370	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,183	$1,285	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,010	$1,275	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	849	$1,765	36
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	965	$1,975	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,337	$1,883	12

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,575	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,383	2,119.58/head	2,050.00–2,185.00	2,120	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,159	1,265.01/head	1,100.00–1,375.00	1,265	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,510	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,135	1,204.30/head	1,125.00–1,275.00	1,204	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	1,824.33/head	1,300.00–1,985.00	1,824	31
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	965	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,285	115.04/cwt	114.00–116.00	1,478	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,330	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,450	1
Bulls	—	—	1,708	118.26/cwt	116.00–121.00	2,020	6
Bulls	—	—	1,873	128.60/cwt	125.00–132.00	2,409	5
Bulls	—	—	1,621	109.05/cwt	102.00–114.00	1,768	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,340	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,193	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	97.36/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,096	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	97.90/cwt	96.00–101.00	1,224	74
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	103.32/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,203	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,352	97.10/cwt	88.00–100.00	1,313	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,077	93.91/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,011	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,113	87.81/cwt	87.00–92.00	977	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	888	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	746	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,437	105.50/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,516	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	87.65/cwt	80.00–90.00	930	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,174	92.74/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,089	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	943	83.58/cwt	78.00–88.00	788	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	838	65.72/cwt	62.00–79.00	551	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	114.33/cwt	110.00–121.00	1,708	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	65.08/cwt	60.00–71.00	722	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	982	89.56/cwt	89.50–90.00	879	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	90.89/cwt	86.00–95.00	1,008	14

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 Oct 3, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 427Last week 297Year ago 1,100

Replacement CattleReceipts 150Last week 170Year ago 75

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	1	—	1,575	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,383	2,050.00–2,185.00	2,119.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	965	1,975.00	1,975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,235	1,625.00	1,625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,159	1,100.00–1,375.00	1,265.01
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,135	1,125.00–1,275.00	1,204.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,010	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,510	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,350	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	31	—	870	1,300.00–1,985.00	1,824.33
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	721	1,400.00	1,400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,285	114.00–116.00	115.04
1	—	1,330	109.00	109.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,708	116.00–121.00	118.26
5	—	1,873	125.00–132.00	128.60
9	—	1,621	102.00–114.00	109.05
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	89.00	89.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,126	96.00–99.00	97.36
31	—	1,061	80.00–90.00	87.65
44	—	1,174	90.00–95.00	92.74
2	—	1,110	60.00–71.00	65.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,250	96.00–101.00	97.90
42	—	1,164	102.00–107.00	103.32
14	—	1,109	86.00–95.00	90.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,352	88.00–100.00	97.10
32	—	1,437	101.00–109.00	105.50
11	—	1,494	110.00–121.00	114.33
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,077	92.00–95.00	93.91
8	—	1,113	87.00–92.00	87.81
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	888	84.00	84.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	943	78.00–88.00	83.58
9	—	838	62.00–79.00	65.72
23	—	982	89.50–90.00	89.56

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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