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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Packer demand good. Several nice replacement cows available and these sold to good demand.

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	1,601	116.01	1,857	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,399	105.84	1,480	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,224	99.67	1,220	84
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,065	90.49	963	194

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)	1,057	$1,648	23
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	912	$1,566	13
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,221	$1,344	38
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,140	$1,160	10
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,023	$1,127	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,345	$1,800	3thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 2	—	950	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,160.00/head	1,160.00–1,160.00	1,160	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,076	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,023	1,127.40/head	1,050.00–1,185.00	1,127	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,345	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	890	1,614.03/head	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,614	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	1,483.06/head	1,300.00–1,550.00	1,483	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,241	1,287.84/head	1,160.00–1,355.00	1,288	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,161	1,315.18/head	1,275.00–1,400.00	1,315	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,063	1,754.28/head	1,410.00–1,935.00	1,754	15
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,218	102.25/cwt	94.00–107.00	1,245	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,260	113.01/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,424	3
Bulls	—	—	1,643	117.57/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,932	8
Bulls	—	—	1,851	127.69/cwt	124.00–132.00	2,364	7
Bulls	—	—	1,616	107.23/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,733	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	786	71.85/cwt	58.00–78.00	565	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,406	99.83/cwt	93.00–102.00	1,404	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,486	115.30/cwt	111.00–120.00	1,713	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	106.48/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,462	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	985	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	975	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	907	83.25/cwt	80.00–85.00	755	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	79.79/cwt	75.00–82.00	838	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	99.49/cwt	98.00–102.00	1,136	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	89.68/cwt	83.00–92.00	971	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	99.31/cwt	96.00–102.50	1,219	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	974	90.44/cwt	88.00–92.00	881	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,161	95.24/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,106	72
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	106.18/cwt	103.00–112.00	1,354	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	94.44/cwt	92.00–95.50	1,157	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,096	91.20/cwt	84.50–95.00	1,000	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	990	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,020	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 Oct 10, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 471Last week 427Year ago 950

Replacement CattleReceipts 134Last week 150Year ago 105

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Packer demand good. Several nice replacement cows available and these sold to good demand.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	950	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,023	1,050.00–1,185.00	1,127.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,161	1,275.00–1,400.00	1,315.18
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,140	1,160.00	1,160.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,076	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,030	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,241	1,160.00–1,355.00	1,287.84
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	890	1,600.00–1,650.00	1,614.03
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,220	1,300.00–1,550.00	1,483.06
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,063	1,410.00–1,935.00	1,754.28
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,345	1,800.00	1,800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,218	94.00–107.00	102.25
3	—	1,260	110.00–115.00	113.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,643	114.00–122.00	117.57
7	—	1,851	124.00–132.00	127.69
5	—	1,616	100.00–110.00	107.23
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	786	58.00–78.00	71.85
21	—	907	80.00–85.00	83.25
33	—	974	88.00–92.00	90.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,406	93.00–102.00	99.83
5	—	1,486	111.00–120.00	115.30
20	—	1,373	104.00–110.00	106.48
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	985	99.00	99.00
1	—	990	103.00	103.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,050	75.00–82.00	79.79
5	—	1,142	98.00–102.00	99.49
41	—	1,083	83.00–92.00	89.68
72	—	1,161	93.00–97.00	95.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,227	96.00–102.50	99.31
16	—	1,275	103.00–112.00	106.18
17	—	1,225	92.00–95.50	94.44
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,096	84.50–95.00	91.20

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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