Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 7.00-8.00 higher. Packer demand very good. Limited numbers of good replacement cows available and demand is very good for all.

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	—	High	1,620	130.26	2,110	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	122.60	1,824	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	121.16	1,464	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,055	97.64	1,031	28

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)	995	$1,821	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	880	$1,675	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,244	$1,584	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,341	6
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,143	$1,290	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,135	$1,650	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	873	$1,350	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$2,125	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	964	$2,035	7

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls	—	—	1,922	147.37/cwt	142.00–152.00	2,832	5
Bulls	—	—	1,517	117.42/cwt	105.00–125.00	1,781	7
Bulls	—	—	1,807	137.45/cwt	132.00–141.00	2,484	5
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,210	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,682	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,182	116.80/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,381	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	927	81.61/cwt	81.00–85.00	757	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,142	115.63/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,320	9
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	873	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	880	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	995	1,820.85/head	1,725.00–1,900.00	1,821	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	707	138.53/cwt	134.00–141.00	979	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	1,588.93/head	1,450.00–1,900.00	1,589	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,143	1,290.00/head	1,290.00–1,290.00	1,290	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,200	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,270	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	1,341.31/head	1,285.00–1,575.00	1,341	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	774	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	117.94/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,479	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	955	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,108	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	129.28/cwt	125.00–138.00	1,554	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,649	119.17/cwt	117.00–119.50	1,965	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	925	2,140.54/head	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,141	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,407	124.32/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,749	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	970	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	747	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	111.00/cwt	108.00–113.50	1,208	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	109.78/cwt	108.00–112.00	1,268	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	88.01/cwt	83.00–94.00	939	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 Mar 5, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 121Last week 136Year ago 425

Replacement CattleReceipts 57Last week 34Year ago 128

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 7.00-8.00 higher. Packer demand very good. Limited numbers of good replacement cows available and demand is very good for all.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,922	142.00–152.00	147.37
7	—	1,517	105.00–125.00	117.42
5	—	1,807	132.00–141.00	137.45
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	139.00	139.00
3	—	1,182	111.00–121.00	116.80
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	927	81.00–85.00	81.61
1	—	970	77.00	77.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,142	114.00–123.00	115.63
1	—	1,060	73.00	73.00
4	—	1,088	108.00–113.50	111.00
6	—	1,067	83.00–94.00	88.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,254	114.00–122.00	117.94
7	—	1,202	125.00–138.00	129.28
2	—	1,155	108.00–112.00	109.78
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	116.00	116.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,649	117.00–119.50	119.17
14	—	1,407	124.00–126.00	124.32

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	873	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	880	1,675.00	1,675.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	995	1,725.00–1,900.00	1,820.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,270	1,550.00	1,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,000	1,285.00–1,575.00	1,341.31
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,240	1,450.00–1,900.00	1,588.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,143	1,290.00	1,290.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	707	134.00–141.00	138.53
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,125.00	2,125.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	925	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,140.54

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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