Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2024-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower, except Breakers cows 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00-5.00 lower, however a few very high dressing bulls once again surpassed the previous week's record of 200.00 and sold for 203.00. Packer demand moderate to good.

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	1,777	163.95	2,913	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,500	144.85	2,173	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,294	142.33	1,842	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,099	124.17	1,365	44

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,333	$2,045	42
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,285	$1,925	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,253	$1,861	12
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	950	$1,700	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$2,135	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,060	$2,401	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$2,217	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,015	$2,125	1thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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	—	—	1,872	196.20/cwt	183.00–203.00	3,673	3
Bulls	—	—	1,782	163.93/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,921	7
Bulls	—	—	1,940	176.03/cwt	175.00–177.00	3,415	2
Bulls	—	—	1,761	151.23/cwt	135.00–158.00	2,663	8
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,250	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,813	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	955	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,242	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	950	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,285	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	950	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,392	2,131.70/head	2,030.00–2,270.00	2,132	34
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	2,135.00/head	2,135.00–2,135.00	2,135	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	1,660.00/head	1,660.00–1,660.00	1,660	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,015	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,060	2,400.94/head	2,325.00–2,500.00	2,401	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	975	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,240	1,726.27/head	1,500.00–1,935.00	1,726	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	823	77.43/cwt	70.00–85.00	637	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	130.29/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,561	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,212	111.91/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,356	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,189	138.95/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,652	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	900	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,253	1,861.01/head	1,810.00–1,950.00	1,861	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	137.18/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,986	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	950	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,397	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,514	147.60/cwt	143.00–153.00	2,235	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	122.51/cwt	119.00–127.00	1,290	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	140.80/cwt	138.00–144.00	1,859	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,665	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,731	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	815	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,019	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	940	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,137	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	150.69/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,923	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,372	133.22/cwt	129.00–136.00	1,828	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,243	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,728	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	960	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,363	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 Jul 30, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 197Last week 237Year ago 284

Replacement CattleReceipts 81Last week 60Year ago 94

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,872	183.00–203.00	196.20
7	—	1,782	160.00–169.00	163.93
2	—	1,940	175.00–177.00	176.03
8	—	1,761	135.00–158.00	151.23
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	145.00	145.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	130.00	130.00
1	—	950	147.00	147.00
1	—	960	142.00	142.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	823	70.00–85.00	77.43
1	—	815	125.00	125.00
1	—	940	121.00	121.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,198	128.00–134.00	130.29
3	—	1,212	110.00–114.00	111.91
6	—	1,189	136.00–142.00	138.95
21	—	1,053	119.00–127.00	122.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,448	134.00–140.00	137.18
7	—	1,514	143.00–153.00	147.60
1	—	1,665	164.00	164.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,320	138.00–144.00	140.80
15	—	1,276	145.00–156.00	150.69
9	—	1,372	129.00–136.00	133.22
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	139.00	139.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	1,800.00	1,800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,285	1,925.00	1,925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,240	1,500.00–1,935.00	1,726.27
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,392	2,030.00–2,270.00	2,131.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,253	1,810.00–1,950.00	1,861.01
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,027	1,660.00	1,660.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	2,135.00	2,135.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	2,125.00	2,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,060	2,325.00–2,500.00	2,400.94
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	1,800.00	1,800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	2,425.00	2,425.00

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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