Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2024-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 15.00-20.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 8.00 lower. Packer demand light to moderate. Weather continues hot and dry and many cows are moving to market. Demand moderate for replacement cows.

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	1,638	152.41	2,497	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,384	119.14	1,648	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,218	116.52	1,420	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,068	104.69	1,118	91

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/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,008	$2,129	30
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,150	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,249	$1,904	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$1,900	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,166	$1,800	15
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,040	$1,549	64
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$2,225	7

Every lot, as filed

30 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 2	—	1,000	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,236	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	985	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,353	2,078.66/head	1,975.00–2,150.00	2,079	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,012	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,040	1,548.94/head	1,375.00–1,985.00	1,549	64
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,008	2,129.35/head	2,110.00–2,150.00	2,129	30
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,204	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,255	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,669	1
Bulls	—	—	1,596	151.99/cwt	148.00–155.00	2,426	15
Bulls	—	—	1,427	137.18/cwt	128.00–146.00	1,958	12
Bulls	—	—	1,795	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	3,195	2
Bulls	—	—	1,918	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	3,069	2
Bulls	—	—	1,830	162.56/cwt	156.00–167.00	2,975	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	110.10/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,349	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,186	118.49/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,405	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	98.97/cwt	95.00–103.00	1,053	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	114.43/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,605	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	799	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	114.81/cwt	113.50–121.00	1,426	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	124.26/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,660	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,379	120.27/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,659	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	110.38/cwt	106.00–114.00	1,205	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	933	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	998	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	900	64.65/cwt	50.00–70.00	582	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,039	109.48/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,137	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,052	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,126	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,064	126.18/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,343	11

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 17, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 350Last week 450Year ago 237

Replacement CattleReceipts 150Last week 58Year ago 70

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,000	2,225.00	2,225.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,236	1,875.00	1,875.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,012	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,353	1,975.00–2,150.00	2,078.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,040	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,204	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	64	—	1,040	1,375.00–1,985.00	1,548.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	30	—	1,008	2,110.00–2,150.00	2,129.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	133.00	133.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,596	148.00–155.00	151.99
12	—	1,427	128.00–146.00	137.18
2	—	1,795	178.00	178.00
2	—	1,918	160.00	160.00
14	—	1,830	156.00–167.00	162.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,225	100.00–114.00	110.10
50	—	1,242	113.50–121.00	114.81
4	—	1,336	123.00–126.00	124.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,186	115.00–123.00	118.49
14	—	1,064	95.00–103.00	98.97
3	—	1,080	74.00	74.00
40	—	1,092	106.00–114.00	110.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,403	111.00–116.00	114.43
25	—	1,379	117.00–125.00	120.27
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	933	107.00	107.00
6	—	900	50.00–70.00	64.65
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,039	105.00–113.00	109.48
3	—	1,052	107.00	107.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,064	122.00–129.00	126.18

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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