Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2024-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand moderate.

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	1,655	147.97	2,449	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,493	118.44	1,769	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,296	113.63	1,472	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,098	101.74	1,117	155

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,485	$1,748	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,090	$1,603	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,181	$1,482	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,088	$1,433	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,232	$1,348	53
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,013	$1,275	3thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,090	$2,125	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	950	$1,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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 1	—	1,485	1,747.77/head	1,650.00–1,900.00	1,748	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,187	1,493.65/head	1,360.00–1,815.00	1,494	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	1,354.77/head	1,315.00–1,425.00	1,355	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,025	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	141.25/cwt	125.00–147.00	1,518	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	1,603.03/head	1,330.00–1,795.00	1,603	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,265	1,530.00/head	1,530.00–1,530.00	1,530	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	120.14/cwt	118.00–122.00	1,334	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	81.54/cwt	80.00–88.00	915	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,090	1,415.00/head	1,415.00–1,415.00	1,415	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,075	1,385.00/head	1,385.00–1,385.00	1,385	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	719	118.46/cwt	116.00–120.00	852	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	950	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	117.24/cwt	113.00–121.00	1,516	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,420	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,782	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,089	110.40/cwt	103.00–115.00	1,202	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,205	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,205	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	114.10/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,660	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	896	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	538	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	107.14/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,355	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,313	112.90/cwt	112.00–117.00	1,482	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	109.74/cwt	104.50–114.00	1,262	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	123.98/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,671	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	2,035	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,514	120.31/cwt	117.50–123.00	1,821	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	938	105.60/cwt	103.00–108.00	991	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	920	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	819	1
Bulls	—	—	1,626	133.85/cwt	129.00–139.00	2,176	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	95.79/cwt	94.00–100.00	967	24
Bulls	—	—	1,647	151.77/cwt	148.00–156.00	2,500	7
Bulls	—	—	1,740	162.94/cwt	161.00–165.00	2,835	2

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 24, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 329Last week 350Year ago 297

Replacement CattleReceipts 97Last week 150Year ago 170

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand moderate.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,485	1,650.00–1,900.00	1,747.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,085	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,090	1,330.00–1,795.00	1,603.03
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,265	1,530.00	1,530.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,013	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,187	1,360.00–1,815.00	1,493.65
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	51	—	1,240	1,315.00–1,425.00	1,354.77
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,025	1,175.00	1,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	1,415.00	1,415.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,385.00	1,385.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,090	2,125.00	2,125.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,075	125.00–147.00	141.25
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	165.00	165.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	719	116.00–120.00	118.46
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,250.00	1,250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,110	118.00–122.00	120.14
25	—	1,122	80.00–88.00	81.54
55	—	1,150	104.50–114.00	109.74
24	—	1,010	94.00–100.00	95.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,293	113.00–121.00	117.24
14	—	1,265	105.00–111.00	107.14
2	—	1,348	123.00–125.00	123.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	125.50	125.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,089	103.00–115.00	110.40
3	—	1,205	100.00	100.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,455	111.00–116.00	114.10
1	—	1,615	126.00	126.00
20	—	1,514	117.50–123.00	120.31
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	896	60.00	60.00
2	—	938	103.00–108.00	105.60
1	—	920	89.00	89.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,313	112.00–117.00	112.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,626	129.00–139.00	133.85
7	—	1,647	148.00–156.00	151.77
2	—	1,740	161.00–165.00	162.94

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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