Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2024-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Packer demand moderate to good. Several small thin cows on offer today.

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	1,711	148.38	2,538	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,394	118.66	1,654	70
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,166	113.92	1,328	108
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,025	97.01	994	84

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)	1,190	$1,865	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,429	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,152	$1,397	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$1,838	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,160	$1,625	2thin

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 1	—	1,190	1,864.71/head	1,750.00–1,950.00	1,865	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	942	161.94/cwt	143.00–171.00	1,525	21
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	969	118.08/cwt	100.00–130.50	1,144	82
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	796	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	923	7
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	772	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,042	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,160	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,152	1,396.84/head	1,300.00–1,520.00	1,397	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,428.51/head	1,425.00–1,430.00	1,429	10
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,243	133.53/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,660	2
Bulls	—	—	1,523	137.02/cwt	130.00–143.00	2,087	6
Bulls	—	—	1,793	147.60/cwt	144.00–150.00	2,646	6
Bulls	—	—	1,853	157.70/cwt	152.00–164.50	2,922	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	114.17/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,234	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	90.41/cwt	90.00–91.00	971	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	900	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	981	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	804	102.70/cwt	100.00–106.00	826	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	107.34/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,211	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	952	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	666	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,013	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,124	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	996	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,021	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	112.94/cwt	104.00–116.00	1,559	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	118.67/cwt	117.00–124.00	1,717	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	108.47/cwt	100.00–111.00	1,361	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	116.10/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,419	66
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	122.10/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,543	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	128.27/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,854	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	929	88.83/cwt	87.00–92.00	825	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	994	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,178	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	77.72/cwt	74.00–79.00	810	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	999	103.69/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,036	13

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 29, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 386Last week 323Year ago 163

Replacement CattleReceipts 208Last week 216Year ago 81

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Packer demand moderate to good. Several small thin cows on offer today.

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,190	1,750.00–1,950.00	1,864.71
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,152	1,300.00–1,520.00	1,396.84
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,200	1,425.00–1,430.00	1,428.51
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	1,775.00	1,775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,160	1,625.00	1,625.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,900.00	1,900.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	—	942	143.00–171.00	161.94
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	82	—	969	100.00–130.50	118.08
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	796	116.00	116.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	772	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,243	131.00–136.00	133.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,523	130.00–143.00	137.02
6	—	1,793	144.00–150.00	147.60
11	—	1,853	152.00–164.50	157.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,081	110.00–116.00	114.17
5	—	1,074	90.00–91.00	90.41
12	—	1,128	104.00–108.00	107.34
8	—	1,042	74.00–79.00	77.72
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	109.00	109.00
16	—	804	100.00–106.00	102.70
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	952	70.00	70.00
9	—	996	102.50	102.50
12	—	929	87.00–92.00	88.83
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,013	111.00	111.00
13	—	999	103.00–111.00	103.69
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,380	104.00–116.00	112.94
40	—	1,447	117.00–124.00	118.67
9	—	1,445	124.00–133.00	128.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,255	100.00–111.00	108.47
66	—	1,222	112.00–119.00	116.10
13	—	1,264	120.00–123.00	122.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	994	118.50	118.50

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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