Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2024-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00-3.00 lower. Packer demand moderate to good but many cows returning to feed. Quality plain to average.

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	1,624	146.15	2,373	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,328	119.76	1,590	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,164	114.92	1,338	105
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,043	95.97	1,001	125

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)	1,515	$1,875	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,360	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,342	$1,725	27
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,316	$1,625	14
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	945	$1,570	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,194	$1,500	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,093	$1,856	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	900	$1,675	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1	—	1,135	1,960.00/head	1,960.00–1,960.00	1,960	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	900	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,190	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	930	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,360	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,197	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,448	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	900	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,323	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	851	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,128	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	945	1,570.00/head	1,570.00–1,570.00	1,570	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,316	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,194	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,515	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,085	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,291	1,560.00/head	1,560.00–1,560.00	1,560	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,367	1,770.80/head	1,655.00–2,150.00	1,771	21
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,065	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,257	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,243	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,001	2
Bulls	—	—	1,600	148.02/cwt	145.00–152.00	2,368	3
Bulls	—	—	1,684	135.49/cwt	127.00–141.00	2,282	9
Bulls	—	—	1,730	157.26/cwt	154.00–165.00	2,721	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,061	109.73/cwt	102.00–118.00	1,164	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	115.00/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,211	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	819	113.26/cwt	112.00–114.00	928	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	944	99.30/cwt	97.00–106.00	937	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,275	109.92/cwt	106.00–114.00	1,401	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,246	100.18/cwt	98.00–104.00	1,248	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,260	126.26/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,591	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	99.74/cwt	95.00–110.00	1,188	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	123.63/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,563	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	936	75.46/cwt	74.00–89.00	706	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	119.39/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,612	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	114.95/cwt	112.00–120.00	1,358	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,099	111.59/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,226	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	974	99.82/cwt	94.00–104.00	972	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,087	99.07/cwt	95.00–114.00	1,077	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,153	114.18/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,316	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,158	118.01/cwt	113.00–126.00	1,367	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	934	64.70/cwt	60.00–70.00	604	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	91.98/cwt	85.00–97.00	1,036	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	707	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 Nov 12, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 318Last week 88Year ago 390

Replacement CattleReceipts 212Last week 78Year ago 204

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00-3.00 lower. Packer demand moderate to good but many cows returning to feed. Quality plain to average.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	1,960.00	1,960.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,100	1,900.00	1,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,675.00	1,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	1,725.00	1,725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,360	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,367	1,655.00–2,150.00	1,770.80
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	945	1,570.00	1,570.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,316	1,625.00	1,625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,194	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,085	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,515	1,875.00	1,875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,291	1,560.00	1,560.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,197	121.00	121.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	900	147.00	147.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	29	—	851	132.50	132.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	118.00	118.00
2	—	1,243	161.00	161.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,600	145.00–152.00	148.02
9	—	1,684	127.00–141.00	135.49
8	—	1,730	154.00–165.00	157.26
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,061	102.00–118.00	109.73
9	—	1,099	111.00–116.00	111.59
5	—	1,087	95.00–114.00	99.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,053	113.00–117.00	115.00
11	—	1,246	98.00–104.00	100.18
15	—	1,126	85.00–97.00	91.98
1	—	1,055	67.00	67.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	819	112.00–114.00	113.26
4	—	944	97.00–106.00	99.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,275	106.00–114.00	109.92
8	—	1,260	125.00–127.00	126.26
34	—	1,350	118.00–124.00	119.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,191	95.00–110.00	99.74
10	—	1,264	121.00–125.00	123.63
58	—	1,181	112.00–120.00	114.95
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	936	74.00–89.00	75.46
31	—	974	94.00–104.00	99.82
14	—	934	60.00–70.00	64.70
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,153	114.00–115.00	114.18
19	—	1,158	113.00–126.00	118.01

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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