Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Packer demand moderate. Many cows returning to feed or winter pasture.

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	—	Average	1,593	136.75	2,179	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,389	116.21	1,614	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,197	115.78	1,386	146
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,045	98.92	1,034	103

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,165	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,405	$1,950	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,198	$1,883	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,090	$1,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,398	$1,669	35
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,135	$1,900	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$1,874	2thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	—	1,435	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,114	125.78/cwt	120.00–133.00	1,401	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,405	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	1,081	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,162	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,398	1,668.91/head	1,575.00–1,740.00	1,669	35
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,080	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	1,874.40/head	1,850.00–1,900.00	1,874	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,782	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,220	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,696	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,145	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,420	1
Bulls	—	—	1,853	145.56/cwt	142.00–149.00	2,697	3
Bulls	—	—	1,620	128.32/cwt	120.00–136.00	2,079	5
Bulls	—	—	1,500	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,445	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	106.66/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,165	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,248	100.34/cwt	96.00–104.00	1,252	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	103.26/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,330	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,162	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,313	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,234	89.64/cwt	83.00–95.00	1,106	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	120.33/cwt	117.00–130.00	1,482	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	115.37/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,604	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,377	125.41/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,727	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	928	89.55/cwt	83.00–96.00	831	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	113.89/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,426	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	919	64.57/cwt	60.00–65.00	593	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,158	117.02/cwt	112.50–123.00	1,355	76
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	985	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,133	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,079	113.02/cwt	105.00–118.00	1,219	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,135	103.96/cwt	103.00–105.00	1,180	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 Nov 19, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 295Last week 318Year ago 173

Replacement CattleReceipts 182Last week 212Year ago 101

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Packer demand moderate. Many cows returning to feed or winter pasture.

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,435	1,950.00	1,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,405	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,165	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	—	1,398	1,575.00–1,740.00	1,668.91
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,080	1,850.00	1,850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,114	120.00–133.00	125.78
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,081	107.50	107.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,485	120.00	120.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,040	1,850.00–1,900.00	1,874.40

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	139.00	139.00
1	—	1,145	124.00	124.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,853	142.00–149.00	145.56
5	—	1,620	120.00–136.00	128.32
1	—	1,500	163.00	163.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,092	105.00–112.00	106.66
2	—	1,248	96.00–104.00	100.34
3	—	1,234	83.00–95.00	89.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,288	100.00–108.00	103.26
13	—	1,232	117.00–130.00	120.33
47	—	1,252	110.00–116.00	113.89
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,162	113.00	113.00
76	—	1,158	112.50–123.00	117.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,390	113.00–118.00	115.37
3	—	1,377	123.00–129.00	125.41
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	928	83.00–96.00	89.55
26	—	919	60.00–65.00	64.57
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	115.00	115.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,079	105.00–118.00	113.02
2	—	1,135	103.00–105.00	103.96

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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