Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2025-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 6.00-9.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00-4.00 higher. Packer demand good. Demand also good for replacement cows but quality of these improved.

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	—	High	1,662	154.95	2,575	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,428	140.07	2,000	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,237	129.23	1,599	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,063	106.43	1,132	65

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)	1,345	$2,315	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,234	$2,130	34
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	755	$1,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,130	$3,325	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,130	$2,575	4thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	1,025	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,235	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	3,325.00/head	3,325.00–3,325.00	3,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,259	2,236.49/head	1,925.00–2,675.00	2,236	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	2,037.66/head	2,025.00–2,050.00	2,038	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,240	1,671.38/head	1,600.00–1,880.00	1,671	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,345	2,314.68/head	2,100.00–2,625.00	2,315	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	955	160.92/cwt	145.00–170.00	1,537	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	167.80/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,691	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	944	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,251	19
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	793	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,427	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,308	155.01/cwt	154.00–156.00	2,028	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,160	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,438	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,225	152.04/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,862	2
Bulls	—	—	1,716	162.31/cwt	158.00–166.00	2,785	10
Bulls	—	—	1,887	169.73/cwt	167.00–177.00	3,203	7
Bulls	—	—	1,660	144.93/cwt	132.00–156.00	2,406	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	980	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,215	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	938	83.38/cwt	75.00–95.00	782	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	900	124.31/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,119	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	90.39/cwt	90.00–99.00	934	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,174	117.57/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,380	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	125.64/cwt	121.00–132.00	1,354	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,416	144.15/cwt	139.00–148.00	2,041	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,270	122.87/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,560	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	132.76/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,740	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	139.25/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,738	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	123.55/cwt	110.00–128.00	1,509	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	136.19/cwt	132.00–139.00	2,022	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	105.40/cwt	102.00–112.00	1,263	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,118	128.52/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,437	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,070	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,177	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,141	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,415	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,303	139.20/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,814	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	965	115.60/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,116	5

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 Jan 28, 2025

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 215Last week 37Year ago 252

Replacement CattleReceipts 117Last week 45Year ago 63

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 6.00-9.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00-4.00 higher. Packer demand good. Demand also good for replacement cows but quality of these improved.

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	2	—	1,025	2,325.00	2,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,235	2,825.00	2,825.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,130	3,325.00	3,325.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	25	—	1,259	1,925.00–2,675.00	2,236.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,345	2,100.00–2,625.00	2,314.68
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,067	2,025.00–2,050.00	2,037.66
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,240	1,600.00–1,880.00	1,671.38
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	755	1,800.00	1,800.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	955	145.00–170.00	160.92
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,008	160.00–175.00	167.80
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	944	132.50	132.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	793	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,308	154.00–156.00	155.01
1	—	1,160	124.00	124.00
2	—	1,225	149.00–155.00	152.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,716	158.00–166.00	162.31
7	—	1,887	167.00–177.00	169.73
14	—	1,660	132.00–156.00	144.93
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	980	124.00	124.00
6	—	938	75.00–95.00	83.38
5	—	965	115.00–118.00	115.60
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	900	120.00–128.00	124.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,033	90.00–99.00	90.39
5	—	1,174	115.00–120.00	117.57
6	—	1,078	121.00–132.00	125.64
3	—	1,198	102.00–112.00	105.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,416	139.00–148.00	144.15
2	—	1,270	120.00–125.00	122.87
9	—	1,485	132.00–139.00	136.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,311	132.00–134.00	132.76
7	—	1,248	135.00–147.00	139.25
25	—	1,221	110.00–128.00	123.55
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	127.00–130.00	128.52
1	—	1,070	110.00	110.00
12	—	1,141	124.00	124.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,303	139.00–140.00	139.20

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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