Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2025-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 10.00-12.00 lower. Packer demand moderate at best.

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	1,652	158.35	2,616	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,139	138.09	1,573	64
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,471	137.68	2,025	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	995	117.06	1,165	33
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,130	109.00	1,232	1thin

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)	1,058	$2,406	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,350	$2,387	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,540	$2,259	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,183	$2,000	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	966	$1,250	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,128	$2,358	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$2,025	1thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	985	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,200	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,058	2,405.91/head	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,406	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	966	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,018	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,955	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,183	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,540	2,258.93/head	2,125.00–2,400.00	2,259	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	2,387.49/head	2,050.00–2,510.00	2,387	5
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,303	162.46/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,117	2
Bulls	—	—	1,639	157.64/cwt	152.00–161.00	2,584	7
Bulls	—	—	1,761	170.51/cwt	163.00–182.00	3,003	8
Bulls	—	—	1,638	141.58/cwt	137.00–150.00	2,319	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	128.59/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,408	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,055	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,477	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	82.48/cwt	80.00–85.00	864	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	126.00/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,506	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	138.22/cwt	133.00–141.00	2,108	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,378	144.48/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,991	9
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,232	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	928	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	761	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	906	130.03/cwt	122.00–136.00	1,178	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	137.90/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,662	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,045	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,426	127.32/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,816	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,348	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	955	124.56/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,190	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	145.12/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,824	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	943	143.51/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,353	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,050	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,355	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	940	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,325	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	805	100.62/cwt	98.00–103.00	810	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 Mar 4, 2025

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 129Last week 224Year ago 121

Replacement CattleReceipts 140Last week 206Year ago 57

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 10.00-12.00 lower. Packer demand moderate at best.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	1,925.00	1,925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,200	2,575.00	2,575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,025.00	2,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,058	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,405.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,540	2,125.00–2,400.00	2,258.93
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,350	2,050.00–2,510.00	2,387.49
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	966	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,183	2,000.00	2,000.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,018	192.00	192.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,303	160.00–165.00	162.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,639	152.00–161.00	157.64
8	—	1,761	163.00–182.00	170.51
6	—	1,638	137.00–150.00	141.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,095	127.00–133.00	128.59
2	—	1,048	80.00–85.00	82.48
1	—	1,045	100.00	100.00
3	—	1,105	122.00	122.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	140.00	140.00
2	—	1,050	129.00	129.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,195	123.00–128.00	126.00
22	—	1,205	132.00–140.00	137.90
21	—	1,257	140.00–149.00	145.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,525	133.00–141.00	138.22
9	—	1,378	141.00–148.00	144.48
7	—	1,426	124.00–131.00	127.32
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	928	82.00	82.00
14	—	955	124.00–125.00	124.56
2	—	805	98.00–103.00	100.62
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	906	122.00–136.00	130.03
2	—	943	140.00–147.00	143.51
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	141.00	141.00
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	109.00	109.00

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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