Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2025-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00-3.00 higher. Once again many cows returning to the country or feed. Packer demand moderate to good.

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	1,760	185.26	3,261	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,360	150.43	2,046	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,178	148.93	1,754	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,011	123.82	1,252	21

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)	1,390	$2,675	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,365	$2,373	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,265	$2,025	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,141	$3,456	4thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Bulls	—	—	2,065	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	3,800	1
Bulls	—	—	1,820	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	3,895	1
Bulls	—	—	1,590	168.50/cwt	167.00–172.00	2,679	4
Bulls	—	—	1,724	178.35/cwt	175.00–180.00	3,075	7
Bulls	—	—	1,891	196.92/cwt	191.00–201.00	3,724	8
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,280	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,304	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	970	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,198	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,390	2,675.00/head	2,675.00–2,675.00	2,675	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,203	160.75/cwt	153.00–169.00	1,934	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,081	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	920	123.25/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,134	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,265	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,481	2,431.95/head	2,350.00–2,525.00	2,432	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,172	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	975	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,511	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Light Weight	—	910	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,174	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,255	155.61/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,953	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	133.58/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,667	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	145.62/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,774	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	904	98.83/cwt	87.00–110.00	893	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,046	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,308	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	780	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,014	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	940	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,372	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	145.55/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,627	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,248	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	146.71/cwt	142.00–153.00	2,117	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	136.54/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,929	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	156.16/cwt	154.00–158.00	1,935	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	985	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,497	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,367	153.72/cwt	149.00–157.00	2,101	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	133.25/cwt	127.00–138.00	1,450	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,173	147.90/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,735	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,124	156.58/cwt	155.00–163.00	1,760	11

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 May 13, 2025

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 130Last week 83Year ago 170

Replacement CattleReceipts 77Last week 114Year ago 63

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00-3.00 higher. Once again many cows returning to the country or feed. Packer demand moderate to good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,065	184.00	184.00
1	—	1,820	214.00	214.00
4	—	1,590	167.00–172.00	168.50
7	—	1,724	175.00–180.00	178.35
8	—	1,891	191.00–201.00	196.92
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,280	180.00	180.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	107.00	107.00
4	—	1,118	140.00–149.00	145.55
1	—	1,015	123.00	123.00
3	—	1,088	127.00–138.00	133.25
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	920	121.00–125.00	123.25
4	—	904	87.00–110.00	98.83
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	129.00	129.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,255	155.00–160.00	155.61
17	—	1,367	149.00–157.00	153.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,248	131.00–136.00	133.58
26	—	1,218	140.00–151.00	145.62
7	—	1,239	154.00–158.00	156.16
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,046	125.00	125.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	130.00	130.00
1	—	940	146.00	146.00
2	—	985	152.00	152.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,443	142.00–153.00	146.71
2	—	1,413	130.00–142.00	136.54
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,173	146.00–150.00	147.90
11	—	1,124	155.00–163.00	156.58

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	2,875.00	2,875.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,198	3,650.00	3,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,390	2,675.00	2,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	2,025.00	2,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,481	2,350.00–2,525.00	2,431.95
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,172	2,275.00	2,275.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,203	153.00–169.00	160.75
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	155.00	155.00

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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