Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 7.00-8.00 higher. 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	—	Low	1,652	168.57	2,785	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,529	158.30	2,420	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,211	153.00	1,853	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,049	127.93	1,342	53

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,164	$2,710	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,370	$2,560	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,110	$2,539	27
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,233	$2,308	47
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,040	$2,300	1thin

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,048	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,415	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	990	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,505	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	890	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,291	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,521	158.23/cwt	156.00–161.00	2,407	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	151.41/cwt	150.00–154.00	2,200	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	120.85/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,286	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,235	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,902	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	144.88/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,686	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,060	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,526	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,432	162.23/cwt	161.00–168.00	2,323	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	138.08/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,662	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,176	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	154.64/cwt	149.00–159.00	1,890	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	960	120.39/cwt	109.00–125.00	1,156	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,152	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,866	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,213	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,638	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	162.67/cwt	162.00–165.00	2,603	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,144	1,919.09/head	1,860.00–2,165.00	1,919	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,164	2,710.00/head	2,710.00–2,710.00	2,710	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,026	2,480.63/head	2,425.00–2,735.00	2,481	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,348	2,309.87/head	2,000.00–2,405.00	2,310	13
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,099	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,143	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,290	2,308.73/head	1,990.00–2,625.00	2,309	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,244	2,719.49/head	2,380.00–2,850.00	2,719	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,370	2,560.45/head	2,525.00–2,600.00	2,560	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,219	2,485.00/head	2,485.00–2,485.00	2,485	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,179	2,295.58/head	2,185.00–2,375.00	2,296	14
Bulls	—	—	1,648	160.97/cwt	145.00–174.00	2,653	10
Bulls	—	—	1,635	180.30/cwt	177.00–185.00	2,948	3
Bulls	—	—	1,698	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	3,209	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 Dec 16, 2025

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 162Last week 404Year ago 205

Replacement CattleReceipts 95Last week 22Year ago 97

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 7.00-8.00 higher. Packer demand moderate to good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,048	135.00	135.00
4	—	1,060	144.00	144.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	152.00	152.00
1	—	890	145.00	145.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,521	156.00–161.00	158.23
3	—	1,453	150.00–154.00	151.41
5	—	1,600	162.00–165.00	162.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,064	119.00–130.00	120.85
1	—	1,235	154.00	154.00
6	—	1,164	142.00–146.00	144.88
1	—	1,120	105.00	105.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,432	161.00–168.00	162.23
10	—	1,204	130.00–144.00	138.08
13	—	1,222	149.00–159.00	154.64
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	960	109.00–125.00	120.39
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,152	162.00	162.00
5	—	1,213	135.00	135.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,648	145.00–174.00	160.97
3	—	1,635	177.00–185.00	180.30
2	—	1,698	189.00	189.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,144	1,860.00–2,165.00	1,919.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,290	1,990.00–2,625.00	2,308.73
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,164	2,710.00	2,710.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,348	2,000.00–2,405.00	2,309.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,244	2,380.00–2,850.00	2,719.49
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,370	2,525.00–2,600.00	2,560.45
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,026	2,425.00–2,735.00	2,480.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,219	2,485.00	2,485.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,179	2,185.00–2,375.00	2,295.58
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,040	2,300.00	2,300.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,099	195.00	195.00

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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