Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2019-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week: Feeder steers trading mostly 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves are selling with a higher undertone on limited offerings. Demand moderate to good. Quality average to attractive. Several inches of rain fell over the trade area over the weekend hampering livestock movement.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.28/cwt on 2,607 head.

Average price

$141.28

2,607 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$912

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$172

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$24.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.19

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	646	143.87	929	1,605
Medium and Large 2	493	142.48	703	98
Medium and Large 1-2	663	136.69	906	897
Medium and Large 2-3	636	119.00	757	7thin

One grade step is worth $24.87/cwt here — about $172 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,607 hd

141.28

—

OK average7 barns · 8,850 hd

142.47

−1.19

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

105 lots · USDA AMS · Oklahoma National Stockyards Feeder 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,159	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	515	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	721	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	480	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	763	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	795	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	994	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	553	145.05/cwt	144.00–146.00	802	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	443	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	665	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	701	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	876	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	299	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	565	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	899	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	122.84/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,077	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	124.69/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,050	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	136.22/cwt	135.00–139.50	925	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	131.21/cwt	128.00–133.00	958	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	159.63/cwt	158.00–160.00	678	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	153.07/cwt	150.00–160.00	571	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	150.14/cwt	146.00–153.00	715	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	113.61/cwt	111.50–115.00	1,037	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	640	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	845	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	528	138.27/cwt	137.00–140.00	730	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	897	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	987	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	758	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	910	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	707	119.76/cwt	116.00–122.00	847	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	475	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	665	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	139.99/cwt	135.00–143.00	935	291
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	132.58/cwt	129.00–136.75	976	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	146.89/cwt	145.00–152.00	912	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	129.37/cwt	127.25–132.00	1,000	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	124.87/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,040	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	154.21/cwt	150.00–156.00	881	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	168.51/cwt	164.00–172.00	795	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	170.39/cwt	169.00–174.00	714	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	151.71/cwt	148.00–156.50	806	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	175.19/cwt	173.00–176.00	659	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,066	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	616	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	801	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	391	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	678	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	698	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	953	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	761	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	339	192.09/cwt	190.00–199.00	651	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	924	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	674	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	964	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	761	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	494	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	865	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	391	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	759	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	540	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	853	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	750	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	368	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	559	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	489	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	944	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	443	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	797	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	585	138.19/cwt	135.00–139.00	808	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	498	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	789	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	140.62/cwt	135.00–144.00	956	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	155.92/cwt	154.00–162.00	817	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	282	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	496	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	747	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	934	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	877	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,026	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,088	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,088	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	158.38/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,085	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	133.64/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,056	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	178.60/cwt	175.00–182.00	948	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	130.88/cwt	130.50–131.00	1,126	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	137.78/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,131	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	144.51/cwt	136.00–147.50	1,029	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	157.64/cwt	152.50–162.00	1,009	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	170.96/cwt	169.00–175.00	985	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	191.62/cwt	184.00–195.00	724	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	846	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	937	127.38/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,194	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	178.43/cwt	177.00–179.00	840	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	473	168.04/cwt	163.00–171.00	795	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,056	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	818	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,260	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	147.65/cwt	142.00–152.00	1,135	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	143.98/cwt	139.50–148.50	1,189	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	167.85/cwt	166.00–171.00	1,062	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	129.14/cwt	126.00–131.50	1,207	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	136.30/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,178	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,007	121.78/cwt	121.00–122.50	1,226	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	183.50/cwt	180.00–186.00	947	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	182.33/cwt	174.00–185.50	1,048	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	152.45/cwt	146.50–156.50	1,093	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,282	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	198.88/cwt	198.00–200.00	863	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	127.88/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,260	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	192.97/cwt	188.00–195.00	917	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,081	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	215.53/cwt	209.00–220.00	711	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	789	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	528	178.64/cwt	177.00–179.00	943	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	713	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,034	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	783	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,096	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	488	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	883	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	425	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	893	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	636	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	757	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	541	136.50/cwt	135.00–140.00	738	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	159.55/cwt	158.00–160.00	517	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	691	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	871	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	622	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	607	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	923	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	127.48/cwt	125.00–128.50	985	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	145.08/cwt	141.50–151.00	827	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	149.79/cwt	145.50–153.50	792	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	140.31/cwt	139.00–142.25	908	105

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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Receipts 5,697Last week 6,208Year ago 8,018

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,035	112.00	112.00
291	—	668	135.00–143.00	139.99
276	—	736	129.00–136.75	132.58
238	—	621	145.00–152.00	146.89
152	—	773	127.25–132.00	129.37
132	—	833	123.00–126.00	124.87
122	—	571	150.00–156.00	154.21
112	—	472	164.00–172.00	168.51
108	—	419	169.00–174.00	170.39
48	—	531	148.00–156.50	151.71
37	—	376	173.00–176.00	175.19
22	—	860	124.00	124.00
5	—	348	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	515	140.00	140.00
6	—	480	159.00	159.00
5	—	795	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	553	144.00–146.00	145.05
15	—	498	158.50	158.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	877	115.00–125.00	122.84
48	—	842	124.00–125.00	124.69
40	—	679	135.00–139.50	136.22
38	—	730	128.00–133.00	131.21
32	—	425	158.00–160.00	159.63
31	—	373	150.00–160.00	153.07
21	—	476	146.00–153.00	150.14
10	—	913	111.50–115.00	113.61
160	—	773	125.00–128.50	127.48
111	—	570	141.50–151.00	145.08
108	—	529	145.50–153.50	149.79
105	—	647	139.00–142.25	140.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	640	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	528	137.00–140.00	138.27
20	—	897	110.00	110.00
12	—	758	120.00	120.00
8	—	707	116.00–122.00	119.76
3	—	475	140.00	140.00
34	—	585	135.00–139.00	138.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	134.00	134.00
37	—	541	135.00–140.00	136.50
33	—	324	158.00–160.00	159.55
20	—	691	126.00	126.00
5	—	429	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	636	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	607	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	443	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	701	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	299	189.00	189.00
7	—	584	154.00	154.00
4	—	408	171.00	171.00
3	—	908	105.00	105.00
3	—	453	168.00	168.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	339	190.00–199.00	192.09
14	—	600	154.00	154.00
13	—	674	143.00	143.00
9	—	416	183.00	183.00
6	—	494	175.00	175.00
4	—	391	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	801	108.00	108.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	391	173.50	173.50
13	—	680	135.00–144.00	140.62
13	—	524	154.00–162.00	155.92
12	—	282	176.00	176.00
10	—	747	125.00	125.00
9	—	877	117.00	117.00
3	—	1,088	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	368	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	489	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	443	180.00	180.00
11	—	473	163.00–171.00	168.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	685	150.00–160.00	158.38
74	—	790	130.00–137.00	133.64
71	—	531	175.00–182.00	178.60
56	—	860	130.50–131.00	130.88
54	—	821	134.00–140.00	137.78
44	—	712	136.00–147.50	144.51
42	—	640	152.50–162.00	157.64
27	—	576	169.00–175.00	170.96
27	—	378	184.00–195.00	191.62
18	—	436	194.00	194.00
16	—	937	124.00–130.00	127.38
11	—	471	177.00–179.00	178.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	675	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	818	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
258	—	769	142.00–152.00	147.65
178	—	826	139.50–148.50	143.98
171	—	633	166.00–171.00	167.85
144	—	935	126.00–131.50	129.14
144	—	864	132.00–139.00	136.30
108	—	1,007	121.00–122.50	121.78
98	—	516	180.00–186.00	183.50
89	—	575	174.00–185.50	182.33
85	—	717	146.50–156.50	152.45
32	—	1,068	120.00	120.00
31	—	434	198.00–200.00	198.88
25	—	985	124.00–131.00	127.88
24	—	475	188.00–195.00	192.97
13	—	663	163.00	163.00
10	—	330	209.00–220.00	215.53
5	—	383	206.00	206.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	528	177.00–179.00	178.64
7	—	713	145.00	145.00
3	—	783	140.00	140.00
3	—	488	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	425	210.00	210.00

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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