Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Add Close Updating with Actual Receipts*

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 9.00-15.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves were to lightly tested for an accurate trend, however a sharply lower undertone is noted. Demand light. CME Live and Feeder cattle contracts continue sharply decline causing nervousness within the market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $116.36/cwt on 687 head.

Average price

$116.36

687 head · 731 lb average

Value per head Derived

$850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$455

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

$70.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.14

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	716	122.38	877	496
Medium and Large 1-2	705	117.61	829	123
Medium and Large 2	890	72.37	644	61
Medium and Large 2-3	819	51.50	422	7thin

One grade step is worth $70.88/cwt here — about $455 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 sale687 hd

116.36

—

OK average7 barns · 7,176 hd

132.51

−16.14

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

47 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	648	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	842	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	866	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	914	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	121.22/cwt	116.00–124.50	777	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	819	51.50/cwt	51.50–51.50	422	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	541	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	660	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	555	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	294	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	479	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	135.02/cwt	121.00–140.00	562	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	142.34/cwt	127.00–146.00	463	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	388	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	582	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	874	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	953	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	150.90/cwt	145.00–157.00	656	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	127.24/cwt	124.50–133.00	788	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	116.83/cwt	113.50–120.00	893	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	366	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	622	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	125.75/cwt	125.00–127.50	724	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	112.03/cwt	108.00–115.00	862	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,004	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	894	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	554	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	461	145.01/cwt	133.50–152.00	668	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	901	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	806	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	730	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	105.12/cwt	100.00–115.00	648	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	733	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	580	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	111.70/cwt	109.00–114.50	651	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,004	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	999	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	994	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	115.78/cwt	111.25–118.00	963	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	857	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	446	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	685	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	620	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	116.09/cwt	111.00–120.50	851	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	880	70.88/cwt	70.00–75.00	624	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	311	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	494	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	449	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	575	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	803	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	823	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	128.08/cwt	125.00–130.00	599	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	116.50/cwt	115.00–121.00	615	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	143.95/cwt	139.00–150.00	540	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	766	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	104.36/cwt	102.50–106.50	722	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	722	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	545	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	123.44/cwt	122.00–125.00	844	54

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.

Oklahoma feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Oklahoma National Stockyards Feeder Cattle - Oklahoma City, OK

Mon Mar 16, 2020

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

Receipts 1,208Last week 6,933Year ago 8,975

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	648	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	866	105.50	105.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	641	116.00–124.50	121.22
26	—	670	120.00	120.00
13	—	576	125.00–127.50	125.75
21	—	769	108.00–115.00	112.03
5	—	416	149.00	149.00
20	—	733	111.00–120.50	116.09
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	819	51.50	51.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	874	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	435	145.00–157.00	150.90
30	—	619	124.50–133.00	127.24
124	—	764	113.50–120.00	116.83
10	—	1,004	99.50	99.50
19	—	965	103.00	103.00
80	—	832	111.25–118.00	115.78
86	—	739	116.00	116.00
5	—	539	134.00	134.00
16	—	376	145.00	145.00
54	—	684	122.00–125.00	123.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	366	170.00	170.00
15	—	446	153.50	153.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,004	89.00	89.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	880	70.00–75.00	70.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	541	122.00	122.00
6	—	390	142.00	142.00
23	—	461	133.50–152.00	145.01
5	—	311	159.00	159.00
7	—	449	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	345	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	294	163.00	163.00
15	—	416	121.00–140.00	135.02
26	—	325	127.00–146.00	142.34
12	—	664	110.00	110.00
18	—	616	100.00–115.00	105.12
101	—	701	104.50	104.50
11	—	468	125.00–130.00	128.08
16	—	528	115.00–121.00	116.50
29	—	375	139.00–150.00	143.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	283	137.00	137.00
11	—	524	111.00	111.00
7	—	423	137.00	137.00
20	—	583	109.00–114.50	111.70
5	—	723	106.00	106.00
13	—	692	102.50–106.50	104.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	901	89.50	89.50
12	—	803	102.50	102.50

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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