Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2020-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* ADD CLOSE with actual receipts *

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 1.00- 5.00 higher Calves lightly tested. Few steer calves sold steady to 5.00 higher. Few heifer calves steady to 3.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Quality average to attractive, end plain. Several heavy weight feeders off of winter qraze-out available. Cooler temps can be expected across the trade area this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $121.19/cwt on 6,156 head.

Average price

$121.19

6,156 head · 778 lb average

Value per head Derived

$943

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$14.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.30

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	719	123.33	887	1,376
Medium and Large 1	806	120.95	975	4,357
Medium and Large 2	726	120.79	877	268
Medium and Large 3	613	112.61	691	41
Medium and Large 2-3	603	108.42	654	114

One grade step is worth $14.91/cwt here — about $233 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 sale6,156 hd

121.19

—

OK average7 barns · 19,696 hd

118.89

+2.30

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	135.70/cwt	132.00–142.00	844	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	142.48/cwt	135.00–145.00	741	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	589	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	848	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	793	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	591	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	768	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	392	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	627	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,081	95.59/cwt	95.00–96.00	1,033	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	140.39/cwt	133.00–145.00	883	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	127.71/cwt	120.00–133.25	921	324
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	554	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	693	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	672	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	604	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	131.82/cwt	128.00–141.00	687	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	127.35/cwt	123.00–133.00	737	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	105.07/cwt	102.50–108.25	873	378
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	777	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	894	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	921	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	939	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	379	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	603	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	707	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	652	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	822	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	141.13/cwt	134.00–145.00	679	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	600	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	738	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	577	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,023	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	108.69/cwt	105.00–112.25	1,005	372
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	457	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	681	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	107.70/cwt	105.00–109.00	947	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	773	133.80/cwt	132.50–134.25	1,034	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,117	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,039	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	700	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	686	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	592	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	559	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	727	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	103.33/cwt	100.00–104.00	800	45
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	592	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	634	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	710	75
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	521	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	784	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	122.16/cwt	115.00–131.75	947	559
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,022	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,012	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	540	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	414	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	352	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	99.70/cwt	97.00–105.00	823	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	453	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	566	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	434	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	549	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	675	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	893	99.60/cwt	97.00–101.50	889	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	128.80/cwt	127.00–130.00	672	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	100.69/cwt	97.50–103.50	886	407
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	117.38/cwt	111.00–121.00	792	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	141.47/cwt	136.00–145.00	666	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	93.88/cwt	92.00–95.00	918	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	126.20/cwt	125.00–128.00	709	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	526	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	679	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	100.70/cwt	97.00–102.75	1,027	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	152.86/cwt	147.50–162.00	803	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	151.58/cwt	150.00–154.00	726	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	150.43/cwt	146.00–153.00	617	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	775	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	737	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	958	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	103.44/cwt	102.00–105.00	959	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	127.40/cwt	119.00–134.00	861	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	135.76/cwt	131.00–141.00	774	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	719	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	113.37/cwt	110.00–122.00	987	644
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	958	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,073	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	604	109.47/cwt	106.50–113.00	661	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	683	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	768	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	118.15/cwt	112.00–128.00	736	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	123.04/cwt	121.00–126.00	691	33
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	833	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	841	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	629	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	881	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	734	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	895	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	135.72/cwt	125.00–142.25	912	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	14
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	669	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	104.05/cwt	103.00–105.50	718	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	139.18/cwt	138.00–140.00	540	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	637	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	764	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	564	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	644	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	741	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	135.33/cwt	130.00–141.00	567	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	106.25/cwt	104.50–109.00	771	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	676	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	791	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	605	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	850	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,029	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	115.60/cwt	110.00–120.50	959	671
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	171.14/cwt	169.00–176.00	632	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	117.22/cwt	112.50–123.00	856	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	111.96/cwt	105.00–118.75	930	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	117.10/cwt	110.00–120.50	911	227
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	597	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,183	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	1,059	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	758	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	948	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	161.97/cwt	158.00–164.00	675	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	149.57/cwt	145.00–154.50	865	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	104.05/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,013	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	482	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	627	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	561	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	539	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,018	92.35/cwt	92.00–92.50	940	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	97.51/cwt	92.00–100.50	886	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	126.62/cwt	120.00–131.00	791	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	108.35/cwt	100.50–110.50	840	352
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	113.33/cwt	110.00–116.50	821	573
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	837	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	622	3

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 11,307Last week 10,151Year ago 4,896

* ADD CLOSE with actual receipts *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	622	132.00–142.00	135.70
142	—	520	135.00–145.00	142.48
6	—	998	102.50	102.50
53	—	879	105.00–109.00	107.70
19	—	1,022	99.00	99.00
23	—	410	146.00–153.00	150.43
180	—	927	102.00–105.00	103.44
125	—	676	119.00–134.00	127.40
58	—	570	131.00–141.00	135.76
10	—	464	155.00	155.00
19	—	369	169.00–176.00	171.14
107	—	730	112.50–123.00	117.22
133	—	831	105.00–118.75	111.96
227	—	778	110.00–120.50	117.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	589	144.00	144.00
43	—	737	130.00	130.00
28	—	758	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	678	117.00	117.00
20	—	591	130.00	130.00
39	—	921	102.00	102.00
40	—	893	97.00–101.50	99.60
12	—	610	127.00	127.00
10	—	543	110.00	110.00
15	—	1,183	89.50	89.50
26	—	728	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	392	160.00	160.00
10	—	554	125.00	125.00
18	—	526	129.00	129.00
10	—	482	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,081	95.00–96.00	95.59
223	—	629	133.00–145.00	140.39
324	—	721	120.00–133.25	127.71
8	—	319	181.00	181.00
372	—	925	105.00–112.25	108.69
11	—	1,117	93.00	93.00
559	—	775	115.00–131.75	122.16
229	—	1,020	97.00–102.75	100.70
136	—	525	147.50–162.00	152.86
21	—	479	150.00–154.00	151.58
644	—	871	110.00–122.00	113.37
333	—	672	125.00–142.25	135.72
671	—	830	110.00–120.50	115.60
60	—	417	158.00–164.00	161.97
151	—	578	145.00–154.50	149.57
282	—	974	100.00–107.00	104.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	457	149.00	149.00
28	—	521	150.50	150.50
31	—	629	140.00	140.00
13	—	734	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	773	132.50–134.25	133.80
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	515	115.00	115.00
7	—	833	101.00	101.00
14	—	644	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	634	112.00	112.00
18	—	522	108.00	108.00
21	—	561	96.00	96.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	540	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	958	112.00	112.00
124	—	850	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	645	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	465	144.50	144.50
4	—	379	159.00	159.00
4	—	549	123.00	123.00
18	—	562	125.00–128.00	126.20
7	—	637	120.00	120.00
3	—	412	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	524	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	482	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	438	138.00	138.00
98	—	521	128.00–141.00	131.82
236	—	579	123.00–133.00	127.35
378	—	831	102.50–108.25	105.07
407	—	880	97.50–103.50	100.69
245	—	675	111.00–121.00	117.38
117	—	471	136.00–145.00	141.47
37	—	978	92.00–95.00	93.88
7	—	388	138.00–140.00	139.18
14	—	1,018	92.00–92.50	92.35
74	—	909	92.00–100.50	97.51
148	—	625	120.00–131.00	126.62
352	—	775	100.50–110.50	108.35
573	—	724	110.00–116.50	113.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	777	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	652	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	481	134.00–145.00	141.13
45	—	774	100.00–104.00	103.33
13	—	825	97.00–105.00	99.70
18	—	522	127.00–130.00	128.80
49	—	623	112.00–128.00	118.15
33	—	562	121.00–126.00	123.04
18	—	690	103.00–105.50	104.05
3	—	378	136.00	136.00
36	—	419	130.00–141.00	135.33
55	—	726	104.50–109.00	106.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	600	123.00	123.00
53	—	700	98.00	98.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	510	116.00	116.00
24	—	604	106.50–113.00	109.47
32	—	448	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	559	130.00	130.00
37	—	683	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	414	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	453	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	669	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	676	117.00	117.00

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