Name: Oklahoma National Stockyards Market livestock auction prices — 2022-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

* Add Close with actual receipts *

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers lightly tested, as bulk of the sale was calves. Feeder cattle and calves sold 4.00-8.00 higher, instance to 15.00 higher on calves. Demand very good for all classes. Quality average to attractive. Temperatures remain very hot, however chances of rain are back in the forecast and cooler temps on the way. Outlook continues to show bullish indicators. Slaughter cattle sold higher last week and at 140.00 in the South and 144.00-148.00 in the North. Percent of cattle Monday over 600 lbs. was still limited and many of those cattle weighed 600-700 lbs. and not very many heavier.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $193.57/cwt on 2,733 head.

Average price

$193.57

2,733 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,176

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$55.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.42

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	606	197.88	1,199	2,058
Medium and Large 1-2	623	185.08	1,153	471
Medium and Large 2	563	174.64	984	173
Medium and Large 2-3	741	142.32	1,054	31

One grade step is worth $55.56/cwt here — about $145 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 sale2,733 hd

193.57

—

OK average7 barns · 10,508 hd

184.15

+9.42

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

112 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 1-2	—	672	165.41/cwt	164.00–166.00	1,112	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	182.32/cwt	177.00–189.00	857	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,369	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	184.83/cwt	179.00–187.50	1,336	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	213.81/cwt	205.00–217.00	1,018	145
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	172.19/cwt	170.00–173.00	828	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	186.21/cwt	180.00–195.00	808	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,566	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	536	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,201	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	191.70/cwt	184.00–199.50	991	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	175.46/cwt	173.00–178.00	1,283	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	696	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,183	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	539	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	814	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	199.06/cwt	197.00–200.00	844	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	189.19/cwt	184.00–195.00	1,277	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	181.76/cwt	176.00–185.00	1,049	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	165.77/cwt	163.00–170.00	947	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,041	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	941	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,317	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	181.24/cwt	173.00–186.00	1,135	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	177.87/cwt	166.00–179.50	1,371	86
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	687	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,017	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	173.38/cwt	167.00–180.00	922	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	633	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	713	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	176.92/cwt	176.00–180.00	1,169	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	908	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	205.35/cwt	193.00–215.00	1,082	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	195.51/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,138	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	460	196.16/cwt	195.00–199.00	902	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	493	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	749	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	170.19/cwt	163.00–172.00	1,549	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	366	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	853	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,536	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,523	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	222.19/cwt	211.00–230.00	840	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	687	199.25/cwt	199.25–199.25	1,369	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	570	212.47/cwt	208.00–216.00	1,211	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	474	192.55/cwt	190.00–202.00	913	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,524	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	197.26/cwt	190.00–203.50	1,235	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	180.08/cwt	176.50–184.00	1,381	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	213.39/cwt	202.00–219.00	905	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	660	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,214	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,146	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	464	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	863	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	225.49/cwt	221.00–240.00	744	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	577	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,206	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	625	207.79/cwt	200.00–213.00	1,299	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	701	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,220	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	521	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,006	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	560	183.49/cwt	182.00–185.00	1,028	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	557	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,003	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,133	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	911	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	966	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	276	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	599	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	763	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	796	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,178	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	230	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	396	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,054	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	706	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	953	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	896	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	178.00/cwt	172.00–185.00	1,025	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	184.28/cwt	177.00–189.00	949	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	169.44/cwt	166.00–170.50	829	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	160.40/cwt	157.00–163.50	826	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	681	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,267	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	785	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	171.73/cwt	164.00–175.00	893	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	682	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,057	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	607	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	911	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	396	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	697	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	157.75/cwt	157.00–160.00	519	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	972	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	172.43/cwt	168.00–184.00	824	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	269	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	430	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	165.85/cwt	162.00–168.00	1,280	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	168.96/cwt	164.00–172.00	1,058	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,173	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	171.67/cwt	162.00–176.75	1,006	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	176.16/cwt	170.00–182.00	754	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	771	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,157	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	174.17/cwt	169.00–179.00	1,076	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,398	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	839	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,292	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	178.25/cwt	177.00–181.00	665	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	784	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,051	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	921	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,234	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	460	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,063	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	368	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	905	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	382	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	749	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	501	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	892	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	714	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,028	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	175.48/cwt	170.00–180.35	1,446	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	680	164.35/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,118	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,002	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	161.46/cwt	159.00–164.00	1,332	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	171.94/cwt	168.00–174.00	1,164	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	436	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	772	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	421	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	960	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	416	202.75/cwt	202.00–204.00	843	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	645	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,317	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	184.00/cwt	180.00–196.00	521	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	174.26/cwt	174.00–174.50	824	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	541	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	866	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	190.18/cwt	186.00–192.00	804	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	191.29/cwt	184.00–194.00	723	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	163.58/cwt	155.00–169.00	1,173	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	171.17/cwt	169.00–178.00	1,205	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	517	5

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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Mon Aug 15, 2022

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

Receipts 6,001Last week 7,006Year ago 6,341

* Add Close with actual receipts *

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	672	164.00–166.00	165.41
140	—	520	164.00–175.00	171.73
22	—	478	168.00–184.00	172.43
107	—	626	164.00–172.00	168.96
3	—	762	154.00	154.00
175	—	586	162.00–176.75	171.67
57	—	428	170.00–182.00	176.16
55	—	839	154.00	154.00
24	—	373	177.00–181.00	178.25
13	—	855	154.00	154.00
82	—	717	155.00–169.00	163.58
5	—	281	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	470	177.00–189.00	182.32
5	—	895	153.00	153.00
243	—	576	172.00–185.00	178.00
207	—	515	177.00–189.00	184.28
80	—	772	162.00–168.00	165.85
142	—	618	169.00–179.00	174.17
12	—	902	155.00	155.00
62	—	825	159.00–164.00	161.46
122	—	677	168.00–174.00	171.94
15	—	343	188.00	188.00
12	—	283	180.00–196.00	184.00
155	—	423	186.00–192.00	190.18
39	—	378	184.00–194.00	191.29
100	—	704	169.00–178.00	171.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	460	195.00–199.00	196.16
18	—	382	196.00	196.00
13	—	416	202.00–204.00	202.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	493	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	230	172.00	172.00
6	—	732	144.00	144.00
5	—	560	160.00	160.00
44	—	489	166.00–170.50	169.44
21	—	515	157.00–163.50	160.40
5	—	682	155.00	155.00
9	—	607	150.00	150.00
8	—	396	176.00	176.00
21	—	329	157.00–160.00	157.75
4	—	269	160.00	160.00
17	—	771	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	706	135.00	135.00
12	—	675	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	681	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	501	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	680	160.00–167.00	164.35
19	—	615	163.00	163.00
23	—	436	177.00	177.00
30	—	473	174.00–174.50	174.26
5	—	541	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	723	179.00–187.50	184.83
145	—	476	205.00–217.00	213.81
36	—	958	163.50	163.50
121	—	675	184.00–195.00	189.19
6	—	273	232.00	232.00
169	—	527	193.00–215.00	205.35
206	—	582	190.00–205.00	195.51
69	—	910	163.00–172.00	170.19
150	—	378	211.00–230.00	222.19
16	—	881	173.00	173.00
246	—	626	190.00–203.50	197.26
108	—	767	176.50–184.00	180.08
79	—	424	202.00–219.00	213.39
53	—	330	221.00–240.00	225.49
159	—	824	170.00–180.35	175.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	481	170.00–173.00	172.19
21	—	434	180.00–195.00	186.21
45	—	696	170.00	170.00
22	—	571	163.00–170.00	165.77
4	—	631	165.00	165.00
5	—	941	140.00	140.00
21	—	532	167.00–180.00	173.38
7	—	375	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	536	224.00	224.00
5	—	366	233.00	233.00
38	—	687	199.25	199.25
79	—	570	208.00–216.00	212.47
32	—	625	200.00–213.00	207.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	517	184.00–199.50	191.70
46	—	731	173.00–178.00	175.46
13	—	424	197.00–200.00	199.06
44	—	577	176.00–185.00	181.76
85	—	626	173.00–186.00	181.24
86	—	771	166.00–179.50	177.87
13	—	661	176.00–180.00	176.92
33	—	461	197.00	197.00
5	—	960	160.00	160.00
7	—	940	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	539	151.00	151.00
10	—	687	148.00	148.00
5	—	784	134.00	134.00
7	—	921	134.00	134.00
5	—	714	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	474	190.00–202.00	192.55
20	—	660	184.00	184.00
19	—	616	186.00	186.00
22	—	701	174.00	174.00
16	—	560	182.00–185.00	183.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	464	186.00	186.00
13	—	521	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	577	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	557	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	460	231.00	231.00
12	—	368	246.00	246.00
20	—	421	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	659	172.00	172.00
5	—	603	151.00	151.00
9	—	422	186.00	186.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	483	200.00	200.00
5	—	276	217.00	217.00
3	—	358	213.00	213.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	796	148.00	148.00

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