Sale reports / Oklahoma / Oklahoma National Stockyards Market / 2026-05-18

Oklahoma National Stockyards Market

Feeder Cattle · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Mon, May 18
● Final114 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1280
Receipts
7,116 head
▲ 1,879 vs last sale 5,237▼ 2,238 vs year ago 9,354 · −23.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady, with moderate to good demand despite declines in cattle futures. Corn prices moved higher on expectations of increased exports, contributing to the weaker feeder futures. Slaughter cattle markets again reached record highs last week and this with strong movement. Weaned steer and heifer calves were 10.00-20.00 lower in a light test and on generally lower quality offerings, while un-weaned calves sold sharply lower. Current weather conditions-a hot, humid day followed by a drop into the 60s-are having adverse effects on un-weaned and short-weaned calves. Demand for calves was moderate, as some producers remain occupied with wheat harvest activities. Overall quality was mostly average, with feeder cattle ranging from medium to fleshy, and a few appearing thin. High winds and warm temperatures over the past four days have intensified drought conditions in western Oklahoma, though some rain chances remain in the forecast for later this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $460.96/cwt on 198 head, up $9.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 25 comparable sales and sits +40.91 against this barn's trailing median of $420.05.
Average price
$460.96
▲ 9.00 vs prior sale
198 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,539
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$241
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$55.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.38
vs OK average
−13.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547472.292,583102
Medium and Large 1-2554453.142,51285
Medium and Large 2562416.362,34111thin
One grade step is worth $55.92/cwt here — about $241 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale198 hd
460.96
—
OK average8 barns · 1,420 hd
454.58
+6.38
National average171 barns · 13,387 hd
474.48
−13.52
This barn, trailing median25 sales
420.05
+40.91
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales
491447404360median 420.0505/0406/2208/0309/2111/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.14, low $374.01, median $420.05 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

114 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers48 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1341590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,0127
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned372514.25/cwt500.00–525.001,91323
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382519.05/cwt510.00–530.001,98311
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,09813
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned445502.30/cwt500.00–507.502,23516
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed483515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,48722
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483508.26/cwt500.00–547.002,45532
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483472.94/cwt460.00–492.002,28415
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned484425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0579
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned487450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1928
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,00914
Steers450–500Small and Medium 2-3496400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9847
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508495.46/cwt480.00–506.002,51735
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540461.08/cwt453.00–476.002,49047
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned542475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,5759
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed552430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,3748
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571457.88/cwt440.00–475.002,61458
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572443.31/cwt415.00–459.002,53638
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2423
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627435.80/cwt407.00–456.002,732185
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628423.55/cwt402.00–435.002,660102
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675395.28/cwt385.00–402.002,66873
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679403.72/cwt390.00–425.002,741131
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned697377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,6287
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned700372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,6043
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed710390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,76920
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed719411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,95535
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722389.85/cwt376.00–401.002,815154
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722375.35/cwt370.00–385.002,71087
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2727349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,53710
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755360.18/cwt353.00–369.002,71948
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765355.10/cwt334.00–358.002,71757
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed769376.50/cwt376.50–376.502,89546
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776376.46/cwt363.00–391.002,921569
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2826340.86/cwt320.00–346.502,81668
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1831368.49/cwt362.00–373.503,062141
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2831353.44/cwt346.00–359.002,93791
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1868347.85/cwt337.00–359.003,019314
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2888340.53/cwt335.50–342.003,02463
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2910332.00/cwt332.00–332.003,0213
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1917340.40/cwt330.00–356.003,121441
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2932330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,07614
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1965334.36/cwt332.50–335.253,227306
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2983308.25/cwt308.25–308.253,030114
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,024280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,8676
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,031321.50/cwt321.50–321.503,31537
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,064310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,29864
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 1Fancy1,158306.10/cwt306.10–306.103,54597
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned283520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,4723
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1341495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,6884
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2347460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5963
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned364450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6384
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 2-3376425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,59811
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381464.77/cwt460.00–467.001,77116
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned388470.60/cwt450.00–476.001,82629
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2414449.07/cwt430.00–485.001,85912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned416456.65/cwt455.00–457.501,9009
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434472.50/cwt462.00–477.002,05122
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2446415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8518
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463422.62/cwt410.00–447.001,95756
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465442.19/cwt439.00–450.002,05646
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2479384.70/cwt376.00–395.001,84318
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned485437.39/cwt420.00–457.002,12130
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521426.43/cwt415.00–462.502,22261
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526400.98/cwt396.00–407.502,10917
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned530416.05/cwt407.00–457.502,20566
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563409.98/cwt397.00–425.002,308108
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569396.15/cwt395.00–398.002,25418
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned576392.56/cwt382.00–400.002,26120
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577377.18/cwt372.00–380.002,17640
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620368.24/cwt367.50–369.002,28328
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626383.78/cwt362.00–401.002,402290
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671361.96/cwt350.00–385.002,42931
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672368.84/cwt360.00–392.002,479179
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2678348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,35926
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2709350.06/cwt339.00–353.002,48239
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725355.48/cwt346.00–365.502,577500
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725323.11/cwt319.00–327.002,34317
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2751329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,4715
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780338.08/cwt331.00–350.002,637251
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2797328.50/cwt328.50–328.502,6183
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1821332.94/cwt326.00–342.502,733112
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2821304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,49623
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2832323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,68727
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy856310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,6544
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865317.95/cwt317.00–320.502,750117
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1912308.95/cwt306.50–321.002,818171
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2912306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,79111
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1959312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,9929
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,039286.50/cwt286.50–286.502,97717
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2259585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,5154
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned274640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,7544
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1307640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,9653
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned334565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,8875
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned365538.58/cwt510.00–560.001,96617
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2414435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8014
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1005
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned422515.74/cwt477.50–535.002,17617
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0316
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned476430.00/cwt420.00–440.002,04711
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2505440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,22211
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2511425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1725
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned518471.31/cwt455.00–484.002,44130
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520458.43/cwt442.50–480.002,38416
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned555435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,41423
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2574425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4404
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2581401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,3307
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed611405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,47511
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2617400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,46811
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623422.18/cwt407.00–426.002,63031
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2673370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,49013
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2726340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4687
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2731352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,5737
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1790350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,76510

This sale against other markets

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.