Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2019-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Cold, damp weather throughout the trade area kept receipts low causing a slightly lower undertone on steer and heifer calves. Demand moderate. Quality average thru good. Slaughter cows 4.00-7.00 lower in a light test. Slaughter bulls 3.00-5.00 lower also in a light test. A total of 286 cows and bulls sold with 60 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.56/cwt on 887 head.

Average price

$141.56

887 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$7.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.11

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	145.08	796	382
Medium and Large 2	472	140.83	665	155
Medium and Large 1-2	514	138.04	709	350

One grade step is worth $7.03/cwt here — about $87 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 sale887 hd

141.56

—

OK average7 barns · 12,795 hd

143.67

−2.11

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,640	72.58	1,190	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,392	46.38	645	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,224	42.97	526	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,083	39.88	432	94

Every lot, as filed

67 lots · USDA AMS · Tulsa Livestock Auction - Tulsa, 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	165.44/cwt	158.00–168.00	720	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	141.07/cwt	135.00–145.00	727	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	324	164.79/cwt	159.00–169.00	534	7
Bulls	—	—	1,626	67.88/cwt	65.00–70.00	1,104	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	125.71/cwt	123.00–133.00	713	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	770	99.28/cwt	94.50–104.50	764	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	121.38/cwt	115.00–125.00	386	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	138.56/cwt	135.00–145.00	521	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	110.18/cwt	105.00–115.00	736	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	124.80/cwt	119.50–129.50	708	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	112.19/cwt	108.00–118.50	641	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	120.14/cwt	113.00–123.00	497	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	118.20/cwt	111.50–121.50	735	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	129.61/cwt	123.50–133.50	596	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	111.11/cwt	105.00–115.00	854	20
Bulls	—	—	1,550	74.35/cwt	72.00–78.00	1,152	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	152.40/cwt	150.00–160.00	556	12
Bulls	—	—	2,065	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,838	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	140.85/cwt	139.00–149.00	680	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	118.45/cwt	111.00–121.00	753	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	718	108.81/cwt	103.50–113.50	781	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,106	31.26/cwt	30.00–32.00	346	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	48.19/cwt	45.00–51.00	682	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	53.47/cwt	50.00–56.00	673	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	823	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	444	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,141	52.65/cwt	50.00–55.00	601	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,502	54.80/cwt	52.00–58.00	823	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,386	46.29/cwt	44.00–49.00	642	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	963	37.90/cwt	37.00–43.00	365	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,157	42.34/cwt	40.00–46.00	490	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,321	40.96/cwt	38.00–44.00	541	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	40.36/cwt	37.00–43.00	481	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,068	34.52/cwt	34.00–35.00	369	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,249	843.30/cwt	600.00–975.00	10,533	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	123.10/cwt	117.00–127.00	714	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	152.56/cwt	149.00–159.00	722	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	157.93/cwt	151.00–161.00	591	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	141.97/cwt	138.00–148.00	733	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	126.15/cwt	120.50–130.50	848	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	167.13/cwt	160.00–170.00	797	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	120.61/cwt	115.50–125.50	889	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	146.63/cwt	141.00–151.00	619	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	132.99/cwt	128.00–138.00	754	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	157.69/cwt	154.00–164.00	519	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	157.66/cwt	152.00–162.00	657	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	127.42/cwt	122.50–132.50	804	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	163.99/cwt	162.00–172.00	625	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	128.12/cwt	121.50–131.50	997	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	773	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,109	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	143.00/cwt	138.00–148.00	686	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	116.00/cwt	111.00–121.50	711	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	132.31/cwt	127.00–137.00	709	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	112.10/cwt	109.50–119.00	753	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	170.39/cwt	165.00–175.00	573	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	144.79/cwt	139.00–149.00	830	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	167.43/cwt	163.50–173.50	728	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	911	34.29/cwt	30.00–36.00	312	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,141	37.24/cwt	33.00–39.00	425	32
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	831.96/cwt	675.00–900.00	9,260	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	116.52/cwt	110.00–120.50	613	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	129.42/cwt	124.50–134.50	487	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	131.38/cwt	125.00–135.00	560	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	127.88/cwt	121.00–131.00	661	43
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,303	1,245.82/cwt	1,100.00–1,350.00	16,233	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	108.21/cwt	102.00–112.00	776	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	131.24/cwt	126.00–136.00	424	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	119.12/cwt	112.00–122.00	565	38

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 →

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Feeder CattleReceipts 2,148Last week 3,835Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 244Last week 625Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 111Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	435	158.00–168.00	165.44
21	—	515	135.00–145.00	141.07
7	—	324	159.00–169.00	164.79
31	—	567	123.00–133.00	125.71
21	—	770	94.50–104.50	99.28
12	—	365	150.00–160.00	152.40
52	—	483	139.00–149.00	140.85
25	—	636	111.00–121.00	118.45
19	—	718	103.50–113.50	108.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	318	115.00–125.00	121.38
38	—	571	108.00–118.50	112.19
17	—	414	113.00–123.00	120.14
82	—	526	110.00–120.50	116.52
33	—	376	124.50–134.50	129.42
38	—	474	112.00–122.00	119.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	376	135.00–145.00	138.56
29	—	668	105.00–115.00	110.18
19	—	567	119.50–129.50	124.80
44	—	622	111.50–121.50	118.20
36	—	460	123.50–133.50	129.61
20	—	769	105.00–115.00	111.11
62	—	426	125.00–135.00	131.38
43	—	517	121.00–131.00	127.88
23	—	717	102.00–112.00	108.21
18	—	323	126.00–136.00	131.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	580	117.00–127.00	123.10
72	—	422	141.00–151.00	146.63
53	—	480	138.00–148.00	143.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	473	149.00–159.00	152.56
31	—	374	151.00–161.00	157.93
108	—	567	128.00–138.00	132.99
35	—	329	154.00–164.00	157.69
27	—	417	152.00–162.00	157.66
49	—	613	111.00–121.50	116.00
34	—	536	127.00–137.00	132.31
24	—	672	109.50–119.00	112.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	516	138.00–148.00	141.97
42	—	672	120.50–130.50	126.15
28	—	477	160.00–170.00	167.13
21	—	737	115.50–125.50	120.61
55	—	631	122.50–132.50	127.42
35	—	381	162.00–172.00	163.99
27	—	778	121.50–131.50	128.12
46	—	336	165.00–175.00	170.39
33	—	573	139.00–149.00	144.79
23	—	435	163.50–173.50	167.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	773	143.50	143.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,626	65.00–70.00	67.88
4	—	1,550	72.00–78.00	74.35
1	—	2,065	89.00	89.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,106	30.00–32.00	31.26
11	—	1,141	50.00–55.00	52.65
21	—	1,157	40.00–46.00	42.34
32	—	1,141	33.00–39.00	37.24
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,415	45.00–51.00	48.19
9	—	1,502	52.00–58.00	54.80
17	—	1,321	38.00–44.00	40.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,259	50.00–56.00	53.47
5	—	1,386	44.00–49.00	46.29
20	—	1,191	37.00–43.00	40.36
2	—	1,068	34.00–35.00	34.52
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	823	54.00	54.00
9	—	963	37.00–43.00	37.90
15	—	911	30.00–36.00	34.29

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	34	—	1,249	600.00–975.00	843.30
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,113	675.00–900.00	831.96
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,303	1,100.00–1,350.00	1,245.82

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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