Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2020-02-03

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Feb 3
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,430 head
386 vs last sale 2,044 2,430 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
183 head
236 vs last sale 419 183 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
21 vs last sale 35 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves 4.00-5.00 higher. Feeder steers 3.00-4.00 lower. Heifers 4.00-6.00 lower. Quality plain thru attractive. Demand good. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls mostly steady to 2.00 lower. A total of 239 cows and bulls sold with 33 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $163.62/cwt on 1,222 head.
Average price
$163.62
1,222 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$819
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$6.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.23
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2491165.68814483
Medium and Large 1540164.91890397
Medium and Large 2467159.20743342
One grade step is worth $6.48/cwt here — about $71 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 sale1,222 hd
163.62
OK average7 barns · 9,155 hd
153.39
+10.23
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,51489.761,35910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,30461.077969thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20058.5670313
CowsLean 85-90%High1,12652.9059548

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528157.63/cwt153.50–163.50832115
SteersMedium and Large 2377181.61/cwt177.00–187.0068549
SteersMedium and Large 2583136.53/cwt130.00–140.0079666
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2436151.19/cwt146.00–156.0065939
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526139.06/cwt133.00–143.0073138
SteersMedium and Large 1-2325206.12/cwt200.00–210.0067037
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629133.41/cwt128.00–138.0083933
SteersMedium and Large 1520168.22/cwt164.00–174.0087587
SteersMedium and Large 2467156.77/cwt153.00–163.0073260
SteersMedium and Large 2521149.08/cwt142.00–152.0077770
SteersMedium and Large 2424164.16/cwt156.00–166.0069667
SteersMedium and Large 1466178.04/cwt175.00–185.0083034
SteersMedium and Large 1-2581148.37/cwt141.00–151.0086282
SteersMedium and Large 1615144.50/cwt139.00–149.0088920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2476169.94/cwt164.00–174.0080977
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375194.35/cwt189.00–199.0072968
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415170.96/cwt167.00–177.0070953
SteersMedium and Large 1322214.10/cwt211.00–221.0068916
SteersMedium and Large 1779135.81/cwt127.00–137.001,05810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672129.94/cwt125.00–136.0087318
SteersMedium and Large 1573156.14/cwt152.50–162.5089569
SteersMedium and Large 1655144.53/cwt136.50–146.8594762
SteersMedium and Large 1422181.63/cwt178.00–188.0076657
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,159945.04/cwt650.00–1,250.0010,95352
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,034992.44/cwt600.00–1,175.0010,2624
SteersMedium and Large 1720134.89/cwt129.00–139.0097123
SteersMedium and Large 1383206.22/cwt200.00–210.0079019
BullsMedium and Large 1673128.21/cwt123.50–133.508638
BullsMedium and Large 1388180.52/cwt175.00–185.007007
BullsMedium and Large 1328205.70/cwt203.00–213.006757
BullsMedium and Large 1432169.72/cwt162.50–172.507338
Bulls1,49690.88/cwt89.00–92.001,3607
Bulls1,55787.16/cwt86.00–88.001,3573
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight98057.00/cwt57.00–57.005593
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight85036.00/cwt36.00–36.003061
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight90948.66/cwt46.00–50.004425
CowsLean 85-90%1,16556.98/cwt54.00–59.0066414
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50056.00/cwt56.00–56.008401
BullsMedium and Large 1581143.27/cwt140.00–150.0083227
BullsMedium and Large 1471163.22/cwt158.00–169.0076923
BullsMedium and Large 1630133.52/cwt129.50–139.5084119
BullsMedium and Large 1528162.02/cwt159.50–169.5085517
CowsLean 85-90%1,13140.68/cwt40.00–44.004606
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25660.60/cwt58.00–63.507616
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35065.00/cwt65.00–65.008782
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30263.92/cwt61.50–64.508326
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07452.35/cwt50.00–53.005625
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20858.00/cwt58.00–58.007012
HeifersMedium and Large 1473154.04/cwt150.00–160.0072983
HeifersMedium and Large 1415163.98/cwt157.00–167.0068136
HeifersMedium and Large 1632130.19/cwt125.00–135.0082330
HeifersMedium and Large 1571143.76/cwt140.00–150.0082127
CowsLean 85-90%1,18749.99/cwt47.50–52.5059311
CowsLean 85-90%1,19362.15/cwt60.00–64.507418
HeifersMedium and Large 1661127.68/cwt121.50–131.5084422
HeifersMedium and Large 1724127.39/cwt120.00–130.0092221
HeifersMedium and Large 1366160.71/cwt155.00–165.0058818
HeifersMedium and Large 1321163.95/cwt160.00–170.0052618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378147.48/cwt144.00–154.0055716
HeifersMedium and Large 1528150.51/cwt144.50–154.50795116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576133.15/cwt129.00–139.0076736
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2331152.81/cwt149.00–159.0050626
HeifersMedium and Large 2471135.58/cwt128.00–138.0063930
HeifersMedium and Large 2430142.32/cwt135.00–145.0061279
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2479145.23/cwt139.00–149.0069651
HeifersMedium and Large 1772121.34/cwt115.00–125.0093714
SteersMedium and Large 2327189.85/cwt189.00–199.0062130

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.