Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 7.00-9.00 higher. Heifers 6.00-8.00 higher. Quality plain thru attractive. Demand good. Slaughter cows 3.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 8.00-9.00 higher following a light test last week. A total of 507 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 $171.86/cwt on 625 head.

Average price

$171.86

625 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$931

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$104

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

$9.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.64

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	511	175.99	900	249
Medium and Large 2	481	173.77	836	125
Medium and Large 1	602	166.80	1,004	251

One grade step is worth $9.19/cwt here — about −$104 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 sale625 hd

171.86

—

OK average7 barns · 9,108 hd

160.21

+11.64

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	—	Average	1,621	89.67	1,453	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,195	66.45	794	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	62.31	729	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,064	51.95	553	120

Every lot, as filed

61 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,240	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	732	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	956	57.17/cwt	55.00–60.00	547	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	46.55/cwt	46.00–51.00	506	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,137	64.07/cwt	62.00–67.00	728	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	58.66/cwt	58.00–59.00	678	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	899	38.42/cwt	36.00–42.00	345	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	190.00/cwt	187.00–197.00	713	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	211.31/cwt	207.00–217.00	716	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	157.29/cwt	153.00–163.00	992	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	133.33/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,031	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	158.92/cwt	155.00–165.00	742	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	131.11/cwt	124.50–134.50	960	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	146.10/cwt	145.00–155.00	815	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	142.77/cwt	134.50–144.50	829	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	158.65/cwt	154.00–164.00	595	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	139.06/cwt	129.50–139.75	925	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	166.85/cwt	165.00–175.00	647	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	163.70/cwt	159.00–169.00	697	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	150.61/cwt	148.00–158.00	651	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	155.68/cwt	151.00–161.00	525	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	135.03/cwt	131.00–141.00	837	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	151.13/cwt	149.00–159.00	772	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	304	170.03/cwt	162.50–172.50	517	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	200.28/cwt	198.00–208.00	759	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	886	45.30/cwt	43.00–48.00	401	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	53.71/cwt	52.50–57.50	625	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,209	65.88/cwt	64.00–69.00	796	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,144	60.19/cwt	58.00–63.00	689	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,238	71.32/cwt	68.00–73.00	883	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	63.41/cwt	62.50–65.00	745	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	965.35/cwt	750.00–1,175.00	10,937	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	176.95/cwt	170.00–180.00	752	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	176.91/cwt	172.00–182.00	929	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	138.06/cwt	134.00–144.00	913	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	150.55/cwt	141.00–151.00	1,025	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	175.55/cwt	175.00–185.00	981	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	198.99/cwt	194.00–204.00	941	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	220.68/cwt	218.00–228.00	706	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,059	995.89/cwt	675.00–1,300.00	10,546	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	145.06/cwt	138.00–148.50	764	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	149.02/cwt	144.00–154.00	702	30
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,106	1,035.18/cwt	600.00–1,200.00	11,449	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	669	142.59/cwt	136.00–146.00	954	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	202.63/cwt	198.00–208.00	746	12
Bulls	—	—	1,789	92.11/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,648	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	169.06/cwt	164.00–174.00	891	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	170.60/cwt	168.00–177.00	833	12
Bulls	—	—	1,472	85.37/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,257	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	161.29/cwt	159.00–169.00	926	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	142.17/cwt	137.00–147.50	889	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	442	194.15/cwt	185.00–195.00	858	11
Bulls	—	—	1,811	99.36/cwt	97.00–101.50	1,799	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	179.35/cwt	172.00–182.00	854	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	167.13/cwt	164.00–174.00	969	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	187.64/cwt	185.00–195.00	805	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	146.17/cwt	142.00–152.00	914	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	185.50/cwt	183.50–193.50	989	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	135.82/cwt	131.00–141.00	987	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	200.25/cwt	198.00–208.00	885	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	164.60/cwt	161.50–171.50	846	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	189.58/cwt	183.00–193.50	885	54

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 →

Tulsa Livestock Auction - Tulsa, OK

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,695Last week 1,847Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 420Last week 178Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 87Last week 45Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,240	59.00	59.00
3	—	1,137	62.00–67.00	64.07
3	—	1,238	68.00–73.00	71.32
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	956	55.00–60.00	57.17
14	—	899	36.00–42.00	38.42
22	—	886	43.00–48.00	45.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,086	46.00–51.00	46.55
32	—	1,163	52.50–57.50	53.71
10	—	1,209	64.00–69.00	65.88
23	—	1,144	58.00–63.00	60.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,155	58.00–59.00	58.66
10	—	1,175	62.50–65.00	63.41
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,789	90.00–93.00	92.11
13	—	1,472	83.00–88.00	85.37
4	—	1,811	97.00–101.50	99.36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	375	187.00–197.00	190.00
11	—	339	207.00–217.00	211.31
35	—	525	172.00–182.00	176.91
19	—	661	134.00–144.00	138.06
63	—	580	164.00–174.00	167.13
29	—	429	185.00–195.00	187.64
17	—	625	142.00–152.00	146.17
54	—	467	183.00–193.50	189.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	631	153.00–163.00	157.29
12	—	773	129.00–139.00	133.33
7	—	379	198.00–208.00	200.28
74	—	681	141.00–151.00	150.55
28	—	559	175.00–185.00	175.55
12	—	473	194.00–204.00	198.99
7	—	320	218.00–228.00	220.68
51	—	533	183.50–193.50	185.50
19	—	727	131.00–141.00	135.82
9	—	442	198.00–208.00	200.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	425	170.00–180.00	176.95
61	—	476	172.00–182.00	179.35
44	—	514	161.50–171.50	164.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	467	155.00–165.00	158.92
23	—	732	124.50–134.50	131.11
9	—	558	145.00–155.00	146.10
91	—	665	129.50–139.75	139.06
24	—	388	165.00–175.00	166.85
17	—	426	159.00–169.00	163.70
32	—	620	131.00–141.00	135.03
19	—	511	149.00–159.00	151.13
4	—	304	162.50–172.50	170.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	581	134.50–144.50	142.77
39	—	375	154.00–164.00	158.65
48	—	432	148.00–158.00	150.61
21	—	337	151.00–161.00	155.68
54	—	527	138.00–148.50	145.06
30	—	471	144.00–154.00	149.02
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	669	136.00–146.00	142.59
12	—	368	198.00–208.00	202.63
19	—	527	164.00–174.00	169.06
12	—	488	168.00–177.00	170.60
22	—	574	159.00–169.00	161.29
12	—	625	137.00–147.50	142.17
11	—	442	185.00–195.00	194.15

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)	53	—	1,133	750.00–1,175.00	965.35
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	16	—	1,059	675.00–1,300.00	995.89
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,106	600.00–1,200.00	1,035.18

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

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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