Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2020-03-23

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Mar 23
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
206 head
244 vs last sale 450 206 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
225 head
161 vs last sale 64 225 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
0 head
0 vs last sale 0 0 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 11.00-16.00 higher. Heifers 7.00-12.00 higher in a light test. Quality good. Demand moderate. Slaughter cows 8.00-12.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 7.00-11.00 higher. A total of 225 cows and bulls sold with 38 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.47/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$153.47
98 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$115
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.99
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2433154.0466719thin
Medium and Large 1510153.3378279
One grade step is worth $0.71/cwt here — about −$115 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 sale98 hd
153.47
OK average7 barns · 2,646 hd
129.47
+23.99
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
BullsAverage1,55592.021,43113
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,61378.561,2672thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,03268.1470371

Every lot, as filed

32 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,17584.18/cwt82.00–87.009892
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight97575.50/cwt71.00–77.007364
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61378.56/cwt76.00–81.001,2672
CowsLean 85-90%1,30572.40/cwt69.00–74.0094519
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87260.34/cwt57.00–62.0052627
CowsLean 85-90%1,17477.63/cwt75.00–80.009119
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight81366.40/cwt64.00–69.0054010
SteersMedium and Large 1435169.43/cwt161.00–171.007376
SteersMedium and Large 1632125.30/cwt120.00–130.007929
SteersMedium and Large 1559154.21/cwt148.00–158.0086216
SteersMedium and Large 1665121.92/cwt117.00–127.008116
SteersMedium and Large 1455160.33/cwt155.00–165.0073013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2464149.83/cwt144.50–154.006957
HeifersMedium and Large 1337156.96/cwt151.00–161.005295
HeifersMedium and Large 1567125.43/cwt120.00–130.0071111
HeifersMedium and Large 1462146.57/cwt140.00–150.006773
HeifersMedium and Large 1429150.45/cwt147.00–157.006455
HeifersMedium and Large 1365153.03/cwt145.00–155.005595
HeifersMedium and Large 1531129.03/cwt125.00–135.0068512
Bulls1,50693.00/cwt90.00–95.501,4014
BullsMedium and Large 1580155.50/cwt155.50–155.509023
Bulls1,375102.19/cwt100.50–104.001,4052
BullsMedium and Large 1470150.00/cwt150.00–150.007052
BullsMedium and Large 1528151.71/cwt147.00–157.0080112
Bulls1,63488.56/cwt87.00–89.001,4477
BullsMedium and Large 1443167.54/cwt160.00–170.007424
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1831,226.06/cwt1,000.00–1,500.0014,5043
SteersMedium and Large 1341175.09/cwt167.00–177.005975
SteersMedium and Large 1383163.67/cwt160.00–170.006278
SteersMedium and Large 1524156.30/cwt150.00–160.0081916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415156.49/cwt150.00–160.0064912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,241941.73/cwt775.00–1,125.0011,68720

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.