Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2020-06-22

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Jun 22
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,806 head
212 vs last sale 2,018 776 vs year ago 1,030 · +75.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
212 head
89 vs last sale 301 101 vs year ago 111 · +91.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
26 vs last sale 36 98 vs year ago 108 · 90.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 5.00-6.00 higher. Heifers 6.00-8.00 lower. Quality mostly plain, few attractive. Demand good. Slaughter cows 1.00 lower, in a light test. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher, also in a light test. A total of 222 cows and bulls sold with 55 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.37/cwt on 614 head.
Average price
$142.37
614 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$783
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.22
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573143.33821399
Medium and Large 1-2508140.59714215
One grade step is worth $2.74/cwt here — about $107 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 sale614 hd
142.37
OK average7 barns · 14,590 hd
128.15
+14.22
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
BullsHigh1,621104.281,69017
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,27365.9584019
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29364.0482820
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06858.0262066

Every lot, as filed

56 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1373140.93/cwt138.00–148.0052622
SteersMedium and Large 1-2537136.93/cwt130.00–141.5073545
SteersMedium and Large 1708128.67/cwt123.50–133.5091133
CowsLean 85-90%1,21357.32/cwt55.00–60.0069513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30769.80/cwt68.50–73.009126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531118.39/cwt113.00–123.0062917
HeifersMedium and Large 1577129.78/cwt125.00–135.0074932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571119.77/cwt114.00–124.0068424
HeifersMedium and Large 1419134.02/cwt129.00–139.0056233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2616117.25/cwt111.00–121.0072233
HeifersMedium and Large 1467134.44/cwt132.00–142.0062836
HeifersMedium and Large 1727112.87/cwt107.00–116.0082114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2483125.17/cwt120.00–130.0060534
HeifersMedium and Large 1610128.42/cwt122.00–132.0078363
HeifersMedium and Large 1326141.50/cwt135.00–145.0046121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2674117.98/cwt110.00–120.0079548
HeifersMedium and Large 1530127.86/cwt124.50–134.50678102
HeifersMedium and Large 1657122.62/cwt121.50–131.5080621
SteersMedium and Large 1365178.33/cwt175.00–185.0065113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580135.62/cwt129.00–139.0078759
SteersMedium and Large 1475153.67/cwt150.50–160.5073042
SteersMedium and Large 1783125.05/cwt121.00–131.0097913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477145.71/cwt139.00–149.0069570
SteersMedium and Large 1615137.22/cwt131.50–141.5084451
SteersMedium and Large 1312178.68/cwt177.00–187.0055719
SteersMedium and Large 1573143.51/cwt140.00–150.5082266
SteersMedium and Large 1975101.74/cwt95.00–105.0099221
SteersMedium and Large 1518148.69/cwt142.00–152.5077082
SteersMedium and Large 1684130.19/cwt126.00–136.0089027
SteersMedium and Large 1-2424143.01/cwt138.00–148.0060641
SteersMedium and Large 1427151.12/cwt149.00–159.0064532
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,055887.74/cwt700.00–1,000.009,3664
Bulls1,689111.81/cwt109.00–114.001,8884
BullsMedium and Large 1518137.11/cwt131.50–142.0071021
Bulls1,652106.34/cwt103.00–108.001,7576
BullsMedium and Large 1686114.52/cwt110.50–120.0078635
Bulls1,55698.20/cwt96.00–102.001,5287
BullsMedium and Large 1563133.20/cwt131.50–141.0075037
BullsMedium and Large 1631121.70/cwt118.50–128.507686
BullsMedium and Large 1426140.29/cwt138.00–143.505987
BullsMedium and Large 1364150.04/cwt148.00–154.005469
BullsMedium and Large 1461144.20/cwt140.50–147.0066517
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,154852.15/cwt800.00–900.009,8344
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425125.04/cwt118.00–128.0053112
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,103829.54/cwt825.00–835.009,1502
CowsLean 85-90%1,16864.10/cwt63.00–67.0074914
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30259.55/cwt55.00–60.007759
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight91761.01/cwt58.00–63.005595
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,24658.41/cwt57.00–62.007284
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight90448.55/cwt45.00–51.004397
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31565.78/cwt64.00–69.0086510
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,21172.31/cwt70.00–75.008765
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight89554.55/cwt52.00–57.0048815
CowsLean 85-90%1,29871.81/cwt70.00–73.009325
CowsLean 85-90%1,07652.09/cwt50.00–54.005607
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26165.19/cwt64.00–67.008225

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.