Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold steady to 6.00 lower, except 250-350 pounds 19.00 to 24.00 higher on light receipts. Heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower except 350 to 400 pounds 3.00 higher and 700 to 800 pounds 1.00 higher. Demand good. Quality average. Slaughter cows not enough comparable receipts for a market trend, but a lower undertone was noted. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. A total of 214 cows and bulls sold with 73 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.03/cwt on 619 head.

Average price

$142.03

619 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$748

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$262

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

$22.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.34

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	142.88	760	552
Medium and Large 1-2	484	135.50	656	65
Medium and Large 2	415	120.00	498	2thin

One grade step is worth $22.88/cwt here — about $262 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 sale619 hd

142.03

—

OK average7 barns · 7,373 hd

135.70

+6.34

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	1,736	95.61	1,660	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,304	65.28	851	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	58.16	705	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,060	52.14	553	46

Every lot, as filed

98 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	55.76/cwt	55.50–56.00	597	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	53.00/cwt	50.00–55.00	601	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	953	44.50/cwt	43.00–46.00	424	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	939	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	507	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	946	50.19/cwt	49.00–52.00	475	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,116	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	238	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	868	123.96/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,076	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	259	222.65/cwt	222.00–224.00	577	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	125.72/cwt	122.50–130.00	1,042	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	213.43/cwt	204.00–218.00	683	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	182.37/cwt	179.00–184.00	768	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	143.09/cwt	142.50–144.50	1,112	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	196.29/cwt	188.00–210.00	744	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	139.29/cwt	134.00–142.50	1,025	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	146.92/cwt	140.00–149.50	983	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	153.67/cwt	145.00–158.00	884	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	152.27/cwt	148.50–156.50	953	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	153.83/cwt	148.00–159.50	806	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	160.22/cwt	155.00–176.00	756	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	433	166.11/cwt	164.00–173.00	719	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	329	185.25/cwt	182.00–192.00	609	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	684	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	923	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	140.17/cwt	120.00–146.00	718	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	176.33/cwt	155.00–185.00	672	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	157.20/cwt	150.00–164.00	681	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	144.26/cwt	138.00–147.00	844	7
Bulls	Small and Medium 3-4	—	677	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	501	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	137.43/cwt	135.00–142.00	581	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	158.92/cwt	152.00–166.00	679	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	127.63/cwt	123.00–135.00	786	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	133.08/cwt	130.00–139.00	780	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	140.68/cwt	140.00–142.00	723	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	113.53/cwt	110.00–121.00	884	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	182.03/cwt	180.00–184.00	582	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	493	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	759	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	175.84/cwt	170.00–186.00	749	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	149.34/cwt	144.00–154.00	778	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	151.16/cwt	145.00–160.00	715	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	140.68/cwt	136.00–145.00	803	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	681	132.49/cwt	128.00–138.00	902	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	377	188.17/cwt	186.00–194.00	709	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	138.59/cwt	135.00–146.00	845	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	331	207.93/cwt	201.00–210.00	688	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	768	132.61/cwt	126.00–139.00	1,018	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	951	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	840	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,042	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,314	66.58/cwt	66.50–67.00	875	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,291	63.72/cwt	63.00–64.00	823	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	57.56/cwt	56.00–59.00	703	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,172	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	148.21/cwt	140.00–157.00	580	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	139.54/cwt	120.00–153.00	606	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	124.00/cwt	115.00–125.00	799	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	733	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	145.51/cwt	145.00–148.00	492	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	123.26/cwt	120.00–126.50	854	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	147.59/cwt	140.00–151.00	692	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	139.73/cwt	135.00–145.50	729	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	139.15/cwt	134.00–145.50	795	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	136.25/cwt	131.50–140.50	846	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	129.43/cwt	123.00–135.25	875	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	166.70/cwt	159.00–170.50	635	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	130.08/cwt	125.00–133.00	940	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	149.36/cwt	145.00–158.00	633	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	125.36/cwt	121.50–127.50	969	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	169.15/cwt	166.00–171.00	491	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	104.21/cwt	101.00–120.00	858	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	922	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,024	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	180.53/cwt	180.00–181.00	587	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	737	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	145.41/cwt	145.00–145.50	891	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	155.26/cwt	150.00–161.00	484	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	113.70/cwt	110.00–117.50	924	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	245	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	436	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	60.77/cwt	60.00–61.50	696	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,450	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	783	1
Bulls	—	—	1,714	93.00/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,594	10
Bulls	—	—	1,831	104.64/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,916	7
Bulls	—	—	1,647	88.18/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,452	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,073	641.41/cwt	600.00–685.00	6,882	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,156	927.28/cwt	835.00–975.00	10,719	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	841.98/cwt	810.00–885.00	9,582	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	11,147	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,198	1,043.09/cwt	1,025.00–1,085.00	12,496	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	10,706	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,080	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,830	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	8,768	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	—	453	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	294	4
Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	684	48.52/cwt	47.00–51.00	332	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	543	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	781	29

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,014Last week 1,816Year ago 1,989

Slaughter CattleReceipts 157Last week 278Year ago 190

Replacement CattleReceipts 57Last week 85Year ago 23

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,070	55.50–56.00	55.76
26	—	1,134	50.00–55.00	53.00
1	—	1,075	48.00	48.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	43.00–46.00	44.50
5	—	939	54.00	54.00
10	—	946	49.00–52.00	50.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,314	66.50–67.00	66.58
5	—	1,291	63.00–64.00	63.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,221	56.00–59.00	57.56
6	—	1,145	60.00–61.50	60.77
1	—	1,450	54.00	54.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,714	90.00–99.00	93.00
7	—	1,831	100.00–110.00	104.64
5	—	1,647	86.00–89.00	88.18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,005	111.00	111.00
2	—	238	235.00	235.00
2	—	868	121.00–127.00	123.96
6	—	259	222.00–224.00	222.65
6	—	829	122.50–130.00	125.72
9	—	320	204.00–218.00	213.43
11	—	421	179.00–184.00	182.37
13	—	777	142.50–144.50	143.09
15	—	379	188.00–210.00	196.29
19	—	736	134.00–142.50	139.29
44	—	669	140.00–149.50	146.92
55	—	575	145.00–158.00	153.67
66	—	626	148.50–156.50	152.27
69	—	524	148.00–159.50	153.83
77	—	472	155.00–176.00	160.22
1	—	930	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	433	164.00–173.00	166.11
6	—	329	182.00–192.00	185.25
7	—	684	135.00	135.00
18	—	613	145.00–145.50	145.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	512	120.00–146.00	140.17
19	—	381	155.00–185.00	176.33
16	—	433	150.00–164.00	157.20
7	—	585	138.00–147.00	144.26
6	—	823	101.00–120.00	104.21
6	—	640	144.00	144.00
2	—	788	130.00	130.00
2	—	325	180.00–181.00	180.53
1	—	490	150.50	150.50
Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	684	47.00–51.00	48.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	543	143.75	143.75
Bulls — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	74.00	74.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	423	135.00–142.00	137.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	427	152.00–166.00	158.92
8	—	616	123.00–135.00	127.63
6	—	586	130.00–139.00	133.08
6	—	514	140.00–142.00	140.68
3	—	779	110.00–121.00	113.53
2	—	320	180.00–184.00	182.03
1	—	740	110.00	110.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	493	154.00	154.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	426	170.00–186.00	175.84
35	—	521	144.00–154.00	149.34
23	—	473	145.00–160.00	151.16
13	—	571	136.00–145.00	140.68
9	—	681	128.00–138.00	132.49
9	—	377	186.00–194.00	188.17
6	—	610	135.00–146.00	138.59
4	—	331	201.00–210.00	207.93
2	—	768	126.00–139.00	132.61
2	—	710	134.00	134.00
1	—	840	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	391	140.00–157.00	148.21
11	—	434	120.00–153.00	139.54
10	—	644	115.00–125.00	124.00
7	—	737	99.50	99.50
6	—	338	145.00–148.00	145.51
2	—	693	120.00–126.50	123.26
2	—	598	110.00	110.00
1	—	450	141.00	141.00
1	—	280	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	469	140.00–151.00	147.59
95	—	522	135.00–145.50	139.73
72	—	571	134.00–145.50	139.15
48	—	621	131.50–140.50	136.25
41	—	676	123.00–135.25	129.43
41	—	381	159.00–170.50	166.70
29	—	723	125.00–133.00	130.08
29	—	424	145.00–158.00	149.36
17	—	773	121.50–127.50	125.36
6	—	290	166.00–171.00	169.15
5	—	312	150.00–161.00	155.26
3	—	813	110.00–117.50	113.70
1	—	245	178.00	178.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	453	65.00	65.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,073	600.00–685.00	641.41
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,156	835.00–975.00	927.28
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,138	810.00–885.00	841.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,335	835.00	835.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,198	1,025.00–1,085.00	1,043.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,060.00	1,060.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	725.00	725.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	835.00	835.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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