Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steers weighing 300-400 pounds 15.00-20.00 higher. Feeder steers 1.00-2.00 lower. Heifers mostly steady. Quality good thru attractive. Demand good. Slaughter cows 2.00 higher. Lean Slaughter cows 9.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls steady. A total of 453 cows and bulls sold with 57 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.68/cwt on 1,639 head.

Average price

$152.68

1,639 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$798

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$17.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.92

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	159.00	865	621
Medium and Large 1-2	521	152.00	792	716
Medium and Large 2	481	141.30	679	302

One grade step is worth $17.70/cwt here — about $186 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 sale1,639 hd

152.68

—

OK average7 barns · 9,552 hd

140.76

+11.92

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	—	High	1,702	93.52	1,592	53
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,366	62.88	859	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,234	59.23	731	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	998	54.40	543	135

Every lot, as filed

73 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	129.92/cwt	125.00–135.00	995	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	137.73/cwt	133.00–143.50	853	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	135.94/cwt	130.00–141.00	918	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	168.59/cwt	161.00–171.00	801	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	217.00/cwt	215.00–224.00	710	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,053.11/cwt	885.00–1,250.00	11,584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	140.42/cwt	137.00–147.00	796	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	339	200.27/cwt	195.00–205.00	679	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	147.20/cwt	143.00–154.50	699	78
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	173.31/cwt	166.00–176.00	648	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	138.19/cwt	130.00–140.00	721	26
Bulls	—	—	1,912	100.61/cwt	99.00–104.00	1,924	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	134.92/cwt	128.50–138.50	911	41
Bulls	—	—	1,636	89.05/cwt	86.00–92.00	1,457	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	156.43/cwt	151.00–169.50	649	50
Bulls	—	—	1,722	95.58/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,646	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	130.26/cwt	125.00–135.00	831	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	888	49.82/cwt	47.00–52.00	442	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,239	71.01/cwt	68.00–73.00	880	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	51.83/cwt	50.00–55.00	626	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	933	55.93/cwt	53.00–58.00	522	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,248	65.09/cwt	62.00–67.00	812	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	58.69/cwt	56.00–61.00	734	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	52.49/cwt	50.00–55.00	564	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,562	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,062	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	943	60.05/cwt	59.00–61.00	566	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,160	58.41/cwt	56.00–60.00	678	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	751	44.82/cwt	41.00–46.50	337	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	64.29/cwt	61.00–66.00	926	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	142.14/cwt	137.00–147.00	456	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	143.10/cwt	136.00–146.00	658	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	148.87/cwt	145.00–155.00	575	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	121.76/cwt	117.00–127.00	526	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	122.41/cwt	115.00–125.00	646	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	144.32/cwt	139.00–149.00	610	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	154.35/cwt	148.50–158.50	506	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	128.66/cwt	123.50–133.50	489	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	133.42/cwt	128.00–138.50	579	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	133.15/cwt	126.00–136.00	690	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	127.73/cwt	121.50–132.00	842	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	122.04/cwt	114.00–124.00	582	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	207.99/cwt	200.00–211.00	674	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	133.75/cwt	127.00–137.00	956	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	131.18/cwt	124.50–134.50	669	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	141.99/cwt	137.00–147.00	818	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	151.98/cwt	148.00–158.00	866	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	144.07/cwt	141.50–151.50	985	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	131.16/cwt	125.00–135.50	744	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	155.59/cwt	150.00–160.00	747	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	171.88/cwt	169.00–179.50	715	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	123.87/cwt	118.00–127.50	1,032	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	145.52/cwt	139.00–149.00	687	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	141.64/cwt	136.00–146.50	744	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	149.09/cwt	147.00–157.00	771	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	206.97/cwt	200.00–210.00	782	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	148.60/cwt	143.00–153.00	626	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	158.65/cwt	154.00–165.00	676	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	189.71/cwt	188.00–198.00	721	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	151.12/cwt	146.00–156.00	931	55
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,176	755.24/cwt	525.00–875.00	8,882	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,288	958.50/cwt	925.00–1,025.00	12,345	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	57.80/cwt	56.00–61.00	656	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	63.53/cwt	63.00–67.00	785	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	137.93/cwt	134.00–144.00	517	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	133.36/cwt	129.50–139.50	764	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	122.70/cwt	119.00–128.00	703	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	121.56/cwt	120.00–122.00	829	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	132.99/cwt	125.50–135.50	829	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	131.20/cwt	125.00–135.50	623	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	118.95/cwt	115.00–125.00	753	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	129.26/cwt	120.50–130.75	942	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	125.80/cwt	123.50–133.50	972	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	133.55/cwt	127.00–136.00	443	19

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 3,359Last week 2,424Year ago 2,392

Slaughter CattleReceipts 423Last week 201Year ago 226

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 255Year ago 35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	766	125.00–135.00	129.92
61	—	475	161.00–171.00	168.59
26	—	327	215.00–224.00	217.00
55	—	715	127.00–137.00	133.75
86	—	570	148.00–158.00	151.98
26	—	684	141.50–151.50	144.07
98	—	416	169.00–179.50	171.88
40	—	833	118.00–127.50	123.87
112	—	517	147.00–157.00	149.09
49	—	378	200.00–210.00	206.97
55	—	616	146.00–156.00	151.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	619	133.00–143.50	137.73
63	—	675	130.00–141.00	135.94
45	—	324	200.00–211.00	207.99
84	—	576	137.00–147.00	141.99
90	—	480	150.00–160.00	155.59
103	—	525	136.00–146.50	141.64
130	—	426	154.00–165.00	158.65
40	—	380	188.00–198.00	189.71
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	510	124.50–134.50	131.18
62	—	567	125.00–135.50	131.16
93	—	472	139.00–149.00	145.52
99	—	421	143.00–153.00	148.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	567	137.00–147.00	140.42
19	—	339	195.00–205.00	200.27
78	—	475	143.00–154.50	147.20
21	—	374	166.00–176.00	173.31
26	—	522	130.00–140.00	138.19
41	—	675	128.50–138.50	134.92
50	—	415	151.00–169.50	156.43
55	—	638	125.00–135.00	130.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	321	137.00–147.00	142.14
43	—	528	115.00–125.00	122.41
63	—	434	128.00–138.50	133.42
18	—	375	134.00–144.00	137.93
68	—	573	119.00–128.00	122.70
18	—	682	120.00–122.00	121.56
117	—	475	125.00–135.50	131.20
21	—	633	115.00–125.00	118.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	460	136.00–146.00	143.10
25	—	386	145.00–155.00	148.87
105	—	423	139.00–149.00	144.32
35	—	328	148.50–158.50	154.35
128	—	518	126.00–136.00	133.15
43	—	659	121.50–132.00	127.73
46	—	573	129.50–139.50	133.36
47	—	623	125.50–135.50	132.99
62	—	729	120.50–130.75	129.26
24	—	773	123.50–133.50	125.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	432	117.00–127.00	121.76
30	—	380	123.50–133.50	128.66
45	—	477	114.00–124.00	122.04
19	—	332	127.00–136.00	133.55

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,100	885.00–1,250.00	1,053.11
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,176	525.00–875.00	755.24
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,288	925.00–1,025.00	958.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,912	99.00–104.00	100.61
19	—	1,636	86.00–92.00	89.05
31	—	1,722	93.00–98.00	95.58
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	888	47.00–52.00	49.82
37	—	933	53.00–58.00	55.93
2	—	943	59.00–61.00	60.05
14	—	751	41.00–46.50	44.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,239	68.00–73.00	71.01
7	—	1,248	62.00–67.00	65.09
35	—	1,075	50.00–55.00	52.49
17	—	1,135	56.00–61.00	57.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,208	50.00–55.00	51.83
10	—	1,251	56.00–61.00	58.69
15	—	1,236	63.00–67.00	63.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,562	68.00	68.00
12	—	1,160	56.00–60.00	58.41
20	—	1,441	61.00–66.00	64.29

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

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How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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