Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 6.00 to 9.00 lower. Heifers 5.00-7.00 lower. Demand good. Quality plain thru good. Slaughter cows 3.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls 1.00-3.00 lower. A total of 564 cows and bulls sold with 45 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.27/cwt on 1,339 head.

Average price

$151.27

1,339 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$785

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$5.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.51

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	153.19	852	500
Medium and Large 1-2	510	151.42	773	575
Medium and Large 2	467	147.32	688	264

One grade step is worth $5.87/cwt here — about $164 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 sale1,339 hd

151.27

—

OK average7 barns · 10,559 hd

142.77

+8.51

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	1,760	91.28	1,607	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,421	58.94	838	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,402	58.93	826	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,033	51.72	534	154

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,163.32/cwt	1,085.00–1,225.00	12,448	16
Bulls	—	—	1,794	98.06/cwt	96.00–101.00	1,759	4
Bulls	—	—	1,726	86.67/cwt	84.50–89.00	1,496	9
Bulls	—	—	1,777	92.72/cwt	90.00–95.50	1,648	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	130.36/cwt	126.00–136.50	834	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	666	116.95/cwt	110.00–121.50	779	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	393	167.91/cwt	164.50–175.00	660	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	138.34/cwt	134.00–144.50	783	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	316	183.33/cwt	180.00–191.00	579	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	137.62/cwt	131.50–142.00	723	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	717	116.96/cwt	112.00–119.25	839	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	479	143.37/cwt	140.00–150.00	687	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	152.27/cwt	149.00–159.00	652	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	909	38.90/cwt	37.00–42.00	354	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	60.06/cwt	57.00–62.00	792	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	933	58.32/cwt	55.00–60.00	544	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,413	51.96/cwt	51.00–56.50	734	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	919	45.29/cwt	43.00–48.00	416	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,356	57.90/cwt	56.00–61.00	785	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	926	52.11/cwt	49.00–54.00	483	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	45.84/cwt	44.00–49.00	508	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,501	64.84/cwt	63.00–69.00	973	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,179	58.33/cwt	56.00–61.00	688	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	54.05/cwt	50.00–55.00	750	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	52.57/cwt	50.00–55.00	606	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,499	66.73/cwt	63.00–68.50	1,000	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	130.86/cwt	124.50–134.50	987	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	132.40/cwt	126.50–136.50	692	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	162.88/cwt	158.00–168.00	694	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	171.80/cwt	168.50–178.50	718	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	128.58/cwt	122.00–132.00	1,048	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	145.01/cwt	138.50–148.50	700	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	142.52/cwt	137.00–147.00	743	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	137.16/cwt	132.50–142.50	912	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	131.85/cwt	125.00–135.00	943	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	126.77/cwt	123.50–133.50	729	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	139.93/cwt	134.50–144.50	813	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	139.53/cwt	134.00–144.00	866	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	191.36/cwt	188.00–198.00	698	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	112.96/cwt	108.00–118.00	770	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	135.09/cwt	130.50–140.50	638	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	127.90/cwt	119.00–129.00	843	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	115.19/cwt	109.00–119.00	545	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	137.87/cwt	133.00–143.00	523	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	139.93/cwt	136.00–146.00	462	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	133.57/cwt	127.00–137.00	696	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	122.48/cwt	117.50–127.75	943	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	117.85/cwt	111.00–121.00	502	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	118.03/cwt	114.00–124.00	735	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	169.68/cwt	166.00–176.00	633	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	154.54/cwt	149.00–159.50	745	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	152.09/cwt	148.00–158.00	783	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	207.63/cwt	200.00–210.00	679	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	183.08/cwt	177.00–187.00	577	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	127.84/cwt	120.00–131.50	853	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	128.09/cwt	122.00–133.00	799	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	146.72/cwt	145.00–155.00	851	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	151.35/cwt	146.50–157.00	639	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	183.64/cwt	177.00–187.00	679	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	192.07/cwt	188.00–199.00	626	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	163.48/cwt	160.00–170.00	760	49
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	714.21/cwt	625.00–885.00	8,749	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,364	1,058.85/cwt	1,000.00–1,080.00	14,443	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,202	65.53/cwt	62.00–67.00	788	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	15,810	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,139	1,236.80/cwt	1,050.00–1,310.00	14,087	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	122.06/cwt	115.00–125.50	635	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	130.86/cwt	125.00–135.00	738	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	117.50/cwt	113.50–123.50	847	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	128.58/cwt	122.00–132.50	550	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	129.92/cwt	125.50–135.50	795	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	122.81/cwt	114.50–124.75	1,007	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	124.00/cwt	120.00–130.00	587	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	139.34/cwt	134.50–144.50	594	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	154.00/cwt	147.00–157.00	493	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	312	128.55/cwt	125.00–135.00	401	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	120.41/cwt	114.00–124.00	689	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	147.93/cwt	144.50–154.50	549	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	126.68/cwt	122.00–132.00	473	26

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 3,188Last week 3,359Year ago 2,363

Slaughter CattleReceipts 505Last week 423Year ago 241

Replacement CattleReceipts 59Last week 30Year ago 16

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,070	1,085.00–1,225.00	1,163.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,240	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,225	625.00–885.00	714.21
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,364	1,000.00–1,080.00	1,058.85
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,139	1,050.00–1,310.00	1,236.80

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,794	96.00–101.00	98.06
9	—	1,726	84.50–89.00	86.67
10	—	1,777	90.00–95.50	92.72
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	909	37.00–42.00	38.90
17	—	933	55.00–60.00	58.32
25	—	919	43.00–48.00	45.29
26	—	926	49.00–54.00	52.11
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,319	57.00–62.00	60.06
12	—	1,413	51.00–56.50	51.96
9	—	1,499	63.00–68.50	66.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,356	56.00–61.00	57.90
16	—	1,501	63.00–69.00	64.84
17	—	1,388	50.00–55.00	54.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,108	44.00–49.00	45.84
20	—	1,179	56.00–61.00	58.33
29	—	1,153	50.00–55.00	52.57
10	—	1,202	62.00–67.00	65.53

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	640	126.00–136.50	130.36
30	—	666	110.00–121.50	116.95
41	—	393	164.50–175.00	167.91
48	—	566	134.00–144.50	138.34
16	—	316	180.00–191.00	183.33
54	—	525	131.50–142.00	137.62
17	—	717	112.00–119.25	116.96
63	—	479	140.00–150.00	143.37
22	—	428	149.00–159.00	152.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	754	124.50–134.50	130.86
57	—	418	168.50–178.50	171.80
22	—	815	122.00–132.00	128.58
75	—	665	132.50–142.50	137.16
25	—	715	125.00–135.00	131.85
80	—	621	134.00–144.00	139.53
26	—	365	188.00–198.00	191.36
90	—	515	148.00–158.00	152.09
28	—	327	200.00–210.00	207.63
29	—	580	145.00–155.00	146.72
49	—	465	160.00–170.00	163.48
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	523	126.50–136.50	132.40
55	—	483	138.50–148.50	145.01
57	—	575	123.50–133.50	126.77
24	—	373	166.00–176.00	169.68
37	—	315	177.00–187.00	183.08
42	—	422	146.50–157.00	151.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	426	158.00–168.00	162.88
110	—	521	137.00–147.00	142.52
127	—	581	134.50–144.50	139.93
45	—	482	149.00–159.50	154.54
71	—	667	120.00–131.50	127.84
33	—	624	122.00–133.00	128.09
72	—	370	177.00–187.00	183.64
37	—	326	188.00–199.00	192.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	682	108.00–118.00	112.96
45	—	379	133.00–143.00	137.87
37	—	330	136.00–146.00	139.93
52	—	623	114.00–124.00	118.03
44	—	520	115.00–125.50	122.06
56	—	428	122.00–132.50	128.58
60	—	473	120.00–130.00	124.00
25	—	572	114.00–124.00	120.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	472	130.50–140.50	135.09
24	—	659	119.00–129.00	127.90
81	—	521	127.00–137.00	133.57
24	—	770	117.50–127.75	122.48
85	—	564	125.00–135.00	130.86
25	—	721	113.50–123.50	117.50
86	—	612	125.50–135.50	129.92
26	—	820	114.50–124.75	122.81
106	—	426	134.50–144.50	139.34
43	—	320	147.00–157.00	154.00
49	—	371	144.50–154.50	147.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	473	109.00–119.00	115.19
39	—	426	111.00–121.00	117.85
20	—	312	125.00–135.00	128.55
26	—	373	122.00–132.00	126.68

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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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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