Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and Heifers had too few receipts for a comparable, however a much higher undertone is noted. Quality good. Demand good. Slaughter cows 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. A total of 542 cows and bulls sold with 68 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $143.05/cwt on 611 head.

Average price

$143.05

611 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$813

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$22.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.32

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	150.99	852	275
Medium and Large 1-2	576	139.58	804	243
Medium and Large 2	558	128.66	718	93

One grade step is worth $22.33/cwt here — about $134 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 sale611 hd

143.05

—

OK average4 barns · 2,230 hd

142.73

+0.32

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	—	Low	1,670	82.52	1,378	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,320	53.65	708	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,272	52.52	668	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,057	46.57	492	244

Every lot, as filed

64 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 1-2	—	481	158.72/cwt	154.00–164.00	763	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	124.54/cwt	120.00–130.00	533	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	135.99/cwt	130.50–140.50	571	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	140.73/cwt	138.50–148.50	522	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	147.27/cwt	144.00–154.00	842	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	115.47/cwt	110.00–120.00	665	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	132.50/cwt	128.00–138.00	482	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	111.33/cwt	109.00–119.00	808	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	154.43/cwt	146.00–156.50	818	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	137.26/cwt	133.00–143.00	920	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	138.12/cwt	135.00–145.00	870	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	616	130.90/cwt	122.00–132.00	806	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	144.25/cwt	136.50–146.50	453	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	111.66/cwt	105.00–115.00	864	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	206.44/cwt	199.00–209.00	636	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	203.24/cwt	199.00–209.00	738	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	135.97/cwt	131.00–141.00	715	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	192.62/cwt	189.00–199.00	717	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	141.54/cwt	136.50–146.00	807	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	128.60/cwt	125.00–135.00	679	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	469	153.16/cwt	149.00–159.00	718	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	159.94/cwt	155.00–165.00	688	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	126.71/cwt	119.00–129.00	982	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	173.65/cwt	170.50–180.50	724	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	173.40/cwt	165.00–175.00	808	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	117.57/cwt	114.00–124.00	742	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	120.38/cwt	116.00–126.00	870	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	125.98/cwt	120.50–130.50	847	26
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	997.03/cwt	860.00–1,200.00	11,197	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,226	780.80/cwt	650.00–925.00	9,573	48
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,258	1,185.10/cwt	1,175.00–1,200.00	14,909	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	57.17/cwt	55.00–59.50	739	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,355	56.54/cwt	54.00–59.00	766	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	37.60/cwt	35.00–40.00	415	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	854	34.85/cwt	34.00–39.00	298	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	49.93/cwt	48.00–53.00	642	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	44.06/cwt	41.00–46.00	518	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	49.02/cwt	47.00–52.00	551	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	967	46.34/cwt	46.00–51.00	448	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	46.89/cwt	43.00–48.00	587	17
Bulls	—	—	1,612	75.86/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,223	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	949	42.61/cwt	40.00–45.00	404	28
Bulls	—	—	1,712	95.71/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	111.17/cwt	103.00–113.00	691	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	137.80/cwt	133.00–143.00	798	66
Bulls	—	—	1,776	85.85/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,525	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	939	58.53/cwt	57.00–61.00	550	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	63.37/cwt	60.00–64.00	932	7
Bulls	—	—	1,591	80.61/cwt	78.00–83.00	1,283	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	162.14/cwt	159.00–169.00	679	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	130.50/cwt	124.00–134.00	698	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	52.86/cwt	49.00–54.00	671	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,312	56.14/cwt	54.00–59.00	737	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	119.42/cwt	114.00–124.00	635	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	130.31/cwt	124.00–134.00	821	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	129.88/cwt	124.00–134.00	616	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	127.08/cwt	122.00–132.00	735	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	128.29/cwt	122.00–132.00	871	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	142.91/cwt	135.00–145.50	746	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	124.34/cwt	120.50–130.50	706	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	117.07/cwt	110.00–120.00	790	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	139.21/cwt	135.00–145.00	636	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	129.41/cwt	125.00–135.00	427	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 →

Tulsa Livestock Auction - Tulsa, OK

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,573Last week 1,958Year ago 4,157

Slaughter CattleReceipts 464Last week 293Year ago 488

Replacement CattleReceipts 78Last week 25Year ago 33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	481	154.00–164.00	158.72
66	—	579	133.00–143.00	137.80
25	—	419	159.00–169.00	162.14
43	—	630	124.00–134.00	130.31
53	—	679	122.00–132.00	128.29
33	—	522	135.00–145.50	142.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	572	144.00–154.00	147.27
90	—	530	146.00–156.50	154.43
18	—	670	133.00–143.00	137.26
35	—	630	135.00–145.00	138.12
5	—	308	199.00–209.00	206.44
8	—	363	199.00–209.00	203.24
8	—	775	119.00–129.00	126.71
7	—	417	170.50–180.50	173.65
25	—	466	165.00–175.00	173.40
20	—	723	116.00–126.00	120.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	535	124.00–134.00	130.50
50	—	578	122.00–132.00	127.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	428	120.00–130.00	124.54
19	—	576	110.00–120.00	115.47
10	—	364	128.00–138.00	132.50
18	—	622	103.00–113.00	111.17
16	—	532	114.00–124.00	119.42
39	—	474	124.00–134.00	129.88
19	—	330	125.00–135.00	129.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	420	130.50–140.50	135.99
22	—	371	138.50–148.50	140.73
5	—	726	109.00–119.00	111.33
7	—	314	136.50–146.50	144.25
9	—	774	105.00–115.00	111.66
37	—	528	125.00–135.00	128.60
17	—	631	114.00–124.00	117.57
64	—	568	120.50–130.50	124.34
14	—	675	110.00–120.00	117.07
19	—	457	135.00–145.00	139.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	616	122.00–132.00	130.90
21	—	526	131.00–141.00	135.97
10	—	372	189.00–199.00	192.62
28	—	570	136.50–146.00	141.54
7	—	469	149.00–159.00	153.16
6	—	430	155.00–165.00	159.94
3	—	345	199.00	199.00
26	—	672	120.50–130.50	125.98

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	1,123	860.00–1,200.00	997.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	48	—	1,226	650.00–925.00	780.80
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,258	1,175.00–1,200.00	1,185.10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,292	55.00–59.50	57.17
17	—	1,252	43.00–48.00	46.89
21	—	1,270	49.00–54.00	52.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,355	54.00–59.00	56.54
22	—	1,104	35.00–40.00	37.60
33	—	1,175	41.00–46.00	44.06
72	—	1,124	47.00–52.00	49.02
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	854	34.00–39.00	34.85
23	—	967	46.00–51.00	46.34
28	—	949	40.00–45.00	42.61
31	—	939	57.00–61.00	58.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,285	48.00–53.00	49.93
7	—	1,470	60.00–64.00	63.37
13	—	1,312	54.00–59.00	56.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,612	72.00–77.00	75.86
3	—	1,712	93.00–99.00	95.71
7	—	1,776	84.00–89.00	85.85
5	—	1,591	78.00–83.00	80.61

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle