Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2020-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 4.00-7.00 Higher. Heifers 6.00 higher. Quality good. Demand good. Slaughter cows 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. A total of 322 cows and bulls sold with 30 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.44/cwt on 1,080 head.

Average price

$145.44

1,080 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$8.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.83

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	149.17	840	466
Medium and Large 1-2	549	143.80	790	404
Medium and Large 2	505	140.32	709	210

One grade step is worth $8.84/cwt here — about $131 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 sale1,080 hd

145.44

—

OK average2 barns · 5,478 hd

151.27

−5.83

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	1,722	71.87	1,237	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,232	52.26	644	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Very Low	1,405	49.82	700	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,135	43.78	497	57

Every lot, as filed

63 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	—	484	167.35/cwt	165.00–175.00	810	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	154.14/cwt	150.00–160.00	726	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	116.56/cwt	113.00–123.00	547	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	126.47/cwt	118.00–128.00	837	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	124.98/cwt	119.00–129.00	760	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	194.04/cwt	188.00–198.00	621	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	156.54/cwt	152.00–162.00	812	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	141.23/cwt	135.00–145.00	466	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	159.96/cwt	154.00–164.00	757	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	140.82/cwt	136.00–146.00	604	105
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	683	119.97/cwt	115.00–125.00	819	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	168.50/cwt	162.00–172.00	721	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	150.53/cwt	144.50–154.50	789	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	118.94/cwt	112.00–122.00	691	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	130.40/cwt	126.00–136.00	677	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	116.87/cwt	112.50–122.00	723	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	196.49/cwt	189.00–199.00	735	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	132.65/cwt	130.00–140.00	834	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	150.99/cwt	147.50–157.50	637	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	155.79/cwt	148.50–158.50	598	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	126.40/cwt	120.00–130.00	975	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	823	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	621	122.10/cwt	119.00–129.00	758	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	133.39/cwt	126.00–136.00	951	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	130.99/cwt	128.50–138.50	893	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	45.81/cwt	45.00–48.00	531	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,210	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	520	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	52.52/cwt	51.00–54.00	666	4
Bulls	—	—	1,900	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,577	1
Bulls	—	—	1,749	73.13/cwt	72.00–75.00	1,279	8
Bulls	—	—	1,665	68.83/cwt	66.00–71.00	1,146	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,183	1,063.49/cwt	1,000.00–1,110.00	12,581	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,132	891.57/cwt	875.00–900.00	10,093	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	684.61/cwt	575.00–785.00	7,757	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	955	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	449	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,141	41.25/cwt	39.00–44.00	471	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,202	53.41/cwt	51.00–55.50	642	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	131.89/cwt	125.00–135.00	553	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	127.57/cwt	123.00–133.00	725	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	121.69/cwt	115.00–125.00	633	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	529	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	58.50/cwt	58.50–58.50	670	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	53.84/cwt	53.00–55.00	824	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	141.39/cwt	137.00–147.00	523	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	145.39/cwt	141.00–151.00	753	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	115.64/cwt	112.50–122.50	776	25
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,512	1,199.56/cwt	1,110.00–1,210.00	18,137	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	48.65/cwt	46.00–51.00	664	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	936	40.53/cwt	38.00–43.00	379	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	167.02/cwt	160.00–170.00	703	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	131.06/cwt	124.00–134.50	624	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	147.14/cwt	146.00–156.00	497	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	141.17/cwt	134.00–144.00	807	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	386	193.93/cwt	187.00–197.00	749	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	141.93/cwt	137.00–147.00	806	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	127.66/cwt	123.25–133.50	720	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	147.95/cwt	145.00–155.00	851	73
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	156.57/cwt	148.50–159.00	687	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	148.70/cwt	143.00–153.00	715	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	135.76/cwt	130.00–140.00	699	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	138.22/cwt	135.00–145.00	645	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	175.96/cwt	171.00–181.00	753	24

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 2,476Last week 2,425Year ago 2,038

Slaughter CattleReceipts 280Last week 369Year ago 230

Replacement CattleReceipts 42Last week 38Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	484	165.00–175.00	167.35
19	—	320	188.00–198.00	194.04
96	—	519	152.00–162.00	156.54
22	—	374	189.00–199.00	196.49
173	—	629	130.00–140.00	132.65
6	—	771	120.00–130.00	126.40
16	—	713	126.00–136.00	133.39
16	—	682	128.50–138.50	130.99
73	—	575	145.00–155.00	147.95
24	—	428	171.00–181.00	175.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	662	118.00–128.00	126.47
49	—	608	119.00–129.00	124.98
84	—	473	154.00–164.00	159.96
48	—	518	141.00–151.00	145.39
58	—	421	160.00–170.00	167.02
68	—	572	134.00–144.00	141.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	568	123.00–133.00	127.57
49	—	439	148.50–159.00	156.57
25	—	481	143.00–153.00	148.70
89	—	515	130.00–140.00	135.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	471	150.00–160.00	154.14
38	—	683	115.00–125.00	119.97
25	—	428	162.00–172.00	168.50
23	—	524	144.50–154.50	150.53
39	—	621	119.00–129.00	122.10
17	—	386	187.00–197.00	193.93
6	—	568	137.00–147.00	141.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	469	113.00–123.00	116.56
44	—	419	125.00–135.00	131.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	330	135.00–145.00	141.23
105	—	429	136.00–146.00	140.82
58	—	581	112.00–122.00	118.94
46	—	520	115.00–125.00	121.69
30	—	370	137.00–147.00	141.39
69	—	476	124.00–134.50	131.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	519	126.00–136.00	130.40
101	—	619	112.50–122.00	116.87
37	—	422	147.50–157.50	150.99
13	—	384	148.50–158.50	155.79
3	—	725	113.50	113.50
25	—	671	112.50–122.50	115.64
16	—	338	146.00–156.00	147.14
2	—	783	110.00	110.00
62	—	564	123.25–133.50	127.66
61	—	467	135.00–145.00	138.22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,160	45.00–48.00	45.81
31	—	1,141	39.00–44.00	41.25
6	—	1,202	51.00–55.50	53.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,210	43.00	43.00
6	—	1,530	53.00–55.00	53.84
9	—	1,365	46.00–51.00	48.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,268	51.00–54.00	52.52
1	—	1,175	45.00	45.00
1	—	1,145	58.50	58.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	47.00	47.00
4	—	936	38.00–43.00	40.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,900	83.00	83.00
8	—	1,749	72.00–75.00	73.13
7	—	1,665	66.00–71.00	68.83

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,183	1,000.00–1,110.00	1,063.49
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,133	575.00–785.00	684.61
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,132	875.00–900.00	891.57
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,512	1,110.00–1,210.00	1,199.56

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

Slaughter Cattle

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