Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 6.00-9.00 higher. Heifers 4.00-6.00 higher. Quality good, several attractive. Demand good. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00 higher. A total of 380 cows and bull sold with 48 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.47/cwt on 1,039 head.

Average price

$146.47

1,039 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$7.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.51

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	149.31	805	582
Medium and Large 1-2	504	143.18	722	356
Medium and Large 2	423	141.69	599	101

One grade step is worth $7.62/cwt here — about $206 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 sale1,039 hd

146.47

—

OK average7 barns · 9,628 hd

141.96

+4.51

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	1,786	95.16	1,700	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,236	69.00	853	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,318	66.84	881	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,043	61.88	645	100

Every lot, as filed

77 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
Bulls	—	—	1,836	101.25/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,859	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	66.74/cwt	64.00–69.00	878	32
Bulls	—	—	1,813	96.23/cwt	94.00–99.00	1,745	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	909	52.74/cwt	50.00–56.00	479	12
Bulls	—	—	1,714	89.99/cwt	87.00–92.00	1,542	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	868	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	161.14/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,093	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	175.24/cwt	170.00–180.00	743	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	145.54/cwt	140.00–150.00	841	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	176.11/cwt	169.00–179.00	553	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	234	216.44/cwt	214.00–224.00	506	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	404	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	818	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	182.39/cwt	179.00–189.00	875	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	183.33/cwt	179.50–189.50	781	69
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	394	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	693	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	354	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	759	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	650	150.67/cwt	150.00–154.00	979	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	207.02/cwt	201.00–211.00	675	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	131.24/cwt	122.00–132.00	969	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	148.35/cwt	142.50–152.50	771	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	174.58/cwt	172.00–182.00	1,009	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	315	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	165.06/cwt	160.50–170.50	1,045	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	131.34/cwt	125.50–135.50	889	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	138.04/cwt	135.00–145.00	849	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	175.95/cwt	171.00–181.00	910	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	216.53/cwt	210.00–220.00	606	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	162.23/cwt	159.00–169.50	680	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	196.30/cwt	192.00–202.00	744	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	158.38/cwt	153.00–163.00	727	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	157.53/cwt	153.00–163.00	901	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	173.60/cwt	169.50–179.50	830	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	135.29/cwt	131.50–141.50	985	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	128.32/cwt	123.50–133.50	965	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	120.12/cwt	116.50–126.50	975	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	165.22/cwt	159.00–169.00	722	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	164.16/cwt	158.00–168.00	786	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	135.77/cwt	129.00–139.00	778	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	170.61/cwt	163.00–173.00	623	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	155.40/cwt	148.00–159.00	956	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	121.99/cwt	118.00–124.00	834	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	135.92/cwt	131.50–141.50	714	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	186.31/cwt	181.00–191.00	708	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	161.24/cwt	158.00–168.00	532	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	162.01/cwt	158.00–168.00	859	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	196.89/cwt	190.00–200.00	656	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	174.53/cwt	169.00–179.00	750	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	156.77/cwt	152.00–162.00	597	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	174.20/cwt	168.00–178.00	820	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	165.63/cwt	160.00–170.00	868	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	148.66/cwt	142.00–152.00	717	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	154.77/cwt	149.00–157.00	670	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	165.51/cwt	158.00–168.50	710	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	139.86/cwt	133.00–144.00	583	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	149.79/cwt	142.00–154.00	503	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	137.29/cwt	131.00–141.00	666	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	166.39/cwt	161.00–171.00	935	43
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	715.23/cwt	600.00–900.00	7,903	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	161.64/cwt	157.00–167.00	779	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	128.16/cwt	125.50–135.50	1,012	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	153.51/cwt	149.00–159.00	798	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	185.23/cwt	179.00–189.00	600	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	128.56/cwt	124.00–134.00	810	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	910	60.07/cwt	57.00–62.00	547	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	178.48/cwt	171.00–180.00	689	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	797	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,106	1,140.39/cwt	1,000.00–1,350.00	12,613	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,161	1,040.65/cwt	975.00–1,150.00	12,082	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	12,000	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	63.73/cwt	61.00–65.00	794	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	331	182.36/cwt	174.00–184.00	604	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	69.58/cwt	68.00–72.00	818	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,166	65.15/cwt	62.00–67.00	760	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	70.45/cwt	70.00–71.00	972	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	58.05/cwt	55.00–61.00	654	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	910	63.59/cwt	63.00–65.00	579	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	68.92/cwt	68.00–71.00	867	12

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 2,743Last week 1,291Year ago 654

Slaughter CattleReceipts 341Last week 261Year ago 133

Replacement CattleReceipts 39Last week 37Year ago 13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,836	100.00–103.00	101.25
15	—	1,813	94.00–99.00	96.23
9	—	1,714	87.00–92.00	89.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,315	64.00–69.00	66.74
2	—	1,265	63.00	63.00
3	—	1,380	70.00–71.00	70.45
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	909	50.00–56.00	52.74
27	—	910	57.00–62.00	60.07
8	—	910	63.00–65.00	63.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	80.00	80.00
4	—	1,246	61.00–65.00	63.73
12	—	1,258	68.00–71.00	68.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,175	68.00–72.00	69.58
36	—	1,166	62.00–67.00	65.15
9	—	1,127	55.00–61.00	58.05

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	678	155.00–165.00	161.14
40	—	234	214.00–224.00	216.44
54	—	480	179.00–189.00	182.39
69	—	426	179.50–189.50	183.33
22	—	326	201.00–211.00	207.02
36	—	578	172.00–182.00	174.58
51	—	633	160.50–170.50	165.06
43	—	517	171.00–181.00	175.95
29	—	280	210.00–220.00	216.53
30	—	379	192.00–202.00	196.30
24	—	728	131.50–141.50	135.29
16	—	790	125.50–135.50	128.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	404	202.50	202.50
31	—	354	214.50	214.50
1	—	315	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	615	148.00–159.00	155.40
48	—	380	181.00–191.00	186.31
19	—	333	190.00–200.00	196.89
41	—	430	169.00–179.00	174.53
56	—	471	168.00–178.00	174.20
40	—	524	160.00–170.00	165.63
43	—	562	161.00–171.00	166.39
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	429	158.00–168.50	165.51
61	—	482	157.00–167.00	161.64
28	—	520	149.00–159.00	153.51
11	—	324	179.00–189.00	185.23
20	—	386	171.00–180.00	178.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	424	170.00–180.00	175.24
4	—	394	176.00	176.00
6	—	650	150.00–154.00	150.67
47	—	572	153.00–163.00	157.53
54	—	478	169.50–179.50	173.60
58	—	530	158.00–168.00	162.01
11	—	331	174.00–184.00	182.36
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	437	159.00–169.00	165.22
58	—	479	158.00–168.00	164.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	578	140.00–150.00	145.54
21	—	314	169.00–179.00	176.11
81	—	738	122.00–132.00	131.24
124	—	520	142.50–152.50	148.35
33	—	677	125.50–135.50	131.34
38	—	615	135.00–145.00	138.04
73	—	419	159.00–169.50	162.23
59	—	459	153.00–163.00	158.38
15	—	752	123.50–133.50	128.32
21	—	812	116.50–126.50	120.12
77	—	365	163.00–173.00	170.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	573	129.00–139.00	135.77
30	—	684	118.00–124.00	121.99
76	—	525	131.50–141.50	135.92
20	—	330	158.00–168.00	161.24
32	—	381	152.00–162.00	156.77
86	—	482	142.00–152.00	148.66
52	—	433	149.00–157.00	154.77
33	—	630	124.00–134.00	128.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	417	133.00–144.00	139.86
30	—	336	142.00–154.00	149.79
44	—	485	131.00–141.00	137.29

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,105	600.00–900.00	715.23
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,161	975.00–1,150.00	1,040.65
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,106	1,000.00–1,350.00	1,140.39
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,000	1,200.00	1,200.00

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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