Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves mostly steady. Feeder steers 8.00 higher. Heifers 4.00 higher. Demand good. Quality good. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. A total of 293 cows and bulls sold with 47 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.05/cwt on 566 head.

Average price

$162.05

566 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$812

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$8.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.89

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	502	166.17	834	290
Medium and Large 1-2	500	157.72	789	276

One grade step is worth $8.45/cwt here — about $45 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 sale566 hd

162.05

—

OK average7 barns · 9,248 hd

136.16

+25.89

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	1,782	91.01	1,622	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,230	67.97	836	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,163	67.25	782	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,046	61.73	646	98

Every lot, as filed

58 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
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,096	1,162.77/cwt	1,150.00–1,185.00	12,744	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,287	1,099.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,185.00	14,144	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	915	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	430	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	914	56.15/cwt	53.00–58.50	513	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	56.47/cwt	55.00–60.00	620	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	69.23/cwt	68.00–71.00	795	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	154.18/cwt	151.00–161.00	749	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	155.05/cwt	150.00–160.00	676	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	868	65.85/cwt	65.00–66.00	572	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,193	65.94/cwt	64.50–67.00	787	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	692.96/cwt	685.00–700.00	7,380	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	830.61/cwt	725.00–935.00	9,411	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	144.24/cwt	136.50–146.50	702	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	149.72/cwt	145.00–155.00	922	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,198	62.79/cwt	60.00–65.00	752	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	965	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	589	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	167.86/cwt	162.50–172.50	804	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	143.86/cwt	139.00–149.00	619	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	160.15/cwt	153.00–163.00	950	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	394	172.51/cwt	169.00–179.00	680	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	129.44/cwt	126.50–136.50	931	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	187.81/cwt	184.00–194.00	603	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	137.62/cwt	130.00–140.00	906	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	148.45/cwt	146.00–156.00	618	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	152.24/cwt	150.00–160.00	480	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	133.08/cwt	129.00–139.00	885	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	151.25/cwt	148.00–158.00	723	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	595	145.87/cwt	138.00–148.00	868	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	171.87/cwt	166.00–176.00	911	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	159.41/cwt	156.00–166.00	984	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	124.52/cwt	115.50–125.50	923	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	140.18/cwt	139.00–149.00	789	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	145.21/cwt	140.00–150.00	762	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	153.79/cwt	153.00–163.00	1,057	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	182.58/cwt	180.00–190.00	666	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	539	143.00/cwt	135.00–145.00	771	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	136.18/cwt	129.00–139.50	708	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	178.48/cwt	173.00–183.00	593	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	153.48/cwt	150.00–160.00	657	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	156.15/cwt	151.50–161.50	582	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	151.93/cwt	147.00–157.00	713	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	129.51/cwt	123.50–133.50	999	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	148.65/cwt	142.00–152.00	1,015	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	161.52/cwt	155.50–165.50	838	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	146.09/cwt	139.00–149.00	467	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	132.83/cwt	128.00–138.00	753	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	146.31/cwt	141.00–151.00	543	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	166.44/cwt	164.00–174.00	937	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,123.21/cwt	1,100.00–1,150.00	15,725	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	563	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,036	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	167.09/cwt	161.00–171.00	693	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	132.23/cwt	130.50–140.50	840	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	68.34/cwt	67.00–70.00	783	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,172	63.63/cwt	61.00–66.50	746	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,288	71.21/cwt	69.00–73.00	917	5
Bulls	—	—	1,659	87.67/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,454	11
Bulls	—	—	2,033	98.39/cwt	97.00–101.00	2,000	3
Bulls	—	—	1,858	92.83/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,725	8

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

Mon May 3, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,674Last week 1,607Year ago 1,810

Slaughter CattleReceipts 259Last week 331Year ago 239

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 43Year ago 90

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,096	1,150.00–1,185.00	1,162.77
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,065	685.00–700.00	692.96
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,287	1,050.00–1,185.00	1,099.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,133	725.00–935.00	830.61
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,400	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,123.21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	915	47.00	47.00
16	—	914	53.00–58.50	56.15
15	—	868	65.00–66.00	65.85
4	—	965	61.00	61.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,098	55.00–60.00	56.47
21	—	1,146	67.00–70.00	68.34
21	—	1,172	61.00–66.50	63.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,148	68.00–71.00	69.23
8	—	1,198	60.00–65.00	62.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,193	64.50–67.00	65.94
5	—	1,288	69.00–73.00	71.21
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,659	84.00–90.00	87.67
3	—	2,033	97.00–101.00	98.39
8	—	1,858	92.00–94.00	92.83

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	486	151.00–161.00	154.18
63	—	436	150.00–160.00	155.05
29	—	616	145.00–155.00	149.72
38	—	593	153.00–163.00	160.15
32	—	394	169.00–179.00	172.51
10	—	332	173.00–183.00	178.48
17	—	683	142.00–152.00	148.65
12	—	519	155.50–165.50	161.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	479	162.50–172.50	167.86
13	—	719	126.50–136.50	129.44
9	—	321	184.00–194.00	187.81
57	—	530	166.00–176.00	171.87
6	—	617	156.00–166.00	159.41
12	—	687	153.00–163.00	153.79
13	—	365	180.00–190.00	182.58
10	—	771	123.50–133.50	129.51
13	—	563	164.00–174.00	166.44
65	—	415	161.00–171.00	167.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	563	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	487	136.50–146.50	144.24
48	—	430	139.00–149.00	143.86
15	—	520	129.00–139.50	136.18
12	—	320	139.00–149.00	146.09
12	—	567	128.00–138.00	132.83
26	—	371	141.00–151.00	146.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	315	150.00–160.00	152.24
5	—	665	129.00–139.00	133.08
38	—	741	115.50–125.50	124.52
35	—	563	139.00–149.00	140.18
41	—	525	140.00–150.00	145.21
82	—	428	150.00–160.00	153.48
44	—	373	151.50–161.50	156.15
74	—	469	147.00–157.00	151.93
25	—	635	130.50–140.50	132.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	658	130.00–140.00	137.62
19	—	416	146.00–156.00	148.45
22	—	478	148.00–158.00	151.25
26	—	595	138.00–148.00	145.87
24	—	539	135.00–145.00	143.00

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

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