Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2021-06-28

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Jun 28
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,639 head
68 vs last sale 1,707 505 vs year ago 2,144 · 23.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
246 head
85 vs last sale 161 137 vs year ago 383 · 35.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
16 vs last sale 32 29 vs year ago 45 · 64.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 4.00-7.00 lower. Heifers mostly steady. Demand good. Quality good. A reminder: There will NOT be a Sale at the Tulsa Stockyards on Monday July 5th, in order to observe Independence Day. Our next sale will be Monday, July 12th. Slaughter cows 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. A total of 262 cows and bulls sold with 49 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.73/cwt on 528 head.
Average price
$140.73
528 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$729
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.82
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513146.50751243
Medium and Large 1-2522135.81709285
One grade step is worth $10.70/cwt here — about $43 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 sale528 hd
140.73
OK average7 barns · 8,634 hd
137.91
+2.82
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,76296.591,70216
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17770.778337thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,32269.4091724
CowsLean 85-90%Low98559.4458598

Every lot, as filed

62 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2472156.24/cwt153.00–164.0073743
SteersMedium and Large 1682151.91/cwt150.00–160.001,0365
SteersMedium and Large 1581164.79/cwt158.50–168.7595771
SteersMedium and Large 1-2324181.55/cwt176.00–186.0058818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2536130.89/cwt128.00–138.0070254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433145.51/cwt138.00–149.0063035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2634146.87/cwt140.00–150.0093121
BullsMedium and Large 1371169.96/cwt166.00–176.0063113
SteersMedium and Large 1616155.00/cwt151.00–161.0095532
HeifersMedium and Large 1672132.48/cwt128.00–138.0089023
HeifersMedium and Large 1475149.41/cwt145.50–155.5071049
HeifersMedium and Large 1436156.15/cwt150.00–160.0068133
BullsMedium and Large 1523146.78/cwt144.00–154.0076821
HeifersMedium and Large 1773126.95/cwt125.00–135.009815
HeifersMedium and Large 1387159.81/cwt153.00–163.0061824
SteersMedium and Large 1430172.74/cwt167.50–177.5074344
SteersMedium and Large 1518165.23/cwt162.00–172.0085619
HeifersMedium and Large 1565141.67/cwt138.00–148.0080025
HeifersMedium and Large 1528144.00/cwt139.00–149.0076057
SteersMedium and Large 1374181.50/cwt177.50–187.5067910
SteersMedium and Large 1317192.69/cwt187.00–197.0061110
SteersMedium and Large 1464168.64/cwt165.50–175.5078222
SteersMedium and Large 1713135.52/cwt132.50–142.5096611
BullsMedium and Large 1419167.17/cwt161.00–171.0070042
BullsMedium and Large 1670136.19/cwt132.50–143.0091237
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight85356.65/cwt54.00–59.0048322
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26775.36/cwt74.00–76.009553
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36269.51/cwt67.00–72.5094717
Bulls1,905100.45/cwt99.00–105.001,9146
Bulls1,68695.95/cwt93.00–98.001,6188
Bulls1,63887.53/cwt87.00–88.001,4342
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight88361.32/cwt60.00–65.0054115
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87950.26/cwt49.00–53.5044211
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,285885.00/cwt885.00–885.0011,3722
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,220960.00/cwt960.00–960.0011,7122
CowsLean 85-90%1,08862.89/cwt60.00–65.5068436
CowsLean 85-90%1,28573.00/cwt73.00–73.009381
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18470.95/cwt69.00–72.508404
CowsLean 85-90%1,17368.14/cwt66.50–71.007993
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2386144.05/cwt141.00–152.0055622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2613124.07/cwt117.00–127.0076110
CowsLean 85-90%1,08556.45/cwt53.00–59.0061210
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,19364.44/cwt63.00–65.507694
BullsMedium and Large 1579139.62/cwt135.50–145.5080839
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0711,127.39/cwt910.00–1,225.0012,07412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474137.80/cwt134.00–144.0065330
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380170.37/cwt166.00–176.0064717
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19865.79/cwt64.00–67.507882
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10580.00/cwt80.00–80.008841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2587151.32/cwt147.50–157.5088832
SteersMedium and Large 2528144.74/cwt140.00–150.0076422
HeifersMedium and Large 1322162.67/cwt158.00–168.0052411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330149.41/cwt147.00–157.0049312
BullsMedium and Large 1479153.07/cwt147.00–157.0073329
BullsMedium and Large 1640143.50/cwt143.00–145.009184
SteersMedium and Large 1-2527156.30/cwt151.00–161.0082455
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660144.69/cwt139.00–149.0095543
HeifersMedium and Large 1626132.90/cwt128.00–138.0083210
HeifersMedium and Large 1724123.51/cwt120.50–130.508946
SteersMedium and Large 1-2428160.50/cwt156.00–166.0068712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2678122.11/cwt117.00–127.0082811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580133.91/cwt127.00–137.00777111

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.