Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Heifers 4.00-6.00 higher. Demand good. Quality plain thru attractive. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00-4.00 higher. A total of 227 cows and bulls sold with 58 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.60/cwt on 775 head.

Average price

$150.60

775 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$827

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$17.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.53

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	155.16	869	416
Medium and Large 1-2	531	147.36	783	279
Medium and Large 2	553	138.15	763	80

One grade step is worth $17.01/cwt here — about $106 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 sale775 hd

150.60

—

OK average7 barns · 6,696 hd

148.07

+2.53

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	1,584	97.88	1,550	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,264	75.19	950	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,126	71.76	808	77
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,274	71.55	911	24

Every lot, as filed

66 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	Medium and Large 1	—	477	171.70/cwt	169.00–179.00	819	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	609	150.32/cwt	150.00–152.50	915	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	187.03/cwt	183.50–193.50	810	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	161.63/cwt	154.00–164.00	834	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	165.71/cwt	161.00–171.00	709	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	157.05/cwt	152.00–162.00	748	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	201.05/cwt	194.00–204.00	869	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	144.28/cwt	143.75–153.50	1,003	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	154.87/cwt	147.00–159.00	677	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	153.02/cwt	149.50–159.50	952	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	178.34/cwt	174.00–184.00	1,020	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	170.29/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,042	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	357	205.97/cwt	200.00–210.00	735	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	156.84/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,142	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	132.95/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,040	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	157.07/cwt	152.00–162.00	900	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	193.82/cwt	191.50–201.50	925	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	155.08/cwt	146.00–156.00	1,180	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	205.12/cwt	201.00–211.00	687	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	181.78/cwt	177.00–187.00	963	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	140.03/cwt	132.50–142.75	1,029	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	153.12/cwt	150.50–156.00	873	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	738	141.75/cwt	141.00–144.00	1,046	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	182.38/cwt	179.00–189.00	748	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	670	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	193.53/cwt	187.00–197.00	623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	165.97/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,097	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	76.26/cwt	74.50–79.50	879	8
Bulls	—	—	1,393	93.23/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,299	4
Bulls	—	—	1,705	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,858	1
Bulls	—	—	1,664	98.81/cwt	96.00–102.00	1,644	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	940	72.77/cwt	71.00–73.50	684	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	69.19/cwt	68.00–73.00	923	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	68.84/cwt	66.50–71.00	734	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,373	79.72/cwt	78.00–81.50	1,095	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,335	75.85/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,013	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,264	75.19/cwt	72.50–77.00	950	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	901	65.63/cwt	64.00–66.00	591	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	843	58.38/cwt	55.00–60.00	492	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	534	149.48/cwt	146.00–153.00	798	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,269	943.51/cwt	835.00–1,085.00	11,973	14
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	11,163	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,197	1,183.38/cwt	1,135.00–1,200.00	14,165	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	849.06/cwt	710.00–950.00	8,830	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,249	1,197.25/cwt	1,100.00–1,285.00	14,954	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	135.42/cwt	130.00–140.00	792	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	139.79/cwt	132.00–142.00	745	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	172.32/cwt	166.00–176.00	906	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	186.32/cwt	180.00–190.00	894	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	145.05/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,055	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	178.27/cwt	172.00–182.00	767	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	154.80/cwt	151.00–161.00	491	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	138.48/cwt	132.00–143.50	942	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	193.95/cwt	189.00–199.00	720	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	150.49/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,004	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	194.61/cwt	190.00–200.00	652	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	172.93/cwt	169.00–179.00	815	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	167.48/cwt	163.00–173.00	955	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	154.69/cwt	149.00–159.00	588	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	158.45/cwt	154.00–164.00	992	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	147.90/cwt	141.00–151.00	845	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	146.74/cwt	143.00–153.00	784	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	147.28/cwt	140.50–151.00	710	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	142.79/cwt	138.00–149.00	890	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	167.61/cwt	162.00–172.00	536	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	165.46/cwt	160.00–170.00	627	27

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 1,680Last week 1,594Year ago 2,188

Slaughter CattleReceipts 165Last week 171Year ago 480

Replacement CattleReceipts 62Last week 8Year ago 84

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	477	169.00–179.00	171.70
16	—	609	150.00–152.50	150.32
13	—	570	150.50–156.00	153.12
12	—	738	141.00–144.00	141.75
10	—	410	179.00–189.00	182.38
3	—	370	181.00	181.00
3	—	322	187.00–197.00	193.53
15	—	534	146.00–153.00	149.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	433	183.50–193.50	187.03
31	—	526	166.00–176.00	172.32
23	—	480	180.00–190.00	186.32
10	—	727	139.00–149.00	145.05
18	—	371	189.00–199.00	193.95
17	—	667	147.00–157.00	150.49
17	—	335	190.00–200.00	194.61
47	—	570	163.00–173.00	167.48
23	—	626	154.00–164.00	158.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	432	194.00–204.00	201.05
32	—	572	174.00–184.00	178.34
65	—	612	165.00–175.00	170.29
5	—	357	200.00–210.00	205.97
23	—	728	150.00–160.00	156.84
25	—	477	191.50–201.50	193.82
23	—	761	146.00–156.00	155.08
7	—	335	201.00–211.00	205.12
19	—	530	177.00–187.00	181.78
10	—	661	158.00–168.00	165.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	430	172.00–182.00	178.27
64	—	471	169.00–179.00	172.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	516	154.00–164.00	161.63
51	—	428	161.00–171.00	165.71
45	—	476	152.00–162.00	157.05
71	—	695	143.75–153.50	144.28
32	—	622	149.50–159.50	153.02
17	—	782	130.00–140.00	132.95
68	—	573	152.00–162.00	157.07
25	—	735	132.50–142.75	140.03
8	—	320	162.00–172.00	167.61
27	—	379	160.00–170.00	165.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	437	147.00–159.00	154.87
25	—	317	151.00–161.00	154.80
23	—	680	132.00–143.50	138.48
16	—	380	149.00–159.00	154.69
54	—	571	141.00–151.00	147.90
32	—	534	143.00–153.00	146.74
32	—	482	140.50–151.00	147.28
69	—	623	138.00–149.00	142.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	585	130.00–140.00	135.42
50	—	533	132.00–142.00	139.79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,153	74.50–79.50	76.26
16	—	1,334	68.00–73.00	69.19
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	940	71.00–73.50	72.77
14	—	901	64.00–66.00	65.63
3	—	843	55.00–60.00	58.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,066	66.50–71.00	68.84
3	—	1,373	78.00–81.50	79.72
31	—	1,335	72.00–77.00	75.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,264	72.50–77.00	75.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,393	92.00–94.00	93.23
1	—	1,705	109.00	109.00
8	—	1,664	96.00–102.00	98.81

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)	14	—	1,269	835.00–1,085.00	943.51
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,197	1,135.00–1,200.00	1,183.38
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,175	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,040	710.00–950.00	849.06
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,249	1,100.00–1,285.00	1,197.25

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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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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