Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-08-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves 5.00-8.00 higher. Feeder steers 4.00-6.00 lower. Heifers 5.00-7.00 lower. Quality good. Demand good. Slaughter cows 3.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00 lower. A total of 255 cows and bulls sold with 53 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.00/cwt on 598 head.

Average price

$168.00

598 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$907

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$13.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.80

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	177.63	980	136
Medium and Large 1-2	551	165.91	914	277
Medium and Large 2	515	164.05	844	185

One grade step is worth $13.58/cwt here — about $136 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 sale598 hd

168.00

—

OK average7 barns · 12,048 hd

157.20

+10.80

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	—	Average	1,745	93.15	1,626	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,365	76.38	1,043	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,199	70.55	846	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,089	66.75	727	81

Every lot, as filed

70 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,195	74.83/cwt	73.50–78.00	894	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	72.86/cwt	71.50–75.00	898	5
Bulls	—	—	1,779	95.60/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,701	14
Bulls	—	—	1,667	87.44/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,458	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,035	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	611	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,587	81.55/cwt	80.50–82.50	1,294	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	190.54/cwt	181.50–197.00	804	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	211.68/cwt	207.00–217.00	686	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	144.15/cwt	142.00–152.00	1,048	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	156.49/cwt	150.00–160.00	795	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	367	203.59/cwt	198.00–208.00	747	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	138.31/cwt	134.00–144.00	923	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	155.90/cwt	154.00–164.00	500	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	147.38/cwt	140.00–150.00	690	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	536	153.72/cwt	150.00–160.00	824	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	161.96/cwt	155.00–165.00	596	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	163.02/cwt	156.50–166.50	1,082	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	206.50/cwt	200.00–210.00	853	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	154.49/cwt	152.00–162.00	652	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	201.10/cwt	196.00–206.00	650	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	211.61/cwt	209.00–219.00	762	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	143.88/cwt	137.00–147.00	891	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	149.76/cwt	147.00–157.00	863	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	143.90/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,130	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	132.98/cwt	126.00–136.00	820	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	148.63/cwt	144.00–154.00	572	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	141.47/cwt	135.00–145.00	962	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	168.60/cwt	164.00–174.00	1,055	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	171.97/cwt	167.00–177.00	901	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	173.93/cwt	168.00–178.00	1,005	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	189.31/cwt	184.00–194.00	869	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	147.21/cwt	142.00–152.00	935	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	155.73/cwt	151.00–161.00	746	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	139.92/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,034	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	157.96/cwt	154.00–164.00	744	28
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	804.23/cwt	760.00–850.00	8,227	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	774.01/cwt	625.00–985.00	8,034	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	68.15/cwt	66.00–71.50	766	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,319	75.61/cwt	73.50–77.00	997	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,180	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	814	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	880	58.03/cwt	57.00–60.00	511	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	179.65/cwt	178.00–188.00	794	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	132.16/cwt	130.00–140.00	563	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	891	64.38/cwt	63.00–68.00	574	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	938	75.76/cwt	75.50–76.00	711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	199.87/cwt	195.00–205.00	935	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	634	144.18/cwt	137.00–147.00	914	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	134.50/cwt	128.00–138.00	710	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	134.62/cwt	128.00–139.00	637	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,317	1,026.95/cwt	1,010.00–1,050.00	13,525	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	62.37/cwt	55.00–65.50	675	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	153.27/cwt	145.00–155.00	808	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	152.59/cwt	146.00–156.00	887	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	161.11/cwt	157.00–167.00	939	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	146.59/cwt	141.00–151.00	626	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	132.54/cwt	125.00–135.00	767	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	196.51/cwt	193.00–204.00	609	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	157.67/cwt	153.00–163.00	992	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	149.40/cwt	145.00–155.00	986	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	159.83/cwt	156.00–166.00	855	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	191.20/cwt	189.00–199.00	828	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	189.74/cwt	185.00–195.00	601	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	189.84/cwt	186.00–197.00	725	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	202.08/cwt	198.00–208.00	768	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	148.38/cwt	143.00–153.00	488	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	141.76/cwt	139.00–149.00	754	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	142.54/cwt	136.00–146.00	811	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	175.71/cwt	173.00–183.00	857	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	128.96/cwt	124.00–134.00	891	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	154.02/cwt	147.00–157.00	887	29

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 1,640Last week 1,680Year ago 1,895

Slaughter CattleReceipts 233Last week 165Year ago 341

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 62Year ago 21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,195	73.50–78.00	74.83
25	—	1,124	66.00–71.50	68.15
32	—	1,083	55.00–65.50	62.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,232	71.50–75.00	72.86
1	—	1,035	59.00	59.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,587	80.50–82.50	81.55
21	—	1,319	73.50–77.00	75.61
2	—	1,180	69.00	69.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	880	57.00–60.00	58.03
4	—	891	63.00–68.00	64.38
4	—	938	75.50–76.00	75.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,779	93.00–98.00	95.60
6	—	1,667	85.00–90.00	87.44

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	422	181.50–197.00	190.54
9	—	367	198.00–208.00	203.59
10	—	667	134.00–144.00	138.31
12	—	536	150.00–160.00	153.72
28	—	471	154.00–164.00	157.96
14	—	634	137.00–147.00	144.18
6	—	310	193.00–204.00	196.51
29	—	576	147.00–157.00	154.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	324	207.00–217.00	211.68
6	—	727	142.00–152.00	144.15
13	—	664	156.50–166.50	163.02
14	—	413	200.00–210.00	206.50
8	—	360	209.00–219.00	211.61
4	—	785	140.00–150.00	143.90
22	—	626	164.00–174.00	168.60
28	—	524	167.00–177.00	171.97
29	—	578	168.00–178.00	173.93
8	—	468	195.00–205.00	199.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	323	196.00–206.00	201.10
11	—	459	184.00–194.00	189.31
56	—	583	157.00–167.00	161.11
50	—	629	153.00–163.00	157.67
39	—	660	145.00–155.00	149.40
75	—	535	156.00–166.00	159.83
12	—	433	189.00–199.00	191.20
24	—	380	198.00–208.00	202.08
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	635	142.00–152.00	147.21
27	—	442	178.00–188.00	179.65
47	—	527	145.00–155.00	153.27
38	—	581	146.00–156.00	152.59
4	—	317	185.00–195.00	189.74
15	—	382	186.00–197.00	189.84
33	—	488	173.00–183.00	175.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	508	150.00–160.00	156.49
9	—	321	154.00–164.00	155.90
16	—	368	155.00–165.00	161.96
13	—	422	152.00–162.00	154.49
28	—	619	137.00–147.00	143.88
29	—	576	147.00–157.00	149.76
17	—	680	135.00–145.00	141.47
28	—	479	151.00–161.00	155.73
10	—	739	134.00–144.00	139.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	468	140.00–150.00	147.38
13	—	617	126.00–136.00	132.98
23	—	385	144.00–154.00	148.63
30	—	427	141.00–151.00	146.59
16	—	329	143.00–153.00	148.38
62	—	532	139.00–149.00	141.76
53	—	569	136.00–146.00	142.54
17	—	691	124.00–134.00	128.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	426	130.00–140.00	132.16
41	—	528	128.00–138.00	134.50
23	—	473	128.00–139.00	134.62
50	—	579	125.00–135.00	132.54

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,023	760.00–850.00	804.23
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,038	625.00–985.00	774.01
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,317	1,010.00–1,050.00	1,026.95

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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