Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 3.00-5.00 lower. Heifers 5.00-7.00 lower. Quality good. Demand good. Slaughter cows 5.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 6.00 lower. A total of 281 cows and bulls sold with 39 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.27/cwt on 882 head.

Average price

$168.27

882 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$909

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$9.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.30

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	170.95	983	443
Medium and Large 1-2	509	168.37	858	261
Medium and Large 2	499	161.45	806	178

One grade step is worth $9.50/cwt here — about $177 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 sale882 hd

168.27

—

OK average7 barns · 9,022 hd

158.97

+9.30

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	1,687	87.11	1,469	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,500	70.17	1,052	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,288	66.45	856	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,146	60.76	696	55

Every lot, as filed

73 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	140.74/cwt	135.00–145.00	726	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	149.72/cwt	143.00–153.00	714	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	159.13/cwt	154.00–164.00	528	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	156.00/cwt	154.00–164.00	743	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	160.98/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,054	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	130.82/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,026	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	132.58/cwt	129.00–139.00	972	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	139.42/cwt	135.00–145.00	942	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	144.26/cwt	138.00–148.00	900	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	152.15/cwt	146.00–156.00	796	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	199.55/cwt	197.00–207.00	734	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	190.97/cwt	186.00–196.00	737	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	150.95/cwt	147.00–157.00	785	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	184.58/cwt	182.00–192.00	797	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	173.26/cwt	169.00–179.00	927	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	166.22/cwt	165.00–175.00	924	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	155.94/cwt	150.50–160.50	1,137	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	204.52/cwt	201.00–211.00	681	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	219.07/cwt	212.00–222.00	686	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	591	149.88/cwt	143.00–153.00	886	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	177.80/cwt	171.00–181.00	775	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	161.06/cwt	157.00–168.00	768	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	162.32/cwt	158.00–168.00	841	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	183.02/cwt	180.00–190.00	866	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	171.93/cwt	169.00–179.00	829	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	138.37/cwt	129.50–139.75	1,139	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	152.99/cwt	149.00–159.00	956	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	149.42/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,018	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	154.04/cwt	144.50–154.75	1,188	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	213.30/cwt	208.00–218.00	785	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	144.30/cwt	139.00–149.00	824	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	148.25/cwt	145.00–155.00	978	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	317	213.53/cwt	205.00–215.00	677	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	149.81/cwt	146.50–156.50	939	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	437	177.82/cwt	171.00–181.00	777	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	154.79/cwt	150.50–160.50	896	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,209	60.42/cwt	59.00–64.00	730	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,568	72.82/cwt	71.00–76.00	1,142	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,215	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	753	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	716	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	70.13/cwt	69.00–73.00	917	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	63.62/cwt	63.00–66.00	811	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	55.06/cwt	54.00–56.00	643	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,226	65.84/cwt	65.00–68.00	807	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	954	55.38/cwt	54.00–57.00	528	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	955	61.75/cwt	61.00–62.00	590	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	68.66/cwt	65.00–70.50	1,023	5
Bulls	—	—	1,589	82.45/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,310	6
Bulls	—	—	1,741	88.17/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,535	9
Bulls	—	—	1,718	93.27/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,602	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	10,286	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,393	986.93/cwt	950.00–1,025.00	13,748	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	13,838	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	163.11/cwt	157.00–167.00	796	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	212.83/cwt	208.00–218.00	783	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	145.84/cwt	139.00–149.00	763	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	165.40/cwt	160.00–170.00	724	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	140.32/cwt	135.00–145.00	887	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	534	156.76/cwt	150.00–160.00	837	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	159.35/cwt	156.00–166.00	685	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	158.85/cwt	154.00–164.00	597	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	152.83/cwt	149.50–159.50	867	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	140.93/cwt	134.00–144.50	947	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	173.18/cwt	168.00–178.00	817	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	199.15/cwt	197.00–207.00	779	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	165.74/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,041	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	143.01/cwt	139.00–149.00	811	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	171.51/cwt	165.00–175.00	638	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	130.22/cwt	127.00–137.00	801	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	152.34/cwt	144.00–155.00	663	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	169.14/cwt	165.00–175.00	573	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	161.83/cwt	154.50–164.50	908	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	129.17/cwt	124.00–134.00	685	16

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 1,944Last week 1,789Year ago 2,014

Slaughter CattleReceipts 268Last week 261Year ago 157

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 32Year ago 57

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	516	135.00–145.00	140.74
24	—	477	143.00–153.00	149.72
12	—	332	154.00–164.00	159.13
20	—	376	154.00–164.00	158.85
19	—	567	139.00–149.00	143.01
17	—	615	127.00–137.00	130.22
28	—	435	144.00–155.00	152.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	476	154.00–164.00	156.00
30	—	784	127.00–137.00	130.82
8	—	733	129.00–139.00	132.58
12	—	676	135.00–145.00	139.42
37	—	624	138.00–148.00	144.26
62	—	523	146.00–156.00	152.15
61	—	430	156.00–166.00	159.35
29	—	567	149.50–159.50	152.83
29	—	372	165.00–175.00	171.51
10	—	339	165.00–175.00	169.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	530	124.00–134.00	129.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	655	158.00–168.00	160.98
59	—	432	182.00–192.00	184.58
58	—	535	169.00–179.00	173.26
53	—	556	165.00–175.00	166.22
20	—	729	150.50–160.50	155.94
26	—	313	212.00–222.00	219.07
43	—	473	180.00–190.00	183.02
37	—	823	129.50–139.75	138.37
22	—	771	144.50–154.75	154.04
9	—	368	208.00–218.00	213.30
41	—	628	160.00–170.00	165.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	368	197.00–207.00	199.55
7	—	333	201.00–211.00	204.52
50	—	436	171.00–181.00	177.80
65	—	518	158.00–168.00	162.32
40	—	482	169.00–179.00	171.93
19	—	625	149.00–159.00	152.99
15	—	681	147.00–157.00	149.42
51	—	561	154.50–164.50	161.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	386	186.00–196.00	190.97
58	—	520	147.00–157.00	150.95
43	—	591	143.00–153.00	149.88
39	—	477	157.00–168.00	161.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	571	139.00–149.00	144.30
17	—	488	157.00–167.00	163.11
16	—	523	139.00–149.00	145.84
11	—	438	160.00–170.00	165.40
9	—	632	135.00–145.00	140.32
9	—	672	134.00–144.50	140.93
12	—	391	197.00–207.00	199.15
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	660	145.00–155.00	148.25
8	—	317	205.00–215.00	213.53
22	—	627	146.50–156.50	149.81
20	—	437	171.00–181.00	177.82
27	—	579	150.50–160.50	154.79
4	—	368	208.00–218.00	212.83
24	—	534	150.00–160.00	156.76
17	—	472	168.00–178.00	173.18

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,209	59.00–64.00	60.42
2	—	1,168	54.00–56.00	55.06
9	—	1,226	65.00–68.00	65.84
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,568	71.00–76.00	72.82
2	—	1,215	62.00	62.00
5	—	1,490	65.00–70.50	68.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	58.00	58.00
10	—	1,308	69.00–73.00	70.13
10	—	1,274	63.00–66.00	63.62
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	954	54.00–57.00	55.38
8	—	955	61.00–62.00	61.75
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,589	80.00–85.00	82.45
9	—	1,741	86.00–90.00	88.17
3	—	1,718	92.00–95.00	93.27

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,055	975.00	975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,025	1,350.00	1,350.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,393	950.00–1,025.00	986.93

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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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