Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-09-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago: Feeder steers 5.00-9.00 lower. Heifers 6.00-8.00 lower. Demand good. Quality good. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. A total of 415 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 $167.80/cwt on 1,525 head.

Average price

$167.80

1,525 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$826

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$15.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.50

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	509	176.88	900	353
Medium and Large 1-2	503	168.26	847	636
Medium and Large 2	468	161.27	755	536

One grade step is worth $15.60/cwt here — about $144 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 sale1,525 hd

167.80

—

OK average7 barns · 11,113 hd

155.30

+12.50

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	—	High	1,724	86.84	1,497	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,375	67.65	930	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,265	67.01	848	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,057	55.46	586	116

Every lot, as filed

87 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	190.87/cwt	185.00–195.50	617	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	162.62/cwt	157.00–167.00	943	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	150.02/cwt	141.50–151.50	1,094	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	146.27/cwt	141.00–151.50	981	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	162.32/cwt	146.00–171.00	691	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	421	174.41/cwt	172.00–177.00	734	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	143.47/cwt	141.00–151.00	450	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	160.52/cwt	157.00–167.00	612	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	178.23/cwt	171.00–181.00	679	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	128.30/cwt	126.00–136.00	928	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	156.20/cwt	152.00–162.00	1,056	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	137.39/cwt	132.00–142.00	724	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	128.05/cwt	120.00–130.00	599	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	157.44/cwt	152.00–162.00	498	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	158.88/cwt	154.00–164.50	839	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	152.74/cwt	149.00–159.00	660	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	143.03/cwt	137.00–147.00	955	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	130.62/cwt	126.00–136.00	883	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	130.61/cwt	127.00–137.00	819	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	135.14/cwt	130.00–140.00	438	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	143.54/cwt	138.00–148.00	907	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	141.01/cwt	133.50–143.50	1,084	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	147.42/cwt	143.00–153.00	775	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	197.53/cwt	193.00–203.00	735	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	186.68/cwt	180.00–190.00	877	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	178.19/cwt	173.00–183.00	590	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	152.25/cwt	146.00–156.00	868	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	148.39/cwt	142.00–152.00	927	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	156.99/cwt	153.00–163.00	975	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	178.65/cwt	172.00–182.00	757	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	188.82/cwt	182.00–192.00	716	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	171.35/cwt	165.00–175.00	881	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	176.89/cwt	169.00–179.00	833	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	199.96/cwt	196.00–206.00	664	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	162.78/cwt	158.00–168.00	775	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	188.54/cwt	183.00–193.00	814	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	171.30/cwt	168.00–178.00	964	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	622	138.79/cwt	137.00–147.00	863	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	184.48/cwt	180.00–190.00	683	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	129.45/cwt	124.00–134.00	879	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	152.94/cwt	148.00–158.50	889	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	677	138.41/cwt	135.00–145.50	937	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	163.56/cwt	159.50–169.50	782	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	72.01/cwt	71.00–73.00	1,038	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,203	59.41/cwt	57.00–62.00	715	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	884	46.75/cwt	43.00–49.00	413	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,248	67.26/cwt	67.00–67.50	839	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,212	62.11/cwt	59.00–64.00	753	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	67.40/cwt	66.00–70.00	927	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	596	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,366	71.17/cwt	68.00–73.50	972	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	55.73/cwt	53.00–57.00	593	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	62.49/cwt	62.00–63.00	711	4
Bulls	—	—	1,788	92.71/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,658	8
Bulls	—	—	1,741	88.07/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,533	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	980	59.35/cwt	56.00–61.00	582	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	908	52.25/cwt	50.00–55.00	474	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	867	38.87/cwt	35.00–40.00	337	6
Bulls	—	—	1,647	80.35/cwt	79.00–84.00	1,323	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	920.05/cwt	800.00–985.00	10,562	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	858.50/cwt	700.00–975.00	9,169	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,224	1,096.34/cwt	1,000.00–1,300.00	13,419	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	171.78/cwt	169.00–179.00	656	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	145.31/cwt	139.50–149.50	766	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	127.21/cwt	121.00–131.00	715	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	137.53/cwt	131.00–141.00	657	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	300	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	525	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	131.81/cwt	127.00–137.00	555	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	127.89/cwt	121.00–131.00	679	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	145.54/cwt	142.00–152.00	699	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	148.27/cwt	143.50–153.50	781	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	147.61/cwt	143.50–153.50	853	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	140.29/cwt	135.00–145.00	525	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	138.62/cwt	132.00–142.00	803	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	152.35/cwt	146.00–156.00	577	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	143.91/cwt	138.00–148.00	627	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	178.89/cwt	175.00–185.00	581	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	140.98/cwt	137.00–147.00	811	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	170.59/cwt	168.00–178.00	732	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	537	154.84/cwt	150.00–160.00	831	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	339	190.16/cwt	186.00–196.00	645	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	131.54/cwt	126.50–136.50	1,035	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	151.11/cwt	148.00–158.00	710	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	717	122.38/cwt	118.00–128.00	877	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	158.82/cwt	157.00–167.00	669	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	130.52/cwt	126.00–136.00	825	17

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 3,680Last week 2,232Year ago 3,359

Slaughter CattleReceipts 391Last week 392Year ago 423

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 24Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	323	185.00–195.50	190.87
110	—	580	157.00–167.00	162.62
37	—	671	141.00–151.50	146.27
116	—	528	154.00–164.50	158.88
66	—	625	142.00–152.00	148.39
135	—	424	172.00–182.00	178.65
24	—	379	182.00–192.00	188.82
101	—	471	169.00–179.00	176.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	729	141.50–151.50	150.02
23	—	676	152.00–162.00	156.20
4	—	769	133.50–143.50	141.01
27	—	372	193.00–203.00	197.53
43	—	470	180.00–190.00	186.68
64	—	621	153.00–163.00	156.99
31	—	514	165.00–175.00	171.35
48	—	332	196.00–206.00	199.96
50	—	432	183.00–193.00	188.54
51	—	563	168.00–178.00	171.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	426	146.00–171.00	162.32
67	—	381	171.00–181.00	178.23
106	—	526	143.00–153.00	147.42
44	—	331	173.00–183.00	178.19
81	—	570	146.00–156.00	152.25
153	—	476	158.00–168.00	162.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	421	172.00–177.00	174.41
3	—	300	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	314	141.00–151.00	143.47
83	—	527	132.00–142.00	137.39
15	—	676	126.00–136.00	130.62
47	—	627	127.00–137.00	130.61
57	—	478	131.00–141.00	137.53
36	—	579	132.00–142.00	138.62
111	—	379	146.00–156.00	152.35
45	—	436	138.00–148.00	143.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	381	157.00–167.00	160.52
14	—	723	126.00–136.00	128.30
33	—	316	152.00–162.00	157.44
33	—	432	149.00–159.00	152.74
10	—	668	137.00–147.00	143.03
39	—	632	138.00–148.00	143.54
157	—	480	142.00–152.00	145.54
25	—	527	143.50–153.50	148.27
82	—	578	143.50–153.50	147.61
14	—	787	126.50–136.50	131.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	468	120.00–130.00	128.05
37	—	324	130.00–140.00	135.14
21	—	562	121.00–131.00	127.21
29	—	421	127.00–137.00	131.81
44	—	531	121.00–131.00	127.89
41	—	374	135.00–145.00	140.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	622	137.00–147.00	138.79
14	—	370	180.00–190.00	184.48
31	—	581	148.00–158.50	152.94
28	—	677	135.00–145.50	138.41
22	—	478	159.50–169.50	163.56
20	—	429	168.00–178.00	170.59
11	—	537	150.00–160.00	154.84
12	—	339	186.00–196.00	190.16
7	—	717	118.00–128.00	122.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	679	124.00–134.00	129.45
45	—	382	169.00–179.00	171.78
24	—	527	139.50–149.50	145.31
16	—	325	175.00–185.00	178.89
40	—	575	137.00–147.00	140.98
46	—	470	148.00–158.00	151.11
30	—	421	157.00–167.00	158.82
17	—	632	126.00–136.00	130.52

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,441	71.00–73.00	72.01
2	—	1,203	57.00–62.00	59.41
21	—	1,376	66.00–70.00	67.40
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	884	43.00–49.00	46.75
3	—	980	56.00–61.00	59.35
14	—	908	50.00–55.00	52.25
6	—	867	35.00–40.00	38.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,248	67.00–67.50	67.26
42	—	1,212	59.00–64.00	62.11
24	—	1,064	53.00–57.00	55.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	56.00	56.00
7	—	1,366	68.00–73.50	71.17
4	—	1,138	62.00–63.00	62.49
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,788	91.00–96.00	92.71
20	—	1,741	85.00–90.00	88.07
11	—	1,647	79.00–84.00	80.35

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	—	1,148	800.00–985.00	920.05
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,068	700.00–975.00	858.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,224	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,096.34

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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Reporter comment USDA

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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