Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 3.00-5.00 lower. Heifers 4.00-7.00 higher. Demand good. Quality plain thru attractive. Slaughter cows and Slaughter bulls both steady. Total of 364 cows and bulls sold with 46 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.65/cwt on 834 head.

Average price

$159.65

834 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$844

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$11.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.12

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	166.81	952	233
Medium and Large 1-2	546	158.38	865	303
Medium and Large 2	479	155.34	743	298

One grade step is worth $11.47/cwt here — about $209 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 sale834 hd

159.65

—

OK average7 barns · 10,895 hd

152.52

+7.12

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	1,712	86.78	1,486	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,372	67.37	924	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,413	63.09	892	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,030	53.37	550	97

Every lot, as filed

80 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	—	768	148.43/cwt	141.00–151.00	1,140	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	132.40/cwt	127.50–137.50	1,013	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	140.28/cwt	133.50–143.50	802	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	146.03/cwt	144.50–154.50	813	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	137.13/cwt	132.00–142.50	635	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	181.37/cwt	178.00–188.00	695	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	161.89/cwt	157.00–167.00	690	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	154.57/cwt	150.50–160.50	521	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	160.39/cwt	154.00–164.00	744	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	140.74/cwt	135.50–145.50	944	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	145.20/cwt	138.00–148.00	767	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	139.38/cwt	133.50–143.50	1,006	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	152.04/cwt	148.50–158.50	800	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	215.70/cwt	208.00–218.00	695	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	177.43/cwt	175.00–185.00	852	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	155.53/cwt	152.00–162.00	596	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	158.23/cwt	156.00–166.00	677	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	144.68/cwt	139.00–149.00	910	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	146.58/cwt	144.00–154.00	1,064	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	143.91/cwt	140.00–150.00	825	69
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	157.62/cwt	153.00–163.00	739	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	140.97/cwt	137.50–147.50	742	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	163.71/cwt	159.50–169.50	858	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	200.24/cwt	195.00–205.00	639	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	192.67/cwt	189.00–199.00	736	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	157.07/cwt	151.00–161.00	913	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	339	189.02/cwt	184.00–194.00	641	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	166.93/cwt	164.00–174.00	803	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	165.51/cwt	162.00–172.00	942	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	204.36/cwt	200.00–210.00	748	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	172.67/cwt	168.00–178.00	737	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	144.68/cwt	141.00–151.00	966	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	158.56/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,007	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	184.48/cwt	179.50–189.50	760	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	348	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	752	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	712	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	687	133.98/cwt	130.00–140.00	920	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	636	138.92/cwt	133.00–143.00	884	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	141.60/cwt	139.00–149.00	818	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	145.45/cwt	142.00–151.00	775	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,622	59.87/cwt	59.00–60.00	971	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	71.74/cwt	70.00–73.00	932	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	847	46.45/cwt	45.00–49.00	393	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	815	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	530	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	49.89/cwt	47.00–52.00	557	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	826	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	55.78/cwt	53.00–58.00	630	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	60.71/cwt	59.00–63.00	713	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,026	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,383	67.58/cwt	66.00–70.00	935	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	63.55/cwt	63.00–65.00	754	9
Bulls	—	—	1,658	88.08/cwt	86.00–90.00	1,460	9
Bulls	—	—	1,673	81.74/cwt	78.00–84.00	1,368	7
Bulls	—	—	1,904	92.66/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,764	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	942	51.48/cwt	50.00–55.00	485	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	790	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	316	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,138	1,083.35/cwt	1,025.00–1,100.00	12,329	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,385	1,181.28/cwt	1,100.00–1,210.00	16,361	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	798.65/cwt	750.00–850.00	9,648	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,136	855.02/cwt	835.00–925.00	9,713	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,032	871.26/cwt	625.00–950.00	8,991	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	130.14/cwt	128.00–138.00	759	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	140.45/cwt	138.00–148.00	674	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	135.35/cwt	130.00–140.00	712	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	151.90/cwt	149.00–159.00	665	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	166.91/cwt	160.00–171.00	704	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	153.32/cwt	149.00–159.00	748	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	147.77/cwt	141.00–151.00	559	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	144.00/cwt	139.50–149.50	465	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	131.79/cwt	127.00–137.00	695	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	149.47/cwt	145.00–155.00	637	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	132.47/cwt	130.50–140.50	983	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	839	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	144.78/cwt	138.00–148.00	912	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	153.13/cwt	149.00–159.00	831	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	151.49/cwt	143.00–153.50	718	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	139.64/cwt	134.00–144.00	607	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	129.54/cwt	122.50–132.50	753	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	132.34/cwt	127.00–137.00	826	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	160.37/cwt	152.00–162.00	1,052	26

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.

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Oklahoma City, OK (LS-KO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,274Last week 3,680Year ago 3,188

Slaughter CattleReceipts 313Last week 391Year ago 505

Replacement CattleReceipts 51Last week 24Year ago 59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	768	141.00–151.00	148.43
6	—	322	208.00–218.00	215.70
35	—	480	175.00–185.00	177.43
59	—	726	144.00–154.00	146.58
41	—	524	159.50–169.50	163.71
12	—	569	162.00–172.00	165.51
21	—	366	200.00–210.00	204.36
15	—	635	150.00–160.00	158.56
14	—	412	179.50–189.50	184.48
26	—	656	152.00–162.00	160.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	383	178.00–188.00	181.37
110	—	426	157.00–167.00	161.89
69	—	573	140.00–150.00	143.91
44	—	469	153.00–163.00	157.62
51	—	526	137.50–147.50	140.97
10	—	339	184.00–194.00	189.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	722	133.50–143.50	139.38
51	—	526	148.50–158.50	152.04
42	—	629	139.00–149.00	144.68
15	—	319	195.00–205.00	200.24
9	—	382	189.00–199.00	192.67
44	—	581	151.00–161.00	157.07
61	—	481	164.00–174.00	166.93
27	—	427	168.00–178.00	172.67
26	—	668	141.00–151.00	144.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	127.50–137.50	132.40
13	—	557	144.50–154.50	146.03
31	—	337	150.50–160.50	154.57
17	—	464	154.00–164.00	160.39
77	—	671	135.50–145.50	140.74
16	—	383	152.00–162.00	155.53
11	—	428	156.00–166.00	158.23
7	—	742	130.50–140.50	132.47
33	—	630	138.00–148.00	144.78
31	—	543	149.00–159.00	153.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	572	133.50–143.50	140.28
50	—	528	138.00–148.00	145.20
29	—	378	141.00–151.00	147.77
22	—	323	139.50–149.50	144.00
51	—	426	145.00–155.00	149.47
57	—	474	143.00–153.50	151.49
16	—	624	127.00–137.00	132.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	463	132.00–142.50	137.13
22	—	527	127.00–137.00	131.79
67	—	435	134.00–144.00	139.64
46	—	581	122.50–132.50	129.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	348	216.00	216.00
2	—	365	195.00	195.00
5	—	687	130.00–140.00	133.98
5	—	636	133.00–143.00	138.92
28	—	578	139.00–149.00	141.60
15	—	533	142.00–151.00	145.45
14	—	422	160.00–171.00	166.91
7	—	488	149.00–159.00	153.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	583	128.00–138.00	130.14
22	—	480	138.00–148.00	140.45
20	—	526	130.00–140.00	135.35
24	—	438	149.00–159.00	151.90
3	—	645	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,622	59.00–60.00	59.87
4	—	1,299	70.00–73.00	71.74
9	—	1,186	63.00–65.00	63.55
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	847	45.00–49.00	46.45
4	—	815	65.00	65.00
30	—	942	50.00–55.00	51.48
1	—	790	40.00	40.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,116	47.00–52.00	49.89
33	—	1,129	53.00–58.00	55.78
7	—	1,175	59.00–63.00	60.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,290	64.00	64.00
2	—	1,425	72.00	72.00
20	—	1,383	66.00–70.00	67.58
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,658	86.00–90.00	88.08
7	—	1,673	78.00–84.00	81.74
4	—	1,904	91.00–95.00	92.66

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,138	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,083.35
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,032	625.00–950.00	871.26
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,385	1,100.00–1,210.00	1,181.28
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,208	750.00–850.00	798.65
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	1,136	835.00–925.00	855.02

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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