Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 3.00-4.00 lower. Heifers 5.00-7.00 lower. Quality average thru good. Demand good. Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. A total of 717 cows and bulls sold with 76 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.45/cwt on 1,007 head.

Average price

$137.45

1,007 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$17.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.89

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	503	143.40	721	448
Medium and Large 1-2	462	137.44	635	328
Medium and Large 2	485	125.94	611	231

One grade step is worth $17.45/cwt here — about $110 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 sale1,007 hd

137.45

—

OK average7 barns · 8,249 hd

138.35

−0.89

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	1,588	80.64	1,281	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,251	60.69	759	111
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,381	59.93	827	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,118	49.49	553	341

Every lot, as filed

83 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	—	322	149.52/cwt	146.00–156.00	481	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	150.41/cwt	145.00–155.00	570	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	166.76/cwt	161.00–171.00	717	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	153.88/cwt	147.50–157.50	639	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	120.93/cwt	115.00–125.00	886	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	127.42/cwt	123.00–133.00	874	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	144.05/cwt	138.00–148.00	739	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	148.93/cwt	145.50–155.50	925	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	141.36/cwt	135.00–145.00	472	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	148.71/cwt	144.00–154.00	702	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	139.77/cwt	135.00–145.00	804	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	115.30/cwt	110.00–120.00	889	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	184.79/cwt	182.00–192.00	619	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	145.25/cwt	140.50–150.50	975	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	211.35/cwt	204.00–214.00	668	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	157.14/cwt	152.00–162.00	823	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	178.88/cwt	172.00–182.00	755	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	191.38/cwt	182.50–193.00	802	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	143.72/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,058	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	182.89/cwt	179.00–189.00	706	73
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	137.14/cwt	130.00–140.00	706	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	160.41/cwt	153.00–163.50	773	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	204.65/cwt	201.00–211.00	743	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	135.61/cwt	131.00–141.00	793	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	158.08/cwt	153.00–163.00	896	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	196.85/cwt	193.00–203.00	656	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	167.11/cwt	164.00–174.00	790	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	148.00/cwt	141.00–151.50	789	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	147.05/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,110	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	138.90/cwt	135.00–145.00	870	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	525	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	133.99/cwt	130.00–140.00	896	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	181.60/cwt	175.00–185.00	841	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	194.31/cwt	190.00–200.00	721	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	146.56/cwt	142.00–152.00	840	71
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	682	130.99/cwt	129.00–139.00	893	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	160.23/cwt	153.00–163.00	909	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	621	131.71/cwt	127.00–138.50	818	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	464	175.63/cwt	170.00–180.00	815	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	531	147.26/cwt	144.00–154.50	782	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	190.63/cwt	182.50–192.50	791	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,653	68.09/cwt	66.00–71.00	1,126	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	56.04/cwt	53.00–58.00	666	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,234	59.39/cwt	57.00–63.00	733	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	48.70/cwt	45.00–50.00	559	111
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	68.42/cwt	65.00–70.50	890	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	61.86/cwt	59.00–64.50	791	59
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	63.21/cwt	60.00–65.50	894	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,194	52.90/cwt	51.00–56.00	632	108
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	41.89/cwt	39.00–44.00	472	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	867	49.66/cwt	47.00–52.00	431	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	633	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,277	55.75/cwt	54.00–59.00	712	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	931	38.17/cwt	35.00–40.00	355	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	939	43.97/cwt	41.00–46.00	413	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	935	53.99/cwt	53.00–56.00	505	8
Bulls	—	—	1,493	73.42/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,096	5
Bulls	—	—	1,643	84.78/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,393	11
Bulls	—	—	1,570	79.29/cwt	78.00–81.00	1,245	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	780.40/cwt	700.00–860.00	7,843	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	874.47/cwt	650.00–925.00	10,362	36
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,129	1,076.77/cwt	1,060.00–1,100.00	12,157	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	1,044.29/cwt	1,000.00–1,050.00	11,435	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	145.17/cwt	142.00–152.00	813	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	137.96/cwt	132.50–142.50	737	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	122.47/cwt	118.00–128.00	823	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	155.23/cwt	150.00–160.00	686	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	173.59/cwt	169.00–179.00	646	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	471	151.37/cwt	148.00–158.00	713	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	133.47/cwt	127.50–137.50	714	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	119.55/cwt	113.00–123.00	681	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	780	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	131.20/cwt	127.00–137.00	804	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	364	187.64/cwt	183.00–193.00	683	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	164.48/cwt	159.00–169.00	760	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	139.62/cwt	134.00–144.00	522	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	131.07/cwt	124.00–134.50	746	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	141.39/cwt	137.00–147.00	594	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	132.90/cwt	126.00–136.00	552	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	123.33/cwt	116.50–127.00	661	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	127.37/cwt	123.00–133.00	464	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	138.57/cwt	133.00–143.00	660	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	127.35/cwt	122.00–132.00	609	65

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 2,741Last week 4,140Year ago 3,209

Slaughter CattleReceipts 664Last week 505Year ago 463

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 47Year ago 125

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	322	146.00–156.00	149.52
40	—	379	145.00–155.00	150.41
107	—	415	147.50–157.50	153.88
23	—	733	115.00–125.00	120.93
22	—	686	123.00–133.00	127.42
96	—	513	138.00–148.00	144.05
44	—	472	144.00–154.00	148.71
34	—	575	135.00–145.00	139.77
15	—	771	110.00–120.00	115.30
38	—	613	127.00–137.00	131.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	334	135.00–145.00	141.36
47	—	535	127.50–137.50	133.47
6	—	629	124.00	124.00
32	—	374	134.00–144.00	139.62
48	—	569	124.00–134.50	131.07
57	—	420	137.00–147.00	141.39
94	—	476	133.00–143.00	138.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	570	113.00–123.00	119.55
39	—	415	126.00–136.00	132.90
65	—	536	116.50–127.00	123.33
26	—	364	123.00–133.00	127.37
65	—	478	122.00–132.00	127.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	430	161.00–171.00	166.76
50	—	335	182.00–192.00	184.79
73	—	386	179.00–189.00	182.89
21	—	515	130.00–140.00	137.14
65	—	482	153.00–163.50	160.41
40	—	585	131.00–141.00	135.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	621	145.50–155.50	148.93
21	—	671	140.50–150.50	145.25
16	—	316	204.00–214.00	211.35
83	—	524	152.00–162.00	157.14
24	—	419	182.50–193.00	191.38
13	—	736	138.00–148.00	143.72
10	—	363	201.00–211.00	204.65
37	—	567	153.00–163.00	158.08
47	—	755	139.00–149.00	147.05
16	—	463	175.00–185.00	181.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	422	172.00–182.00	178.88
29	—	333	193.00–203.00	196.85
58	—	473	164.00–174.00	167.11
49	—	533	141.00–151.50	148.00
26	—	626	135.00–145.00	138.90
22	—	669	130.00–140.00	133.99
14	—	371	190.00–200.00	194.31
71	—	573	142.00–152.00	146.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	171.50	171.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	682	129.00–139.00	130.99
14	—	567	153.00–163.00	160.23
12	—	621	127.00–138.50	131.71
9	—	464	170.00–180.00	175.63
65	—	531	144.00–154.50	147.26
17	—	415	182.50–192.50	190.63
17	—	364	183.00–193.00	187.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	560	142.00–152.00	145.17
24	—	534	132.50–142.50	137.96
33	—	672	118.00–128.00	122.47
19	—	442	150.00–160.00	155.23
12	—	372	169.00–179.00	173.59
50	—	462	159.00–169.00	164.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	471	148.00–158.00	151.37

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,653	66.00–71.00	68.09
23	—	1,414	60.00–65.50	63.21
1	—	1,265	50.00	50.00
43	—	1,277	54.00–59.00	55.75
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,188	53.00–58.00	56.04
14	—	1,301	65.00–70.50	68.42
59	—	1,279	59.00–64.50	61.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,234	57.00–63.00	59.39
111	—	1,148	45.00–50.00	48.70
108	—	1,194	51.00–56.00	52.90
18	—	1,126	39.00–44.00	41.89
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	867	47.00–52.00	49.66
30	—	931	35.00–40.00	38.17
22	—	939	41.00–46.00	43.97
8	—	935	53.00–56.00	53.99
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,493	70.00–75.00	73.42
11	—	1,643	82.00–87.00	84.78
7	—	1,570	78.00–81.00	79.29

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	—	1,005	700.00–860.00	780.40
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	—	1,185	650.00–925.00	874.47
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,129	1,060.00–1,100.00	1,076.77
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,095	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,044.29

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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How this sale compares

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