Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 4.00-6.00 lower. Heifers mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Quality plain thru good. Demand good. Slaughter cows 4.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. A total of 624 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 $164.55/cwt on 1,354 head.

Average price

$164.55

1,354 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$859

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$6.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.39

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	167.94	919	430
Medium and Large 1-2	531	164.17	872	484
Medium and Large 2	487	161.65	788	440

One grade step is worth $6.30/cwt here — about $132 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 sale1,354 hd

164.55

—

OK average7 barns · 11,038 hd

157.16

+7.39

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	1,711	81.99	1,403	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,287	57.99	746	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,243	57.39	714	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,066	47.18	503	199

Every lot, as filed

78 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	—	374	155.46/cwt	151.00–161.00	581	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	131.04/cwt	128.50–138.50	892	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	140.70/cwt	134.00–144.00	456	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	145.94/cwt	140.00–150.00	557	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	152.04/cwt	146.00–156.00	648	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	136.61/cwt	132.00–142.00	851	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	152.55/cwt	150.00–160.00	996	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	138.77/cwt	135.50–145.50	802	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	146.73/cwt	145.00–155.00	698	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	140.24/cwt	135.00–145.00	593	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	144.77/cwt	140.50–150.50	918	74
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	143.35/cwt	137.00–147.00	837	71
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	169.98/cwt	164.00–174.00	821	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	189.20/cwt	185.00–195.00	704	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	137.20/cwt	133.50–143.50	988	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	156.75/cwt	151.50–161.50	962	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	145.61/cwt	139.00–149.00	971	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	202.26/cwt	196.00–206.00	736	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	147.51/cwt	141.00–151.00	783	151
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	173.43/cwt	167.00–177.00	742	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	150.60/cwt	148.00–158.00	870	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	182.18/cwt	175.00–185.00	847	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	220.03/cwt	218.00–228.00	708	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	200.22/cwt	196.00–206.00	667	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	181.36/cwt	178.00–188.00	796	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	156.65/cwt	152.00–162.00	819	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	193.89/cwt	189.00–199.00	812	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	137.96/cwt	131.00–141.00	1,057	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	211.51/cwt	207.00–217.00	696	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	168.46/cwt	163.50–173.50	859	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	187.97/cwt	186.00–196.00	889	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	210.80/cwt	207.00–217.00	780	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	162.11/cwt	159.50–169.50	947	57
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	668	142.89/cwt	137.00–147.00	955	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	209.45/cwt	206.00–216.00	806	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	457	167.18/cwt	165.00–175.00	764	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	188.67/cwt	184.00–194.00	804	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	157.85/cwt	154.00–164.00	811	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	148.41/cwt	143.50–153.50	859	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,216	54.72/cwt	53.00–58.00	665	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	44.42/cwt	41.00–46.00	478	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,327	59.52/cwt	57.00–62.00	790	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,162	54.35/cwt	50.00–56.00	632	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	52.19/cwt	49.00–54.00	611	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	973	50.77/cwt	49.00–52.00	494	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,397	66.85/cwt	64.00–69.00	934	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,388	65.60/cwt	64.00–68.00	911	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	58.02/cwt	56.00–61.00	754	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,144	50.57/cwt	47.00–52.50	579	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	945	45.92/cwt	43.00–49.00	434	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	847	33.39/cwt	31.00–36.00	283	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	912	39.01/cwt	37.00–41.00	356	17
Bulls	—	—	1,781	83.67/cwt	81.00–86.50	1,490	15
Bulls	—	—	2,010	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,869	1
Bulls	—	—	1,562	77.97/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,218	9
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,041	918.29/cwt	700.00–1,075.00	9,559	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,282	1,049.19/cwt	1,025.00–1,125.00	13,451	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,082	801.61/cwt	600.00–975.00	8,673	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	138.33/cwt	132.00–142.00	800	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	146.75/cwt	143.00–153.00	791	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	152.85/cwt	149.00–159.00	948	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	158.67/cwt	154.00–164.00	746	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	727	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	945	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	215.21/cwt	210.00–220.00	695	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	150.60/cwt	145.00–155.00	498	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	131.58/cwt	129.00–139.00	472	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	131.24/cwt	124.00–134.00	566	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	144.32/cwt	140.00–150.00	752	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	159.71/cwt	156.00–166.00	525	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	129.00/cwt	122.50–132.50	1,006	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	124.22/cwt	121.00–131.00	784	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	136.25/cwt	129.00–139.00	728	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	118.10/cwt	114.00–124.00	681	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	138.91/cwt	134.00–144.00	649	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	125.07/cwt	118.00–128.00	657	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	130.60/cwt	123.00–133.00	613	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	130.00/cwt	124.50–134.50	741	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	121.59/cwt	117.00–127.00	818	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.

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 3,513Last week 3,505Year ago 1,958

Slaughter CattleReceipts 565Last week 719Year ago 293

Replacement CattleReceipts 59Last week 52Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	374	151.00–161.00	155.46
28	—	681	128.50–138.50	131.04
67	—	426	146.00–156.00	152.04
63	—	623	132.00–142.00	136.61
140	—	578	135.50–145.50	138.77
138	—	476	145.00–155.00	146.73
96	—	521	140.00–150.00	144.32
26	—	329	156.00–166.00	159.71
14	—	780	122.50–132.50	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	324	134.00–144.00	140.70
55	—	359	129.00–139.00	131.58
30	—	431	124.00–134.00	131.24
41	—	577	114.00–124.00	118.10
63	—	525	118.00–128.00	125.07
61	—	469	123.00–133.00	130.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	382	140.00–150.00	145.94
18	—	423	135.00–145.00	140.24
30	—	331	145.00–155.00	150.60
54	—	631	121.00–131.00	124.22
145	—	534	129.00–139.00	136.25
54	—	467	134.00–144.00	138.91
128	—	570	124.50–134.50	130.00
26	—	673	117.00–127.00	121.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	653	150.00–160.00	152.55
21	—	720	133.50–143.50	137.20
64	—	614	151.50–161.50	156.75
12	—	322	218.00–228.00	220.03
45	—	419	189.00–199.00	193.89
27	—	766	131.00–141.00	137.96
153	—	510	163.50–173.50	168.46
17	—	473	186.00–196.00	187.97
14	—	370	207.00–217.00	210.80
57	—	584	159.50–169.50	162.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	634	140.50–150.50	144.77
39	—	667	139.00–149.00	145.61
20	—	364	196.00–206.00	202.26
134	—	578	148.00–158.00	150.60
86	—	465	175.00–185.00	182.18
63	—	439	178.00–188.00	181.36
48	—	523	152.00–162.00	156.65
20	—	329	207.00–217.00	211.51
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	584	137.00–147.00	143.35
59	—	483	164.00–174.00	169.98
44	—	372	185.00–195.00	189.20
151	—	531	141.00–151.00	147.51
101	—	428	167.00–177.00	173.43
14	—	333	196.00–206.00	200.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	668	137.00–147.00	142.89
15	—	385	206.00–216.00	209.45
14	—	457	165.00–175.00	167.18
23	—	426	184.00–194.00	188.67
15	—	514	154.00–164.00	157.85
33	—	579	143.50–153.50	148.41
9	—	620	149.00–159.00	152.85
13	—	727	130.00	130.00
13	—	323	210.00–220.00	215.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	578	132.00–142.00	138.33
13	—	539	143.00–153.00	146.75
36	—	470	154.00–164.00	158.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,216	53.00–58.00	54.72
37	—	1,075	41.00–46.00	44.42
68	—	1,144	47.00–52.50	50.57
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,327	57.00–62.00	59.52
17	—	1,162	50.00–56.00	54.35
3	—	1,397	64.00–69.00	66.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,171	49.00–54.00	52.19
6	—	1,388	64.00–68.00	65.60
26	—	1,299	56.00–61.00	58.02
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	973	49.00–52.00	50.77
34	—	945	43.00–49.00	45.92
12	—	847	31.00–36.00	33.39
17	—	912	37.00–41.00	39.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,781	81.00–86.50	83.67
1	—	2,010	93.00	93.00
9	—	1,562	75.00–80.00	77.97

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)	17	—	1,041	700.00–1,075.00	918.29
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,282	1,025.00–1,125.00	1,049.19
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	—	1,082	600.00–975.00	801.61

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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