Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers. 5.00-7.00 higher. Value Added steers 4.00-8.00 higher. Heifers 1.00-3.00 higher while Value Added heifers traded mostly steady. Demand good. Quality average thru attractive. Slaughter cows 9.00-11.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00 higher. A total of 421 cows and bulls sold with 52 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.35/cwt on 2,081 head.

Average price

$175.35

2,081 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$20.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.67

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	184.81	973	755
Medium and Large 1-2	524	175.50	920	671
Medium and Large 2	521	164.29	857	655

One grade step is worth $20.51/cwt here — about $117 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 sale2,081 hd

175.35

—

OK average7 barns · 18,840 hd

171.68

+3.67

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	1,599	84.71	1,355	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,337	66.64	891	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,229	66.06	812	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,051	53.13	559	136

Every lot, as filed

131 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	—	376	199.79/cwt	195.00–205.00	751	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	202.68/cwt	198.00–208.00	667	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	144.19/cwt	140.00–150.00	972	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	215.75/cwt	209.00–219.00	725	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	186.21/cwt	180.50–190.50	1,078	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	144.99/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,056	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	157.54/cwt	151.00–161.00	1,038	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	178.98/cwt	172.00–182.00	954	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	172.14/cwt	169.50–179.50	985	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	187.90/cwt	183.00–193.00	964	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	147.94/cwt	143.00–153.50	931	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	183.35/cwt	176.00–186.00	895	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	132.04/cwt	129.00–139.00	887	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	165.16/cwt	158.00–168.00	955	126
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	182.11/cwt	176.00–186.00	790	60
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	173.98/cwt	165.00–175.00	833	73
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	167.29/cwt	161.00–171.00	878	98
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	188.38/cwt	184.00–194.00	716	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	341	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	460	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	436	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	388	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	626	142.16/cwt	142.00–142.50	890	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	135.01/cwt	132.00–142.00	861	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	192.33/cwt	187.00–197.00	614	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	507	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	781	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	560	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	623	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	748	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	715	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	962	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	465	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	438	137.15/cwt	130.00–139.00	601	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	509	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	687	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	640	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	355	222.36/cwt	219.00–228.00	789	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	136.66/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,030	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	202.22/cwt	198.00–208.00	880	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	192.29/cwt	187.50–197.50	923	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	210.31/cwt	206.00–216.00	784	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	194.01/cwt	187.00–197.00	825	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	672	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,102	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	483	194.01/cwt	187.00–199.00	937	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	411	212.92/cwt	212.00–214.50	875	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	535	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,038	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	722	153.23/cwt	150.00–160.50	1,106	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	160.64/cwt	154.50–164.50	986	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	558	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,004	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	320	222.70/cwt	220.00–233.00	713	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	608	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	945	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	769	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,192	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	508	184.40/cwt	184.00–185.00	937	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	473	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	851	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	527	156.86/cwt	151.00–159.50	827	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	727	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	981	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	571	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	959	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	473	198.85/cwt	198.00–200.00	941	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	410	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	340	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	576	149.98/cwt	144.00–155.50	864	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	425	168.02/cwt	160.00–172.00	714	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	471	156.68/cwt	153.00–163.00	738	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	810	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	441	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	635	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	460	139.65/cwt	135.00–142.00	642	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	180.50/cwt	180.00–195.00	774	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	158.69/cwt	156.50–165.00	849	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	172.93/cwt	165.00–176.00	801	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	49.17/cwt	49.00–50.00	498	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	69.47/cwt	67.00–71.00	858	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,203	67.65/cwt	65.00–70.50	814	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	65.24/cwt	63.50–65.50	792	17
Bulls	—	—	1,925	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,848	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	745	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	75.32/cwt	75.00–76.00	1,072	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	56.32/cwt	53.00–58.00	600	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	60.70/cwt	59.00–63.00	719	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,371	67.00/cwt	65.00–69.50	919	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,251	61.83/cwt	59.50–64.00	773	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	930	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	484	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	948	41.76/cwt	38.00–43.00	396	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	908	48.68/cwt	46.00–50.00	442	13
Bulls	—	—	1,684	91.51/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,541	6
Bulls	—	—	1,567	84.51/cwt	82.00–88.50	1,324	10
Bulls	—	—	1,542	79.13/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,220	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,081	841.21/cwt	785.00–900.00	9,093	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	1,022.86/cwt	950.00–1,100.00	11,794	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	661	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	134.73/cwt	130.00–139.50	896	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	135.49/cwt	130.00–141.00	766	102
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	142.02/cwt	140.00–150.00	750	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	159.85/cwt	158.00–160.00	793	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	149.11/cwt	145.00–155.00	629	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	125.61/cwt	120.00–130.00	909	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	138.16/cwt	134.50–144.50	924	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	588	151.03/cwt	145.00–153.00	888	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	337	190.44/cwt	190.00–191.00	642	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	612	136.59/cwt	134.00–144.00	836	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	955	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	137.73/cwt	131.00–141.50	795	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	156.23/cwt	150.00–160.00	508	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	316	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	544	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	580	141.29/cwt	135.50–144.50	819	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	477	171.32/cwt	171.00–172.00	817	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	472	157.87/cwt	156.50–160.00	745	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	537	144.29/cwt	143.50–147.00	775	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	383	161.50/cwt	157.00–163.00	619	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	565	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	757	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	355	167.99/cwt	167.50–171.00	596	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	654	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	883	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	418	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	648	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	138.82/cwt	134.50–144.50	862	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	161.94/cwt	159.00–169.00	753	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	147.97/cwt	142.00–152.00	849	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	437	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	717	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	475	148.51/cwt	148.00–149.00	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	550	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	564	124.56/cwt	120.00–130.50	703	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	153.01/cwt	148.00–158.00	736	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	123.91/cwt	118.50–128.50	947	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	163.32/cwt	156.00–166.00	632	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	166.52/cwt	162.00–172.00	723	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	150.86/cwt	143.50–153.50	772	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	156.45/cwt	151.00–161.00	663	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	147.23/cwt	145.00–155.00	555	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	131.50/cwt	123.00–133.00	826	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	127.53/cwt	120.00–131.00	689	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	138.42/cwt	132.00–142.00	720	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	127.07/cwt	122.50–133.50	858	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	143.70/cwt	137.00–147.00	684	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	164.15/cwt	161.00–171.00	542	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	139.97/cwt	134.00–144.00	532	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	142.27/cwt	140.00–150.00	616	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	316	146.01/cwt	139.00–149.00	461	14

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 4,526Last week 3,219Year ago 4,179

Slaughter CattleReceipts 404Last week 483Year ago 402

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 59Year ago 48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	376	195.00–205.00	199.79
45	—	329	198.00–208.00	202.68
75	—	674	140.00–150.00	144.19
112	—	533	172.00–182.00	178.98
107	—	572	169.50–179.50	172.14
79	—	629	143.00–153.50	147.94
61	—	488	176.00–186.00	183.35
90	—	425	187.00–197.00	194.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	336	209.00–219.00	215.75
54	—	579	180.50–190.50	186.21
32	—	728	139.00–149.00	144.99
64	—	659	151.00–161.00	157.54
49	—	513	183.00–193.00	187.90
6	—	754	135.00–145.00	136.66
117	—	435	198.00–208.00	202.22
79	—	480	187.50–197.50	192.29
37	—	373	206.00–216.00	210.31
106	—	614	154.50–164.50	160.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	672	129.00–139.00	132.04
126	—	578	158.00–168.00	165.16
60	—	434	176.00–186.00	182.11
73	—	479	165.00–175.00	173.98
98	—	525	161.00–171.00	167.29
43	—	380	184.00–194.00	188.38
44	—	638	132.00–142.00	135.01
25	—	319	187.00–197.00	192.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	436	187.00	187.00
10	—	626	142.00–142.50	142.16
6	—	571	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	170.00	170.00
35	—	527	151.00–159.50	156.86
36	—	576	144.00–155.50	149.98
38	—	425	160.00–172.00	168.02
9	—	471	153.00–163.00	156.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	355	219.00–228.00	222.36
3	—	672	164.00	164.00
23	—	411	212.00–214.50	212.92
20	—	535	194.00	194.00
33	—	722	150.00–160.50	153.23
10	—	320	220.00–233.00	222.70
6	—	769	155.00	155.00
55	—	473	198.00–200.00	198.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	483	187.00–199.00	194.01
6	—	608	155.50	155.50
5	—	508	184.00–185.00	184.40
3	—	410	199.00	199.00
3	—	340	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	558	180.00	180.00
5	—	727	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	341	135.00	135.00
1	—	465	134.00	134.00
26	—	438	130.00–139.00	137.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	507	154.00	154.00
7	—	715	134.50	134.50
6	—	316	172.00	172.00
13	—	477	171.00–172.00	171.32
7	—	355	167.50–171.00	167.99
1	—	550	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	623	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	509	135.00	135.00
4	—	565	134.00	134.00
5	—	418	155.00	155.00
4	—	475	148.00–149.00	148.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	134.00	134.00
20	—	580	135.50–144.50	141.29
82	—	472	156.50–160.00	157.87
72	—	537	143.50–147.00	144.29
46	—	383	157.00–163.00	161.50
9	—	654	135.00	135.00
3	—	437	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	724	120.00–130.00	125.61
41	—	669	134.50–144.50	138.16
61	—	621	134.50–144.50	138.82
100	—	465	159.00–169.00	161.94
95	—	574	142.00–152.00	147.97
16	—	764	118.50–128.50	123.91
29	—	387	156.00–166.00	163.32
60	—	434	162.00–172.00	166.52
115	—	512	143.50–153.50	150.86
26	—	330	161.00–171.00	164.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	577	131.00–141.50	137.73
26	—	325	150.00–160.00	156.23
85	—	481	148.00–158.00	153.01
51	—	424	151.00–161.00	156.45
9	—	377	145.00–155.00	147.23
36	—	628	123.00–133.00	131.50
63	—	520	132.00–142.00	138.42
55	—	675	122.50–133.50	127.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	564	120.00–130.50	124.56
46	—	540	120.00–131.00	127.53
32	—	476	137.00–147.00	143.70
29	—	380	134.00–144.00	139.97
18	—	433	140.00–150.00	142.27
14	—	316	139.00–149.00	146.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	614	132.00	132.00
9	—	441	144.00	144.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	460	135.00–142.00	139.65
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	429	180.00–195.00	180.50
33	—	535	156.50–165.00	158.69
32	—	463	165.00–176.00	172.93
3	—	365	181.00	181.00
38	—	665	130.00–139.50	134.73
8	—	588	145.00–153.00	151.03
7	—	337	190.00–191.00	190.44
15	—	612	134.00–144.00	136.59
7	—	755	126.50	126.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	565	130.00–141.00	135.49
31	—	528	140.00–150.00	142.02
39	—	496	158.00–160.00	159.85
23	—	422	145.00–155.00	149.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,013	49.00–50.00	49.17
8	—	1,203	65.00–70.50	67.65
36	—	1,065	53.00–58.00	56.32
32	—	1,185	59.00–63.00	60.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,235	67.00–71.00	69.47
17	—	1,214	63.50–65.50	65.24
2	—	1,330	56.00	56.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,423	75.00–76.00	75.32
13	—	1,371	65.00–69.50	67.00
10	—	1,251	59.50–64.00	61.83
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	930	52.00	52.00
32	—	948	38.00–43.00	41.76
13	—	908	46.00–50.00	48.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,925	96.00	96.00
6	—	1,684	90.00–93.00	91.51
10	—	1,567	82.00–88.50	84.51
9	—	1,542	76.00–81.00	79.13

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Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,081	785.00–900.00	841.21
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,153	950.00–1,100.00	1,022.86

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