Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2022-01-10

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Jan 10
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,235 head
▲ 1,841 vs last sale 2,394▲ 830 vs year ago 3,405 · +24.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
418 head
▲ 223 vs last sale 195▲ 132 vs year ago 286 · +46.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 20▼ 10 vs year ago 51 · −19.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves that were weaned sold mostly steady to firm. Demand moderate to good for weaned cattle, light for the remainder of the offering. Dry weather continues across the trade area. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 6.00-8.00 higher. A total of 459 cows and bulls sold with 78 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.85/cwt on 1,005 head.
Average price
$153.85
1,005 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$731
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.75
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1470158.90748603
Medium and Large 1-2483147.25711343
Medium and Large 2477140.5267059
One grade step is worth $18.39/cwt here — about $77 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 sale1,005 hd
153.85
—
OK average7 barns · 11,546 hd
153.09
+0.75
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,64786.351,42224
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03473.507608thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45068.719963thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21167.508172thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—571168.46/cwt160.00–182.0096247
SteersMedium and Large 1—727155.82/cwt155.00–158.001,13311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—473181.62/cwt170.00–190.0085929
SteersMedium and Large 1—663163.06/cwt158.50–166.501,08144
SteersMedium and Large 1—372214.39/cwt203.00–225.0079858
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—524174.20/cwt162.00–183.00913104
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—710145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0303
SteersMedium and Large 2—565145.00/cwt145.00–145.008197
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—382193.01/cwt190.00–195.0073717
SteersMedium and Large 2—331154.00/cwt154.00–154.005106
HeifersMedium and Large 1—624143.84/cwt140.25–147.0089841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—383145.00/cwt145.00–145.005558
HeifersMedium and Large 1—581149.73/cwt144.00–155.0087031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—660150.00/cwt150.00–150.009903
SteersMedium and Large 1—343215.73/cwt207.00–219.0074034
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—446144.00/cwt144.00–144.006428
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421166.37/cwt160.00–173.00700133
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—476151.12/cwt145.00–157.50719105
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323164.88/cwt162.00–169.0053360
SteersMedium and Large 2—511152.67/cwt146.00–155.0078020
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—429182.67/cwt181.00–185.0078416
HeifersMedium and Large 1—686136.00/cwt136.00–136.009335
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—576141.52/cwt140.00–143.5081532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—332187.26/cwt185.00–195.0062226
SteersMedium and Large 2—475151.00/cwt151.00–151.007174
SteersMedium and Large 1—477205.72/cwt200.00–213.5098168
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—454170.00/cwt170.00–170.007725
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—531160.42/cwt160.00–161.0085214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—610158.52/cwt156.00–161.0096720
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—921135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2435
SteersMedium and Large 1—295220.00/cwt220.00–220.0064912
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—506184.00/cwt184.00–184.009319
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—628143.00/cwt143.00–143.008986
SteersMedium and Large 1—525196.13/cwt189.00–205.001,03089
SteersMedium and Large 1—589182.93/cwt180.00–195.001,07726
SteersMedium and Large 1—626164.84/cwt160.00–166.001,03248
SteersMedium and Large 1—423201.16/cwt191.00–217.00851107
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—566149.47/cwt140.00–166.0084629
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—465178.68/cwt171.00–190.0083145
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—580174.69/cwt174.00–175.001,01313
BullsMedium and Large 1—477183.77/cwt179.00–188.0087711
BullsMedium and Large 1—570157.00/cwt157.00–157.008956
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—573142.39/cwt141.00–143.508169
BullsMedium and Large 1—372184.65/cwt180.00–187.006876
BullsMedium and Large 1—526168.00/cwt168.00–168.008845
BullsMedium and Large 1—348196.00/cwt196.00–196.006825
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21167.50/cwt67.00–68.008172
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08056.00/cwt55.00–57.006052
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—89344.00/cwt44.00–44.003932
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed—1,065108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1502
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10964.00/cwt64.00–64.007101
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,45068.71/cwt67.00–72.009963
Bulls——1,55682.13/cwt79.00–86.001,2787
Bulls——1,63790.87/cwt88.50–94.001,48812
Bulls——1,97093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,8322
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed—1,085108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1721
Bulls——1,68073.68/cwt73.00–74.001,2383
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—960900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,6401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,110875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,7131
Bred CowsSmall 3—690350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4151
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,183856.41/cwt760.00–950.0010,1312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,065975.00/cwt975.00–975.0010,3841
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—705685.00/cwt685.00–685.004,8291
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—528151.00/cwt151.00–151.0079724
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—616150.00/cwt150.00–150.0092417
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—753138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,0436
BullsMedium and Large 2—343156.00/cwt156.00–156.005354
BullsMedium and Large 2—594138.00/cwt138.00–138.008207
BullsMedium and Large 1—689160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,10610
HeifersMedium and Large 2—561135.00/cwt135.00–135.007578
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—672141.00/cwt141.00–141.009488
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—581142.72/cwt139.00–143.5082929
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—522128.96/cwt127.00–131.0067317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—437152.73/cwt143.00–165.5066779
HeifersMedium and Large 2—469140.42/cwt140.00–141.0065915
HeifersMedium and Large 2—523146.00/cwt146.00–146.0076412
HeifersMedium and Large 2—443148.01/cwt145.00–151.0065610
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—506148.41/cwt145.00–150.0075116
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378166.00/cwt160.00–173.0062774
HeifersMedium and Large 2—392120.00/cwt120.00–120.004706
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—403142.00/cwt142.00–142.0057211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—280170.00/cwt170.00–170.004764
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—438146.00/cwt146.00–146.006395
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470160.50/cwt144.00–182.00754116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—329150.00/cwt150.00–150.004949
HeifersMedium and Large 1—532157.35/cwt150.00–166.0083776
BullsMedium and Large 1—272200.00/cwt200.00–200.005443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—874111.00/cwt111.00–111.009706
HeifersMedium and Large 1—704142.04/cwt141.50–143.001,00014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—376154.53/cwt154.00–155.0058118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—526143.91/cwt140.00–150.0075745
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—606134.00/cwt134.00–134.008124

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.