Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2022-01-17

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Jan 17
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,635 head
2,600 vs last sale 4,235 2,539 vs year ago 4,174 · 60.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
181 head
237 vs last sale 418 135 vs year ago 316 · 42.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
10 vs last sale 41 36 vs year ago 67 · 53.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Cold weather throughout the trade area kept receipts low. Steers and Heifers both had a much lower undertone noted in a light test, while Value Added cattle traded 2.00-3.00 higher. Demand good. Quality plain thru attractive. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 3.00 higher. In a light test. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher also in a light test. A total of 212 cows and bulls sold with 58 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.53/cwt on 573 head.
Average price
$153.53
573 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.39
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1492158.23778335
Medium and Large 1-2486150.31731162
Medium and Large 2492139.6768776
One grade step is worth $18.57/cwt here — about $91 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 sale573 hd
153.53
OK average7 barns · 13,061 hd
153.14
+0.39
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,65885.501,41727
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,26066.7284020
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33466.0088013
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,08959.7765163

Every lot, as filed

72 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2417154.88/cwt152.00–162.0064636
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2483155.37/cwt150.00–160.0075073
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2328153.54/cwt150.00–160.0050412
SteersMedium and Large 1442199.06/cwt197.50–207.508807
SteersMedium and Large 1555187.59/cwt180.50–190.501,04156
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added433176.65/cwt176.00–177.007657
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added325181.62/cwt174.00–185.005903
HeifersMedium and Large 1632139.20/cwt134.00–144.0088025
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added392177.62/cwt175.50–178.5069617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2317184.00/cwt180.00–190.0058310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2636140.38/cwt138.00–148.008939
SteersMedium and Large 1-2424189.95/cwt186.00–196.0080532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2388184.71/cwt179.00–189.0071714
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added434215.51/cwt215.00–217.0093523
SteersMedium and Large 1721142.10/cwt135.00–145.001,0255
SteersMedium and Large 1480195.05/cwt191.00–201.0093618
SteersMedium and Large 2575163.14/cwt158.00–168.0093858
SteersMedium and Large 1-2486181.90/cwt180.00–190.0088432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586172.85/cwt169.00–179.001,01357
SteersMedium and Large 1-2516173.90/cwt171.00–181.0089731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2674141.78/cwt139.00–149.5095617
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added634178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,13243
SteersMedium and Large 1622153.47/cwt149.00–159.0095517
SteersMedium and Large 1763145.21/cwt139.00–149.001,10810
SteersMedium and Large 1336198.87/cwt191.00–201.006689
SteersMedium and Large 1534188.75/cwt182.00–192.001,00836
SteersMedium and Large 1666158.44/cwt150.00–160.001,05520
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added303210.00/cwt210.00–210.006365
SteersMedium and Large 1378194.25/cwt190.00–200.0073420
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added459216.50/cwt216.50–216.509948
BullsMedium and Large 1523166.55/cwt160.00–172.008714
BullsMedium and Large 1600135.00/cwt135.00–135.008102
BullsMedium and Large 1580148.69/cwt146.50–153.0086216
BullsMedium and Large 1665142.05/cwt140.00–144.009454
BullsMedium and Large 1315180.00/cwt180.00–180.005672
BullsMedium and Large 1466173.31/cwt170.00–178.008089
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,01261.34/cwt61.00–64.006219
CowsLean 85-90%1,06155.92/cwt53.00–59.005934
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37068.50/cwt68.50–68.509386
CowsLean 85-90%1,08162.13/cwt60.00–65.0067215
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30363.86/cwt60.00–65.008327
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight87845.57/cwt44.00–49.0040011
CowsLean 85-90%1,13672.62/cwt72.50–73.008254
CowsLean 85-90%1,33368.23/cwt66.00–71.0091018
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38669.28/cwt67.50–72.009608
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,2653
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight99557.50/cwt57.50–57.505721
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight89453.24/cwt50.00–55.0047610
Bulls1,61177.96/cwt74.00–80.001,2568
Bulls1,62384.14/cwt82.00–86.501,3668
Bulls1,81095.53/cwt95.00–96.001,7292
Bulls1,69691.19/cwt87.00–93.001,5479
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,100982.64/cwt800.00–1,135.0010,8096
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,112920.56/cwt875.00–975.0010,23714
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1951,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,9502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0171,228.89/cwt1,200.00–1,275.0012,4986
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3801,388.29/cwt1,225.00–1,485.0019,1583
HeifersMedium and Large 2556128.58/cwt124.00–134.0071523
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2590139.60/cwt135.00–145.0082430
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2624127.47/cwt123.00–133.0079511
HeifersMedium and Large 1431167.77/cwt163.00–173.0072368
HeifersMedium and Large 1473165.98/cwt161.00–171.0078576
BullsMedium and Large 1721125.00/cwt125.00–125.009015
HeifersMedium and Large 1531147.24/cwt144.00–154.0078245
HeifersMedium and Large 1679128.97/cwt126.00–136.0087627
HeifersMedium and Large 2488143.05/cwt139.00–149.0069832
HeifersMedium and Large 1317165.84/cwt161.00–171.0052625
HeifersMedium and Large 1380170.79/cwt164.50–174.5064913
HeifersMedium and Large 2428146.65/cwt141.00–151.0062821
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added455175.00/cwt173.00–177.007968
HeifersMedium and Large 1716129.54/cwt124.50–134.5092816
HeifersMedium and Large 1567151.60/cwt146.00–156.008605

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.