Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers mostly steady to 5.00 Higher. Value added steers had a much higher undertone noted. Heifers 6.00-8.00 higher. Demand good. Quality plain thru attractive. Slaughter cows 3.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $159.39/cwt on 776 head.

Average price

$159.39

776 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$5.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.84

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	160.18	847	412
Medium and Large 1-2	483	159.42	769	285
Medium and Large 2	451	155.10	699	79

One grade step is worth $5.08/cwt here — about $148 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 sale776 hd

159.39

—

OK average7 barns · 11,167 hd

150.54

+8.84

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	1,670	105.95	1,769	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,451	87.46	1,269	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,279	87.18	1,115	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,059	80.04	847	52

Every lot, as filed

99 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 1Unweaned	—	541	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	857	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	164.97/cwt	159.00–169.00	789	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	163.33/cwt	157.00–168.00	617	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	165.23/cwt	160.00–171.00	537	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	157.73/cwt	155.00–165.00	904	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	340	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	571	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	520	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	184.95/cwt	179.00–189.00	1,071	72
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	186.43/cwt	180.00–190.00	876	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	442	161.36/cwt	158.00–168.00	713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	739	137.87/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,019	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	639	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	939	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	655	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	969	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	140.90/cwt	134.50–144.50	1,081	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	206.78/cwt	202.00–212.00	1,001	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	400	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	174.45/cwt	170.00–180.00	822	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	130.60/cwt	124.00–134.00	955	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	179.34/cwt	172.00–182.00	599	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	580	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	870	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	515	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	896	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	345	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	150.65/cwt	144.00–154.00	854	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	142.77/cwt	134.50–144.25	967	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	173.47/cwt	170.00–180.00	647	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	122.14/cwt	118.50–128.50	942	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	162.42/cwt	158.00–168.00	851	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	178.46/cwt	174.00–184.00	750	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	143.71/cwt	136.50–146.50	887	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	168.52/cwt	163.00–173.00	704	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	155.21/cwt	148.00–158.00	743	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	155.26/cwt	152.00–162.00	658	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	129.05/cwt	123.00–133.00	865	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	152.97/cwt	147.00–157.00	817	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	388	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	795	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	958	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	762	128.75/cwt	128.50–129.00	981	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	177.49/cwt	177.00–178.00	769	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	590	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	844	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	177.27/cwt	174.00–184.00	911	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	187.78/cwt	185.00–195.00	980	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	199.22/cwt	194.00–204.00	737	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	350	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	335	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	670	114.93/cwt	110.00–120.00	770	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	176.49/cwt	173.00–183.00	764	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	194.01/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,100	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	361	223.30/cwt	222.00–228.00	806	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	188.29/cwt	184.00–194.00	825	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	943	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	215.05/cwt	207.00–217.00	680	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	197.91/cwt	195.00–205.00	839	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	609	180.15/cwt	176.00–183.50	1,097	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	420	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	815	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	170.43/cwt	164.00–174.00	1,077	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	196.48/cwt	191.00–201.00	925	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	158.56/cwt	153.00–163.00	981	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	221.77/cwt	218.00–228.00	716	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	630	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	585	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,041	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	707	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,085	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	208.50/cwt	205.00–215.00	782	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	145.40/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,038	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	303	232.34/cwt	231.00–233.00	704	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	415	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	751	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	696	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,079	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	335	202.00/cwt	200.00–205.00	677	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	156.12/cwt	153.00–163.00	1,069	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	202.05/cwt	196.00–206.00	1,069	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	435	216.45/cwt	215.00–219.00	942	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	161.59/cwt	161.00–162.00	918	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	593	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	443	194.89/cwt	186.00–197.00	863	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	683	134.63/cwt	128.00–138.00	920	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	172.04/cwt	171.00–174.00	809	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	476	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	719	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	167.86/cwt	160.00–172.00	888	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	166.61/cwt	161.00–170.00	800	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,044	1,178.05/cwt	1,100.00–1,425.00	12,299	28
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,295	1,291.49/cwt	1,285.00–1,300.00	16,725	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	10,336	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	990	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	871	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	942	73.41/cwt	71.00–75.50	692	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	870	64.56/cwt	63.00–66.00	562	4
Bulls	—	—	1,484	97.98/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,454	7
Bulls	—	—	1,766	106.18/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,875	11
Bulls	—	—	1,697	111.88/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,899	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,460	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,343	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	1,308	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	92.60/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,035	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	81.78/cwt	79.00–84.50	952	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	76.67/cwt	75.00–78.00	859	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,418	91.33/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,295	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	80.50/cwt	80.50–80.50	1,059	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	86.93/cwt	85.00–89.00	980	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	85.30/cwt	81.00–88.00	1,058	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,482	86.45/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,281	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	975	79.16/cwt	77.00–82.00	772	10

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 1,879Last week 1,594Year ago 1,321

Slaughter CattleReceipts 274Last week 240Year ago 117

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 20Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	541	158.50	158.50
1	—	340	168.00	168.00
3	—	442	158.00–168.00	161.36
5	—	580	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	478	159.00–169.00	164.97
12	—	378	157.00–168.00	163.33
13	—	325	160.00–171.00	165.23
48	—	567	144.00–154.00	150.65
54	—	418	163.00–173.00	168.52
8	—	670	123.00–133.00	129.05
37	—	534	147.00–157.00	152.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	573	155.00–165.00	157.73
21	—	471	170.00–180.00	174.45
16	—	731	124.00–134.00	130.60
28	—	334	172.00–182.00	179.34
40	—	677	134.50–144.25	142.77
46	—	373	170.00–180.00	173.47
8	—	771	118.50–128.50	122.14
28	—	524	158.00–168.00	162.42
74	—	420	174.00–184.00	178.46
28	—	617	136.50–146.50	143.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	150.00	150.00
2	—	590	143.00	143.00
6	—	350	158.00	158.00
3	—	335	157.50	157.50
4	—	670	110.00–120.00	114.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	739	135.00–140.00	137.87
63	—	639	147.00	147.00
1	—	655	148.00	148.00
2	—	515	174.00	174.00
6	—	345	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	400	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	479	148.00–158.00	155.21
38	—	424	152.00–162.00	155.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	579	179.00–189.00	184.95
11	—	522	185.00–195.00	187.78
33	—	370	194.00–204.00	199.22
32	—	438	184.00–194.00	188.29
9	—	669	141.00	141.00
42	—	316	207.00–217.00	215.05
44	—	471	191.00–201.00	196.48
15	—	619	153.00–163.00	158.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	470	180.00–190.00	186.43
26	—	514	174.00–184.00	177.27
11	—	433	173.00–183.00	176.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	767	134.50–144.50	140.90
47	—	484	202.00–212.00	206.78
16	—	567	190.00–200.00	194.01
26	—	424	195.00–205.00	197.91
18	—	632	164.00–174.00	170.43
14	—	323	218.00–228.00	221.77
9	—	375	205.00–215.00	208.50
12	—	714	140.00–150.00	145.40
16	—	685	153.00–163.00	156.12
37	—	529	196.00–206.00	202.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	361	222.00–228.00	223.30
9	—	609	176.00–183.50	180.15
4	—	707	153.50	153.50
3	—	303	231.00–233.00	232.34
18	—	435	215.00–219.00	216.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	194.00	194.00
6	—	696	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	630	150.00	150.00
3	—	585	178.00	178.00
3	—	415	181.00	181.00
5	—	335	200.00–205.00	202.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	388	205.00	205.00
3	—	515	186.00	186.00
6	—	762	128.50–129.00	128.75
12	—	568	161.00–162.00	161.59
1	—	325	182.50	182.50
5	—	443	186.00–197.00	194.89
6	—	683	128.00–138.00	134.63
6	—	470	171.00–174.00	172.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	433	177.00–178.00	177.49
15	—	529	160.00–172.00	167.86
15	—	480	161.00–170.00	166.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	476	151.00	151.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,044	1,100.00–1,425.00	1,178.05
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	950.00	950.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,295	1,285.00–1,300.00	1,291.49
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,088	950.00	950.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	990	88.00	88.00
6	—	942	71.00–75.50	73.41
4	—	870	63.00–66.00	64.56
10	—	975	77.00–82.00	79.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,460	92.00	92.00
1	—	1,370	95.50	95.50
7	—	1,240	81.00–88.00	85.30
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,118	91.00–94.00	92.60
12	—	1,164	79.00–84.50	81.78
6	—	1,120	75.00–78.00	76.67
10	—	1,127	85.00–89.00	86.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,418	90.00–94.00	91.33
2	—	1,315	80.50	80.50
17	—	1,482	84.00–88.00	86.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,484	96.00–100.00	97.98
11	—	1,766	103.00–108.00	106.18
9	—	1,697	110.00–115.00	111.88

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Tulsa Livestock Auction - Tulsa, OK

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle