Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher. Light weight steers had a lower undertone noted. Heifers 3.00-6.00 lower. Quality good. Demand good. Slaughter cows 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $160.61/cwt on 628 head.

Average price

$160.61

628 head · 482 lb average

Value per head Derived

$774

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$14.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.47

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	489	162.80	796	439
Medium and Large 1-2	467	155.73	727	184
Medium and Large 2	459	148.00	679	5thin

One grade step is worth $14.80/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 sale628 hd

160.61

—

OK average7 barns · 8,904 hd

153.13

+7.47

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	1,809	107.34	1,942	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,322	84.46	1,117	53
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,386	83.48	1,157	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,127	74.71	842	234

Every lot, as filed

67 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 1-2	—	585	145.15/cwt	139.00–149.00	849	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	141.64/cwt	136.00–146.00	955	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	167.99/cwt	164.50–174.50	779	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	149.67/cwt	143.00–153.00	790	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	193.26/cwt	187.00–197.00	997	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	147.29/cwt	139.00–149.00	931	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	174.00/cwt	167.50–177.50	646	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	166.23/cwt	162.00–172.00	540	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	161.12/cwt	157.00–167.00	1,007	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	159.49/cwt	154.50–164.50	1,123	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	218.37/cwt	212.00–222.00	697	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	200.20/cwt	196.50–206.50	965	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	158.76/cwt	154.00–164.00	838	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	168.15/cwt	162.50–172.50	726	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	212.62/cwt	205.00–215.00	816	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	181.28/cwt	178.00–188.00	1,035	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	190.36/cwt	185.00–195.00	895	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	170.85/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,134	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	190.11/cwt	184.50–195.00	808	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	197.45/cwt	194.00–204.00	746	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	170.90/cwt	167.00–177.00	976	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,232	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	200.87/cwt	196.00–206.00	862	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	206.17/cwt	201.00–211.00	666	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	158.22/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,063	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	181.16/cwt	175.50–186.00	986	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,011	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,029	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	537	177.31/cwt	172.00–184.50	952	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	196.79/cwt	189.00–203.00	823	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	169.09/cwt	164.00–172.50	1,067	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	988	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,263	75.80/cwt	73.00–78.00	957	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,159	80.49/cwt	79.00–83.50	933	68
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	86.72/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,179	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,273	75.03/cwt	73.00–76.00	955	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	82.33/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,035	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	862	71.17/cwt	68.00–72.00	613	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	86.84/cwt	85.50–88.00	1,211	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	68.57/cwt	67.50–72.00	748	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	976	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	945	76.44/cwt	75.00–78.00	722	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	83.26/cwt	79.50–84.50	1,180	36
Bulls	—	—	1,712	102.84/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,761	11
Bulls	—	—	1,968	115.48/cwt	114.00–118.00	2,273	6
Bulls	—	—	1,839	107.49/cwt	107.00–108.00	1,977	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	881	63.18/cwt	60.00–65.00	557	31
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,272	1,256.60/cwt	1,100.00–1,350.00	15,984	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	20,160	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	1,296.63/cwt	1,075.00–1,400.00	15,624	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	1,175.76/cwt	1,050.00–1,350.00	14,050	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	185.70/cwt	185.00–188.00	687	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	359	200.00/cwt	194.00–204.00	718	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	212.25/cwt	206.00–216.00	679	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	183.75/cwt	178.00–186.00	777	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	661	168.74/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,115	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	176.40/cwt	173.00–183.00	594	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	156.42/cwt	150.00–160.00	910	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	159.87/cwt	155.00–164.00	755	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	132.01/cwt	127.50–137.50	954	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	459	189.93/cwt	189.00–192.50	872	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	156.42/cwt	152.00–162.00	684	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	174.29/cwt	168.50–178.50	1,079	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	161.34/cwt	157.00–167.00	605	25

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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Feeder CattleReceipts 1,929Last week 1,606Year ago 1,674

Slaughter CattleReceipts 441Last week 331Year ago 259

Replacement CattleReceipts 51Last week 29Year ago 34

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	585	139.00–149.00	145.15
52	—	528	143.00–153.00	149.67
25	—	325	162.00–172.00	166.23
40	—	472	155.00–164.00	159.87
17	—	437	152.00–162.00	156.42
25	—	375	157.00–167.00	161.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	674	136.00–146.00	141.64
72	—	464	164.50–174.50	167.99
43	—	632	139.00–149.00	147.29
89	—	371	167.50–177.50	174.00
110	—	528	154.00–164.00	158.76
59	—	432	162.50–172.50	168.15
15	—	337	173.00–183.00	176.40
28	—	582	150.00–160.00	156.42
12	—	723	127.50–137.50	132.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	459	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	516	187.00–197.00	193.26
6	—	704	154.50–164.50	159.49
22	—	319	212.00–222.00	218.37
63	—	482	196.50–206.50	200.20
35	—	384	205.00–215.00	212.62
32	—	571	178.00–188.00	181.28
36	—	664	165.00–175.00	170.85
10	—	824	149.50	149.50
61	—	429	196.00–206.00	200.87
28	—	619	168.50–178.50	174.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	625	157.00–167.00	161.12
29	—	470	185.00–195.00	190.36
18	—	425	184.50–195.00	190.11
28	—	378	194.00–204.00	197.45
29	—	571	167.00–177.00	170.90
18	—	323	201.00–211.00	206.17
14	—	672	154.00–164.00	158.22
53	—	544	175.50–186.00	181.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	179.00	179.00
1	—	735	140.00	140.00
47	—	537	172.00–184.50	177.31
18	—	418	189.00–203.00	196.79
15	—	631	164.00–172.50	169.09
2	—	760	130.00	130.00
16	—	359	194.00–204.00	200.00
5	—	320	206.00–216.00	212.25
8	—	661	165.00–170.00	168.74
33	—	459	189.00–192.50	189.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	370	185.00–188.00	185.70
2	—	525	165.00	165.00
15	—	423	178.00–186.00	183.75
2	—	450	184.00	184.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,263	73.00–78.00	75.80
68	—	1,159	79.00–83.50	80.49
27	—	1,091	67.50–72.00	68.57
6	—	1,097	89.00	89.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,360	85.00–90.00	86.72
6	—	1,273	73.00–76.00	75.03
36	—	1,417	79.50–84.50	83.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,257	80.00–83.00	82.33
25	—	1,395	85.50–88.00	86.84
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	862	68.00–72.00	71.17
4	—	945	75.00–78.00	76.44
31	—	881	60.00–65.00	63.18
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,712	100.00–105.00	102.84
6	—	1,968	114.00–118.00	115.48
4	—	1,839	107.00–108.00	107.49

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,272	1,100.00–1,350.00	1,256.60
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,440	1,400.00	1,400.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,205	1,075.00–1,400.00	1,296.63
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,195	1,050.00–1,350.00	1,175.76

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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