Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 4.00-6.00 higher. Heifers 5.00-8.00. Value added cattle as much as 20.00 higher. Demand good. Quality attractive. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $203.98/cwt on 465 head.

Average price

$203.98

465 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,042

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$9.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.82

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	207.43	1,084	291
Medium and Large 1-2	491	198.20	974	174

One grade step is worth $9.23/cwt here — about $110 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 sale465 hd

203.98

—

OK average7 barns · 10,508 hd

184.15

+19.82

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	1,549	105.68	1,637	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,280	82.60	1,058	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,161	79.53	923	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,047	74.15	776	157

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,155	$1,033	33
Bred Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,088	$963	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,164	$1,182	11

Every lot, as filed

88 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	—	432	171.63/cwt	167.00–177.50	741	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	171.42/cwt	167.00–177.00	994	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	388	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	644	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,133	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	400	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	760	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	550	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	996	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	376	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	716	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	183.90/cwt	178.50–188.50	771	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	225.11/cwt	220.00–230.00	876	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	333	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	553	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	487	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	799	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	362	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	615	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	500	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	905	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	581	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	950	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	204.34/cwt	198.00–208.00	969	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	232.76/cwt	229.00–239.00	766	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	179.54/cwt	176.50–186.50	1,223	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	211.16/cwt	209.00–219.00	999	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	207.42/cwt	201.00–211.00	1,099	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	165.23/cwt	164.50–174.50	1,214	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	209.64/cwt	203.00–213.00	885	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	223.38/cwt	218.00–228.00	746	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	171.39/cwt	169.00–179.00	1,069	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	194.02/cwt	188.00–198.00	1,087	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	168.74/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,134	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	194.53/cwt	190.50–200.50	994	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	452	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,040	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	379	239.72/cwt	235.00–245.00	909	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	186.45/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,167	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	216.09/cwt	214.00–224.00	942	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	205.42/cwt	199.00–209.00	1,181	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	436	231.05/cwt	227.00–232.00	1,007	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	477	189.52/cwt	189.00–190.00	904	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	532	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,005	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	415	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	830	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	329	252.57/cwt	250.00–259.00	831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	620	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,221	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	535	214.44/cwt	213.50–217.00	1,147	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	540	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,042	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	348	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	485	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,082	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	413	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	830	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	345	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	742	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	368	201.72/cwt	200.00–206.00	742	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,293	85.65/cwt	84.00–87.00	1,107	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	65.30/cwt	65.00–65.50	710	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	72.40/cwt	69.00–74.00	813	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	82.61/cwt	82.00–84.50	957	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	1,253	2
Bulls	—	—	1,606	111.22/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,786	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,257	79.31/cwt	78.00–82.00	997	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,027	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	76.99/cwt	75.00–80.00	859	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	78.91/cwt	76.00–81.00	898	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	940	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	780	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	933	76.19/cwt	75.00–77.00	711	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	885	66.45/cwt	64.00–68.00	588	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	920	71.78/cwt	69.00–74.00	660	27
Bulls	—	—	1,556	105.40/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,640	5
Bulls	—	—	1,458	97.59/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,423	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	963.20/head	875.00–1,000.00	963	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,032.96/head	900.00–1,125.00	1,033	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	1,267.13/head	1,250.00–1,275.00	1,267	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	385	236.73/cwt	231.00–245.00	911	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	404	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	881	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	178.34/cwt	172.00–182.00	951	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	203.61/cwt	200.00–210.00	933	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	178.91/cwt	171.00–181.00	1,018	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	644	167.27/cwt	167.00–168.00	1,077	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	169.05/cwt	166.00–176.00	815	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	381	225.28/cwt	219.00–229.00	858	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	321	224.36/cwt	218.50–228.50	720	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	213.51/cwt	208.00–218.00	801	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	207.76/cwt	202.00–212.00	895	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	677	165.37/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,120	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	162.48/cwt	157.50–167.50	1,105	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	172.32/cwt	168.00–178.00	906	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	180.96/cwt	177.00–187.00	851	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	183.78/cwt	178.00–188.00	691	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	148.35/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,138	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	173.72/cwt	168.00–178.00	561	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	183.47/cwt	179.00–189.00	600	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	171.71/cwt	167.00–177.00	671	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	467	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	885	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	165.59/cwt	161.00–171.00	1,040	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	155.13/cwt	147.50–157.50	1,123	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	160.04/cwt	156.00–166.00	923	27

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 →

Tulsa Livestock Auction - Tulsa, OK

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Oklahoma City, OK (LS-KO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,543Last week 1,834Year ago 1,789

Slaughter CattleReceipts 361Last week 406Year ago 261

Replacement CattleReceipts 51Last week 65Year ago 32

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	432	167.00–177.50	171.63
18	—	482	166.00–176.00	169.05
23	—	323	168.00–178.00	173.72
16	—	391	167.00–177.00	171.71
27	—	577	156.00–166.00	160.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	580	167.00–177.00	171.42
45	—	419	178.50–188.50	183.90
29	—	680	157.50–167.50	162.48
49	—	526	168.00–178.00	172.32
40	—	470	177.00–187.00	180.96
24	—	376	178.00–188.00	183.78
3	—	767	145.00–155.00	148.35
24	—	327	179.00–189.00	183.47
10	—	628	161.00–171.00	165.59
6	—	724	147.50–157.50	155.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	388	163.00	163.00
3	—	333	166.00	166.00
4	—	487	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	644	176.00	176.00
4	—	400	190.00	190.00
2	—	550	181.00	181.00
7	—	376	190.50	190.50
5	—	500	181.00	181.00
11	—	467	189.50	189.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	362	170.00	170.00
11	—	581	163.50	163.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	389	220.00–230.00	225.11
20	—	329	229.00–239.00	232.76
38	—	681	176.50–186.50	179.54
23	—	473	209.00–219.00	211.16
16	—	530	201.00–211.00	207.42
13	—	735	164.50–174.50	165.23
39	—	626	180.00–190.00	186.45
39	—	436	214.00–224.00	216.09
21	—	575	199.00–209.00	205.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	474	198.00–208.00	204.34
31	—	422	203.00–213.00	209.64
24	—	334	218.00–228.00	223.38
15	—	624	169.00–179.00	171.39
12	—	560	188.00–198.00	194.02
20	—	672	165.00–175.00	168.74
19	—	511	190.50–200.50	194.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	452	230.00	230.00
11	—	379	235.00–245.00	239.72
10	—	436	227.00–232.00	231.05
4	—	329	250.00–259.00	252.57
2	—	620	197.00	197.00
25	—	535	213.50–217.00	214.44
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	477	189.00–190.00	189.52
6	—	532	189.00	189.00
5	—	415	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	193.00	193.00
2	—	348	240.00	240.00
11	—	485	223.00	223.00
7	—	385	231.00–245.00	236.73
4	—	404	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	413	201.00	201.00
3	—	345	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	368	200.00–206.00	201.72
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	533	172.00–182.00	178.34
11	—	458	200.00–210.00	203.61
27	—	569	171.00–181.00	178.91
15	—	644	167.00–168.00	167.27
19	—	381	219.00–229.00	225.28
17	—	321	218.50–228.50	224.36
19	—	431	202.00–212.00	207.76
16	—	677	160.00–170.00	165.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	375	208.00–218.00	213.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,293	84.00–87.00	85.65
2	—	1,385	90.50	90.50
15	—	1,257	78.00–82.00	79.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,087	65.00–65.50	65.30
36	—	1,123	69.00–74.00	72.40
8	—	1,158	82.00–84.50	82.61
51	—	1,116	75.00–80.00	76.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,253	82.00	82.00
16	—	1,138	76.00–81.00	78.91
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	940	83.00	83.00
16	—	933	75.00–77.00	76.19
12	—	885	64.00–68.00	66.45
27	—	920	69.00–74.00	71.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,606	109.00–114.00	111.22
5	—	1,556	103.00–108.00	105.40
6	—	1,458	95.00–100.00	97.59

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	—	1,088	875.00–1,000.00	963.20
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,155	900.00–1,125.00	1,032.96
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,135	800.00	800.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,170	1,250.00–1,275.00	1,267.13

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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Tulsa Livestock Auction - Tulsa, OK

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