Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-11-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and Heifers mostly steady. Quality good. Demand good. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $200.31/cwt on 1,119 head.

Average price

$200.31

1,119 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,052

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$18.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.51

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	206.35	1,110	583
Medium and Large 1-2	512	196.42	1,006	369
Medium and Large 2	508	187.80	955	167

One grade step is worth $18.55/cwt here — about $156 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 sale1,119 hd

200.31

—

OK average2 barns · 4,226 hd

193.80

+6.51

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	1,560	96.29	1,502	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,284	70.75	908	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,249	70.00	874	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,049	62.64	657	106

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)	1,134	$1,044	9
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,024	$1,065	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,255	$1,060	2thin

Every lot, as filed

110 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	462	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	735	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	950	21
Bulls	—	—	1,610	101.42/cwt	98.00–103.00	1,633	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	159.62/cwt	154.00–164.00	990	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	173.66/cwt	167.00–177.00	915	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	167.24/cwt	160.00–170.00	963	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	489	162.13/cwt	156.50–164.00	793	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	404	158.59/cwt	155.00–160.00	641	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	518	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	800	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	372	175.52/cwt	175.00–176.00	653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	190.90/cwt	188.00–198.00	1,031	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	193.49/cwt	187.50–197.50	1,109	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	464	177.90/cwt	176.00–180.00	825	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	419	189.93/cwt	187.50–193.50	796	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	345	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	460	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	888	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	197.49/cwt	193.00–203.00	952	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	179.43/cwt	176.00–186.00	1,037	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	188.00/cwt	179.00–189.00	709	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	320	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	608	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	173.72/cwt	164.00–174.75	1,341	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	208.34/cwt	198.50–208.75	1,148	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	170.34/cwt	164.00–174.00	1,145	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	236.71/cwt	232.00–242.00	781	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	475	181.44/cwt	180.00–182.00	862	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	429	200.24/cwt	185.00–206.00	859	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	512	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	819	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	977	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	177.64/cwt	169.50–179.50	1,084	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	416	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	955	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	412	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	742	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	231.54/cwt	225.00–235.00	873	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	187.73/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,192	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	503	178.25/cwt	177.50–179.00	897	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	440	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	792	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	206.63/cwt	199.00–209.00	1,103	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	167.58/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,186	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	214.36/cwt	208.00–218.00	879	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	203.12/cwt	197.00–207.00	837	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	216.01/cwt	214.00–224.00	819	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	396	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	752	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	550	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,073	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	226.34/cwt	221.00–231.00	763	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	225.34/cwt	219.00–229.00	964	52
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	180.34/cwt	177.00–187.00	963	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	211.70/cwt	204.00–214.00	1,006	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	337	214.60/cwt	210.00–220.00	723	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	623	165.04/cwt	161.00–167.00	1,028	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	453	227.37/cwt	227.00–227.50	1,030	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	509	213.55/cwt	212.50–214.50	1,087	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	180.66/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,194	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	220.75/cwt	215.50–225.50	1,029	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	377	208.43/cwt	207.00–210.00	786	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	468	199.91/cwt	198.00–201.00	936	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	465	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	884	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	648	176.25/cwt	176.25–176.25	1,142	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	430	201.38/cwt	199.00–205.00	866	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	528	183.59/cwt	183.00–185.00	969	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	574	180.50/cwt	180.00–181.00	1,036	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	54.62/cwt	52.00–57.00	613	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	886	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	923	65.35/cwt	63.00–68.00	603	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	840	58.64/cwt	58.00–61.00	493	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	856	52.62/cwt	50.00–57.00	450	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	78.79/cwt	78.00–80.00	1,133	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	872	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,226	68.08/cwt	65.50–70.00	835	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	66.06/cwt	64.00–69.00	766	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	67.00/cwt	65.00–70.00	864	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,344	73.02/cwt	71.00–76.50	981	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	60.99/cwt	58.50–63.50	654	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	71.75/cwt	71.00–73.00	880	8
Bulls	—	—	1,542	94.86/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,463	10
Bulls	—	—	1,535	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,382	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,024	1,064.84/head	1,010.00–1,100.00	1,065	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	1,043.84/head	960.00–1,160.00	1,044	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	1,060.00/head	1,060.00–1,060.00	1,060	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	168.73/cwt	165.00–175.00	909	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,052	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	182.70/cwt	175.50–185.50	943	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	367	220.00/cwt	219.00–226.00	807	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	812	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	187.41/cwt	186.00–196.00	909	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	162.94/cwt	156.00–166.00	1,002	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	184.47/cwt	176.50–186.50	873	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	544	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	900	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	570	142.67/cwt	141.00–153.00	813	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	152.37/cwt	149.00–159.00	864	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	170.25/cwt	165.00–175.00	805	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	163.30/cwt	156.00–166.00	865	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	152.95/cwt	149.00–159.00	1,121	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	350	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	578	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	604	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,000	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	167.76/cwt	159.50–169.75	1,137	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	182.54/cwt	175.00–185.00	601	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	153.50/cwt	148.50–158.50	1,041	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	167.72/cwt	164.00–174.00	548	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	187.68/cwt	180.50–190.50	788	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	144.99/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,112	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	601	167.94/cwt	167.50–168.00	1,009	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	457	202.51/cwt	201.00–203.00	925	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	333	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	674	158.12/cwt	156.50–159.00	1,066	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	174.84/cwt	168.00–179.00	654	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	176.31/cwt	169.50–179.50	772	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	536	193.46/cwt	189.50–195.00	1,037	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	586	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,072	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	406	214.68/cwt	210.00–216.00	872	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	173.84/cwt	171.00–181.00	982	9

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

Mon Nov 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,078Last week 2,875Year ago 3,219

Slaughter CattleReceipts 315Last week 432Year ago 483

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 44Year ago 59

Compared to last week: Steers and Heifers mostly steady. Quality good. Demand good. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	462	159.00	159.00
3	—	512	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	613	155.00	155.00
7	—	475	180.00–182.00	181.44
9	—	429	185.00–206.00	200.24
2	—	585	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	539	165.00–175.00	168.73
2	—	610	172.50	172.50
2	—	455	166.00	166.00
2	—	385	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	516	175.50–185.50	182.70
7	—	367	219.00–226.00	220.00
45	—	485	186.00–196.00	187.41
25	—	615	156.00–166.00	162.94
3	—	333	201.00	201.00
14	—	674	156.50–159.00	158.12
9	—	406	210.00–216.00	214.68
9	—	565	171.00–181.00	173.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	601	167.50–168.00	167.94
17	—	457	201.00–203.00	202.51
7	—	536	189.50–195.00	193.46
6	—	586	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	620	154.00–164.00	159.62
190	—	527	167.00–177.00	173.66
85	—	576	160.00–170.00	167.24
43	—	377	179.00–189.00	188.00
74	—	473	176.50–186.50	184.47
15	—	733	149.00–159.00	152.95
29	—	678	159.50–169.75	167.76
34	—	329	175.00–185.00	182.54
70	—	420	180.50–190.50	187.68
9	—	767	140.00–150.00	144.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	489	156.50–164.00	162.13
7	—	404	155.00–160.00	158.59
7	—	518	154.50	154.50
14	—	570	141.00–153.00	142.67
3	—	350	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	372	175.00–176.00	175.52
4	—	544	165.50	165.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	464	176.00–180.00	177.90
2	—	345	176.00	176.00
5	—	440	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	419	187.50–193.50	189.93
2	—	460	193.00	193.00
3	—	320	190.00	190.00
22	—	503	177.50–179.00	178.25
11	—	604	165.50	165.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	567	149.00–159.00	152.37
44	—	473	165.00–175.00	170.25
12	—	530	156.00–166.00	163.30
4	—	678	148.50–158.50	153.50
11	—	327	164.00–174.00	167.72
44	—	374	168.00–179.00	174.84
54	—	438	169.50–179.50	176.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	540	188.00–198.00	190.90
79	—	573	187.50–197.50	193.49
14	—	672	164.00–174.00	170.34
42	—	610	169.50–179.50	177.64
33	—	410	208.00–218.00	214.36
21	—	379	214.00–224.00	216.01
18	—	337	221.00–231.00	226.34
21	—	475	204.00–214.00	211.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	482	193.00–203.00	197.49
50	—	578	176.00–186.00	179.43
21	—	412	197.00–207.00	203.12
39	—	534	177.00–187.00	180.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	772	164.00–174.75	173.72
107	—	551	198.50–208.75	208.34
28	—	330	232.00–242.00	236.71
30	—	377	225.00–235.00	231.54
34	—	635	180.00–190.00	187.73
62	—	534	199.00–209.00	206.63
25	—	708	160.00–170.00	167.58
52	—	428	219.00–229.00	225.34
41	—	661	175.00–185.00	180.66
94	—	466	215.50–225.50	220.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	416	229.50	229.50
8	—	453	227.00–227.50	227.37
19	—	509	212.50–214.50	213.55
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	412	180.00	180.00
6	—	396	190.00	190.00
2	—	465	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	550	195.00	195.00
16	—	648	176.25	176.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	337	210.00–220.00	214.60
9	—	623	161.00–167.00	165.04
4	—	377	207.00–210.00	208.43
33	—	468	198.00–201.00	199.91
13	—	430	199.00–205.00	201.38
7	—	528	183.00–185.00	183.59
8	—	574	180.00–181.00	180.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,610	98.00–103.00	101.42
10	—	1,542	94.00–97.00	94.86
1	—	1,535	90.00	90.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,123	52.00–57.00	54.62
2	—	1,245	70.00	70.00
45	—	1,160	64.00–69.00	66.06
17	—	1,073	58.50–63.50	60.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,055	84.00	84.00
14	—	1,289	65.00–70.00	67.00
8	—	1,227	71.00–73.00	71.75
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	923	63.00–68.00	65.35
15	—	840	58.00–61.00	58.64
7	—	856	50.00–57.00	52.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,438	78.00–80.00	78.79
33	—	1,226	65.50–70.00	68.08
14	—	1,344	71.00–76.50	73.02

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,024	1,010.00–1,100.00	1,064.84
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,134	960.00–1,160.00	1,043.84
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,255	1,060.00	1,060.00

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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