Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 2.00-4.00 higher. Heifers 3.00-5.00 lower. Quality average. Demand good. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls 3.00-4.00 higher. A reminder: Next week, December 19th will be our last Sale for 2022. Our next Sale will be Monday, January 9, 2023.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $196.01/cwt on 864 head.

Average price

$196.01

864 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,075

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$4.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.35

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	197.47	1,120	608
Medium and Large 1-2	503	192.52	969	256

One grade step is worth $4.95/cwt here — about $151 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 sale864 hd

196.01

—

OK average7 barns · 13,301 hd

191.65

+4.35

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	1,752	91.16	1,597	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,323	68.33	904	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,285	68.25	877	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,063	59.48	632	193

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 Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,107	$1,230	12

Every lot, as filed

101 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	219.73/cwt	216.00–226.00	826	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	169.73/cwt	166.00–176.00	1,144	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	165.55/cwt	159.00–169.00	1,290	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	205.93/cwt	200.00–210.00	960	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	212.38/cwt	208.00–218.00	917	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	189.28/cwt	187.00–197.00	1,060	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	194.34/cwt	189.00–199.00	1,034	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	208.68/cwt	205.00–215.00	783	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	217.88/cwt	211.00–221.00	1,052	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	593	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	975	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	540	152.52/cwt	150.00–155.00	824	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	201.71/cwt	198.00–208.00	1,122	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	215.29/cwt	211.00–221.00	700	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	179.23/cwt	173.50–183.25	1,126	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	166.78/cwt	162.00–172.00	1,044	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	604	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	903	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	627	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	972	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	495	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	814	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	335	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	575	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	857	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	503	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	835	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	363	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	715	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	174.83/cwt	169.00–179.00	918	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	181.15/cwt	176.00–186.00	868	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	515	179.79/cwt	179.50–180.00	926	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	158.89/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,090	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	167.24/cwt	163.50–173.50	1,221	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	208.25/cwt	200.00–210.00	712	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	372	232.22/cwt	228.00–241.00	864	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	462	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,035	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	513	216.28/cwt	210.50–219.00	1,110	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	222.87/cwt	219.00–229.00	958	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	412	230.40/cwt	230.00–231.00	949	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	208.66/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,114	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	503	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,001	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	725	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	673	160.66/cwt	160.00–161.00	1,081	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	627	160.36/cwt	159.00–161.00	1,005	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	609	184.25/cwt	184.25–184.25	1,122	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	725	174.25/cwt	174.25–174.25	1,263	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	505	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	934	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	418	204.70/cwt	198.00–207.00	856	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	583	182.35/cwt	179.00–185.00	1,063	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	360	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	688	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	595	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	928	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	525	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	893	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	980	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	619	161.57/cwt	159.00–169.00	1,000	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	161.34/cwt	154.50–164.50	1,065	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	582	176.17/cwt	171.00–181.00	1,025	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	75.02/cwt	74.00–78.00	1,135	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,231	64.40/cwt	62.00–67.00	793	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	70.27/cwt	69.00–72.00	847	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	63.19/cwt	61.00–66.00	702	70
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	75.87/cwt	74.50–77.00	903	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	69.28/cwt	68.00–71.00	874	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	65.70/cwt	62.00–67.00	870	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	928	57.65/cwt	54.00–59.00	535	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	52.34/cwt	50.00–54.00	617	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	57.77/cwt	55.00–60.00	645	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,358	70.37/cwt	68.00–73.00	956	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	917	62.74/cwt	60.00–65.50	575	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	884	66.89/cwt	66.00–71.00	591	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	926	48.63/cwt	47.00–52.00	450	23
Bulls	—	—	1,697	83.86/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,423	8
Bulls	—	—	1,747	92.67/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,619	11
Bulls	—	—	1,834	98.12/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,800	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,107	1,230.33/head	1,000.00–1,400.00	1,230	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	485	171.40/cwt	171.00–173.00	831	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	165.04/cwt	160.00–170.00	952	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	195.40/cwt	188.00–198.50	938	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	174.65/cwt	171.50–181.50	934	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	331	216.93/cwt	210.00–220.00	718	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	355	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	729	149.51/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,090	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	316	175.97/cwt	175.00–177.00	556	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	460	175.81/cwt	175.00–176.50	809	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	172.93/cwt	165.00–175.50	828	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	168.77/cwt	165.00–175.00	959	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	155.00/cwt	150.00–160.00	973	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	182.99/cwt	179.00–189.00	759	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	184.44/cwt	178.00–188.00	681	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	643	164.34/cwt	163.50–166.50	1,057	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	924	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	170.61/cwt	168.00–178.00	739	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	159.22/cwt	154.00–164.00	906	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	153.63/cwt	149.00–159.00	1,023	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	156.73/cwt	150.50–160.50	1,128	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	181.35/cwt	179.00–189.00	579	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	411	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	699	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	562	186.67/cwt	184.50–190.00	1,049	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	417	159.78/cwt	152.00–164.00	666	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	381	161.51/cwt	160.00–165.00	615	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	163.13/cwt	158.00–168.00	861	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	171.07/cwt	167.00–177.00	636	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	311	173.19/cwt	167.00–177.00	539	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	526	192.09/cwt	185.00–197.00	1,010	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	181.39/cwt	177.00–187.00	869	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	335	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	772	139.24/cwt	137.00–142.00	1,075	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	204.30/cwt	197.00–207.00	864	12

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 2,449Last week 3,931Year ago 4,040

Slaughter CattleReceipts 357Last week 484Year ago 421

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 25Year ago 41

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	376	216.00–226.00	219.73
21	—	674	166.00–176.00	169.73
19	—	779	159.00–169.00	165.55
57	—	483	211.00–221.00	217.88
8	—	556	198.00–208.00	201.71
14	—	325	211.00–221.00	215.29
53	—	628	173.50–183.25	179.23
44	—	730	163.50–173.50	167.24
53	—	430	219.00–229.00	222.87
43	—	534	200.00–210.00	208.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	466	200.00–210.00	205.93
27	—	432	208.00–218.00	212.38
20	—	560	187.00–197.00	189.28
38	—	532	189.00–199.00	194.34
17	—	375	205.00–215.00	208.68
40	—	626	162.00–172.00	166.78
14	—	686	155.00–165.00	158.89
23	—	342	200.00–210.00	208.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	372	228.00–241.00	232.22
8	—	462	224.00	224.00
86	—	513	210.50–219.00	216.28
5	—	412	230.00–231.00	230.40
101	—	609	184.25	184.25
52	—	725	174.25	174.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	503	199.00	199.00
1	—	725	159.00	159.00
6	—	673	160.00–161.00	160.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	159.00–161.00	160.36
2	—	505	185.00	185.00
30	—	418	198.00–207.00	204.70
19	—	583	179.00–185.00	182.35
3	—	360	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	593	164.50	164.50
5	—	604	149.50	149.50
6	—	503	166.00	166.00
6	—	316	175.00–177.00	175.97
17	—	460	175.00–176.50	175.81
7	—	411	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	540	150.00–155.00	152.52
6	—	627	155.00	155.00
11	—	495	164.50	164.50
2	—	335	165.00	165.00
2	—	575	149.00	149.00
6	—	417	152.00–164.00	159.78
11	—	381	160.00–165.00	161.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	363	197.00	197.00
30	—	515	179.50–180.00	179.79
34	—	643	163.50–166.50	164.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	525	169.00–179.00	174.83
109	—	479	176.00–186.00	181.15
105	—	568	165.00–175.00	168.77
21	—	628	150.00–160.00	155.00
107	—	415	179.00–189.00	182.99
33	—	369	178.00–188.00	184.44
10	—	666	149.00–159.00	153.63
31	—	720	150.50–160.50	156.73
4	—	319	179.00–189.00	181.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	479	165.00–175.50	172.93
2	—	660	140.00	140.00
19	—	433	168.00–178.00	170.61
19	—	569	154.00–164.00	159.22
31	—	528	158.00–168.00	163.13
17	—	372	167.00–177.00	171.07
19	—	311	167.00–177.00	173.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	595	156.00	156.00
10	—	485	171.00–173.00	171.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	170.00	170.00
2	—	618	158.50	158.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	619	159.00–169.00	161.57
23	—	660	154.50–164.50	161.34
38	—	582	171.00–181.00	176.17
10	—	480	188.00–198.50	195.40
15	—	535	171.50–181.50	174.65
6	—	331	210.00–220.00	216.93
1	—	355	201.00	201.00
17	—	729	145.00–151.00	149.51
18	—	772	137.00–142.00	139.24
12	—	423	197.00–207.00	204.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	577	160.00–170.00	165.04
26	—	479	177.00–187.00	181.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	562	184.50–190.00	186.67
12	—	526	185.00–197.00	192.09
1	—	335	222.00	222.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,513	74.00–78.00	75.02
25	—	1,231	62.00–67.00	64.40
22	—	1,358	68.00–73.00	70.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,205	69.00–72.00	70.27
70	—	1,111	61.00–66.00	63.19
25	—	1,178	50.00–54.00	52.34
26	—	1,116	55.00–60.00	57.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,190	74.50–77.00	75.87
15	—	1,261	68.00–71.00	69.28
21	—	1,324	62.00–67.00	65.70
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	928	54.00–59.00	57.65
13	—	917	60.00–65.50	62.74
12	—	884	66.00–71.00	66.89
23	—	926	47.00–52.00	48.63
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,697	81.00–87.00	83.86
11	—	1,747	90.00–95.00	92.67
6	—	1,834	96.00–100.00	98.12

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)	12	—	1,107	1,000.00–1,400.00	1,230.33

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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

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