Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2022-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 3.00-7.00 higher. Heifers 1.00-4.00 higher. Demand good. Quality plain thru attractive. A reminder: The Tulsa Stockyards will be closed until Monday, January 9, 2023. Slaughter cows 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $195.58/cwt on 1,194 head.

Average price

$195.58

1,194 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,062

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$7.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.54

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	511	200.27	1,024	353
Medium and Large 1	577	194.05	1,121	615
Medium and Large 2	500	192.40	961	226

One grade step is worth $7.87/cwt here — about $63 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 sale1,194 hd

195.58

—

OK average7 barns · 11,459 hd

194.04

+1.54

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	1,655	91.32	1,511	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,296	73.55	954	142
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,175	69.25	814	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,048	62.72	657	255

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)	1,218	$1,085	45
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,516	$1,207	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,299	$1,270	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,107	$800	5

Every lot, as filed

96 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	—	621	161.34/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,002	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	157.96/cwt	152.00–162.00	1,073	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	176.00/cwt	175.00–185.00	590	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	655	167.88/cwt	164.00–168.00	1,100	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	178.08/cwt	168.50–178.75	994	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	185.34/cwt	179.00–189.00	706	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	439	188.57/cwt	188.00–189.00	828	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	456	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	880	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	710	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	418	173.70/cwt	173.00–174.00	726	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	514	179.64/cwt	176.00–188.00	923	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	621	166.20/cwt	166.00–166.50	1,032	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	203.52/cwt	199.00–209.00	883	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	209.30/cwt	204.00–214.00	998	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	187.60/cwt	183.00–193.00	985	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	196.77/cwt	193.00–203.00	948	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	164.99/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,265	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	217.12/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,012	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	161.72/cwt	156.00–166.00	1,063	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	210.00/cwt	208.00–218.00	699	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	164.92/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,023	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	200.92/cwt	197.00–207.00	651	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	195.13/cwt	189.00–199.00	1,122	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	216.51/cwt	210.00–220.00	918	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	176.00/cwt	167.00–177.00	1,200	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	178.74/cwt	171.50–181.50	1,137	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	199.61/cwt	194.00–204.00	1,058	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	212.47/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,084	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	184.46/cwt	178.00–188.00	1,075	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	212.27/cwt	206.00–216.00	828	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	615	184.13/cwt	182.00–186.00	1,132	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	225.20/cwt	221.00–231.00	966	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	168.59/cwt	162.50–172.50	1,197	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	220.50/cwt	217.00–227.00	838	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	219.60/cwt	219.00–229.00	722	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	204.34/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,138	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	315	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	636	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	367	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	666	181.60/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,209	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	462	231.51/cwt	226.00–236.00	1,070	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	436	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,042	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	300	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	693	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	380	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	832	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	528	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	972	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	400	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	890	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	161.98/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,009	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	210.30/cwt	209.00–214.00	892	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	159.01/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,069	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,132	57.72/cwt	55.00–60.00	653	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	636	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	63.50/cwt	63.00–65.00	718	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	74.87/cwt	72.50–77.00	925	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	813	50.29/cwt	48.00–53.00	409	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	875	56.94/cwt	54.00–59.00	498	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,266	70.01/cwt	67.00–72.00	886	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,394	79.33/cwt	77.00–82.00	1,106	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,205	67.57/cwt	65.00–70.00	814	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,303	74.60/cwt	71.00–76.50	972	71
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	85.90/cwt	84.00–89.50	1,357	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	69.56/cwt	66.00–71.50	814	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	62.96/cwt	61.00–66.00	671	106
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	946	63.44/cwt	61.00–66.00	600	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	910	69.61/cwt	67.00–72.00	633	6
Bulls	—	—	1,667	97.36/cwt	97.00–98.00	1,623	3
Bulls	—	—	1,569	85.96/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,349	8
Bulls	—	—	1,606	91.40/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,468	4
Bulls	—	—	2,078	103.52/cwt	103.00–104.00	2,151	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,516	1,207.35/head	1,160.00–1,275.00	1,207	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,084	927.76/head	910.00–975.00	928	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,299	1,180.46/head	1,000.00–1,285.00	1,180	28
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,107	800.16/head	650.00–900.00	800	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,299	1,269.95/head	1,025.00–1,450.00	1,270	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	200.97/cwt	195.00–203.00	951	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	537	171.85/cwt	170.00–177.00	923	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	361	209.79/cwt	200.00–211.00	757	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	622	178.17/cwt	177.00–180.00	1,108	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	159.78/cwt	155.00–165.00	917	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	187.35/cwt	182.00–192.00	890	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	467	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	817	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	371	173.38/cwt	173.00–174.00	643	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	558	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	932	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	183.12/cwt	176.00–186.00	775	137
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	165.42/cwt	163.00–173.00	885	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	172.88/cwt	167.00–176.00	1,003	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	147.29/cwt	143.00–153.00	913	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	157.99/cwt	154.00–164.00	825	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	142.68/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,027	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	170.77/cwt	165.00–175.00	731	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	163.99/cwt	157.00–167.00	943	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	168.89/cwt	164.00–174.00	569	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	152.78/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,173	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	183.11/cwt	179.00–189.00	844	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	170.52/cwt	165.00–175.00	902	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	170.99/cwt	168.00–178.00	648	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	172.86/cwt	168.00–178.00	819	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	150.63/cwt	147.00–157.00	1,072	13

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 2,981Last week 2,449Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 600Last week 357Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 66Last week 12Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	621	154.00–164.00	161.34
15	—	679	152.00–162.00	157.96
9	—	335	175.00–185.00	176.00
129	—	558	168.50–178.75	178.08
66	—	381	179.00–189.00	185.34
137	—	423	176.00–186.00	183.12
23	—	768	145.00–155.00	152.78
23	—	461	179.00–189.00	183.11
29	—	529	165.00–175.00	170.52
13	—	712	147.00–157.00	150.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	655	164.00–168.00	167.88
16	—	439	188.00–189.00	188.57
13	—	456	193.00	193.00
1	—	710	158.00	158.00
41	—	514	176.00–188.00	179.64
13	—	621	166.00–166.50	166.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	418	173.00–174.00	173.70
6	—	467	175.00	175.00
5	—	371	173.00–174.00	173.38
9	—	558	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	620	143.00–153.00	147.29
21	—	522	154.00–164.00	157.99
11	—	720	136.00–146.00	142.68
43	—	428	165.00–175.00	170.77
28	—	575	157.00–167.00	163.99
26	—	337	164.00–174.00	168.89
18	—	379	168.00–178.00	170.99
52	—	474	168.00–178.00	172.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	434	199.00–209.00	203.52
55	—	525	183.00–193.00	187.60
48	—	482	193.00–203.00	196.77
21	—	324	197.00–207.00	200.92
66	—	583	178.00–188.00	184.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	477	204.00–214.00	209.30
21	—	657	156.00–166.00	161.72
16	—	333	208.00–218.00	210.00
11	—	620	160.00–170.00	164.92
142	—	575	189.00–199.00	195.13
72	—	424	210.00–220.00	216.51
29	—	530	194.00–204.00	199.61
26	—	390	206.00–216.00	212.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	767	160.00–170.00	164.99
12	—	466	215.00–225.00	217.12
165	—	682	167.00–177.00	176.00
88	—	636	171.50–181.50	178.74
76	—	510	205.00–215.00	212.47
66	—	429	221.00–231.00	225.20
36	—	710	162.50–172.50	168.59
29	—	380	217.00–227.00	220.50
25	—	329	219.00–229.00	219.60
19	—	557	200.00–210.00	204.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	615	182.00–186.00	184.13
11	—	666	180.00–185.00	181.60
9	—	462	226.00–236.00	231.51
9	—	436	239.00	239.00
4	—	300	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	367	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	219.00	219.00
2	—	528	184.00	184.00
9	—	400	222.50	222.50
5	—	622	177.00–180.00	178.17
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	623	160.00–166.00	161.98
7	—	424	209.00–214.00	210.30
10	—	672	157.00–165.00	159.01
10	—	473	195.00–203.00	200.97
12	—	537	170.00–177.00	171.85
11	—	361	200.00–211.00	209.79
16	—	580	167.00–176.00	172.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	574	155.00–165.00	159.78
25	—	475	182.00–192.00	187.35
13	—	535	163.00–173.00	165.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,132	55.00–60.00	57.72
2	—	1,177	54.00	54.00
30	—	1,266	67.00–72.00	70.01
106	—	1,066	61.00–66.00	62.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,130	63.00–65.00	63.50
12	—	1,235	72.50–77.00	74.87
24	—	1,170	66.00–71.50	69.56
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	813	48.00–53.00	50.29
10	—	875	54.00–59.00	56.94
63	—	946	61.00–66.00	63.44
6	—	910	67.00–72.00	69.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,394	77.00–82.00	79.33
44	—	1,205	65.00–70.00	67.57
71	—	1,303	71.00–76.50	74.60
5	—	1,580	84.00–89.50	85.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,667	97.00–98.00	97.36
8	—	1,569	84.00–89.00	85.96
4	—	1,606	90.00–94.00	91.40
2	—	2,078	103.00–104.00	103.52

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	—	1,516	1,160.00–1,275.00	1,207.35
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,084	910.00–975.00	927.76
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	—	1,299	1,000.00–1,285.00	1,180.46
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,107	650.00–900.00	800.16
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,299	1,025.00–1,450.00	1,269.95

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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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