Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2023-03-13

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Mar 13
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,646 head
▼ 196 vs last sale 1,842▼ 233 vs year ago 1,879 · −12.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
288 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 244▲ 14 vs year ago 274 · +5.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 27▼ 18 vs year ago 45 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 4.00-6.00 higher. Heifers mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Quality plain thru attractive. Demand good. Slaughter cows unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls 5.00-8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $205.46/cwt on 625 head.
Average price
$205.46
625 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$951
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.57
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467210.89985336
Medium and Large 1-2452203.97923197
Medium and Large 2470188.8288792
One grade step is worth $22.07/cwt here — about $97 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 sale625 hd
205.46
—
OK average5 barns · 3,115 hd
195.89
+9.57
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,445122.471,76946
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,19597.001,15918
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23994.741,1745thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04086.1789636

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,063$1,02210
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,068$1,1569
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,191$1,4108

Every lot, as filed

81 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471212.96/cwt207.50–217.501,00394
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—406221.00/cwt221.00–221.008979
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—312231.61/cwt229.00–234.0072316
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419217.54/cwt210.50–220.5091146
HeifersMedium and Large 1—564201.95/cwt197.00–207.001,13924
SteersMedium and Large 2—426240.00/cwt238.00–242.001,02218
SteersMedium and Large 2—374246.41/cwt239.00–249.0092211
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—360232.00/cwt232.00–232.008353
SteersMedium and Large 1—453253.65/cwt249.00–259.001,14923
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—416177.97/cwt177.00–180.007406
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—539190.67/cwt190.00–191.001,0283
SteersMedium and Large 1—430260.93/cwt259.00–269.001,1229
SteersMedium and Large 2—482231.20/cwt227.00–237.001,11460
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—635212.79/cwt206.00–216.001,35114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—536225.26/cwt221.00–231.001,20713
SteersMedium and Large 2—328242.18/cwt238.00–248.007949
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—563216.60/cwt211.00–221.001,21913
SteersMedium and Large 1—717188.52/cwt183.00–193.001,3524
SteersMedium and Large 1—655218.00/cwt216.00–226.001,4285
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—481241.44/cwt238.50–248.001,16157
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—425251.18/cwt248.00–258.001,06821
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—368256.50/cwt250.00–260.0094416
SteersMedium and Large 1—563227.20/cwt222.00–232.001,27910
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—360276.00/cwt276.00–276.009944
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—314253.20/cwt249.00–259.0079528
SteersMedium and Large 1—524240.21/cwt232.00–242.001,25920
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—541245.50/cwt244.00–247.001,3288
SteersMedium and Large 1—359265.14/cwt261.00–271.009529
SteersMedium and Large 1—622219.94/cwt217.00–227.001,3686
SteersMedium and Large 1—339262.31/cwt260.00–270.008896
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—373260.00/cwt260.00–260.009703
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—458225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0312
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—428230.00/cwt230.00–230.009845
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—438237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,0382
BullsMedium and Large 1—427242.35/cwt240.00–245.001,03513
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—550219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,2052
BullsMedium and Large 1—628210.08/cwt206.00–216.001,3198
BullsMedium and Large 1—658192.32/cwt190.00–197.001,2653
BullsMedium and Large 1—325249.30/cwt247.00–254.008103
BullsMedium and Large 1—703160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1252
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—83079.00/cwt79.00–79.006562
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10887.58/cwt87.50–88.0097023
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,00585.00/cwt85.00–85.008543
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,472105.80/cwt105.00–109.001,5575
Bulls——1,592128.36/cwt126.00–130.502,04313
Bulls——1,473120.49/cwt118.00–123.001,77518
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03581.45/cwt79.00–84.008436
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,11396.20/cwt95.00–101.001,07110
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23994.74/cwt94.00–96.001,1745
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—90591.00/cwt91.00–91.008243
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—68084.00/cwt84.00–84.005712
Bulls—Light Weight—1,243116.32/cwt113.50–119.001,4462
Bulls——1,578137.25/cwt135.50–139.002,1663
Bulls—Light Weight—1,190109.08/cwt107.00–112.001,2987
Bulls—Light Weight—1,230129.34/cwt128.00–130.001,5913
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,0451,109.52/head1,000.00–1,185.001,1108
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,2551,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0631,022.13/head875.00–1,200.001,02210
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1911,410.18/head1,225.00–1,625.001,4108
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—485195.00/cwt195.00–195.009462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—368200.61/cwt197.00–204.007383
BullsMedium and Large 1—370246.70/cwt241.00–250.009139
BullsMedium and Large 1—518201.48/cwt199.00–208.001,04415
BullsMedium and Large 1—472232.51/cwt229.00–239.001,09714
BullsMedium and Large 1—555210.25/cwt208.00–211.001,1674
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—461179.87/cwt179.00–181.008297
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525205.71/cwt203.00–213.001,08058
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—483204.60/cwt197.00–207.0098849
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—520198.28/cwt192.00–202.001,03140
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—428205.44/cwt200.00–210.0087936
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427192.82/cwt189.00–199.0082331
HeifersMedium and Large 2—479191.75/cwt186.00–196.0091825
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535185.80/cwt181.00–191.0099423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—563190.12/cwt186.00–196.001,07014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—616180.51/cwt175.00–185.001,1127
HeifersMedium and Large 1—359222.02/cwt216.00–226.0079747
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—374211.29/cwt205.00–215.0079030
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325222.61/cwt218.00–228.0072313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—323213.24/cwt207.00–217.0068920
HeifersMedium and Large 1—678173.63/cwt170.00–180.001,17713
HeifersMedium and Large 1—720167.95/cwt163.00–173.001,2099

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.