Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers 4.00-7.00 higher. Heifers 6.00-9.00 higher. Steer calves had a slightly lower undertone noted. Demand good. Quality mostly attractive. Slaughter cows 5.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 12.00-15.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $214.33/cwt on 687 head.

Average price

$214.33

687 head · 455 lb average

Value per head Derived

$976

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$14.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.85

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	477	218.07	1,039	416
Medium and Large 1-2	433	212.40	920	152
Medium and Large 2	409	203.71	832	119

One grade step is worth $14.35/cwt here — about $207 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 sale687 hd

214.33

—

OK average5 barns · 3,366 hd

194.47

+19.85

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	1,687	115.49	1,949	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,324	102.43	1,356	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,185	92.21	1,092	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	967	86.20	834	104

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)	1,048	$1,152	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,105	$1,334	4thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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	—	528	213.59/cwt	207.00–217.00	1,128	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	203.79/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,133	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	168.10/cwt	165.00–175.50	1,192	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	223.27/cwt	218.00–228.00	826	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	222.88/cwt	217.00–227.00	1,155	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	243.62/cwt	239.50–249.50	1,260	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	222.87/cwt	217.00–227.00	1,052	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	379	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	913	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	346	244.59/cwt	244.00–245.00	846	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	182.79/cwt	178.00–188.00	1,058	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	233.83/cwt	229.00–239.00	1,108	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	218.10/cwt	214.00–224.00	1,237	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	238.65/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,021	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	251.60/cwt	247.00–257.00	959	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	209.38/cwt	203.00–213.00	1,187	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	211.93/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,022	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	246.26/cwt	243.00–253.00	830	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	256.37/cwt	254.00–264.00	849	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	230.69/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,322	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	236.44/cwt	233.00–243.00	887	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	214.94/cwt	209.00–219.00	1,324	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	522	218.69/cwt	218.00–219.50	1,142	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	194.29/cwt	191.00–201.00	1,378	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	247.95/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,173	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	250.55/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,050	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	227.38/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,410	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	223.44/cwt	218.00–228.00	1,075	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	230.19/cwt	224.00–234.00	971	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	231.42/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,194	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	340	275.42/cwt	270.00–281.00	936	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	221.59/cwt	217.00–227.00	1,456	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	263.92/cwt	258.00–268.00	1,006	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	204.37/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,285	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	443	237.95/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,054	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	534	231.16/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,234	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	201.24/cwt	198.00–202.00	1,328	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	226.18/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,065	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,208	92.52/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,118	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,353	105.72/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,430	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,334	99.58/cwt	97.00–102.00	1,328	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	86.12/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,065	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	101.56/cwt	99.00–104.00	1,159	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	93.60/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,090	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	78.24/cwt	76.00–81.00	871	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	85.17/cwt	82.00–87.00	922	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	911	72.44/cwt	71.00–77.00	660	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	90.27/cwt	88.00–93.00	989	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	853	83.53/cwt	82.00–86.00	713	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	906	96.11/cwt	93.00–98.50	871	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	892	89.68/cwt	87.00–92.50	800	23
Bulls	—	—	1,852	119.08/cwt	118.00–123.00	2,205	7
Bulls	—	—	1,609	115.42/cwt	112.00–117.00	1,857	8
Bulls	—	—	1,512	107.31/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,623	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,019	1,081.77/head	900.00–1,185.00	1,082	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	1,334.32/head	1,285.00–1,385.00	1,334	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	177.02/cwt	174.00–184.00	1,197	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	230.92/cwt	227.00–237.00	741	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	190.60/cwt	185.50–195.50	1,159	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	219.71/cwt	214.00–224.00	1,125	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	242.38/cwt	235.00–246.00	897	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	556	226.46/cwt	219.00–229.00	1,259	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	194.93/cwt	189.00–199.00	1,099	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	201.94/cwt	198.00–208.00	862	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	356	211.39/cwt	207.00–217.00	753	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	199.73/cwt	194.00–204.00	955	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	650	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,225	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	605	201.01/cwt	199.00–203.00	1,216	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	220.54/cwt	216.00–226.00	710	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	225.33/cwt	219.50–229.50	946	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	199.84/cwt	196.00–206.00	1,037	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	176.27/cwt	174.00–185.00	1,105	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	212.72/cwt	209.00–219.00	917	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	209.70/cwt	205.00–215.00	692	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	416	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	965	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	235.39/cwt	229.00–239.00	897	54

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 1,763Last week 1,646Year ago 1,886

Slaughter CattleReceipts 273Last week 288Year ago 316

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 27Year ago 33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	528	207.00–217.00	213.59
9	—	556	200.00–210.00	203.79
18	—	709	165.00–175.50	168.10
94	—	472	217.00–227.00	222.87
23	—	676	174.00–184.00	177.02
24	—	321	227.00–237.00	230.92
4	—	608	185.50–195.50	190.60
81	—	420	219.50–229.50	225.33
54	—	381	229.00–239.00	235.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	370	218.00–228.00	223.27
19	—	482	205.00–215.00	211.93
9	—	564	189.00–199.00	194.93
18	—	322	216.00–226.00	220.54
12	—	519	196.00–206.00	199.84
8	—	627	174.00–185.00	176.27
45	—	431	209.00–219.00	212.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	379	241.00	241.00
12	—	346	244.00–245.00	244.59
9	—	522	218.00–219.50	218.69
15	—	650	188.50	188.50
6	—	605	199.00–203.00	201.01
4	—	416	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	579	178.00–188.00	182.79
32	—	427	198.00–208.00	201.94
8	—	356	207.00–217.00	211.39
29	—	478	194.00–204.00	199.73
43	—	330	205.00–215.00	209.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	518	217.00–227.00	222.88
25	—	567	203.00–213.00	209.38
31	—	375	233.00–243.00	236.44
28	—	481	218.00–228.00	223.44
23	—	422	224.00–234.00	230.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	517	239.50–249.50	243.62
20	—	331	254.00–264.00	256.37
16	—	573	225.00–235.00	230.69
13	—	709	191.00–201.00	194.29
19	—	473	240.00–250.00	247.95
27	—	419	246.00–256.00	250.55
9	—	620	220.00–230.00	227.38
14	—	657	217.00–227.00	221.59
17	—	381	258.00–268.00	263.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	474	229.00–239.00	233.83
31	—	567	214.00–224.00	218.10
15	—	428	235.00–245.00	238.65
14	—	381	247.00–257.00	251.60
34	—	337	243.00–253.00	246.26
7	—	616	209.00–219.00	214.94
45	—	516	228.00–238.00	231.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	270.00–281.00	275.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	629	200.00–210.00	204.37
10	—	443	235.00–245.00	237.95
1	—	335	244.00	244.00
12	—	534	225.00–235.00	231.16
17	—	660	198.00–202.00	201.24
14	—	471	220.00–230.00	226.18
3	—	370	235.00–246.00	242.38
4	—	556	219.00–229.00	226.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	512	214.00–224.00	219.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,208	91.00–96.00	92.52
41	—	1,353	103.00–108.00	105.72
9	—	1,334	97.00–102.00	99.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,237	84.00–89.00	86.12
4	—	1,141	99.00–104.00	101.56
17	—	1,164	90.00–95.00	93.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,113	76.00–81.00	78.24
21	—	1,082	82.00–87.00	85.17
11	—	1,096	88.00–93.00	90.27
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	911	71.00–77.00	72.44
19	—	853	82.00–86.00	83.53
13	—	906	93.00–98.50	96.11
23	—	892	87.00–92.50	89.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,852	118.00–123.00	119.08
8	—	1,609	112.00–117.00	115.42
3	—	1,512	105.00–111.00	107.31

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,019	900.00–1,185.00	1,081.77
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,150	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,105	1,285.00–1,385.00	1,334.32

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

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