Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves 4.00-7.00 higher, while feeder steers traded as much as 9.00 higher. Heifers 6.00-8.00 higher. Quality plain thru attractive. Demand good. Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter Bulls 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $211.58/cwt on 470 head.

Average price

$211.58

470 head · 494 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,044

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$10

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

$11.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.37

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	446	216.61	966	182
Medium and Large 1	547	210.29	1,150	192
Medium and Large 2	477	204.62	976	96

One grade step is worth $11.99/cwt here — about −$10 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 sale470 hd

211.58

—

OK average5 barns · 2,201 hd

207.21

+4.37

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	—	Average	1,760	113.97	2,006	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,301	94.87	1,234	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,142	91.92	1,049	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	928	87.19	809	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)	1,023	$986	7
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$1,504	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,275	$1,585	2thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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	—	369	238.86/cwt	233.00–243.00	881	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	209.71/cwt	207.00–217.00	883	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	228.34/cwt	222.00–232.00	1,094	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	167.21/cwt	163.00–173.00	1,227	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	455	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	874	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	475	208.56/cwt	207.00–210.00	991	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	217.14/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,157	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	215.70/cwt	211.00–221.00	1,018	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	226.81/cwt	222.00–232.00	832	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	448	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,030	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	544	230.87/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,256	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	204.42/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,163	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	192.22/cwt	189.00–199.00	1,294	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	222.04/cwt	218.00–228.00	921	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	235.92/cwt	229.00–239.00	970	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	240.54/cwt	234.00–244.00	1,265	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	265.34/cwt	260.00–270.00	902	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	336	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	769	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	521	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,042	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	619	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,278	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	416	210.68/cwt	210.00–211.00	876	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	190.37/cwt	184.00–194.00	1,481	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	195.34/cwt	187.00–197.00	1,446	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	240.79/cwt	239.50–249.00	1,370	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	221.09/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,366	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	357	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	821	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	460	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,007	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	250.80/cwt	244.00–254.50	1,106	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	249.02/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,330	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	255.00/cwt	249.00–259.00	811	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,197	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	243.97/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,122	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	238.79/cwt	233.00–243.00	1,046	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	207.44/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,400	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	256.09/cwt	249.00–259.50	1,201	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	274.50/cwt	271.00–281.00	889	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	259.43/cwt	255.50–265.50	1,108	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	197.23/cwt	194.00–204.00	1,337	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	232.91/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,314	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	272.20/cwt	269.00–279.00	1,007	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	450	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,152	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	426	235.46/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,003	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	478	214.10/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,023	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	526	211.57/cwt	209.00–214.00	1,113	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	256.52/cwt	249.00–259.00	826	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	237.73/cwt	236.00–246.00	1,101	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,334	97.63/cwt	96.00–101.00	1,302	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,322	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,375	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	878	93.55/cwt	91.00–95.00	821	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	929	86.92/cwt	85.00–90.00	807	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	765	74.09/cwt	71.00–77.00	567	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	87.78/cwt	85.00–90.00	988	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,281	92.69/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,187	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	93.43/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,157	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,147	84.35/cwt	83.00–87.00	967	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	94.10/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,051	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	90.45/cwt	89.00–92.00	961	9
Bulls	—	—	1,860	115.28/cwt	112.00–118.00	2,144	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,093	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,060	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	858	82.43/cwt	79.00–84.00	707	19
Bulls	—	—	1,837	120.99/cwt	119.00–124.00	2,223	5
Bulls	—	—	1,588	107.95/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,714	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	1,503.85/head	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,504	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	986.49/head	950.00–1,075.00	986	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	1,585.00/head	1,585.00–1,585.00	1,585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,275	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	221.86/cwt	217.00–227.00	1,134	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	226.85/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,116	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	234.60/cwt	228.50–238.50	1,234	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	245.55/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,063	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	243.72/cwt	241.00–247.00	773	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	205.39/cwt	200.00–210.00	990	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	204.85/cwt	201.00–211.00	1,041	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	609	222.25/cwt	215.00–226.00	1,354	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	239.35/cwt	234.00–244.00	869	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	361	249.39/cwt	245.00–255.00	900	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	213.44/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,238	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	194.68/cwt	189.00–199.00	1,114	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	166.47/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,318	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	226.23/cwt	223.00–233.00	1,165	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	199.53/cwt	191.00–201.00	1,239	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	307	246.59/cwt	242.00–252.00	757	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	234.50/cwt	231.00–241.00	753	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	184.63/cwt	178.00–188.00	1,034	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	348	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	766	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	186.66/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,144	7

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 Apr 10, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,327Last week 2,564Year ago 2,417

Slaughter CattleReceipts 279Last week 438Year ago 378

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 64Year ago 45

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	369	233.00–243.00	238.86
12	—	479	222.00–232.00	228.34
24	—	734	163.00–173.00	167.21
7	—	569	200.00–210.00	204.42
3	—	673	189.00–199.00	192.22
26	—	411	229.00–239.00	235.92
24	—	792	160.00–170.00	166.47
26	—	515	223.00–233.00	226.23
21	—	621	191.00–201.00	199.53
10	—	307	242.00–252.00	246.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	421	207.00–217.00	209.71
44	—	482	200.00–210.00	205.39
18	—	508	201.00–211.00	204.85
6	—	560	178.00–188.00	184.63
4	—	348	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	192.00	192.00
5	—	521	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	207.00–210.00	208.56
5	—	336	229.00	229.00
6	—	416	210.00–211.00	210.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	533	212.00–222.00	217.14
62	—	472	211.00–221.00	215.70
31	—	367	222.00–232.00	226.81
27	—	415	218.00–228.00	222.04
21	—	572	189.00–199.00	194.68
15	—	321	231.00–241.00	234.50
7	—	613	180.00–190.00	186.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	619	206.50	206.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	357	230.00	230.00
4	—	460	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	448	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	544	230.00–232.00	230.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	526	234.00–244.00	240.54
22	—	340	260.00–270.00	265.34
11	—	441	244.00–254.50	250.80
19	—	460	238.00–248.00	243.97
8	—	678	194.00–204.00	197.23
15	—	564	228.00–238.00	232.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	778	184.00–194.00	190.37
12	—	740	187.00–197.00	195.34
40	—	569	239.50–249.00	240.79
8	—	618	215.00–225.00	221.09
51	—	534	245.00–255.00	249.02
4	—	675	205.00–215.00	207.44
25	—	469	249.00–259.50	256.09
8	—	324	271.00–281.00	274.50
20	—	427	255.50–265.50	259.43
12	—	370	269.00–279.00	272.20
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	318	249.00–259.00	255.00
3	—	525	228.00	228.00
23	—	438	233.00–243.00	238.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	450	256.00	256.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	426	235.00–236.00	235.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	478	210.00–216.00	214.10
4	—	526	209.00–214.00	211.57
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	322	249.00–259.00	256.52
6	—	463	236.00–246.00	237.73
14	—	526	228.50–238.50	234.60
18	—	433	238.00–248.00	245.55
10	—	609	215.00–226.00	222.25
7	—	361	245.00–255.00	249.39
25	—	580	210.00–220.00	213.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	613	208.00	208.00
17	—	511	217.00–227.00	221.86
17	—	492	225.00–235.00	226.85
9	—	317	241.00–247.00	243.72
6	—	363	234.00–244.00	239.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,334	96.00–101.00	97.63
2	—	1,322	104.00	104.00
30	—	1,281	90.00–95.00	92.69
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	878	91.00–95.00	93.55
21	—	929	85.00–90.00	86.92
11	—	765	71.00–77.00	74.09
19	—	858	79.00–84.00	82.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,126	85.00–90.00	87.78
6	—	1,238	91.00–96.00	93.43
8	—	1,093	97.00	97.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,147	83.00–87.00	84.35
8	—	1,117	93.00–96.00	94.10
9	—	1,063	89.00–92.00	90.45
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,860	112.00–118.00	115.28
5	—	1,837	119.00–124.00	120.99
8	—	1,588	105.00–111.00	107.95

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,040	1,400.00–1,600.00	1,503.85
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,023	950.00–1,075.00	986.49
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,275	1,585.00	1,585.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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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