Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2023-04-10

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Apr 10
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,327 head
▼ 1,237 vs last sale 2,564▼ 1,090 vs year ago 2,417 · −45.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
279 head
▼ 159 vs last sale 438▼ 99 vs year ago 378 · −26.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 64▼ 30 vs year ago 45 · −66.7%
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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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2446216.61966182
Medium and Large 1547210.291,150192
Medium and Large 2477204.6297696
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,760113.972,00623
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30194.871,23449
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14291.921,04926
CowsLean 85-90%High92887.19809104

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)1,023$9867
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,040$1,5046
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,275$1,5852thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1—369238.86/cwt233.00–243.0088121
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421209.71/cwt207.00–217.0088316
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479228.34/cwt222.00–232.001,09412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—734167.21/cwt163.00–173.001,22724
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—455192.00/cwt192.00–192.008743
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—475208.56/cwt207.00–210.009914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—533217.14/cwt212.00–222.001,1574
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—472215.70/cwt211.00–221.001,01862
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—367226.81/cwt222.00–232.0083231
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—448230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0304
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—544230.87/cwt230.00–232.001,25616
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569204.42/cwt200.00–210.001,1637
HeifersMedium and Large 1—673192.22/cwt189.00–199.001,2943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—415222.04/cwt218.00–228.0092127
HeifersMedium and Large 1—411235.92/cwt229.00–239.0097026
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—526240.54/cwt234.00–244.001,26536
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—340265.34/cwt260.00–270.0090222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—336229.00/cwt229.00–229.007695
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—521200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0425
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—619206.50/cwt206.50–206.501,2787
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—416210.68/cwt210.00–211.008766
SteersMedium and Large 1—778190.37/cwt184.00–194.001,48111
SteersMedium and Large 1—740195.34/cwt187.00–197.001,44612
SteersMedium and Large 1—569240.79/cwt239.50–249.001,37040
SteersMedium and Large 1—618221.09/cwt215.00–225.001,3668
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—357230.00/cwt230.00–230.008217
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—460219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,0074
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—441250.80/cwt244.00–254.501,10611
SteersMedium and Large 1—534249.02/cwt245.00–255.001,33051
SteersMedium and Large 2—318255.00/cwt249.00–259.008119
SteersMedium and Large 2—525228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,1973
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—460243.97/cwt238.00–248.001,12219
SteersMedium and Large 2—438238.79/cwt233.00–243.001,04623
SteersMedium and Large 1—675207.44/cwt205.00–215.001,4004
SteersMedium and Large 1—469256.09/cwt249.00–259.501,20125
SteersMedium and Large 1—324274.50/cwt271.00–281.008898
SteersMedium and Large 1—427259.43/cwt255.50–265.501,10820
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—678197.23/cwt194.00–204.001,3378
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—564232.91/cwt228.00–238.001,31415
SteersMedium and Large 1—370272.20/cwt269.00–279.001,00712
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added—450256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,15210
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—426235.46/cwt235.00–236.001,0039
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—478214.10/cwt210.00–216.001,0236
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—526211.57/cwt209.00–214.001,1134
BullsMedium and Large 1—322256.52/cwt249.00–259.008266
BullsMedium and Large 1—463237.73/cwt236.00–246.001,1016
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33497.63/cwt96.00–101.001,30217
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,322104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,3752
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—87893.55/cwt91.00–95.0082128
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—92986.92/cwt85.00–90.0080721
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—76574.09/cwt71.00–77.0056711
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12687.78/cwt85.00–90.0098812
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,28192.69/cwt90.00–95.001,18730
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23893.43/cwt91.00–96.001,1576
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14784.35/cwt83.00–87.009678
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11794.10/cwt93.00–96.001,0518
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06390.45/cwt89.00–92.009619
Bulls——1,860115.28/cwt112.00–118.002,14410
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09397.00/cwt97.00–97.001,0608
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—85882.43/cwt79.00–84.0070719
Bulls——1,837120.99/cwt119.00–124.002,2235
Bulls——1,588107.95/cwt105.00–111.001,7148
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,0401,503.85/head1,400.00–1,600.001,5046
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,023986.49/head950.00–1,075.009867
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2751,585.00/head1,585.00–1,585.001,5852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—613208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,2756
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—511221.86/cwt217.00–227.001,13417
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—492226.85/cwt225.00–235.001,11617
BullsMedium and Large 1—526234.60/cwt228.50–238.501,23414
BullsMedium and Large 1—433245.55/cwt238.00–248.001,06318
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—317243.72/cwt241.00–247.007739
HeifersMedium and Large 2—482205.39/cwt200.00–210.0099044
HeifersMedium and Large 2—508204.85/cwt201.00–211.001,04118
BullsMedium and Large 1—609222.25/cwt215.00–226.001,35410
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—363239.35/cwt234.00–244.008696
BullsMedium and Large 1—361249.39/cwt245.00–255.009007
BullsMedium and Large 1—580213.44/cwt210.00–220.001,23825
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—572194.68/cwt189.00–199.001,11421
HeifersMedium and Large 1—792166.47/cwt160.00–170.001,31824
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515226.23/cwt223.00–233.001,16526
HeifersMedium and Large 1—621199.53/cwt191.00–201.001,23921
HeifersMedium and Large 1—307246.59/cwt242.00–252.0075710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—321234.50/cwt231.00–241.0075315
HeifersMedium and Large 2—560184.63/cwt178.00–188.001,0346
HeifersMedium and Large 2—348220.00/cwt220.00–220.007664
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—613186.66/cwt180.00–190.001,1447

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.