Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: With extreme heat throughout the trade area, receipts were too few to establish a trend. However, a lower undertone is noted on both steers and heifers. Demand moderate. Quality average. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $290.18/cwt on 491 head.

Average price

$290.18

491 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,518

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$12.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.59

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	510	297.29	1,515	122
Medium and Large 1	558	293.64	1,638	130
Medium and Large 2	512	284.67	1,456	239

One grade step is worth $12.62/cwt here — about $59 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 sale491 hd

290.18

—

OK average5 barns · 2,629 hd

264.59

+25.59

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	—	Low	1,824	122.23	2,229	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,212	110.05	1,334	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,208	108.70	1,313	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,031	93.59	965	129

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)	1,154	$1,425	13
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,076	$1,459	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,020	$1,760	2thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,130	120.29/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,359	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,187	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	114.55/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,363	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	91.24/cwt	90.50–96.00	954	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	224.75/cwt	218.00–228.00	1,061	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	257.25/cwt	252.00–262.00	1,294	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	241.85/cwt	234.00–244.00	1,514	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	251.45/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,416	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	251.41/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	257.29/cwt	250.00–260.00	985	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	226.17/cwt	223.00–233.00	1,393	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	232.44/cwt	226.50–236.50	1,806	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	240.02/cwt	235.50–245.50	1,735	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	273.35/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,711	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	586	271.97/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,594	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	216.92/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,588	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	263.95/cwt	260.00–270.00	858	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	281.46/cwt	278.00–288.00	1,624	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	295.32/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,299	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	290.74/cwt	286.00–296.00	1,349	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	335.05/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,250	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	292.44/cwt	289.00–299.00	1,687	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	308.46/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,619	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	298.49/cwt	294.00–304.00	1,570	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	319.83/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,394	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	325.18/cwt	319.00–329.00	1,229	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	354.16/cwt	352.00–362.00	1,183	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	258.04/cwt	254.00–264.00	1,623	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	282.96/cwt	279.50–289.50	1,491	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	346.52/cwt	341.00–351.00	1,268	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	311.90/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,478	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	302.30/cwt	299.00–309.00	1,427	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	331.63/cwt	326.00–336.00	1,416	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	290.38/cwt	285.00–296.00	1,336	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	297.72/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,259	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	420	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,323	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	392	325.94/cwt	324.00–332.00	1,278	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	727	220.40/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,602	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	263.10/cwt	258.00–268.00	1,484	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,172	99.46/cwt	97.00–102.00	1,166	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,160	115.31/cwt	113.00–117.00	1,338	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,247	106.01/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,322	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	105.52/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,232	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,239	106.93/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,325	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	970	96.04/cwt	94.00–98.00	932	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	883	83.48/cwt	82.00–85.00	737	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	110.53/cwt	109.00–112.00	1,413	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	888	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	844	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	954	91.23/cwt	89.00–93.00	870	42
Bulls	—	—	1,635	111.57/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,824	5
Bulls	—	—	1,945	134.88/cwt	131.00–137.00	2,623	4
Bulls	—	—	1,939	122.89/cwt	120.00–126.50	2,383	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,076	1,458.77/head	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,459	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,104	1,351.69/head	1,200.00–1,475.00	1,352	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,268	1,590.66/head	1,550.00–1,660.00	1,591	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	1,760.49/head	1,710.00–1,810.00	1,760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	253.86/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,046	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	243.14/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,036	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	233.91/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,219	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	240.63/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,367	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	259.14/cwt	252.00–262.00	1,350	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	302	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	966	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	234.50/cwt	227.00–237.00	1,550	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	246.65/cwt	241.00–251.00	1,300	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	267.47/cwt	263.00–273.00	1,014	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	257.02/cwt	249.00–259.00	843	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	220.49/cwt	216.00–226.00	1,513	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	250.58/cwt	244.50–254.50	1,200	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	266.80/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,121	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	222.88/cwt	219.00–229.00	1,262	42

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 Aug 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,341Last week 2,519Year ago 3,012

Slaughter CattleReceipts 295Last week 350Year ago 455

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 20Year ago 42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,130	119.00–122.00	120.29
6	—	1,160	113.00–117.00	115.31
23	—	1,247	104.00–109.00	106.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	113.00	113.00
52	—	1,046	90.50–96.00	91.24
10	—	1,172	97.00–102.00	99.46
11	—	1,239	104.00–109.00	106.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,190	114.00–115.00	114.55
12	—	1,168	103.00–108.00	105.52
8	—	1,278	109.00–112.00	110.53
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	970	94.00–98.00	96.04
4	—	883	82.00–85.00	83.48
2	—	888	95.00	95.00
42	—	954	89.00–93.00	91.23
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,635	109.00–115.00	111.57
4	—	1,945	131.00–137.00	134.88
4	—	1,939	120.00–126.50	122.89

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	472	218.00–228.00	224.75
16	—	426	238.00–248.00	243.14
30	—	521	230.00–240.00	233.91
42	—	566	219.00–229.00	222.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	503	252.00–262.00	257.25
9	—	626	234.00–244.00	241.85
47	—	563	246.00–256.00	251.45
13	—	732	212.00–222.00	216.92
7	—	325	260.00–270.00	263.95
27	—	661	227.00–237.00	234.50
13	—	379	263.00–273.00	267.47
18	—	479	244.50–254.50	250.58
18	—	420	260.00–270.00	266.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	383	250.00–260.00	257.29
13	—	616	223.00–233.00	226.17
12	—	412	249.00–259.00	253.86
23	—	568	235.00–245.00	240.63
20	—	527	241.00–251.00	246.65
17	—	328	249.00–259.00	257.02
12	—	686	216.00–226.00	220.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	680	249.00–259.00	251.41
13	—	777	226.50–236.50	232.44
11	—	723	235.50–245.50	240.02
25	—	626	265.00–275.00	273.35
20	—	577	289.00–299.00	292.44
14	—	525	305.00–315.00	308.46
6	—	334	352.00–362.00	354.16
14	—	366	341.00–351.00	346.52
5	—	474	310.00–320.00	311.90
18	—	427	326.00–336.00	331.63
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	586	267.00–277.00	271.97
47	—	440	290.00–300.00	295.32
47	—	464	286.00–296.00	290.74
6	—	378	319.00–329.00	325.18
67	—	527	279.50–289.50	282.96
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	577	278.00–288.00	281.46
12	—	373	330.00–340.00	335.05
23	—	526	294.00–304.00	298.49
11	—	436	315.00–325.00	319.83
10	—	629	254.00–264.00	258.04
34	—	472	299.00–309.00	302.30
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	460	285.00–296.00	290.38
13	—	423	290.00–300.00	297.72
8	—	392	324.00–332.00	325.94
5	—	727	220.00–222.00	220.40
6	—	564	258.00–268.00	263.10
8	—	521	252.00–262.00	259.14
3	—	302	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	315.00	315.00

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)	8	—	1,076	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,458.77
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,104	1,200.00–1,475.00	1,351.69
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,268	1,550.00–1,660.00	1,590.66
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,020	1,710.00–1,810.00	1,760.49

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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