Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: In an uneven market, both steers and heifers had a lower undertone noted. Quality average through good. Demand good. Slaughter Cows 6.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls 2.00-5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $236.60/cwt on 1,407 head.

Average price

$236.60

1,407 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,247

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$388

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

$38.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.60

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	247.74	1,366	920
Medium and Large 1-2	493	220.56	1,087	268
Medium and Large 2	467	209.40	978	219

One grade step is worth $38.35/cwt here — about $388 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 sale1,407 hd

236.60

—

OK average5 barns · 3,714 hd

233.99

+2.60

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	1,601	114.58	1,835	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,156	93.60	1,082	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,340	92.72	1,242	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	87.10	904	256

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)	1,115	$1,291	26
Bred Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,252	$1,088	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,329	$1,638	17

Every lot, as filed

99 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	253.02/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,442	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	227.62/cwt	219.00–229.00	931	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	226.99/cwt	223.00–233.00	767	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	211.50/cwt	205.00–215.50	1,394	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	411	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	789	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	522	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	997	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	247.96/cwt	244.00–254.00	1,527	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	585	257.25/cwt	257.25–257.25	1,505	576
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	420	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	217.25/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,132	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	309.51/cwt	304.00–314.00	1,062	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	263.27/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,524	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	278.71/cwt	274.00–284.00	1,193	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	299.20/cwt	293.00–303.00	996	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	392	301.16/cwt	296.00–306.00	1,181	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	214.85/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,590	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	246.43/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,656	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	277.65/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,297	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	289.32/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,233	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	239.04/cwt	233.00–243.00	1,446	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	268.52/cwt	263.00–273.00	1,122	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	313.99/cwt	307.00–317.00	1,137	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	218.88/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,672	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	268.00/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,418	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	705	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,727	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	325.45/cwt	318.00–328.00	1,204	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	266.74/cwt	264.00–274.00	1,278	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	278.86/cwt	273.00–283.00	1,467	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	294.97/cwt	286.50–296.50	1,445	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	444	299.39/cwt	298.00–312.00	1,329	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	423	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,100	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	291.46/cwt	284.00–294.50	1,521	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	470	314.87/cwt	305.00–319.00	1,480	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	260.03/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,667	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	506	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,538	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	356	358.40/cwt	338.00–392.00	1,276	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	485	260.82/cwt	259.50–262.00	1,265	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	316	364.58/cwt	350.00–374.00	1,152	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	321.25/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,060	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	257.65/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,700	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	270.61/cwt	268.00–278.00	1,529	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	608	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,429	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	511	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,306	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	254.35/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,435	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	707	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,379	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	190.56/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,246	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	355	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,207	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,169	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	411	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	978	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	898	87.58/cwt	85.00–88.50	786	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	806	74.68/cwt	72.00–76.00	602	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	890	81.32/cwt	79.00–84.00	724	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	95.30/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,085	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	86.31/cwt	84.50–87.50	959	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,222	99.71/cwt	98.00–101.00	1,218	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	89.75/cwt	88.50–93.00	1,045	60
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,317	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,281	89.06/cwt	87.75–93.50	1,141	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	107.24/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,341	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	105.57/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,647	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	92.00/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,053	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	945	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	907	25
Bulls	—	—	1,542	109.93/cwt	107.00–113.00	1,695	16
Bulls	—	—	1,635	123.69/cwt	120.00–129.00	2,022	5
Bulls	—	—	1,635	115.84/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,894	23
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,252	1,087.86/head	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,088	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	1,290.50/head	1,100.00–1,450.00	1,291	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,351	1,547.91/head	1,350.00–1,675.00	1,548	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,277	1,853.74/head	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,854	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	255.47/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,221	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	252.10/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,084	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	219.31/cwt	217.00–221.00	1,281	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	624	197.34/cwt	194.00–204.00	1,231	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	264.08/cwt	260.00–270.00	988	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	313	282.29/cwt	250.00–349.00	884	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	220.16/cwt	216.00–226.00	1,367	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	236.86/cwt	232.00–242.00	874	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	211.30/cwt	208.00–218.00	909	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	205.65/cwt	202.00–212.00	979	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	465	240.63/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,119	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	246.56/cwt	243.00–253.00	912	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	219.98/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,252	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	219.27/cwt	213.00–223.00	1,052	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	210.94/cwt	204.00–214.00	1,217	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	216.58/cwt	212.00–222.00	695	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	236.33/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,007	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	224.55/cwt	221.00–231.00	833	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	198.41/cwt	194.00–204.00	1,341	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	209.07/cwt	204.00–214.00	1,070	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	229.72/cwt	224.00–234.00	1,089	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	229.92/cwt	226.00–236.00	1,200	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	209.61/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,327	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	264.65/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,146	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	306.37/cwt	300.00–310.00	987	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	481	264.20/cwt	261.00–271.00	1,271	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	201.93/cwt	201.00–205.00	1,583	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	240.18/cwt	234.00–244.00	783	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	230.80/cwt	226.00–236.00	1,322	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	536	247.04/cwt	239.00–250.00	1,324	21

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.

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,286Last week 3,616Year ago 2,782

Slaughter CattleReceipts 536Last week 54Year ago 711

Replacement CattleReceipts 72Last week 593Year ago 44

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	570	246.00–256.00	253.02
25	—	333	293.00–303.00	299.20
22	—	392	296.00–306.00	301.16
46	—	605	233.00–243.00	239.04
50	—	418	263.00–273.00	268.52
72	—	529	262.00–272.00	268.00
76	—	479	264.00–274.00	266.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	616	244.00–254.00	247.96
11	—	343	304.00–314.00	309.51
53	—	579	257.00–267.00	263.27
38	—	428	274.00–284.00	278.71
37	—	672	238.00–248.00	246.43
16	—	467	275.00–285.00	277.65
13	—	362	307.00–317.00	313.99
66	—	526	273.00–283.00	278.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	740	210.00–220.00	214.85
11	—	426	285.00–295.00	289.32
18	—	764	210.00–220.00	218.88
15	—	370	318.00–328.00	325.45
39	—	490	286.50–296.50	294.97
46	—	522	284.00–294.50	291.46
60	—	641	255.00–265.00	260.03
25	—	330	315.00–325.00	321.25
22	—	660	249.00–259.00	257.65
49	—	565	268.00–278.00	270.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	245.00	245.00
18	—	444	298.00–312.00	299.39
13	—	470	305.00–319.00	314.87
8	—	506	304.00	304.00
20	—	356	338.00–392.00	358.40
5	—	316	350.00–374.00	364.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	423	260.00	260.00
38	—	485	259.50–262.00	260.82
17	—	511	255.50	255.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	608	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	409	219.00–229.00	227.62
13	—	338	223.00–233.00	226.99
91	—	521	215.00–225.00	217.25
28	—	369	232.00–242.00	236.86
31	—	569	215.00–225.00	219.98
37	—	480	213.00–223.00	219.27
15	—	676	194.00–204.00	198.41
12	—	633	205.00–215.00	209.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	659	205.00–215.50	211.50
27	—	621	216.00–226.00	220.16
35	—	370	243.00–253.00	246.56
78	—	426	230.00–240.00	236.33
38	—	474	224.00–234.00	229.72
44	—	522	226.00–236.00	229.92
13	—	784	201.00–205.00	201.93
16	—	326	234.00–244.00	240.18
18	—	573	226.00–236.00	230.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	411	192.00	192.00
5	—	522	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
576	—	585	257.25	257.25
1	—	420	260.00	260.00
4	—	313	250.00–349.00	282.29
37	—	465	235.00–243.00	240.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	430	208.00–218.00	211.30
72	—	476	202.00–212.00	205.65
24	—	577	204.00–214.00	210.94
7	—	321	212.00–222.00	216.58
16	—	371	221.00–231.00	224.55
32	—	512	204.00–214.00	209.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	564	246.00–256.00	254.35
10	—	707	195.00	195.00
9	—	654	185.00–195.00	190.56
6	—	624	194.00–204.00	197.34
21	—	374	260.00–270.00	264.08
27	—	433	260.00–270.00	264.65
19	—	322	300.00–310.00	306.37
22	—	481	261.00–271.00	264.20
21	—	536	239.00–250.00	247.04
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	411	238.00	238.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	478	250.00–260.00	255.47
6	—	430	249.00–259.00	252.10
24	—	584	217.00–221.00	219.31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	898	85.00–88.50	87.58
30	—	806	72.00–76.00	74.68
17	—	890	79.00–84.00	81.32
25	—	945	96.00	96.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,138	93.00–96.00	95.30
83	—	1,111	84.50–87.50	86.31
6	—	1,222	98.00–101.00	99.71
60	—	1,164	88.50–93.00	89.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,330	99.00	99.00
56	—	1,281	87.75–93.50	89.06
15	—	1,560	105.00–110.00	105.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,250	105.00–109.00	107.24
34	—	1,145	91.00–96.00	92.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,542	107.00–113.00	109.93
5	—	1,635	120.00–129.00	123.69
23	—	1,635	114.00–119.00	115.84

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	—	1,252	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,087.86
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,115	1,100.00–1,450.00	1,290.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,351	1,350.00–1,675.00	1,547.91
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,277	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,853.74

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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