Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales from last week's curbed receipts due to winter weather; however, a much higher undertone was noted. Trade was active on good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $294.18/cwt on 611 head.

Average price

$294.18

611 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

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

$10.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.69

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	295.24	1,728	548
Medium and Large 1-2	542	284.92	1,545	63

One grade step is worth $10.32/cwt here — about $183 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 sale611 hd

294.18

—

OK average5 barns · 1,767 hd

273.48

+20.69

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1Unweaned	—	580	264.90/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,536	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	396.31/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,324	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	264.15/cwt	259.00–269.50	1,754	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,843	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	304.96/cwt	284.00–309.50	1,711	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	305.08/cwt	292.00–320.00	1,452	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,673	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,498	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	766	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,651	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	284.54/cwt	280.00–289.00	1,522	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,539	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	925	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,059	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,292	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,834	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	329.93/cwt	317.00–340.00	1,557	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	250.97/cwt	246.50–253.00	1,812	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	316.04/cwt	299.00–330.00	1,647	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	256.39/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,720	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	339.95/cwt	320.00–353.00	1,445	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	248.94/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,626	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	480	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,243	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	241.47/cwt	234.00–246.50	1,821	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	283.83/cwt	278.50–286.25	1,782	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	660	219.34/cwt	214.50–222.00	1,448	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,703	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,200	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	281.13/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,347	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	264.84/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,515	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	338.10/cwt	334.00–340.00	1,444	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	260.51/cwt	244.00–274.00	1,485	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	268.29/cwt	250.00–278.00	1,419	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,336	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	273.24/cwt	265.00–281.00	1,309	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	237.90/cwt	234.00–241.00	1,375	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	226.61/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,412	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	883	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	251.39/cwt	234.00–258.00	1,297	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,445	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,130	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	242.44/cwt	240.25–252.00	1,510	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	313.06/cwt	300.00–324.00	1,199	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	610	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,336	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	300.59/cwt	286.00–309.00	1,262	55

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 Jan 29, 2024

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

Receipts 2,703Last week 443Year ago 579

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales from last week's curbed receipts due to winter weather; however, a much higher undertone was noted. Trade was active on good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	580	260.00–268.00	264.90
20	—	632	269.50	269.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	334	390.00–400.00	396.31
41	—	664	259.00–269.50	264.15
2	—	803	229.50	229.50
139	—	561	284.00–309.50	304.96
4	—	366	353.00	353.00
11	—	865	212.00	212.00
40	—	472	317.00–340.00	329.93
49	—	722	246.50–253.00	250.97
82	—	521	299.00–330.00	316.04
31	—	425	320.00–353.00	339.95
49	—	754	234.00–246.50	241.47
52	—	628	278.50–286.25	283.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	476	292.00–320.00	305.08
3	—	613	273.00	273.00
10	—	671	250.00–259.00	256.39
22	—	572	250.00–280.00	264.84
6	—	427	334.00–340.00	338.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	327.00	327.00
4	—	766	215.50	215.50
6	—	535	280.00–289.00	284.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	810	190.00	190.00
7	—	289	320.00	320.00
8	—	328	323.00	323.00
47	—	653	240.00–250.00	248.94
44	—	479	270.00–289.00	281.13
32	—	570	244.00–274.00	260.51
94	—	529	250.00–278.00	268.29
111	—	623	240.25–252.00	242.44
17	—	383	300.00–324.00	313.06
55	—	420	286.00–309.00	300.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	480	259.00	259.00
17	—	660	214.50–222.00	219.34
7	—	578	234.00–241.00	237.90
12	—	623	220.00–230.00	226.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	427	281.00	281.00
7	—	581	230.00	230.00
8	—	479	265.00–281.00	273.24
3	—	327	270.00	270.00
15	—	516	234.00–258.00	251.39
3	—	602	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	610	219.00	219.00

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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