Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 2.00-10.00 higher with the largest increases on light weight stocker calves. Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cow and bull sale not reported this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $370.39/cwt on 126 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −100.07 against this barn's trailing median of $470.45.

Average price

$370.39

126 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$28.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.84

vs OK average

+21.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	370.84	2,008	124
Medium and Large 1-2	518	342.50	1,774	2thin

One grade step is worth $28.34/cwt here — about $233 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $510.96, low $381.63, median $470.45 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale126 hd

370.39

—

OK average6 barns · 853 hd

351.55

+18.84

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+21.11

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.45

−100.07

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

52 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,576	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,235	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,000	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	415.38/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,566	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	355.22/cwt	322.00–368.00	2,025	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	394.44/cwt	375.00–402.50	1,921	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	306.54/cwt	302.00–312.50	1,478	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,446	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	393.33/cwt	392.50–395.00	1,467	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	373.59/cwt	342.50–380.00	1,636	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,137	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	250.66/cwt	250.50–251.00	2,043	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	330.27/cwt	327.00–338.00	2,048	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	462.58/cwt	441.00–480.00	1,698	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	315.51/cwt	304.00–325.50	2,114	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	387.72/cwt	354.00–397.00	2,001	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,743	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	335.04/cwt	325.00–347.00	1,581	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,919	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	890	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,092	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	514.00/cwt	500.00–535.00	1,378	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	338.42/cwt	323.00–351.00	1,577	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,248	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	753	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	643	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	374.82/cwt	369.00–377.50	1,780	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,911	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	431.60/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,394	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	376.19/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,648	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	310.71/cwt	301.00–316.00	1,740	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	734	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,688	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	319.77/cwt	310.00–339.00	1,848	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	341.90/cwt	340.00–344.00	1,785	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	349.84/cwt	336.00–356.00	1,455	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	318.52/cwt	313.50–335.00	1,679	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,604	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	281.47/cwt	273.00–294.50	1,770	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	553	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	724	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,694	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	365.09/cwt	350.00–384.00	1,373	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	289	421.49/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,218	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	541	343.99/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,861	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	706	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,920	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	835	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	415.91/cwt	397.00–427.00	1,360	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,401	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	341.84/cwt	338.00–344.00	1,490	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	498.90/cwt	490.00–505.00	1,691	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	403.42/cwt	387.00–414.00	1,759	30

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	325.00	325.00
7	450–500	482	302.00–312.50	306.54
3	550–600	553	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	475.00	475.00
9	300–350	323	430.00–445.00	431.60
14	350–400	377	410.00–425.00	415.38
4	400–450	438	375.00–380.00	376.19
12	450–500	475	369.00–377.50	374.82
19	500–550	522	340.00–344.00	341.90
20	550–600	578	310.00–339.00	319.77
2	600–650	645	310.00	310.00
3	700–750	732	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	268	500.00–535.00	514.00
11	300–350	339	490.00–505.00	498.90
32	350–400	367	441.00–480.00	462.58
30	400–450	436	387.00–414.00	403.42
70	450–500	487	375.00–402.50	394.44
62	500–550	516	354.00–397.00	387.72
55	550–600	570	322.00–368.00	355.22
79	600–650	620	327.00–338.00	330.27
25	650–700	670	304.00–325.50	315.51
5	700–750	717	298.00	298.00
9	800–850	815	250.50–251.00	250.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	425.00	425.00
6	350–400	373	392.50–395.00	393.33
21	400–450	438	342.50–380.00	373.59
3	450–500	492	354.00	354.00
2	500–550	518	342.50	342.50
5	600–650	621	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	541	340.00–347.00	343.99
5	700–750	706	272.00	272.00
3	850–900	890	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	367	340.00	340.00
8	400–450	436	338.00–344.00	341.84
9	450–500	472	325.00–347.00	335.04
7	500–550	519	309.00	309.00
12	650–700	682	255.50	255.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	289	410.00–425.00	421.49
25	300–350	327	397.00–427.00	415.91
31	350–400	376	350.00–384.00	365.09
51	400–450	416	336.00–356.00	349.84
68	450–500	466	323.00–351.00	338.42
104	500–550	527	313.50–335.00	318.52
28	550–600	560	301.00–316.00	310.71
45	600–650	629	273.00–294.50	281.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	734	230.00	230.00
2	750–800	753	235.00	235.00
2	800–850	835	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	643	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	724	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	458	306.00	306.00

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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