Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Receipts limited due to heavy rains and colder weather over the weekend. Cattle futures also took a sharp dive late last week and this also limited seller interest. Not enough of any one class to test trends. Demand good for light weight calves but moderate at best for others. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand good for all classes of cows. Many returning to the country.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $328.24/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −142.22 against this barn's trailing median of $470.45.

Average price

$328.24

19 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,784

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$23

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

$8.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.07

vs OK average

−26.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	334.50	1,766	5thin
Medium and Large 1	549	326.00	1,789	14thin

One grade step is worth $8.50/cwt here — about −$23 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale19 hd

328.24

—

OK average6 barns · 229 hd

363.31

−35.07

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−26.06

This barn, trailing median32 sales

470.45

−142.22

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	—	High	1,624	170.87	2,774	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,477	147.63	2,181	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,114	146.05	1,627	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	941	132.17	1,244	4thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,164	$2,641	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,174	$2,425	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,199	$2,346	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,256	$2,178	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,103	$1,990	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,025	$1,925	2thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	329.94/cwt	325.00–383.00	1,406	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,736	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	1,060.00/head	1,060.00–1,060.00	1,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	350.78/cwt	341.00–361.00	1,186	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	315.45/cwt	296.00–321.00	1,625	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	406.58/cwt	404.00–418.00	1,732	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,246	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,740	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	416	386.46/cwt	341.00–401.00	1,608	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	382.12/cwt	373.00–384.00	1,765	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	270.51/cwt	269.00–275.00	1,718	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,981	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	1,766	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,137	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	331.81/cwt	321.00–343.00	1,745	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	276.98/cwt	269.00–281.00	2,000	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	473.83/cwt	460.00–493.00	1,545	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	321.64/cwt	304.00–332.00	1,820	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,896	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	299.00/cwt	267.00–330.00	1,701	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	350.65/cwt	344.00–357.00	1,508	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,362	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	138.27/cwt	133.00–143.00	1,608	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,425	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	140.52/cwt	140.00–141.00	2,108	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	150.48/cwt	146.00–155.00	2,209	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	908	130.56/cwt	126.00–133.00	1,185	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	920	153.72/cwt	152.00–157.00	1,414	3
Bulls	—	—	1,520	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,782	1
Bulls	—	—	1,972	172.02/cwt	170.00–174.00	3,392	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	147.68/cwt	146.00–151.00	1,797	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	985	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,438	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,153	163.08/cwt	158.00–168.00	1,880	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,103	1,990.37/head	1,950.00–2,025.00	1,990	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,174	2,424.87/head	2,000.00–2,900.00	2,425	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,208	2,428.40/head	2,000.00–3,150.00	2,428	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,280	2,207.86/head	1,950.00–2,300.00	2,208	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	815	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,145	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,115	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,164	2,640.87/head	2,375.00–2,975.00	2,641	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,235	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	318.05/cwt	311.00–337.00	1,453	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	620	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,461	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	310.95/cwt	302.00–320.00	1,331	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,127	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	370.26/cwt	361.00–375.00	1,677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,425	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	1,646	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,084	3

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 638Last week 1,326Year ago 2,000

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 37Year ago 264

Replacement CattleReceipts 59Last week 224Year ago 66

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	1,075.00	1,075.00
3	250–300	255	425.00	425.00
4	300–350	339	431.00	431.00
15	350–400	375	380.00	380.00
12	400–450	426	325.00–383.00	329.94
9	450–500	457	311.00–337.00	318.05
7	500–550	515	296.00–321.00	315.45
1	550–600	570	283.00	283.00
7	600–650	607	286.00	286.00
2	650–700	658	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	341.00–361.00	350.78
2	400–450	428	302.00–320.00	310.95
1	600–650	615	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	620	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	200–250	210	1,060.00	1,060.00
5	250–300	265	470.00	470.00
1	250–300	250	1,050.00	1,050.00
12	300–350	326	460.00–493.00	473.83
10	350–400	357	461.00	461.00
11	400–450	426	404.00–418.00	406.58
18	450–500	462	373.00–384.00	382.12
6	500–550	526	321.00–343.00	331.81
8	550–600	566	304.00–332.00	321.64
4	600–650	635	312.00	312.00
3	700–750	722	269.00–281.00	276.98
3	800–850	822	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	455	340.00	340.00
4	600–650	635	269.00–275.00	270.51
6	650–700	659	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	416	341.00–401.00	386.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	528	334.50	334.50
2	650–700	653	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	409.00	409.00
2	400–450	430	344.00–357.00	350.65
3	450–500	453	361.00–375.00	370.26
4	550–600	569	267.00–330.00	299.00
1	600–650	630	301.00	301.00
1	650–700	655	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	760	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	196.00	196.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,163	133.00–143.00	138.27
5	—	1,217	146.00–151.00	147.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	137.00	137.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,500	140.00–141.00	140.52
5	—	1,468	146.00–155.00	150.48
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	908	126.00–133.00	130.56
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	920	152.00–157.00	153.72
1	—	985	146.00	146.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	183.00	183.00
3	—	1,972	170.00–174.00	172.02
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,153	158.00–168.00	163.08

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,103	1,950.00–2,025.00	1,990.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,145	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,174	2,000.00–2,900.00	2,424.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,208	2,000.00–3,150.00	2,428.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,280	1,950.00–2,300.00	2,207.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,164	2,375.00–2,975.00	2,640.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,235	2,250.00	2,250.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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