Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2025-12-15

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Dec 15
● Final177 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,875 head
1,386 vs last sale 3,261 675 vs year ago 2,550 · 26.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
213 head
28 vs last sale 241 14 vs year ago 227 · 6.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
91 head
106 vs last sale 197 35 vs year ago 56 · +62.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers were 15.00 higher, Heifers were 5.00 higher both with higher instances and longer weaning dates. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 higher with a higher demand. Slaughter bulls were 2.00 higher. Demand and quality were both good overall.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $385.38/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 4 of 32 comparable sales and sits 22.35 against this barn's trailing median of $407.74.
Average price
$385.38
112 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,085
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.47
vs OK average
4.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540390.872,11176
Medium and Large 1-2539378.692,04026
Medium and Large 2553361.091,99810thin
One grade step is worth $29.78/cwt here — about $113 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales
457417377338median 407.7412/1503/0204/2706/2908/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.90, low $351.78, median $407.74 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 sale112 hd
385.38
OK average6 barns · 1,016 hd
384.91
+0.47
National average175 barns · 15,310 hd
389.91
−4.53
This barn, trailing median32 sales
407.74
−22.35
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,494170.422,54519
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,295169.392,19433
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,112151.941,69043
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,018127.261,29624

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,268$2,9132thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,191$2,7129
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,220$2,66023
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,285$2,5692thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,139$2,3209
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,250$2,1501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,205$2,0252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,189$1,9759
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,248$3,0784thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,250$2,6402thin

Every lot, as filed

177 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2200–2502401,070.00/head1,070.00–1,070.001,0701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400375454.37/cwt449.00–460.001,7049
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550529410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1695
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600580411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,3847
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0351,836.23/head1,550.00–2,050.001,8362
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2852,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1701,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8503
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450411425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7476
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650647348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,2527
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500450425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9132
BullsMedium and Large 2Unweaned450–500480431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,0692
BullsMedium and Large 2Unweaned300–350333457.16/cwt415.00–472.501,5225
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned500–550536372.40/cwt371.00–377.001,9964
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800753328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,4703
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300282459.00/cwt459.00–459.001,2943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450441422.05/cwt407.50–431.001,8618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned350–400388447.00/cwt447.00–447.001,7345
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650633373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,3612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned350–400370469.00/cwt469.00–469.001,7353
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned300–350340521.00/cwt521.00–521.001,7713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned350–400368450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6564
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450430427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,8366
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500487444.46/cwt443.00–445.002,1657
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400388430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6682
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500453380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7216
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned700–750703310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1793
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400380469.71/cwt460.00–471.001,7858
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700678340.70/cwt326.00–348.002,3106
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400355425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5093
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600577361.11/cwt350.00–367.002,0848
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550519396.99/cwt393.00–399.002,0609
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned250–300255490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,2502
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650613394.20/cwt382.50–400.002,4163
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400358515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,8442
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600565385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1752
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550524376.01/cwt371.00–382.501,9709
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500488465.53/cwt461.00–475.002,2729
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600585406.99/cwt405.00–411.002,38110
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned300–350310457.00/cwt457.00–457.001,4171
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450426444.42/cwt441.00–453.001,89320
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650621349.86/cwt345.00–358.002,17313
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450415456.52/cwt453.00–470.001,89510
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450446447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,9964
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600561413.96/cwt409.00–422.502,3226
BullsLight Weight1,152165.46/cwt162.00–170.001,9063
BullsLight Weight1,130154.23/cwt150.00–157.501,7432
Bulls1,729185.05/cwt180.00–194.003,2005
Bulls1,558174.64/cwt170.00–178.002,7214
Bulls1,557161.88/cwt160.00–166.002,5205
CowsBoner 80-85%1,184155.95/cwt152.00–167.501,84611
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned350–400390492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,9212
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750738317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,3392
BullsMedium and Large 2Unweaned550–600580382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,2161
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550520365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8981
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450431354.74/cwt325.00–371.001,5295
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450405422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,7111
BullsMedium and Large 2Unweaned400–450425485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,0611
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned250–300295447.00/cwt447.00–447.001,3191
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned400–450403412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,6603
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700690291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,0081
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300278451.08/cwt430.00–475.001,2542
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350313430.50/cwt430.00–431.001,3472
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400369481.23/cwt399.00–512.501,7766
BullsMedium and Large 2Unweaned350–400387325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2583
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350318475.61/cwt461.00–490.001,5122
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350340469.00/cwt469.00–469.001,5951
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550538437.01/cwt435.00–443.002,3514
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750700311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,1771
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500458396.26/cwt350.00–447.501,81511
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500475350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6631
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600560385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1561
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400390419.00/cwt419.00–419.001,6341
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600580350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0302
HeifersMedium and Large 2150–200180850.00/head850.00–850.008501
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600580350.33/cwt340.00–357.002,0324
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650620323.28/cwt310.00–330.002,0043
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500497444.00/cwt443.00–445.002,2074
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned350–400382449.42/cwt439.00–465.001,7173
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0462,386.62/head2,100.00–2,600.002,3874
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1612,302.54/head2,000.00–2,550.002,30310
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400390467.00/cwt467.00–467.001,8211
BullsMedium and Large 2Unweaned200–250210600.00/head600.00–600.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned150–200163721.12/head690.00–750.007213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650–700663367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,4332
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550507389.22/cwt385.00–405.001,9735
BullsMedium and Large 2Unweaned500–550530360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9081
HeifersMedium and Large 2200–250225938.06/head925.00–950.009382
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned100–150120500.00/head500.00–500.005001
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800762359.50/cwt359.50–359.502,73921
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350332479.94/cwt470.00–500.001,5936
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2502,640.00/head2,400.00–2,900.002,6402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2682,912.72/head2,500.00–3,250.002,9132
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3072,971.81/head2,900.00–3,050.002,9725
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–10009701,040.00/head1,040.00–1,040.001,0401
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned100–150145800.00/head800.00–800.008001
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550537462.88/cwt447.00–481.002,48656
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550513450.34/cwt450.00–451.002,3106
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2652,934.51/head2,700.00–3,250.002,93513
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2502,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
SteersMedium and Large 1200–2502301,261.36/head1,100.00–1,350.001,2613
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–2502351,080.00/head1,080.00–1,080.001,0801
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250245560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,3721
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350336568.67/cwt540.00–577.501,91110
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned300–350312545.17/cwt530.00–565.001,7013
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400390538.16/cwt530.00–545.002,09914
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1692,458.54/head2,400.00–2,600.002,4597
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2852,568.87/head2,500.00–2,650.002,5692
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned200–2502151,030.23/head1,010.00–1,070.001,0304
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned300–350335404.21/cwt390.00–411.001,3543
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned250–300273575.09/cwt565.00–585.001,5702
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400378506.54/cwt497.50–515.001,9152
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750723343.16/cwt323.00–348.002,4815
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1252,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1992,038.22/head1,950.00–2,200.002,0386
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2483,078.16/head3,000.00–3,300.003,0784
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight996177.19/cwt157.50–180.001,7658
HeifersMedium and Large 3Unweaned250–300270415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,1211
HeifersMedium and Large 3Unweaned400–450420380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5962
HeifersMedium and Large 3Unweaned350–400355377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,3381
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned450–500465365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6971
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned550–600550355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9531
CowsLean 85-90%1,063126.84/cwt120.00–130.001,34812
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight910126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1471
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,195180.67/cwt172.00–187.502,15914
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,459155.08/cwt148.00–158.002,2637
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight970137.08/cwt134.00–140.001,3302
CowsLean 85-90%1,047131.97/cwt130.00–134.001,3823
CowsLean 85-90%1,050126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,3232
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight876147.57/cwt142.00–152.501,2936
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,316164.58/cwt160.00–170.002,16612
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight898121.01/cwt119.00–123.001,0874
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175135.26/cwt130.00–141.001,58910
CowsBoner 80-85%1,228145.32/cwt142.00–150.001,7858
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500466486.60/cwt465.00–493.002,26816
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550524403.82/cwt403.00–405.002,1165
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700673389.59/cwt372.00–398.002,62234
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500461469.55/cwt462.50–472.502,16524
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600555420.98/cwt419.00–425.002,3369
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550523433.66/cwt427.00–441.002,2683
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400368520.20/cwt510.00–530.001,9142
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600588356.66/cwt351.00–359.002,09722
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650629397.45/cwt392.00–406.002,5009
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500491403.74/cwt400.00–407.501,98220
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600573383.55/cwt373.00–401.002,1988
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400372477.24/cwt470.00–480.001,77511
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300263572.85/cwt525.00–595.001,5073
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500469487.00/cwt487.00–487.002,2844
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed550–600553465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,5714
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700670326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,1843
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650620363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,2512
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450439460.98/cwt453.00–485.002,02411
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750715317.38/cwt310.00–321.002,2693
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed700–750746375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,79812
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed500–550509503.00/cwt503.00–503.002,5606
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800783344.79/cwt300.00–354.002,70015
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550510409.08/cwt407.50–429.002,08641
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750718385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,7643
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500476492.21/cwt479.00–505.002,34331
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700699358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,5028
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850815299.32/cwt298.00–300.002,4393
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300295590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,7412
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300270570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,5391
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450426502.20/cwt495.00–522.502,13912
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350332563.55/cwt547.50–590.001,87119
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800779300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,33710
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650624367.84/cwt347.00–371.502,295200
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500468429.51/cwt420.00–447.002,01020
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650641405.27/cwt400.00–419.002,598188
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned150–2001931,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2252
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned200–2502351,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600586422.81/cwt419.00–426.002,47828
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700667328.29/cwt316.00–341.002,19010
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450427459.23/cwt441.00–471.001,96132
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned150–200172941.17/head900.00–1,000.009413
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–3002701,080.00/head1,080.00–1,080.001,0801
BullsMedium and Large 1200–2502231,399.72/head1,375.00–1,425.001,4002
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700683382.44/cwt379.00–389.002,61212

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.