Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2026-01-19

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Jan 19
● Final144 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,469 head
1,814 vs last sale 3,283 462 vs year ago 1,931 · 23.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
78 vs last sale 172 18 vs year ago 112 · 16.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
12 vs last sale 102 63 vs year ago 27 · +233.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers were steady with a high demand, Heifers were steady to 3.00 higher with a high demand both with good quality. Slaughter Cows were 2.00 to 5.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $478.53/cwt on 146 head, up $6.33 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 32 comparable sales and sits +8.08 against this barn's trailing median of $470.45.
Average price
$478.53
6.33 vs prior sale
146 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$476
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$85.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.48
vs OK average
+13.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539494.222,66412thin
Medium and Large 1558478.982,671129
Medium and Large 2535434.542,3264thin
Medium and Large 3535409.002,1881thin
One grade step is worth $85.22/cwt here — about $476 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales
525473420368median 470.4512/1503/0204/2706/2908/17
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 sale146 hd
478.53
OK average6 barns · 1,517 hd
459.05
+19.48
National average169 barns · 18,411 hd
465.33
+13.20
This barn, trailing median32 sales
470.45
+8.08
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
BullsAverage1,457174.592,54411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,240179.372,22511
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,197152.281,82265
CowsLean 85-90%High1,010128.281,29512

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,426$2,8684thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,025$2,8501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,161$2,6104thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,156$2,25022
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,123$1,9334thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,099$1,9197
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,140$1,5001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)860$2,0272thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,067$3,0833thin

Every lot, as filed

144 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1612,609.80/head2,400.00–2,900.002,6104
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400380576.73/cwt570.00–595.002,1924
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479452.01/cwt430.00–471.002,16565
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500466443.51/cwt429.00–459.002,06716
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450425482.64/cwt450.00–497.002,05129
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned400–450422445.86/cwt441.00–450.001,8823
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned450–500475387.54/cwt377.00–410.001,8413
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned400–450435437.50/cwt430.00–445.001,9032
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0451,626.56/head1,450.00–1,750.001,6272
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0461,912.03/head1,750.00–1,975.001,9127
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1401,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0261,720.76/head1,400.00–1,900.001,7215
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550517456.39/cwt430.00–470.002,3603
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550539494.22/cwt493.00–496.002,66412
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450417452.15/cwt407.50–485.001,88511
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned350–400380481.95/cwt470.00–493.001,8312
BullsMedium and Large 2Unweaned350–400370421.00/cwt421.00–421.001,5581
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500475400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned300–350333550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,8326
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350325489.00/cwt489.00–489.001,5892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0992
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,0045
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500468505.62/cwt501.00–517.002,3667
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550516492.58/cwt474.00–501.002,54211
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500492521.01/cwt519.00–525.002,5633
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550538429.00/cwt429.00–429.002,3083
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550515449.00/cwt449.00–449.002,3122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned350–400383455.85/cwt420.00–489.001,7464
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450419500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0958
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600575382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,1991
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550510404.57/cwt392.00–421.002,0637
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400374563.94/cwt551.00–587.502,10910
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned300–350331508.02/cwt502.50–525.001,6824
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400369518.06/cwt497.50–530.001,9126
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450425500.75/cwt485.00–519.002,12811
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450436520.04/cwt500.00–533.002,26723
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600558437.08/cwt437.00–437.502,4396
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400373568.63/cwt550.00–583.002,1217
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600568373.58/cwt367.00–377.002,1226
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned200–250245515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,2621
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned250–300275527.50/cwt502.50–552.501,4512
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450425449.31/cwt423.00–475.001,9102
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1712,426.04/head2,150.00–2,600.002,4262
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned150–200150735.00/head735.00–735.007351
SteersMedium and Large 2850–900860283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,4341
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500478512.04/cwt507.50–515.002,4486
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800778323.92/cwt313.00–331.002,5203
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550526372.20/cwt325.00–400.001,9587
SteersMedium and Large 2800–850830310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,5731
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600590369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,1771
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400395500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9751
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650638393.74/cwt377.00–400.002,51220
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700653361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,3572
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300280407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,1401
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400382488.42/cwt473.00–501.001,8663
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600570378.13/cwt356.00–391.002,15514
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350330492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,6253
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800760280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1281
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450434460.45/cwt425.00–477.001,99813
BullsMedium and Large 2Unweaned500–550538427.08/cwt420.00–449.002,2984
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550520422.88/cwt420.00–429.002,1993
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500487424.65/cwt395.00–451.002,0686
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400395510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,0151
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350305402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,2281
BullsMedium and Large 2Unweaned300–350343500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7152
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350335411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,3771
BullsMedium and Large 2Unweaned550–600590400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3601
BullsMedium and Large 2Unweaned450–500455415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8881
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned450–500474498.00/cwt498.00–498.002,3614
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned300–350335430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4411
BullsMedium and Large 2Unweaned400–450438467.63/cwt445.00–480.002,0486
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight798133.62/cwt133.00–135.001,0663
Bulls1,560175.22/cwt168.00–184.002,7334
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,217170.55/cwt167.00–177.502,0766
CowsBoner 80-85%1,027136.29/cwt136.00–138.001,4007
BullsLight Weight1,220176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,1472
Bulls1,885193.15/cwt190.00–196.003,6413
CowsBoner 80-85%1,283153.49/cwt140.00–162.001,96946
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight970167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,6201
CowsLean 85-90%1,198123.99/cwt120.00–126.001,4853
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight877142.78/cwt140.00–149.001,2526
BullsLight Weight848144.09/cwt137.00–150.001,2222
CowsLean 85-90%1,160131.32/cwt130.00–132.001,5233
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450440350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5401
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500475359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,7051
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400395440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7381
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight883124.19/cwt120.00–128.001,0973
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,268189.96/cwt180.00–195.002,4095
CowsBoner 80-85%1,069172.02/cwt165.00–180.001,8395
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600576428.93/cwt421.00–437.002,47111
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350320627.50/cwt627.50–627.502,0081
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700668369.17/cwt350.00–379.002,4665
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650610330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0131
SteersMedium and Large 3500–550535409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,1881
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500490480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,3521
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2072,407.44/head2,025.00–2,900.002,40715
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2002,240.00/head2,100.00–2,400.002,2402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0252,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500475490.66/cwt470.00–505.002,3316
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950905300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,7151
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned250–300287600.89/cwt600.00–605.001,7255
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1003,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0002,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned200–2502341,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5006
SteersMedium and Large 1200–2502341,546.58/head1,425.00–1,650.001,5475
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2802,413.77/head2,300.00–2,550.002,4142
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,6803,309.38/head3,150.00–3,450.003,3092
BullsMedium and Large 1200–2502151,400.00/head1,375.00–1,425.001,4002
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450416556.92/cwt535.00–573.002,31720
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620439.27/cwt407.00–461.002,72348
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550511522.21/cwt501.00–532.502,66842
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 18602,027.33/head1,750.00–2,350.002,0272
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550536465.23/cwt460.00–472.002,49410
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned300–350325575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,8691
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950931301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,80222
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526421.43/cwt401.00–435.002,21726
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500478484.19/cwt460.00–497.502,31412
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned250–300288623.76/cwt622.50–625.001,7962
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500450575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,5886
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800754326.66/cwt320.00–330.002,4633
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,017251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,5536
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650614364.97/cwt340.00–371.502,24132
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700665342.20/cwt326.00–354.002,2764
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650620391.68/cwt361.00–421.002,42818
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450427520.33/cwt500.00–530.002,22223
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550528468.11/cwt443.00–496.002,47230
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350331641.46/cwt637.50–647.502,1235
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350333522.83/cwt515.00–545.001,7417
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400386534.13/cwt515.00–549.002,06214
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750718348.68/cwt345.00–360.002,5044
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750713315.72/cwt305.00–330.002,2516
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800768320.72/cwt312.00–325.002,4636
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700676372.54/cwt356.00–380.002,51813
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500476528.27/cwt521.00–542.502,51533
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450430502.52/cwt479.00–521.002,16139
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600562414.57/cwt395.00–427.002,33043
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850800296.75/cwt292.50–301.002,3742
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300285659.44/cwt652.50–665.001,8795
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned200–2502261,155.65/head1,000.00–1,185.001,1566
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600586458.16/cwt430.00–472.502,68576
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400380597.26/cwt585.00–617.502,27026
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750704386.22/cwt359.00–388.002,71932
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800771356.93/cwt340.00–364.002,7527
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850832334.91/cwt330.00–338.002,7867

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.