Oklahoma Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Oklahoma reported 221 priced lines covering 25,074 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 31,799 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,374 head. replacement cattle receipts at 386 head. Counted as USDA files them — 52 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon Feb 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 31,799Last week 24,159Year ago 43,905

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,374Last week 1,228Year ago 1,123

Replacement CattleReceipts 386Last week 184Year ago 674

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00-5.00 lower, few over 900 lbs were 8.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 3.00-8.00 lower. Demand moderate for feeder cattle. Strong advances in grain futures wreaked havoc with feeder futures this week, thus limiting demand for feeder cattle. The Oklahoma Mesonet shows just over half of the state in an extreme drought condition or worse and much of this being in prime wheat country, West of I-35. Steer calves under 450 lbs sold 4.00-6.00 higher; over 450 lbs 3.00-5.00 lower. Heifer calves 1.00-6.00 lower. Demand also turned moderate for calves, however though market moved lower calf prices remain strong. Slaughter cows moved higher again as numbers remain light. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 6.00 higher. Demand very good for cows and bulls.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	693	625.00–695.00	681.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,125	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	755	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	805	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	900	880.00	880.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,010	600.00–800.00	701.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	680	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	650	575.00	575.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	904	550.00–850.00	742.03
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	65	—	1,203	950.00–1,500.00	1,228.58
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,095	750.00–1,310.00	1,210.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	988	1,050.00–1,350.00	1,196.58
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,270	975.00–1,050.00	1,013.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	21	—	1,162	985.00–1,360.00	1,113.69
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,219	1,000.00–1,475.00	1,244.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	—	1,338	1,000.00–1,325.00	1,195.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,171	985.00–1,050.00	1,013.37
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	—	1,100	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	810	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	901	810.00–1,050.00	954.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,093	1,050.00–1,125.00	1,103.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	997	1,035.00–1,175.00	1,086.28
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,044	725.00–1,225.00	917.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,068	950.00–1,210.00	1,084.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,112	825.00–1,285.00	1,025.15
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	959	1,050.00–1,375.00	1,172.69
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	995	1,150.00	1,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,032	1,275.00–1,350.00	1,313.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,117	1,460.00	1,460.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	913	1,425.00–1,575.00	1,454.58
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,129	950.00–1,375.00	1,230.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	879	775.00–1,150.00	968.39
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	927	900.00–1,325.00	1,073.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	—	928	850.00–1,125.00	971.36
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	700	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,038	650.00–975.00	803.28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	476	160.00–194.00	173.17
7	—	419	147.00–170.00	156.70
1	—	570	155.00	155.00
8	—	368	175.00–181.00	178.04
1	—	605	121.00	121.00
4	—	677	128.00–140.00	130.92
1	—	755	121.00	121.00
7	—	521	150.00–196.00	161.51
5	—	326	150.00–199.00	185.11
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	180.00	180.00
29	—	477	162.00–191.00	177.58
17	—	572	161.00–172.00	170.70
5	—	942	146.00	146.00
8	—	533	129.00–179.00	153.43
8	—	763	137.50	137.50
10	—	641	139.00–159.00	148.88
2	—	428	161.00	161.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	521	174.00–200.00	186.99
32	—	323	191.00–230.00	215.37
41	—	365	205.00–221.00	213.75
75	—	569	140.00–189.00	173.98
6	—	779	117.00–137.00	126.21
8	—	716	141.50	141.50
15	—	670	144.00–158.00	150.33
5	—	863	111.00–124.00	121.40
32	—	468	185.50–211.00	196.90
5	—	619	147.00–169.00	160.73
32	—	427	174.00–215.00	192.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	449	204.00–206.00	205.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	220.00	220.00
9	—	492	184.00	184.00
5	—	449	191.00	191.00
4	—	622	151.00	151.00
8	—	546	165.00	165.00
2	—	572	153.00	153.00
4	—	357	188.00	188.00
4	—	691	146.00	146.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	698	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	635	146.00	146.00
4	—	762	125.00	125.00
10	—	526	151.00–161.00	155.84
17	—	373	153.00–175.00	163.85
3	—	405	150.00	150.00
4	—	303	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
708	—	572	145.00–175.00	163.46
788	—	683	130.00–160.00	148.22
150	—	925	125.00–137.00	133.81
835	—	717	127.00–149.50	145.03
17	—	955	130.50	130.50
808	—	619	139.00–172.00	156.92
412	—	429	160.00–195.00	180.49
5	—	1,059	120.00	120.00
279	—	370	165.00–199.00	188.57
113	—	322	166.00–206.00	189.66
672	—	818	120.00–142.40	137.40
884	—	777	115.00–145.00	140.05
432	—	469	155.50–198.00	179.16
196	—	870	116.00–141.50	135.96
10	—	282	181.00–193.00	183.05
776	—	525	147.00–179.00	168.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	865	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	425	135.00–183.00	157.21
1	—	915	180.00	180.00
14	—	529	120.00–151.00	143.42
4	—	289	140.00–175.00	161.74
44	—	475	105.00–180.00	153.70
66	—	315	140.00–175.00	154.99
6	—	829	108.00	108.00
6	—	628	120.00–140.00	123.34
10	—	659	139.00	139.00
77	—	706	125.00–136.00	131.65
29	—	875	116.00–126.00	125.05
40	—	376	120.00–177.00	153.96
8	—	570	130.00–145.00	139.16
6	—	770	110.00–129.00	125.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	811	145.25	145.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	314	160.00–173.00	164.08
301	—	677	112.50–150.00	142.48
218	—	775	129.00–139.50	136.21
99	—	865	133.00–134.00	133.88
127	—	822	114.00–138.50	136.52
233	—	715	112.50–142.50	139.63
6	—	285	171.00–175.00	173.62
247	—	580	135.00–164.00	154.86
103	—	633	137.00–156.50	148.12
183	—	429	151.00–187.00	173.70
80	—	381	154.00–185.00	173.37
403	—	476	140.00–183.00	168.11
6	—	910	125.00	125.00
228	—	522	138.00–171.00	157.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	533	188.00	188.00
36	—	711	161.00–166.00	165.28
2	—	425	199.00	199.00
4	—	331	205.00	205.00
24	—	554	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	822	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,000	133.00	133.00
280	—	571	147.00–188.00	176.82
174	—	526	162.00–199.00	183.45
264	—	890	138.50–145.50	139.40
241	—	821	140.00–147.75	144.18
189	—	913	132.00–142.50	139.93
193	—	479	151.00–208.00	187.07
180	—	965	135.00–140.00	138.00
5	—	281	135.00–161.00	150.53
56	—	339	189.00–217.50	196.14
118	—	426	182.00–209.00	194.24
78	—	370	171.00–212.50	195.20
104	—	721	149.00–159.00	155.19
208	—	681	145.00–165.50	157.29
438	—	632	142.00–177.00	167.14
731	—	783	135.00–155.00	145.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	613	152.00–160.00	153.01
56	—	570	135.00–181.00	163.36
64	—	530	155.00–199.00	176.70
16	—	851	125.00	125.00
12	—	338	170.00–205.00	177.44
39	—	470	127.50–206.00	176.98
9	—	992	120.00	120.00
19	—	419	145.00–201.00	182.86
5	—	386	135.00–201.00	178.53
16	—	827	119.00–130.00	119.68
2	—	753	131.00	131.00
1	—	660	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,144	—	874	138.00–154.85	146.77
231	—	376	195.00–240.00	219.48
587	—	575	177.00–207.00	190.77
11	—	1,055	132.50	132.50
1,290	—	724	143.00–164.00	157.47
687	—	621	163.50–195.00	182.68
713	—	523	178.50–218.00	199.14
22	—	1,120	133.25	133.25
267	—	928	119.00–146.50	140.44
1,285	—	777	138.00–159.50	153.06
709	—	672	154.00–179.00	165.22
81	—	327	202.00–240.00	228.05
135	—	976	130.00–141.00	137.46
32	—	275	209.00–237.50	220.61
1,288	—	828	139.50–154.00	148.25
587	—	477	190.00–220.00	206.28
243	—	1,014	133.00–142.50	139.13
317	—	427	193.00–235.00	217.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	534	192.00	192.00
5	—	798	165.00	165.00
30	—	879	146.50	146.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	371	230.00–231.00	230.68
38	—	625	195.00–199.00	197.33
76	—	776	160.00–162.50	161.20
2	—	303	240.00	240.00
23	—	716	168.00	168.00
10	—	424	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	660	165.00	165.00
4	—	478	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	608	153.00	153.00
3	—	436	179.00	179.00
5	—	533	189.00	189.00
4	—	336	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	877	141.10	141.10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,442	92.00–100.00	94.69
114	—	1,455	84.00–97.00	90.36
22	—	1,455	78.00–88.00	82.62
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	887	35.00–69.00	56.51
32	—	933	59.00–75.00	67.06
4	—	948	80.00–83.00	80.98
41	—	953	70.00–87.00	74.80
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	87.00	87.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,351	70.00–86.00	80.44
35	—	1,185	88.00–113.00	94.70
149	—	1,298	80.00–93.00	86.17
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,141	51.00–70.00	64.77
130	—	1,149	72.00–87.00	80.57
14	—	1,106	84.00–93.00	88.58
78	—	1,122	54.00–81.00	74.21
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,093	102.00–129.00	109.56
4	—	1,096	91.00–96.00	94.68
1	—	1,230	94.00	94.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,853	114.00–117.00	115.49
25	—	1,675	77.50–107.00	94.69
65	—	1,759	100.00–130.00	113.70
50	—	1,770	90.00–114.00	105.03

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.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the Oklahoma barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

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