Oklahoma Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

Oklahoma reported 231 priced lines covering 19,484 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle, replacement cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 22,778 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,944 head. replacement cattle receipts at 372 head. Counted as USDA files them — 146 of those are cow-calf pairs, each counted once.

Mon May 23, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22,778Last week 31,123Year ago 28,550

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,944Last week 2,946Year ago 1,979

Replacement CattleReceipts 372Last week 563Year ago 612

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 1.00-3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 1.00-3.00 higher. Steer calves 2.00-8.00 lower. Heifer calves mostly steady. Demand moderate for most all classes. The drought conditions did improve some as rains fell in most all areas of the state this past week. Up to 9 3/4 inches of rain fell in some areas though Western Oklahoma only in the up to 1 or 2 inch rain totals. Never-the-less it was welcomed. More rain is in the forecast for late next week. The warm, windy weather has wheat pastures maturing quickly and harvest will begin soon or after we dry up enough to get in the field. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Packer demand moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,001	102.50	102.50
303	—	872	127.50–140.20	135.67
100	—	379	154.00–189.00	176.78
324	—	576	140.00–160.00	149.62
483	—	667	130.00–154.50	147.53
257	—	918	125.00–135.00	130.17
54	—	326	146.00–176.00	160.17
6	—	245	185.00	185.00
201	—	424	145.00–177.00	167.74
391	—	825	120.00–140.25	136.12
16	—	958	129.25	129.25
302	—	477	146.00–178.00	163.80
1,012	—	726	122.00–156.00	146.25
712	—	622	130.00–169.00	151.69
426	—	527	142.00–169.00	159.10
778	—	763	129.00–144.00	140.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	491	157.00–163.00	158.74
5	—	683	131.00	131.00
8	—	334	152.00–184.00	172.74
4	—	630	140.00	140.00
42	—	580	131.00–152.00	141.19
25	—	439	154.00–166.00	164.80
12	—	532	147.00–149.00	148.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	404	154.00	154.00
5	—	315	150.00–154.00	151.52
2	—	525	135.00	135.00
4	—	489	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	406	135.00–138.00	137.01
6	—	470	135.00–137.00	135.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	653	144.00	144.00
13	—	456	171.00–173.50	172.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	575	126.00–152.50	142.35
74	—	763	133.00–137.00	135.24
96	—	372	131.00–174.00	163.32
186	—	829	120.00–135.25	131.07
49	—	920	111.00–117.00	114.37
159	—	419	155.00–167.00	160.87
62	—	323	129.00–176.00	161.33
152	—	518	124.00–158.00	150.98
40	—	717	134.00–137.00	135.59
168	—	633	130.00–148.00	142.86
24	—	898	130.00	130.00
132	—	673	140.25–145.00	143.38
130	—	478	125.00–159.50	153.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	308	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	463	131.00–159.00	153.88
11	—	739	122.00–125.00	123.66
10	—	374	132.00–149.00	141.47
6	—	892	114.00	114.00
4	—	318	128.00–142.00	135.50
16	—	777	120.00	120.00
55	—	638	125.00–139.00	134.64
3	—	652	120.00–125.00	121.66
63	—	418	131.00–154.00	147.87
98	—	592	127.00–147.00	139.42
7	—	517	125.00–139.00	133.86
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	521	152.00	152.00
89	—	604	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	892	125.00	125.00
54	—	1,124	117.00	117.00
27	—	377	157.00–175.00	171.70
62	—	530	154.00–168.00	162.59
124	—	829	129.50–132.50	132.03
2	—	333	153.00–168.00	160.33
45	—	481	162.00–178.00	169.39
25	—	579	143.00–163.00	153.75
32	—	423	156.00–175.00	168.73
13	—	675	136.00–144.00	139.26
4	—	783	134.00	134.00
9	—	721	134.00	134.00
14	—	634	130.00–156.00	134.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	451	208.00	208.00
38	—	514	199.00	199.00
20	—	614	180.50–182.00	181.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	522	136.00–178.50	169.81
24	—	1,003	121.00	121.00
6	—	935	129.00	129.00
133	—	469	148.00–189.00	178.58
83	—	840	133.50–145.00	137.78
225	—	628	130.00–169.00	159.67
70	—	324	150.00–205.00	191.95
131	—	369	151.00–202.00	188.66
54	—	783	138.00–146.75	142.95
574	—	685	143.00–162.00	154.57
106	—	423	135.00–186.00	171.16
351	—	871	130.00–140.75	139.85
316	—	573	152.00–178.00	166.96
125	—	732	130.00–157.00	145.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
472	—	670	150.00–171.50	165.19
460	—	527	171.00–191.00	180.31
815	—	825	140.00–153.00	148.25
812	—	921	134.00–149.25	140.26
415	—	976	127.00–143.50	137.81
61	—	314	173.00–216.00	204.15
37	—	1,083	126.00–130.00	127.85
288	—	572	170.00–185.00	176.61
1,251	—	778	141.00–157.00	151.48
398	—	888	126.00–146.00	142.03
64	—	377	170.00–213.00	192.49
206	—	424	177.00–207.00	195.13
71	—	1,019	130.00–135.00	132.63
567	—	622	146.00–178.00	166.35
129	—	476	175.00–200.00	185.89
645	—	725	137.00–162.00	154.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	190.00–191.00	190.51
8	—	623	135.00–146.00	142.94
19	—	483	175.00	175.00
2	—	500	167.50	167.50
6	—	448	165.00–172.00	169.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	314	202.00–211.00	207.60
4	—	446	184.00	184.00
36	—	566	162.00–173.00	166.26
5	—	469	165.00	165.00
5	—	700	150.00	150.00
40	—	514	174.50–180.00	175.47
48	—	633	150.00–159.00	155.44
4	—	371	199.50	199.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	606	170.00	170.00
6	—	332	219.00–221.00	220.37
8	—	420	200.00–200.50	200.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	161.00	161.00
6	—	478	161.00–163.00	161.65
7	—	531	152.00–156.00	154.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	504	203.00	203.00
2	—	380	209.00	209.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	175.00	175.00
3	—	348	180.00	180.00
12	—	543	158.00–160.00	159.51
21	—	490	164.50–167.00	165.14
14	—	565	150.00–153.00	150.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	440	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	478	161.00–179.00	168.60
18	—	328	177.00–210.00	196.66
57	—	521	164.00–181.00	168.11
2	—	705	133.00–137.00	135.00
57	—	562	155.00–170.00	161.50
24	—	622	140.00–156.00	146.22
19	—	674	141.00–149.00	144.45
1	—	820	120.00	120.00
64	—	423	164.00–182.00	175.24
15	—	383	178.00–195.00	185.78
1	—	895	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	524	160.00	160.00
26	—	788	128.00	128.00
4	—	610	158.00	158.00
12	—	575	144.00–154.00	148.19
4	—	474	135.00–144.00	139.41
3	—	715	120.00	120.00
19	—	433	150.00–161.00	154.43
15	—	297	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	326	152.00–167.00	159.80
4	—	473	141.00–151.00	146.60
4	—	708	132.00	132.00
2	—	535	132.00–148.00	139.85
1	—	395	137.00	137.00
7	—	418	146.00–160.00	154.77
5	—	616	131.00–132.00	131.20
13	—	689	128.00	128.00
6	—	573	141.00–156.00	145.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	428	185.00	185.00
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	450	123.00	123.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,300.00	1,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	—	1,065	650.00–1,110.00	900.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,113	850.00–975.00	913.20
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	825	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,138	775.00–975.00	890.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,280	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,008	725.00–1,175.00	914.62
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,110	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,190	835.00–1,210.00	986.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,086	800.00–935.00	899.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,350	1,050.00	1,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,510	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,060	960.00	960.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,050	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	838	700.00–875.00	828.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	880	525.00–775.00	688.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	923	675.00–825.00	755.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	863	500.00–825.00	659.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	875.00	875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	708	750.00–800.00	773.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,225	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	950	750.00	750.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,127	1,050.00–1,310.00	1,122.65
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,137	1,050.00	1,050.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	876	1,425.00–1,650.00	1,585.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	45	—	810	1,250.00–1,650.00	1,591.28
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	42	—	1,119	1,000.00–1,525.00	1,262.88
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,261	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,162.73
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	675	910.00	910.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	1,250.00	1,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,042	975.00–1,200.00	1,020.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,100	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,233.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,402	885.00–985.00	914.61
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	798	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,095	700.00–1,075.00	974.37
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,035	950.00–1,175.00	1,072.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,705	93.00–108.50	102.50
2	—	1,765	109.00–110.00	109.52
24	—	1,503	77.00–102.00	90.90
3	—	1,722	71.00–95.00	81.64
33	—	1,783	100.00–119.50	108.57
1	—	1,600	100.00	100.00
3	—	1,930	115.00–118.50	116.66
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,184	73.00–86.00	81.42
1	—	1,250	116.00	116.00
1	—	1,240	93.00	93.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,503	79.00–88.50	84.19
37	—	1,438	68.00–81.00	73.90
123	—	1,412	73.00–87.00	80.45
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	920	77.00–82.00	78.59
34	—	938	61.00–77.00	71.31
43	—	962	56.00–69.00	61.39
77	—	918	34.00–61.00	47.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
242	—	1,238	70.00–87.00	78.43
93	—	1,139	65.00–78.50	70.85
23	—	1,302	74.00–90.00	83.39
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	1,105	61.50–79.00	73.03
27	—	1,204	71.00–82.00	78.49
134	—	1,081	56.00–72.50	62.34
32	—	1,073	40.00–66.00	58.54
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	785	76.00–77.00	76.70
4	—	900	68.00	68.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	895	36.00–50.00	45.85
25	—	987	60.00–65.00	63.13
4	—	1,077	73.00	73.00

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.

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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