The Morning Wire / Oklahoma / Tue Aug 11, 2026

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Oklahoma cattle market

The trading day in one page — Tue, Aug 11
● 5 barns reportedEvery figure as filed
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The market in a line

Tue, Aug 11
Choice cutout held near $371.31. 5 Oklahoma barns reported 378 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Oklahoma, week of Aug 10 USDA
Weighted across every reported lot, by weight class. Weekly rather than daily — one day's barns are too thin a base for a state figure. Watch the barn count: a weight class carried by one or two barns is a thin figure, not a market.
WeightPricevs prior weekHeadBarns
300-399 lb569.91/cwt$8.42 higher2785
400-499 lb483.10/cwt$4.60 lower5115
500-599 lb417.68/cwt$11.76 lower9305
600-699 lb383.34/cwt$8.15 lower7105
700-799 lb358.63/cwt$0.64 higher6055
800-899 lb350.34/cwt$8.95 higher1,3775

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA
Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Tue, Aug 11, weighted by head. Spread of $17.38 between the top and bottom of 3 barns. An average moves with the cattle that showed up as much as with the buyers in the seats — a yard with better grade will average higher on the same demand. This is where the money landed, not a verdict on the barn.
BarnStateAverageHead
OKC West Livestock MarketOK422.67/cwt290
Beaver Livestock AuctionOK421.83/cwt233
McAlester Union StockyardsOK405.29/cwt33

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Aug 11 USDA
Choice $371.31, $0.11 lower. Select $349.80, $1.04 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $21.51. 124 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA
48,598 head traded Aug 1–Aug 7.
RegionBasisPriceHead
Iowa-MinnesotaDressed Delivered375.393,154
Iowa-MinnesotaLive Delivered239.181,090
Iowa-MinnesotaLive FOB235.326,326
KansasDressed Delivered370.0039
KansasLive FOB234.943,813
NebraskaDressed Delivered370.3914,747

At the Oklahoma barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 10.00-15.00 lower. Feeder heifers 15.00-20.00 lower except 850-900lbs 5.00 higher. There was a draft of 301 head of heifers 851lbs that brought 312.00 and that was the high light of the day. Stocker type heifers weighing 600-700lbs sold steady.

OKC West Livestock Market · Oklahoma

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers 5.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers too light to test but higher undertone noted. Steer and heifer calves 5.00-20.00 higher conservatively on better quality. Demand strong. Quality ranged from plain to attractive with a few fancy drafts.

Beaver Livestock Auction · Oklahoma

Compared to last week; Steer calves under 500 lbs. 10.00 to 12.00 higher, over 500 lbs. 11.00 lower. Heifer calves under 550 lbs. 12.00 to 15.00 higher, over 550 lbs. 2.00 3.00 higher. Quality of cattle was very attractive. Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher.

McAlester Union Stockyards · Oklahoma

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate.

Woodward Livestock Inc · Oklahoma

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls lightly tested and 2.00-4.00 higher. Packer demand moderate to good. Several crossbred replacement cows available and these sold to good demand.

Oklahoma National Stockyards Market · Oklahoma

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA
ClassPriceDirectionHead
Breaker (75% lean)315.15/cwt$1.17 higher324
Boner (85% lean)334.80/cwt$3.60 higher1,210
Cutter (90% lean)337.79/cwt$6.54 higher2,247
Premium White324.86/cwt$0.28 higher1,385
Bull (92% lean)372.24/cwt$1.93 lower478

What published

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Source: USDA AMS. Feeder prices and barn comment are Oklahoma only; boxed beef, fed cattle and the cow market are national, because those markets are. Every figure is USDA's as filed, and the direction words — higher, lower, steady— follow the arithmetic rather than an opinion. Quoted comment is the work of USDA market reporters, credited to the sale it came from. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA.