The Morning Wire / Oklahoma / Tue Oct 20, 2026

Oklahoma cattle market

The trading day in one page — Tue, Oct 20

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The market in a line

Tue, Oct 20

Choice cutout closed $1.72 higher at $373.30. 5 Oklahoma barns reported 415 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Oklahoma, week of Oct 19 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.

Weight	Price	vs prior week	Head	Barns
300-399 lb	522.81/cwt	$31.24 higher	404	8
400-499 lb	451.58/cwt	$4.77 higher	1,051	8
500-599 lb	408.62/cwt	$23.43 higher	2,113	8
600-699 lb	374.20/cwt	$8.27 higher	2,172	8
700-799 lb	349.89/cwt	$0.84 higher	1,610	8
800-899 lb	346.49/cwt	$14.19 higher	1,914	8

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, Oct 20, weighted by head. Spread of $77.09 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.

Barn	State	Average	Head
OKC West Livestock Market	OK	422.49/cwt	371
Beaver Livestock Auction	OK	421.02/cwt	361
McAlester Union Stockyards	OK	345.40/cwt	35

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 20 USDA

Choice $373.30, $1.72 higher. Select $361.54, $1.63 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $11.76. 98 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

24,753 head traded Oct 10–Oct 16.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	353.40	3,231
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed FOB	350.84	679
Iowa-Minnesota	Live Delivered	225.48	73
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	223.03	5,858
Nebraska	Dressed Delivered	351.23	9,484
Nebraska	Dressed FOB	354.00	639

At the Oklahoma barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week: Feeder steers over 700lbs 10.00-15.00 higher. Stocker type steers 600-700lbs 5.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers over 800lbs lightly tested, under 800lbs 5.00-15.00 higher. Steer calves over 500lbs steady, under 500lbs 20.00-25.00 higher. Heifer calves 10.00-20.00 higher.
Beaver Livestock Auction · Oklahoma

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 10.00-20.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00-8.00 higher. Feeder cattle lightly tested in most weight categories but demand very good. Cattle futures trading higher and cooler weather followed by a good rain has everyone in a more optimistic mood.
OKC West Livestock Market · Oklahoma

Compared to last week; Steer calves 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 9.00 to 12.00 higher. Quality was average through attractive ( mostly attractive). Demand was good. Slaughter cows; Breakers 2.00 lower. Boners and Leans 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 6.00 lower.
McAlester Union Stockyards · Oklahoma

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate.
Woodward Livestock Inc · Oklahoma

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 lower. Packer demand moderate to good.
Oklahoma National Stockyards Market · Oklahoma

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	244.60/cwt	$8.63 lower	527
Boner (85% lean)	256.04/cwt	$1.41 lower	1,765
Cutter (90% lean)	259.28/cwt	$0.33 higher	3,630
Premium White	276.61/cwt	$7.86 higher	1,400
Bull (92% lean)	320.39/cwt	$0.63 higher	436

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.