The Morning Wire / Oklahoma / Thu Oct 22, 2026

Oklahoma cattle market

The trading day in one page — Thu, Oct 22

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The market in a line

Thu, Oct 22

Choice cutout closed $3.12 lower at $369.47. 3 Oklahoma barns reported 224 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 Thu, Oct 22, weighted by head. Spread of $23.48 between the top and bottom of 2 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
Apache Livestock Auction	OK	425.82/cwt	169
Woodward Livestock Inc	OK	402.34/cwt	191

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 22 USDA

Choice $369.47, $3.12 lower. Select $350.41, $4.93 lower. The Choice–Select spread stands at $19.06. 123 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 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Steer calves easily 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Heifer calves 5.00 to 15.00 higher. All on better quality versus last week. Demand was moderate. Quality average.
Woodward Livestock Inc · Oklahoma

Compared to last week. Slaughter Cows and Bulls steady to 5.00 lower. Very good demand for bred cows.
Southern Oklahoma Livestock Auction · Oklahoma

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	249.64/cwt	$2.92 higher	609
Boner (85% lean)	253.47/cwt	$0.39 lower	1,709
Cutter (90% lean)	256.50/cwt	$2.49 lower	4,083
Premium White	268.70/cwt	$2.43 lower	1,017
Bull (92% lean)	318.53/cwt	$3.82 lower	382

What published

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Every USDA report carried this date is listed in the archive.

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.