The Morning Wire / Oklahoma / Mon Oct 26, 2026

Oklahoma cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Oct 26

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The market in a line

Mon, Oct 26

Choice cutout closed $3.65 higher at $369.44. 4 Oklahoma barns reported 399 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Oklahoma, week of Oct 26 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	532.15/cwt	$9.34 higher	380	8
400-499 lb	466.46/cwt	$14.88 higher	1,193	8
500-599 lb	414.30/cwt	$5.68 higher	2,496	8
600-699 lb	372.86/cwt	$1.34 lower	2,488	8
700-799 lb	352.91/cwt	$3.02 higher	2,410	8
800-899 lb	346.35/cwt	$0.14 lower	2,586	7

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA

Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Mon, Oct 26, weighted by head. Spread of $4.04 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
Oklahoma National Stockyards Market	OK	415.47/cwt	614
Tulsa Stockyards Inc.	OK	411.43/cwt	253

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 26 USDA

Choice $369.44, $3.65 higher. Select $357.56, $4.87 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $11.88. 89 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

391 head traded Oct 17–Oct 23.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	354.50	152
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	225.66	239

At the Oklahoma barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00-15.00 higher, 600-700 lbs 20.00-30.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00-10.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves 15.00-30.00 higher. Demand very good for all classes. Quality improved from last week. Again, little to no discounts for un-weaned calves;
Oklahoma National Stockyards Market · Oklahoma

Compared to last week: Steers 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Quality was average to good with a great demand. Slaughter cow's steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower.
Tulsa Stockyards Inc. · Oklahoma

Compared to last sale: In a light comparison, Slaughter bulls 4.00 lower. Slaughter type cows boners and breakers steady. Lean cows 7.00 lower on lesser quality. Demand good. Quality less overall than last week. Mostly plain, thin cattle, with few average to attractive.
Beaver Livestock Auction · Oklahoma

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. Slaughter demand moderate. No trend to set on return to feed cows but a few buyers who were absent last week returned this week, helping to improve demand slightly on return to feed cows.
OKC West Livestock Market · Oklahoma

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	243.48/cwt	$2.44 lower	628
Boner (85% lean)	250.13/cwt	$1.17 lower	1,980
Cutter (90% lean)	253.64/cwt	$1.94 lower	4,027
Premium White	261.10/cwt	$3.64 lower	1,492
Bull (92% lean)	315.79/cwt	$2.96 lower	474

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.