The Morning Wire / Oklahoma / Tue Oct 27, 2026

Oklahoma cattle market

The trading day in one page — Tue, Oct 27

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The market in a line

Tue, Oct 27

Choice cutout closed $2.78 higher at $372.22. 5 Oklahoma barns reported 386 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 Tue, Oct 27, weighted by head. Spread of $70.09 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
Beaver Livestock Auction	OK	431.22/cwt	457
OKC West Livestock Market	OK	408.16/cwt	556
McAlester Union Stockyards	OK	361.13/cwt	22

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 27 USDA

Choice $372.22, $2.78 higher. Select $358.85, $1.29 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $13.37. 120 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

671 head traded Oct 21–Oct 27.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	361.31	432
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	225.66	239

At the Oklahoma barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 10.00-15.00 lower. Steers weighing 700-750lbs were 15.00 higher on better quality and several buyers had a tight 7 weight order. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher.
OKC West Livestock Market · Oklahoma

Compared to last sale: Feeder steer over 600 lbs 5.00-15.00 lower. 800-1,000 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 700 lbs 10.00-20.00 higher. 600-700 lbs 15.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves 5.00-15.00 higher conservatively. Demand strong.
Beaver Livestock Auction · Oklahoma

Compared to last week; Steer calves under 450 lbs. 15.00 to 20.00 lower, above 450 lbs. 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Heifer calves 10.00 to 17.00 higher. Quality of steer calves under 450 lbs. plain above 450 lbs. average to attractive. Heifer calves mostly attractive. Demand was good. Slaughter cows;
McAlester Union Stockyards · Oklahoma

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

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00-5.00 lower, Breaker cows 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00 lower. Packer demand moderate to good. Quality of cows somewhat plainer than last week.
Oklahoma National Stockyards Market · Oklahoma

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	241.16/cwt	$2.32 lower	575
Boner (85% lean)	248.81/cwt	$1.32 lower	1,608
Cutter (90% lean)	252.76/cwt	$0.88 lower	3,103
Premium White	264.75/cwt	$3.66 higher	892
Bull (92% lean)	311.92/cwt	$3.87 lower	379

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.