Sale reports / Oklahoma / Oklahoma National Stockyards Market / 2019-11-05

Oklahoma National Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Tue, Nov 5
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1823
Slaughter Cattle receipts
353 head
▲ 161 vs last sale 192▲ 353 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
252 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 178▲ 252 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Packer demand moderate to good. Best demand for fleshier cows weighing over 1400 lbs. Demand moderate to good for replacement cows. Typical cull sale with several old thin cows on offer. Many of these headed to feed. A total of 605 cows and bulls sold with 34 percent going to packers. The estimated dressed cost at the Oklahoma National Stockyards: Lean cows 101.55; Boners 101.45; Breakers 98.70; few light weight cows 97.65. Bulls 131.80.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,69572.171,22422
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,37753.6473931
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26151.8365455
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,12441.56467132

Every lot

31 lots · USDA AMS · Oklahoma National Stockyards Slaughter/Replacement Cattle - Oklahoma City, OK
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,33559.50/cwt59.50–59.507941
Bulls——1,56267.57/cwt62.00–72.501,05510
Bulls——1,76274.82/cwt72.50–77.001,3185
Bulls——1,92279.75/cwt78.50–81.501,5336
Slaughter Cattle · Cows18 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93544.00/cwt44.00–44.004111
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight96534.26/cwt34.00–34.503312
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08734.21/cwt25.00–39.0037216
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,09938.14/cwt37.00–40.0041948
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,10645.65/cwt42.00–50.005059
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,11545.50/cwt45.50–45.505071
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15242.57/cwt39.50–45.0049028
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17047.60/cwt46.00–50.0055718
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,19555.00/cwt55.00–55.006571
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,20052.48/cwt47.00–55.006306
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20655.18/cwt52.00–57.506654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21750.20/cwt47.00–52.0061122
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22746.22/cwt44.00–47.005678
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28845.57/cwt43.00–47.505876
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29154.88/cwt53.00–57.5070920
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30151.54/cwt48.50–53.006719
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,35055.00/cwt55.00–55.007435
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51259.22/cwt54.00–67.5089514
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2940785.00/cwt785.00–785.007,3793
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,261714.65/cwt635.00–760.009,01226
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,268836.54/cwt725.00–1,050.0010,60717
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,298810.00/cwt810.00–810.0010,5142
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,370899.96/cwt785.00–1,010.0012,3292
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,376855.31/cwt750.00–975.0011,7694
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3901,104.62/cwt1,075.00–1,150.0015,3543
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,440985.00/cwt985.00–985.0014,1841
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,6651,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0017,6491

This sale against other markets

Oklahoma weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Oklahoma auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.