Sale reports / Oklahoma / Oklahoma National Stockyards Market / 2022-10-04

Oklahoma National Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Tue, Oct 4
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1823
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,100 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 1,034▲ 800 vs year ago 300 · +266.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 69▼ 35 vs year ago 110 · −31.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cow sold 11.00 - 15.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 10.00-13.00 lower. Demand was moderate to low, with some of the regular slaughter accounts currently out of the market. . Slaughter cow numbers are up with the ongoing drought and no rain in sight.

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—High1,69593.431,58318
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40679.601,11942
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22064.53787381
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08650.85552257

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,089$86817
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)705$1,2001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)900$1,1701thin

Every lot

21 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——Light Weight1,25583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,0421
Bulls——1,46375.29/cwt71.50–80.001,1012
Bulls——1,71390.22/cwt87.00–93.001,5456
Bulls——1,783100.76/cwt97.50–106.001,7979
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight85536.33/cwt32.00–44.0031113
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight92071.00/cwt71.00–71.006532
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight96565.08/cwt61.00–70.006285
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight97359.50/cwt59.00–60.0057911
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight99948.99/cwt47.00–51.004898
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight1,01456.96/cwt53.00–58.5057814
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08038.05/cwt36.00–41.0041123
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10147.29/cwt45.00–50.0052170
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11555.97/cwt52.00–58.50624129
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16559.12/cwt56.00–60.0068993
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24964.52/cwt60.50–70.00806204
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27672.77/cwt70.00–75.0092966
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33377.10/cwt76.00–82.001,02828
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55184.60/cwt83.00–85.001,31214
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-27051,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29001,170.00/head1,170.00–1,170.001,1701
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,089868.37/head800.00–900.0086817

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.