Sale reports / Oklahoma / Oklahoma National Stockyards Market / 2023-02-28

Oklahoma National Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Tue, Feb 28
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1823
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 202▲ 50 vs year ago 200 · +25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 40▼ 20 vs year ago 45 · −44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 - 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. Demand very good. Quality average to attractive.

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—Average1,640110.501,81337
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,379103.771,43119
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24298.231,22052
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09884.33926102

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,067$1,33416
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,023$1,2752thin

Every lot

20 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 · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,17088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,0301
Bulls——Light Weight1,301103.88/cwt99.00–109.001,3514
Bulls——Light Weight1,345117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,5741
Bulls——1,57899.30/cwt91.00–104.001,56711
Bulls——1,630111.45/cwt106.00–116.001,8177
Bulls——1,862122.74/cwt117.00–131.002,28513
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90179.66/cwt73.00–82.0071810
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94060.00/cwt60.00–60.005641
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94186.77/cwt82.00–90.0081711
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,0871
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06071.41/cwt62.00–74.007577
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08980.87/cwt78.00–85.0088138
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23091.61/cwt87.00–95.001,12734
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24097.96/cwt95.00–99.001,21550
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,3582
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,378103.51/cwt101.00–105.001,42617
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,4732
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0201,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0251,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0671,334.36/head1,300.00–1,350.001,33416

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.