Sale reports / Oklahoma / Oklahoma National Stockyards Market / 2023-03-07

Oklahoma National Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Tue, Mar 7
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1823
Slaughter Cattle receipts
425 head
▲ 175 vs last sale 250▲ 239 vs year ago 186 · +128.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
128 head
▲ 103 vs last sale 25▲ 70 vs year ago 58 · +120.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00-5.00 higher. Numbers for lean cows shortened up causing a very good demand for lean meat. Over all demand was light to moderate. Quality was average to a few 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—Average1,717116.762,00438
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,26999.481,26250
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18092.421,09130
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00284.31844235

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)1,044$1,20911
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,100$1,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)836$9295
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)973$8106

Every lot

26 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 · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,025101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0351
Bulls——Light Weight1,218112.11/cwt110.00–114.001,3652
Bulls——1,541104.60/cwt98.00–107.501,6129
Bulls——1,614115.20/cwt109.00–118.501,85911
Bulls——2,010126.88/cwt120.00–134.002,55015
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83580.99/cwt74.00–85.0067639
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight89564.76/cwt63.00–69.005803
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93993.60/cwt93.00–94.008795
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94683.50/cwt82.00–91.0079074
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight99084.00/cwt84.00–84.008322
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08386.36/cwt84.00–91.0093570
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09080.39/cwt77.00–83.0087616
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13992.79/cwt92.00–100.001,05723
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16195.45/cwt94.00–97.501,10816
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,17997.90/cwt96.00–101.001,15436
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19269.31/cwt66.00–71.008265
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21590.53/cwt88.00–93.001,10010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,1612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500103.56/cwt102.00–109.001,55314
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2749710.80/head650.00–760.007112
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2838955.13/head910.00–1,000.009552
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28941,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0753
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2973810.00/head810.00–810.008106
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,013912.22/head900.00–925.009122
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1111,366.84/head1,250.00–1,475.001,3677

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.