Sale reports / Oklahoma / Oklahoma National Stockyards Market / 2023-03-14

Oklahoma National Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Tue, Mar 14
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1823
Slaughter Cattle receipts
302 head
▼ 123 vs last sale 425▲ 175 vs year ago 127 · +137.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 128▲ 57 vs year ago 30 · +190.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter Cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Numbers for lean cows shortened up causing a very good demand for lean meat. Over all demand was moderate to good . 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—Low1,732115.061,99360
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,32499.711,32110
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25793.461,17456
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01978.47799136

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)1,040$1,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,134$1,1087
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,350$1,4002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)900$1,2432thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)900$7001thin

Every lot

23 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 Weight1,203113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,3592
Bulls——Light Weight1,295104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,3471
Bulls——1,631104.58/cwt99.00–110.001,70617
Bulls——1,677115.22/cwt111.00–121.001,93224
Bulls——2,015126.90/cwt121.50–138.002,55716
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83766.58/cwt65.00–74.0055733
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight84085.00/cwt85.00–85.007141
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90880.14/cwt76.00–84.0072812
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Light Weight99596.00/cwt96.00–96.009551
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04874.98/cwt72.00–76.0078614
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10285.63/cwt85.00–87.0094448
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12091.50/cwt91.50–91.501,0251
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13080.99/cwt78.00–83.0091528
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21691.31/cwt87.50–93.001,11018
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28094.56/cwt94.00–96.001,21037
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30098.27/cwt97.00–101.001,2786
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,483103.82/cwt102.00–105.001,5403
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2800935.00/head935.00–935.009351
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2900700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0001,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3501,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0401,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1341,108.12/head900.00–1,375.001,1087

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.