Sale reports / Oklahoma / Oklahoma National Stockyards Market / 2023-04-25

Oklahoma National Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Tue, Apr 25
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1823
Slaughter Cattle receipts
300 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 229▲ 35 vs year ago 265 · +13.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 86▲ 4 vs year ago 26 · +15.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls are steady to 1.00 higher. Quality was average. Demand moderate.

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—High1,819118.752,16024
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,378102.371,41126
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23496.191,18783
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01482.0983272

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)1,093$1,32312
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)900$7601thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)860$7001thin

Every lot

17 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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,724107.02/cwt105.00–110.001,8455
Bulls——1,824116.32/cwt114.00–119.502,1229
Bulls——1,862126.81/cwt121.00–143.502,36110
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight88477.04/cwt71.00–81.5068127
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight90095.81/cwt91.00–99.008623
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94685.27/cwt84.00–86.008074
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,090110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1991
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10189.97/cwt87.50–92.5099119
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10278.14/cwt70.00–81.0086112
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12284.19/cwt82.00–88.0094510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24796.20/cwt94.00–99.501,20080
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390103.24/cwt101.50–107.501,43519
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39098.34/cwt98.00–98.501,3676
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2860700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2900760.00/head760.00–760.007601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2993953.04/head935.00–975.009532
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1131,397.54/head1,150.00–1,500.001,39810

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.