Sale reports / Oklahoma / Oklahoma National Stockyards Market / 2023-08-08

Oklahoma National Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Tue, Aug 8
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1823
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 284▼ 220 vs year ago 470 · −46.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 94▼ 49 vs year ago 87 · −56.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady on a light test. Demand moderate to good.

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—Low1,783131.502,34512
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,395118.511,65423
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,257113.531,42741
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,107106.131,17597

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)1,071$1,41322
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)960$1,2601thin

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 · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,455110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6011
Bulls——1,671129.37/cwt127.00–133.002,1624
Bulls——1,866138.09/cwt135.00–140.002,5776
Bulls——2,060122.00/cwt122.00–122.002,5131
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight955104.95/cwt103.00–107.001,0022
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight96598.67/cwt98.00–101.009526
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,072117.31/cwt113.00–119.501,2583
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,114101.43/cwt98.00–103.001,13013
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,123107.97/cwt104.00–111.001,21370
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12388.00/cwt88.00–88.009883
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255113.21/cwt110.00–116.001,42139
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,290119.77/cwt117.00–122.001,5452
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,366116.37/cwt115.00–122.001,59017
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,478124.59/cwt122.00–129.001,8416
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29601,260.00/head1,260.00–1,260.001,2601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0501,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,52514
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1071,216.16/head1,200.00–1,325.001,2168

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.