Sale reports / Oklahoma / Oklahoma National Stockyards Market / 2023-10-31

Oklahoma National Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Tue, Oct 31
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1823
Slaughter Cattle receipts
163 head
▼ 208 vs last sale 371▼ 627 vs year ago 790 · −79.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 108▼ 91 vs year ago 172 · −52.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows lightly tested and mostly steady. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Packer demand 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—Average1,614112.731,8206thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,362107.301,46116
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24697.301,21260
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,09587.3295680

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,240$1,2501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,025$1,0251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,018$1,0142thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,355$1,5783thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)998$1,3509

Every lot

27 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 Weight1,215110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3371
Bulls——Light Weight1,290106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,3671
Bulls——1,600115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,8401
Bulls——1,738108.70/cwt105.50–112.001,8892
Bulls——2,105128.00/cwt128.00–128.002,6941
Slaughter Cattle · Cows16 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight84381.51/cwt80.00–83.006872
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight89077.00/cwt77.00–77.006851
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94086.60/cwt82.00–91.008142
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight97771.28/cwt69.00–74.0069613
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,011100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0114
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06972.23/cwt71.00–73.007728
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09997.87/cwt96.00–98.501,07618
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12585.52/cwt81.00–88.0096210
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,15888.98/cwt88.00–90.001,0303
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21193.04/cwt89.00–95.001,12720
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21592.25/cwt88.00–93.501,12117
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25995.47/cwt94.00–97.001,20218
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,272103.10/cwt100.00–105.001,31124
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28797.44/cwt96.00–99.001,2543
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,355108.61/cwt106.00–109.501,47211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510114.91/cwt112.00–118.001,7352
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2871,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4901,735.00/head1,735.00–1,735.001,7351
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0181,014.35/head950.00–1,085.001,0142
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0251,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2401,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 19981,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3509

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.