Sale reports / Oklahoma / Oklahoma National Stockyards Market / 2023-12-05

Oklahoma National Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Tue, Dec 5
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1823
Slaughter Cattle receipts
263 head
▼ 144 vs last sale 407▼ 734 vs year ago 997 · −73.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 135 vs last sale 151▲ 7 vs year ago 9 · +77.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls traded 1.00-2.00 lower. 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—Average1,744110.201,92219
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53099.211,51820
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21093.271,12952
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05077.25811100

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,117$1,3864thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,072$1,2936
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)806$9004thin

Every lot

19 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——1,53096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,4691
Bulls——1,59592.20/cwt90.00–96.001,4713
Bulls——1,748106.47/cwt103.00–110.001,8613
Bulls——1,798116.81/cwt112.00–122.002,10012
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86071.00/cwt71.00–71.006111
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight95663.47/cwt61.00–68.006079
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight96986.95/cwt84.00–88.008437
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight97979.56/cwt77.00–85.0077911
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03766.08/cwt61.00–70.0068523
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06781.00/cwt72.00–83.5086429
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14886.21/cwt81.00–89.0099019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19993.07/cwt89.50–96.001,11645
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21399.77/cwt99.00–100.001,2104
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37587.69/cwt87.00–89.001,2063
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,40592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,2931
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53099.21/cwt97.00–104.001,51820
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2806900.00/head900.00–900.009004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0721,293.18/head1,175.00–1,425.001,2936
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1171,386.49/head1,325.00–1,410.001,3864

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.