Sale reports / Oklahoma / Oklahoma National Stockyards Market / 2024-01-23

Oklahoma National Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Tue, Jan 23
● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1823
Slaughter Cattle receipts
119 head
▼ 105 vs last sale 224▼ 88 vs year ago 207 · −42.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 6▼ 12 vs year ago 15 · −80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold sharply higher, instances to as much as 12.00 higher on very limited offerings. Demand very good. Strong winter storm bringing ice and single digit temperatures hampered livestock movement.

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—Average1,429130.091,85927
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,436112.421,61536
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,341104.491,4012thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,186100.171,18827

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 Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)990$1,5501thin

Every lot

10 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——1,358123.80/cwt123.50–125.001,6817
Bulls——1,415131.94/cwt128.00–132.501,86719
Bulls——2,195139.00/cwt139.00–139.003,0511
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05173.00/cwt73.00–73.007671
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,187103.45/cwt100.00–107.001,22821
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20791.83/cwt86.00–93.001,1085
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,341104.49/cwt104.00–105.001,4012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,398110.22/cwt109.00–110.501,54124
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,513116.81/cwt113.00–120.001,76712
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19901,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501

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.