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Oklahoma National Stockyards Market

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Tue, Oct 22
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1823
Slaughter Cattle receipts
323 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 257▼ 48 vs year ago 371 · −12.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
216 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 121▲ 108 vs year ago 108 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Packer demand moderate. The drought continues and several light fleshed cattle coming to market.

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—High1,565142.562,23012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,405118.061,65843
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,203117.671,416113
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,098110.801,217181

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)1,215$1,70814
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,241$1,4646
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,210$1,9751thin

Every lot

37 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——Light Weight1,290153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,9741
Bulls——1,534133.68/cwt121.00–139.002,0517
Bulls——1,600145.03/cwt144.00–146.002,3202
Bulls——1,773165.97/cwt165.00–167.002,9432
Slaughter Cattle · Cows22 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83098.00/cwt98.00–98.008131
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight920112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0301
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93379.03/cwt70.00–87.007373
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight94394.00/cwt94.00–94.008862
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight975104.67/cwt104.00–106.001,0213
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight993113.01/cwt110.00–116.001,1222
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02573.22/cwt71.00–80.007514
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,030102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0517
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,064119.36/cwt118.00–120.001,2703
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,075123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,3221
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,093114.95/cwt107.00–119.001,25691
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09593.69/cwt90.00–104.001,0269
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,132110.94/cwt107.00–112.001,25647
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185117.65/cwt114.00–119.501,39462
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,190117.64/cwt115.00–120.001,40012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,217112.81/cwt111.00–114.001,3735
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243121.14/cwt121.00–122.001,50620
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,258120.16/cwt118.00–122.001,5124
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,268117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,49017
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,299110.04/cwt105.00–116.001,42910
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,421119.75/cwt117.00–123.001,70230
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,595127.90/cwt125.00–131.002,0403
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1001,780.11/head1,650.00–1,900.001,7802
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1001,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2161,435.00/head1,435.00–1,435.001,4355
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2611,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,72510
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3651,610.00/head1,610.00–1,610.001,6101
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2901109.50/cwt109.50–109.509876
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2979126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2346
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,080118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,27434
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,134186.71/cwt166.00–199.002,1179
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,164131.78/cwt125.00–143.001,5347
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2101,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751

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.