Sale reports / Oklahoma / Southern Oklahoma Livestock Auction / 2023-05-18

Southern Oklahoma Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ada, Oklahoma · Thu, May 18
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1843
Slaughter Cattle receipts
368 head
▲ 111 vs last sale 257▼ 43 vs year ago 411 · −10.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 75▼ 110 vs year ago 185 · −59.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Slaughter cows were 4.00 - 7.00 higher . Slaughter bulls 7.00 - 10.00 higher . Good demand for replacement cows as good rains in this area past week.

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—High1,602118.291,89532
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,337109.771,46737
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,203100.821,21371
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low97385.5283284

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)1,079$1,2346
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,045$1,1522thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,098$1,14119
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)953$1,0877
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)950$1,0385
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)960$1,00418
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)880$9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,078$1,2382thin

Every lot

28 lots · USDA AMS · Southern Oklahoma Livestock Auction Slaughter/Replacement Cattle - Ada, 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 · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,093104.98/cwt104.00–106.001,1472
Bulls——Light Weight1,19596.94/cwt95.00–98.001,1583
Bulls——Light Weight1,293112.54/cwt111.00–114.001,4552
Bulls——1,700121.54/cwt118.00–124.502,06614
Bulls——1,731117.09/cwt117.00–117.502,0276
Bulls——1,746131.04/cwt129.00–135.002,2885
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91183.67/cwt80.00–86.5076228
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91777.20/cwt72.00–79.0070810
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92586.00/cwt86.00–86.007961
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93189.71/cwt87.00–93.0083517
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight93594.79/cwt94.00–96.008865
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03078.00/cwt78.00–78.008035
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08491.65/cwt87.00–93.5099318
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12083.56/cwt80.00–86.009365
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13595.26/cwt94.00–97.001,08115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,229101.11/cwt98.00–104.001,24332
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285106.30/cwt105.00–107.501,36619
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,334109.11/cwt108.00–110.501,45629
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,347112.18/cwt111.00–115.001,5118
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0051,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2880950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29501,037.53/head925.00–1,275.001,0385
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29531,086.58/head850.00–1,175.001,0877
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29601,003.96/head850.00–1,100.001,00418
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0451,152.39/head900.00–1,400.001,1522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0791,233.59/head975.00–1,300.001,2346
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0981,140.90/head875.00–1,475.001,14119

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.