Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2019-04-29

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Apr 29
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,387 head
▲ 574 vs last sale 1,813▲ 2,387 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
291 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 195▲ 291 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
174 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 167▲ 174 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 5.00-7.00 lower. Heifers 6.00-8.00 lower. Demand good. Quality good. Slaughter cows 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, A total of 465 cows and bulls sold with 62 percent going to packers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.62/cwt on 875 head.
Average price
$147.62
875 head · 497 lb average
Value per head Derived
$734
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.57
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506149.66757502
Medium and Large 1-2485144.86703373
One grade step is worth $4.80/cwt here — about $54 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale875 hd
147.62
—
OK average7 barns · 9,634 hd
138.05
+9.57
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Low1,70387.771,49437
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,33062.2082750
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16760.4170569
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,04052.76549127

Every lot

65 lots · USDA AMS · Tulsa Livestock Auction - Tulsa, 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328191.09/cwt185.00–195.0062725
Steers—Medium and Large 1339199.88/cwt196.00–206.0067825
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2367185.93/cwt179.00–189.5068248
Steers—Medium and Large 1374192.97/cwt190.00–200.0072235
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424177.41/cwt172.00–183.00752105
Steers—Medium and Large 2424163.82/cwt158.00–168.0069559
Steers—Medium and Large 1425187.68/cwt184.00–194.0079819
Steers—Medium and Large 1466176.93/cwt173.50–183.5082446
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477167.77/cwt162.50–172.5080054
Steers—Medium and Large 2477158.99/cwt151.00–161.0075855
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518160.03/cwt153.00–163.0082942
Steers—Medium and Large 1528170.71/cwt165.00–175.0090143
Steers—Medium and Large 2528147.93/cwt142.00–152.0078163
Steers—Medium and Large 1571168.99/cwt161.50–171.5096544
Steers—Medium and Large 2577145.11/cwt139.00–149.0083754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581157.40/cwt150.00–160.0091418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2611151.29/cwt147.50–158.0092427
Steers—Medium and Large 1613164.78/cwt159.00–169.001,01019
Steers—Medium and Large 1659143.37/cwt140.00–150.0094520
Steers—Medium and Large 1709143.86/cwt136.00–146.251,02060
Steers—Medium and Large 1785138.65/cwt131.00–142.501,0889
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328161.09/cwt155.00–165.0052853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369160.65/cwt157.00–167.0059347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374151.92/cwt146.00–156.0056828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417158.95/cwt153.50–163.50663112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428148.46/cwt142.00–152.00635103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472144.42/cwt139.00–149.0068294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477153.64/cwt150.00–160.0073395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508158.53/cwt155.00–165.0080518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529146.93/cwt144.00–154.0077764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567143.94/cwt142.00–152.0081630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575137.01/cwt131.00–141.0078884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629135.22/cwt129.00–139.0085162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1687130.12/cwt125.00–135.0089416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729132.13/cwt126.50–136.0096347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768127.13/cwt123.00–133.0097622
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1339183.42/cwt180.00–190.006229
Bulls—Medium and Large 1384185.85/cwt179.00–190.0071440
Bulls—Medium and Large 1434173.62/cwt169.00–179.0075421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1462169.64/cwt165.00–175.0078474
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522157.56/cwt155.00–165.0082252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1569156.54/cwt153.00–164.0089131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1621146.79/cwt144.00–154.0091227
Bulls—Medium and Large 1687144.77/cwt138.50–148.5099516
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59777.66/cwt75.00–80.001,2406
Bulls——1,63293.75/cwt93.00–95.001,53016
Bulls——1,82085.43/cwt82.00–88.001,55515
Slaughter Cattle · Cows15 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight87436.93/cwt34.00–43.0032314
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight88848.41/cwt44.00–51.0043014
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight89562.35/cwt60.00–66.005584
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90855.30/cwt52.00–59.0050216
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight93661.05/cwt59.00–62.005716
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08350.81/cwt49.50–52.0055010
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12555.94/cwt52.00–58.0062936
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14542.14/cwt37.00–45.004837
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15459.80/cwt58.00–63.0069026
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17555.34/cwt54.00–57.5065013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18660.05/cwt57.00–62.5071234
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20565.06/cwt63.00–68.0078416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29063.31/cwt61.00–65.5081714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31858.62/cwt54.00–60.0077325
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40768.93/cwt66.00–71.5097011
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,218862.88/cwt625.00–1,200.0010,51018
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,053707.81/cwt585.00–850.007,4533
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1321,193.77/cwt1,050.00–1,300.0013,5135

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.