Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2019-05-06

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, May 6
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,941 head
▼ 446 vs last sale 2,387▲ 1,941 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
329 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 291▲ 329 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 155 vs last sale 174▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 6.00-8.00 lower. Heifers 5.00-7.00 lower. Quality average thru good. Demand good. Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. A total of 348 cows and bulls sold with 56 percent going to packers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.23/cwt on 766 head.
Average price
$166.23
766 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$801
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$159
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.41
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1509168.68859424
Medium and Large 1-2451166.72753205
Medium and Large 2443157.91700137
One grade step is worth $10.77/cwt here — about $159 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 sale766 hd
166.23
—
OK average7 barns · 10,186 hd
140.82
+25.41
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—Low1,59185.801,36529
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,29359.6977220
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15857.4166540
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,05253.44562101

Every lot

59 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2318182.49/cwt180.00–190.0058013
Steers—Medium and Large 1322197.77/cwt191.00–201.0063715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375166.19/cwt161.00–171.0062330
Steers—Medium and Large 1381177.93/cwt173.00–183.0067816
Steers—Medium and Large 2416160.59/cwt154.00–164.0066876
Steers—Medium and Large 1420181.72/cwt176.00–186.0076387
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440171.60/cwt165.00–175.0075577
Steers—Medium and Large 2477154.56/cwt150.00–160.0073761
Steers—Medium and Large 1479173.79/cwt173.00–183.0083292
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485167.08/cwt161.00–172.0081048
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524152.43/cwt149.00–159.0079925
Steers—Medium and Large 1527165.21/cwt160.00–170.5087182
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575147.98/cwt144.00–154.0085112
Steers—Medium and Large 1576164.31/cwt155.50–165.5094672
Steers—Medium and Large 1622148.27/cwt141.00–151.0092225
Steers—Medium and Large 1657141.99/cwt137.50–147.5093320
Steers—Medium and Large 1727132.27/cwt125.00–135.0096215
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335158.87/cwt151.00–161.0053237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335147.37/cwt140.00–150.0049416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378155.09/cwt150.00–160.0058638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382144.90/cwt139.00–149.0055418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416154.49/cwt150.00–160.0064363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424143.17/cwt139.00–149.0060771
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425132.03/cwt128.00–138.0056154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465148.77/cwt142.50–152.50692124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480137.71/cwt131.00–141.0066158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524136.78/cwt131.00–141.0071746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530147.23/cwt142.00–152.0078082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577143.51/cwt140.00–150.0082822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578134.29/cwt129.00–139.0077624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633127.30/cwt124.00–134.0080631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663123.62/cwt120.00–130.0082024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732116.84/cwt112.00–122.0085526
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330183.96/cwt179.00–189.0060712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1377173.08/cwt169.00–179.0065313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427174.60/cwt169.00–179.0074614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1471170.30/cwt164.00–174.008029
Bulls—Medium and Large 1526164.56/cwt159.00–169.0086616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1566140.37/cwt135.00–145.0079427
Bulls—Medium and Large 1626136.53/cwt132.00–143.0085529
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51879.18/cwt76.00–81.501,20210
Bulls——1,59185.66/cwt83.00–88.001,36311
Bulls——1,68394.26/cwt91.50–98.001,5868
Slaughter Cattle · Cows15 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight84740.80/cwt38.00–44.003465
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight89348.14/cwt45.00–51.0043016
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91754.40/cwt52.00–58.0049914
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight92755.29/cwt54.00–58.005133
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93360.05/cwt58.00–62.005603
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06850.53/cwt47.00–52.0054013
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12144.08/cwt40.00–46.004945
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15961.10/cwt59.00–65.0070816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15954.27/cwt50.00–56.5062920
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16358.71/cwt57.00–61.0068310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17656.08/cwt53.00–59.0066029
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23556.08/cwt53.00–59.0069311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24565.44/cwt63.00–68.508157
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28066.63/cwt66.00–67.508533
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40762.84/cwt60.00–65.508846
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,292897.30/cwt800.00–1,025.0011,59319

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.