Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2019-05-13

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, May 13
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,283 head
▼ 658 vs last sale 1,941▲ 1,283 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
242 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 329▲ 242 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 19▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Correction in trends

Compared to last week: Steers and Heifers 4.00-6.00 lower, in a light test. Demand good. Quality good. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00 higher. A total of 266 cows and bulls sold with 53 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 $160.10/cwt on 493 head.
Average price
$160.10
493 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$811
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$94
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.60
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2471161.80762241
Medium and Large 1540158.47856252
One grade step is worth $3.32/cwt here — about −$94 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 sale493 hd
160.10
—
OK average7 barns · 8,639 hd
140.50
+19.60
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—Low1,60187.471,40119
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,29362.9181317
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25362.1677919
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low99950.8950987

Every lot

58 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1312185.25/cwt177.00–187.005789
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2332169.27/cwt166.00–176.0056211
Steers—Medium and Large 1374172.47/cwt168.00–178.0064518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377165.50/cwt157.00–167.0062430
Steers—Medium and Large 1426175.91/cwt174.00–185.0074948
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436168.47/cwt163.00–173.0073577
Steers—Medium and Large 1474183.21/cwt178.00–188.0086834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482170.76/cwt167.00–177.0082352
Steers—Medium and Large 1522161.95/cwt157.00–167.0084525
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526152.86/cwt146.00–156.0080420
Steers—Medium and Large 1564154.76/cwt149.00–159.0087323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576142.29/cwt138.00–148.0082051
Steers—Medium and Large 1613144.56/cwt136.50–147.0088626
Steers—Medium and Large 1674134.21/cwt129.50–140.0090540
Steers—Medium and Large 1727129.49/cwt124.00–134.0094129
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1317158.36/cwt152.00–162.0050218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327146.69/cwt141.00–151.0048014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374156.40/cwt151.00–161.0058537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381146.08/cwt140.00–150.0055720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420137.97/cwt134.00–144.0057925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426148.80/cwt145.00–155.0063446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471144.47/cwt141.00–151.0068049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484137.43/cwt130.00–140.0066527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524137.96/cwt134.00–144.0072356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527131.34/cwt123.00–133.0069259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565131.00/cwt125.00–135.0074056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625126.31/cwt124.00–134.5078926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676123.14/cwt116.00–126.5083228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711120.16/cwt115.00–124.0085422
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323183.08/cwt177.00–187.005918
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375173.72/cwt168.00–178.0065112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416166.97/cwt164.00–174.0069514
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465159.02/cwt155.00–165.0073917
Bulls—Medium and Large 1527158.25/cwt151.00–161.0083425
Bulls—Medium and Large 1569145.48/cwt140.00–151.0082839
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625133.47/cwt129.00–139.0083426
Bulls—Medium and Large 1677123.69/cwt119.00–129.0083712
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55484.49/cwt82.50–87.001,31312
Bulls——1,65391.51/cwt88.00–93.001,5135
Bulls——1,75595.25/cwt95.00–95.501,6722
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight80735.41/cwt30.00–37.5028616
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90357.14/cwt56.00–58.005163
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91153.26/cwt50.00–56.0048525
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94560.99/cwt59.00–64.005763
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12349.57/cwt47.00–52.005577
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12955.15/cwt53.00–58.0062325
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13553.33/cwt51.00–56.006052
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19040.86/cwt38.00–43.004862
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20961.20/cwt60.00–63.007406
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22267.53/cwt66.00–70.008255
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26061.07/cwt58.00–63.007699
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27465.59/cwt63.50–67.508368
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32262.55/cwt60.00–64.008279
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32556.28/cwt53.00–58.007463
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0011,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1961,063.42/cwt760.00–1,310.0012,7197
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,023959.28/cwt875.00–1,050.009,8133
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,222956.64/cwt800.00–1,175.0011,69013

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.