Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2019-05-20

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, May 20
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,622 head
▲ 339 vs last sale 1,283▲ 1,622 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
202 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 242▲ 202 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 24▲ 115 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 higher. Heifers mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Quality plain thru attractive. Demand good. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady, in a light test. A total of 317 cows and bulls sold with 64 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 $157.26/cwt on 637 head.
Average price
$157.26
637 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$868
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$191
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$12.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+26.27
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2461165.17762230
Medium and Large 2492153.7975764
Medium and Large 1624152.61953343
One grade step is worth $12.56/cwt here — about −$191 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 sale637 hd
157.26
—
OK average7 barns · 13,717 hd
130.99
+26.27
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—Low1,53487.961,3509thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,33359.0378748
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27258.7874857
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,05652.8055888

Every lot

63 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 1309188.69/cwt181.00–192.0058311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2333176.75/cwt170.00–180.0058924
Steers—Medium and Large 1366179.00/cwt177.50–187.5065534
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378170.81/cwt166.00–176.0064630
Steers—Medium and Large 2431163.16/cwt157.00–167.0070322
Steers—Medium and Large 1435185.35/cwt179.00–189.0080636
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436175.85/cwt168.00–178.0076753
Steers—Medium and Large 1470174.41/cwt166.50–176.7582031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471160.29/cwt155.00–165.0075549
Steers—Medium and Large 1509172.84/cwt164.00–174.0088016
Steers—Medium and Large 2524148.88/cwt142.00–152.0078042
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533158.82/cwt153.00–163.0084747
Steers—Medium and Large 1575161.51/cwt154.00–164.0092943
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575147.55/cwt143.00–153.0084827
Steers—Medium and Large 1628149.93/cwt147.50–157.5094228
Steers—Medium and Large 1676146.36/cwt140.00–150.5098931
Steers—Medium and Large 1719126.93/cwt121.50–131.0091316
Steers—Medium and Large 1769129.38/cwt126.00–136.0099514
Steers—Medium and Large 1840122.35/cwt115.50–125.001,02830
Steers—Medium and Large 1859114.16/cwt105.50–115.5098121
Steers—Medium and Large 1973117.13/cwt108.50–118.001,14032
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2313155.01/cwt147.00–157.0048515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318163.12/cwt158.00–168.0051910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379155.84/cwt151.00–161.0059136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384143.30/cwt140.00–150.0055019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420138.21/cwt131.00–141.0058018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422149.94/cwt142.00–153.5063359
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480143.13/cwt141.00–151.0068736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482137.14/cwt130.00–140.0066133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510139.63/cwt135.00–145.0071265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2537129.85/cwt124.00–134.0069715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567133.81/cwt128.00–138.0075949
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628129.05/cwt124.00–134.0081016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672121.97/cwt115.00–125.0082018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729113.95/cwt109.00–119.0083112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770111.64/cwt106.50–116.5086014
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1322184.34/cwt179.00–189.0059413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1363178.43/cwt177.50–187.5064823
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418176.45/cwt167.00–177.0073818
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467159.04/cwt155.00–165.0074314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1527149.54/cwt146.00–156.0078811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580149.11/cwt144.00–154.0086512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1616133.71/cwt129.00–138.5082410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1683118.02/cwt116.00–126.0080612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44185.05/cwt82.00–87.001,2265
Bulls——1,65191.60/cwt90.00–93.001,5124
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight88636.80/cwt34.00–40.003265
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91347.10/cwt45.00–51.0043013
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91853.79/cwt52.00–56.004947
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight96860.33/cwt59.00–63.005843
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01936.53/cwt35.00–38.003722
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11960.72/cwt58.00–64.0067917
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12455.34/cwt52.00–57.0062227
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13549.53/cwt46.50–52.0056214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19854.92/cwt52.00–57.0065815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24465.33/cwt64.00–66.508137
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29956.64/cwt53.00–59.0073627
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30959.12/cwt57.00–62.0077435
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37261.62/cwt59.00–64.5084519
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41866.73/cwt65.00–68.509462
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,222932.70/cwt775.00–1,110.0011,3988
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,153971.32/cwt800.00–1,060.0011,1999
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,212734.98/cwt650.00–800.008,9085

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.