Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2019-09-16

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Sep 16
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,392 head
▼ 120 vs last sale 2,512▲ 2,392 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
226 head
▼ 77 vs last sale 303▲ 226 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 33▲ 35 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 higher. Heifers 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand good. Quality plain thru attractive. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. A total of 261 cows and bulls sold with 62 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 $147.86/cwt on 992 head.
Average price
$147.86
992 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$747
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$199
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.13
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561150.68845359
Medium and Large 1-2484148.45719416
Medium and Large 2455142.08646217
One grade step is worth $8.60/cwt here — about $199 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 sale992 hd
147.86
—
OK average7 barns · 9,673 hd
138.73
+9.13
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—High1,64685.071,40126
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,42058.8583540
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16053.6562217
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01048.7349279

Every lot

66 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1303194.12/cwt190.00–200.0058817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325182.21/cwt179.00–189.0059233
Steers—Medium and Large 2334174.46/cwt168.00–178.0058323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376163.32/cwt160.00–170.0061468
Steers—Medium and Large 1377176.66/cwt171.00–181.0066626
Steers—Medium and Large 2377152.60/cwt148.50–158.5057538
Steers—Medium and Large 1424169.46/cwt165.00–175.0071939
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431157.88/cwt154.00–164.0068071
Steers—Medium and Large 2431148.23/cwt143.00–153.0063949
Steers—Medium and Large 1475155.11/cwt152.00–162.0073745
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482144.45/cwt141.00–151.0069660
Steers—Medium and Large 2484135.12/cwt130.00–140.0065438
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518137.84/cwt131.00–141.0071474
Steers—Medium and Large 2518127.12/cwt120.00–130.0065839
Steers—Medium and Large 1526145.99/cwt142.50–152.5076852
Steers—Medium and Large 2566122.16/cwt117.50–127.0069130
Steers—Medium and Large 1578145.27/cwt139.50–149.5084034
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579134.25/cwt128.00–138.0077758
Steers—Medium and Large 1628142.91/cwt138.50–148.5089738
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630131.72/cwt126.00–136.0083032
Steers—Medium and Large 1670140.94/cwt134.50–144.5094444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677127.87/cwt123.00–133.0086620
Steers—Medium and Large 1716136.79/cwt131.50–141.5097929
Steers—Medium and Large 1781128.09/cwt124.00–134.001,00035
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1321144.45/cwt140.00–150.0046433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328135.95/cwt129.00–139.0044632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359159.59/cwt157.00–167.0057334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379144.04/cwt140.00–150.0054639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426138.93/cwt134.00–144.0059285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431129.03/cwt123.00–133.5055675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479127.20/cwt123.00–133.0060974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480136.78/cwt133.50–143.5065771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522131.16/cwt125.50–135.5068563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530122.57/cwt115.00–125.0065070
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571122.50/cwt115.50–125.5069951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585130.93/cwt126.50–136.5076653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618128.14/cwt122.00–132.0079263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672128.15/cwt120.00–130.0086133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734123.41/cwt119.00–129.0090630
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328174.20/cwt170.00–180.0057140
Bulls—Medium and Large 1362159.18/cwt155.00–165.0057628
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427156.08/cwt151.00–161.0066627
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466146.04/cwt140.00–150.0068139
Bulls—Medium and Large 1518139.32/cwt136.00–146.0072237
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580131.17/cwt128.00–138.0076140
Bulls—Medium and Large 1626130.15/cwt127.00–137.0081527
Bulls—Medium and Large 1672132.38/cwt130.00–140.0089032
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56779.36/cwt77.00–83.001,2449
Bulls——1,65186.87/cwt84.00–89.001,43413
Bulls——1,81092.09/cwt90.00–95.001,6674
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight82839.82/cwt39.00–40.003306
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight84944.02/cwt41.00–46.0037418
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90857.47/cwt56.00–59.005222
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94749.69/cwt47.00–52.0047110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06750.66/cwt50.00–51.005413
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08949.77/cwt46.00–51.0054226
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,16846.50/cwt45.00–48.005432
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17153.66/cwt52.00–57.0062817
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17253.70/cwt52.00–57.0062913
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28562.00/cwt62.00–62.007971
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29655.10/cwt52.00–57.5071417
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53862.57/cwt58.00–63.5096218
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57866.00/cwt64.50–67.001,0413
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,232917.87/cwt775.00–1,075.0011,30814
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,076908.95/cwt775.00–1,000.009,78012
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2341,106.95/cwt850.00–1,335.0013,6609

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.