Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2019-10-07

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Oct 7
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,389 head
▼ 460 vs last sale 2,849▲ 2,389 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
189 head
▼ 199 vs last sale 388▲ 189 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 37▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 2.00-4.00 higher. Heifers 3.00-5.00 lower. Quality good. Demand good. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower, in a light test. Slaughter bulls mostly steady, also in a light test. A total of 200 cows and bulls sold with 59 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 $148.04/cwt on 980 head.
Average price
$148.04
980 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$796
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$190
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.18
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568152.20864473
Medium and Large 1-2523145.07759366
Medium and Large 2475141.80674141
One grade step is worth $10.40/cwt here — about $190 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 sale980 hd
148.04
—
OK average7 barns · 12,037 hd
144.86
+3.18
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—High1,75285.451,49715
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,42658.3283226
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18255.0465120
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10051.6356856

Every lot

62 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1330174.38/cwt170.00–180.0057514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2336161.98/cwt159.00–169.0054427
Steers—Medium and Large 1383168.78/cwt166.00–176.0064611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2386158.97/cwt155.00–165.0061445
Steers—Medium and Large 2428148.73/cwt146.00–156.0063765
Steers—Medium and Large 1438172.39/cwt168.00–178.0075551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2439161.38/cwt157.00–167.0070842
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475149.52/cwt145.00–155.0071050
Steers—Medium and Large 1482160.90/cwt156.00–166.0077663
Steers—Medium and Large 2516135.88/cwt129.00–139.0070176
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523144.90/cwt140.00–150.0075839
Steers—Medium and Large 1529155.30/cwt151.50–161.0082256
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573139.69/cwt131.00–141.0080052
Steers—Medium and Large 1575147.95/cwt142.50–152.50851120
Steers—Medium and Large 1615148.40/cwt140.50–150.5091341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616133.47/cwt129.00–139.0082243
Steers—Medium and Large 1674138.33/cwt132.00–142.0093239
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678127.36/cwt121.00–131.0086468
Steers—Medium and Large 1712135.32/cwt133.00–143.0096347
Steers—Medium and Large 1754144.38/cwt136.00–146.001,08931
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323124.17/cwt119.00–129.0040144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335135.29/cwt130.00–140.0045336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365125.65/cwt123.00–133.0045962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370138.49/cwt134.00–144.0051238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421136.09/cwt130.00–140.0057346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429122.81/cwt119.00–129.50527118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478125.75/cwt122.00–132.0060162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482136.24/cwt133.00–143.0065724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512119.98/cwt115.00–125.0061463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523131.70/cwt126.00–136.0068925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574124.24/cwt118.00–129.5071373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578134.20/cwt130.00–140.0077646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623130.27/cwt127.00–137.0081251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678129.05/cwt124.50–134.5087563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710125.16/cwt120.00–130.0088912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780122.17/cwt117.00–127.0095310
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1376164.76/cwt159.00–169.0061911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1421157.07/cwt150.00–160.0066129
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468153.25/cwt148.00–158.0071741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515142.29/cwt137.00–147.0073336
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570137.88/cwt132.00–142.0078619
Bulls—Medium and Large 1609133.21/cwt129.50–139.5081119
Bulls—Medium and Large 1676126.13/cwt122.00–132.0085317
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,72381.94/cwt79.00–84.001,4128
Bulls——1,75488.38/cwt85.00–90.001,5506
Bulls——1,97096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,8911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight89340.66/cwt39.00–43.003633
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93447.18/cwt45.00–50.004418
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight95052.66/cwt52.00–54.005003
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight96054.79/cwt53.00–58.005264
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01044.00/cwt44.00–44.004441
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07647.28/cwt45.00–50.005097
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14152.32/cwt50.00–54.005978
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20053.49/cwt51.00–56.0064225
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20957.71/cwt56.50–59.006986
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21564.00/cwt63.00–65.007782
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23056.69/cwt55.00–58.006979
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28350.70/cwt49.00–53.006503
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40656.24/cwt54.00–59.0079113
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49663.32/cwt60.00–65.5094710
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,194928.05/cwt675.00–1,050.0011,08110
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,025685.00/cwt685.00–685.007,0211

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.