Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2020-04-06

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Apr 6
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,401 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 1,411▼ 859 vs year ago 2,260 · −38.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
148 head
▼ 142 vs last sale 290▼ 116 vs year ago 264 · −43.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 56▼ 8 vs year ago 25 · −32.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 7.00-11.00 lower. Heifers 10.00-15.00 lower. Quality good. Demand good. Slaughter cows 9.00-13.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 6.00-10.00 lower. A total of 165 cows and bulls sold with 61 percent going to packers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.83/cwt on 510 head.
Average price
$132.83
510 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$624
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$75
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.15
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1489134.30656296
Medium and Large 1-2445130.79581214
One grade step is worth $3.52/cwt here — about $75 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 sale510 hd
132.83
—
OK average7 barns · 5,077 hd
119.67
+13.15
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—Low1,69184.901,43614
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48059.108757thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15053.646178thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04145.2147171

Every lot

56 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2318159.76/cwt152.00–163.0050815
Steers—Medium and Large 1325169.86/cwt165.00–175.0055214
Steers—Medium and Large 1376167.53/cwt162.00–172.0063045
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2384157.22/cwt151.00–161.0060431
Steers—Medium and Large 1417170.51/cwt164.50–174.5071125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442160.07/cwt153.50–163.5070838
Steers—Medium and Large 1466171.38/cwt163.50–173.5079925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473156.34/cwt153.00–163.0073927
Steers—Medium and Large 1524149.12/cwt145.00–155.0078145
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532136.72/cwt134.50–144.5072718
Steers—Medium and Large 1572138.65/cwt135.00–145.0079315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579125.18/cwt124.00–134.0072517
Steers—Medium and Large 1619136.74/cwt133.00–143.0084612
Steers—Medium and Large 1664134.60/cwt128.50–138.7589415
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1314148.71/cwt143.00–153.0046735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330137.73/cwt132.00–142.0045517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369146.93/cwt143.00–153.0054218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370135.57/cwt131.00–142.5050246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419132.25/cwt125.00–136.0055450
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420141.88/cwt137.00–147.0059655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475136.73/cwt132.00–142.0064959
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480129.60/cwt121.00–131.0062256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522133.77/cwt129.50–139.5069863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525123.76/cwt119.00–129.0065018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564122.70/cwt118.00–128.0069227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566133.91/cwt129.50–139.507586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613119.12/cwt112.50–122.5073037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667102.53/cwt100.00–110.006847
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712103.55/cwt97.50–107.507375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1787105.44/cwt99.00–109.0083011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1350140.00/cwt140.00–140.004904
Bulls—Medium and Large 1413147.40/cwt140.00–150.0060912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467149.07/cwt145.00–153.5069619
Bulls—Medium and Large 1532145.50/cwt145.50–145.507745
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578124.48/cwt117.00–127.0071919
Bulls—Medium and Large 1664115.50/cwt115.50–115.507674
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,2012
Bulls——1,66683.51/cwt82.00–84.501,3915
Bulls——1,75287.87/cwt86.50–90.501,5397
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83936.10/cwt34.00–39.003034
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86032.00/cwt32.00–32.002753
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92341.96/cwt40.00–45.0038717
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05856.71/cwt54.00–59.0060010
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight1,06854.47/cwt51.00–57.505822
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09562.76/cwt62.00–63.506872
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10145.44/cwt42.00–47.0050013
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11837.86/cwt36.00–41.0042310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15253.90/cwt52.00–55.506213
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17250.90/cwt48.00–53.0059712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18547.30/cwt46.00–48.005613
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43754.84/cwt52.00–57.007883
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50261.22/cwt58.00–63.509203
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54565.50/cwt65.50–65.501,0121
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,148857.15/cwt700.00–1,085.009,84012
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,068906.79/cwt800.00–1,050.009,6853
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,293.33/cwt1,200.00–1,360.0015,5202

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.