Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2020-04-13

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Apr 13
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
654 head
▼ 747 vs last sale 1,401▼ 1,233 vs year ago 1,887 · −65.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 148▼ 116 vs year ago 249 · −46.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 17▼ 25 vs year ago 38 · −65.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 5.00-9.00 higher, in a light test. Heifers mostly steady to 3.00 lower, also in a light test. Demand good. Quality plain, few attractive. Slaughter cows 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 6.00 higher. A total of 146 cows and bulls sold with 58 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 $156.07/cwt on 281 head.
Average price
$156.07
281 head · 512 lb average
Value per head Derived
$799
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+33.14
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521159.66833172
Medium and Large 1-2509151.5777285
Medium and Large 2456146.3166724
One grade step is worth $13.35/cwt here — about $165 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 sale281 hd
156.07
—
OK average7 barns · 6,431 hd
122.93
+33.14
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—Low1,63090.481,4758thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,26866.6384516
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18466.1578314
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02454.0555346

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2329167.71/cwt165.00–175.005527
Steers—Medium and Large 1336179.16/cwt176.00–186.0060211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2369167.26/cwt164.00–174.0061711
Steers—Medium and Large 1390182.93/cwt175.00–185.0071326
Steers—Medium and Large 2427142.77/cwt138.00–148.0061010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431152.46/cwt149.00–159.0065710
Steers—Medium and Large 1434163.90/cwt160.00–170.0071117
Steers—Medium and Large 1471175.79/cwt168.00–178.0082829
Steers—Medium and Large 2477148.84/cwt144.00–154.0071014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478162.30/cwt157.00–167.0077618
Steers—Medium and Large 1533154.01/cwt148.50–158.5082112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2541141.00/cwt137.00–147.0076310
Steers—Medium and Large 1576150.81/cwt145.00–155.0086934
Steers—Medium and Large 1618148.13/cwt143.50–153.5091520
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641138.39/cwt132.00–142.0088729
Steers—Medium and Large 1653141.16/cwt138.00–148.009227
Steers—Medium and Large 1711123.86/cwt117.00–127.008818
Steers—Medium and Large 1778116.71/cwt109.50–119.509088
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310147.82/cwt141.00–151.004587
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332136.72/cwt130.00–140.004549
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376138.36/cwt133.00–143.0052020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381147.51/cwt144.00–154.0056231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426147.29/cwt140.00–150.0062744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428132.65/cwt129.00–139.0056815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474140.17/cwt134.00–144.0066427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522133.35/cwt128.00–138.0069625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568124.25/cwt121.00–131.0070616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612116.54/cwt110.00–120.007133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1688109.00/cwt101.00–111.0075024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719108.88/cwt102.00–112.0078318
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320165.08/cwt160.00–170.005284
Bulls—Medium and Large 1431165.94/cwt162.50–168.007159
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478153.81/cwt150.50–155.507356
Bulls—Medium and Large 1514149.24/cwt146.00–150.507677
Bulls—Medium and Large 1576147.37/cwt142.00–152.008499
Bulls—Medium and Large 1606134.03/cwt130.00–138.008125
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1511
Bulls——1,58495.60/cwt94.00–99.001,5145
Bulls——1,79385.40/cwt83.00–88.001,5312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows15 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight87539.53/cwt39.00–40.003462
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90248.40/cwt45.00–49.5043711
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94563.27/cwt62.00–64.505982
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight97553.28/cwt51.00–56.005194
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04455.16/cwt52.00–57.5057611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08047.09/cwt45.00–49.505094
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09359.37/cwt57.00–61.506492
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14459.75/cwt58.00–63.006848
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16665.49/cwt63.50–69.507644
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17464.97/cwt62.50–67.007638
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24871.91/cwt71.00–73.008974
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25263.75/cwt61.00–65.007989
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26370.30/cwt67.50–72.008883
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29575.14/cwt73.00–78.009733
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34056.00/cwt56.00–56.007501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,1981,143.01/cwt1,000.00–1,225.0013,6933
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1901,097.91/cwt925.00–1,225.0013,06510

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.