Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2020-08-03

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Aug 3
● Final113 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,188 head
▲ 384 vs last sale 1,804▲ 728 vs year ago 1,460 · +49.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
480 head
▲ 289 vs last sale 191▲ 235 vs year ago 245 · +95.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
84 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 100▲ 41 vs year ago 43 · +95.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 1.00-6.00 higher. Steer calves under 450 lbs sold steady; over 450 lbs mostly 2.00-6.00 higher, instance up to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves under 450 sold 6.00-12.00 higher; over 450 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Demand once again very good for all classes. Quality average to attractive. Rains fell across much of the state last week and cool front followed leaving temps in the mid 80's for a few days. More summer like temps will be back later in the week. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Packer demand moderate to good. A total of 564 cows and bulls sold with 70 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 $156.23/cwt on 676 head.
Average price
$156.23
676 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$857
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$11
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.16
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534159.44851565
Medium and Large 1-2630141.9789463
Medium and Large 2613137.2384148
One grade step is worth $22.20/cwt here — about $11 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 sale676 hd
156.23
—
OK average7 barns · 9,230 hd
143.07
+13.16
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—Low1,720100.181,72337
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35571.6397043
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21569.86849130
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08365.83713154

Every lot

113 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1220197.00/cwt197.00–197.004331
Steers—Medium and Large 2255182.00/cwt182.00–182.004641
Steers—Medium and Large 1278182.00/cwt182.00–182.005062
Steers—Medium and Large 1344174.67/cwt174.00–175.006013
Steers—Medium and Large 1376176.63/cwt170.00–190.0066453
Steers—Medium and Large 1423174.13/cwt165.00–180.0073759
Steers—Medium and Large 2434161.00/cwt157.00–166.0069910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440155.00/cwt155.00–155.006822
Steers—Medium and Large 1465169.76/cwt160.00–175.0078950
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007202
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2509149.66/cwt145.00–159.007626
Steers—Medium and Large 1522159.27/cwt152.00–165.50831160
Steers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy525116.00/cwt116.00–116.006091
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed526161.00/cwt161.00–161.008476
Steers—Medium and Large 2530149.50/cwt149.50–149.507921
Steers—Medium and Large 1569152.71/cwt149.00–160.5086980
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy573145.00/cwt145.00–145.008313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576144.90/cwt141.00–145.5083512
Steers—Medium and Large 2584146.42/cwt145.00–148.008555
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610145.58/cwt140.00–147.5088817
Steers—Medium and Large 1619150.94/cwt141.00–155.2593484
Steers—Medium and Large 2629133.20/cwt125.00–145.0083812
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy638135.00/cwt135.00–135.008612
Steers—Medium and Large 2665136.31/cwt133.50–139.009065
Steers—Medium and Large 1674146.04/cwt138.00–149.5098431
Steers—Medium and Large 1713143.01/cwt139.50–146.501,02018
Steers—Medium and Large 2723124.61/cwt120.00–127.009016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2734130.96/cwt130.50–131.5096117
Steers—Medium and Large 2755112.00/cwt112.00–112.008465
Steers—Medium and Large 1765141.35/cwt140.50–141.751,08116
Steers—Medium and Large 1805126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0141
Steers—Medium and Large 2925105.00/cwt105.00–105.009712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2937110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0313
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2262158.35/cwt156.00–160.004157
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315151.00/cwt151.00–151.004761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy330146.00/cwt146.00–146.004821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332166.41/cwt161.00–175.0055211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335158.13/cwt158.00–158.505304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376162.79/cwt155.00–169.0061252
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385141.46/cwt139.00–148.0054510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424158.37/cwt150.00–166.0067143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425141.00/cwt141.00–141.005995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431147.38/cwt145.00–149.006355
Heifers—Small and Medium 2-343386.00/cwt86.00–86.003722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468145.70/cwt143.00–147.506825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy475136.00/cwt136.00–136.006461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478144.70/cwt141.00–154.0069268
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479140.03/cwt139.00–141.506719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed501142.00/cwt142.00–142.007116
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522131.12/cwt120.00–135.006849
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526141.05/cwt134.00–147.0074281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538139.00/cwt139.00–139.007482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2565131.50/cwt125.00–138.007434
Heifers—Medium and Large 2566134.31/cwt122.00–138.507604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570138.22/cwt130.00–144.0078870
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed575141.50/cwt141.50–141.508145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy580129.00/cwt129.00–129.007484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2611131.77/cwt127.00–136.508054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622136.34/cwt129.00–142.5084847
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630123.65/cwt120.00–126.007793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665134.71/cwt130.00–138.0089670
Heifers—Medium and Large 2685119.49/cwt118.50–120.508192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705126.18/cwt124.00–130.008909
Heifers—Medium and Large 2740115.00/cwt115.00–115.008511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1756124.50/cwt124.50–124.509416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1860117.75/cwt117.75–117.751,01311
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265189.00/cwt189.00–189.005012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273167.00/cwt167.00–167.004562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335177.97/cwt176.00–180.005962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367175.06/cwt170.00–185.0064212
Bulls—Medium and Large 2393165.46/cwt160.00–171.006502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420164.12/cwt161.00–174.5068917
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420150.50/cwt150.50–150.506321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1477152.95/cwt150.00–162.0073021
Bulls—Medium and Large 2487141.54/cwt127.00–149.0068922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1521144.43/cwt137.00–152.0075226
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530140.02/cwt135.00–144.007426
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568123.57/cwt120.00–126.007025
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574143.29/cwt135.00–147.5082234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy589123.50/cwt123.50–123.5072710
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620139.54/cwt134.00–143.0086524
Bulls—Medium and Large 2633127.92/cwt124.00–132.008102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1673127.74/cwt126.00–133.508609
Bulls—Medium and Large 1730116.70/cwt115.00–117.508523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1830110.00/cwt110.00–110.009134
Bulls—Medium and Large 2870100.00/cwt100.00–100.008703
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 359361.00/cwt61.00–61.003623
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54990.63/cwt86.00–95.001,4047
Bulls——1,65299.38/cwt96.00–104.001,64216
Bulls——1,65573.00/cwt73.00–73.001,2081
Bulls——1,902108.39/cwt105.00–118.002,06213
Slaughter Cattle · Cows16 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight88455.14/cwt50.00–58.504877
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90548.00/cwt48.00–48.004341
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Light Weight93065.00/cwt65.00–65.006051
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93161.96/cwt57.00–65.0057712
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94566.77/cwt65.00–70.006315
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight94766.02/cwt64.00–69.006256
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01048.00/cwt48.00–48.004851
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03759.64/cwt54.00–61.0061812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05764.50/cwt64.50–64.506823
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11366.62/cwt64.00–69.0074191
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,13365.08/cwt64.00–66.007373
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16072.00/cwt70.00–80.5083525
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20473.16/cwt71.00–81.5088144
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24968.48/cwt66.00–70.0085577
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34170.44/cwt65.00–72.5094523
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44274.98/cwt72.50–79.001,08116
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1831,133.77/cwt1,025.00–1,300.0013,4123
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3151,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0017,7531
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29401,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1401,030.69/cwt950.00–1,110.0011,7503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1621,358.89/cwt1,260.00–1,435.0015,79011
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3701,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0015,7551

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.