Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2020-11-30

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Nov 30
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,476 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 2,425▲ 438 vs year ago 2,038 · +21.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
280 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 369▲ 50 vs year ago 230 · +21.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 38▲ 27 vs year ago 15 · +180.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 4.00-7.00 Higher. Heifers 6.00 higher. Quality good. Demand good. Slaughter cows 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. A total of 322 cows and bulls sold with 30 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 $145.44/cwt on 1,080 head.
Average price
$145.44
1,080 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$795
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.83
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563149.17840466
Medium and Large 1-2549143.80790404
Medium and Large 2505140.32709210
One grade step is worth $8.84/cwt here — about $131 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 sale1,080 hd
145.44
—
OK average2 barns · 5,478 hd
151.27
−5.83
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—High1,72271.871,23716
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23252.266446thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,40549.8270017
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13543.7849757

Every lot

63 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 1320194.04/cwt188.00–198.0062119
Steers—Medium and Large 1374196.49/cwt189.00–199.0073522
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421167.02/cwt160.00–170.0070358
Steers—Medium and Large 1428175.96/cwt171.00–181.0075324
Steers—Medium and Large 2439156.57/cwt148.50–159.0068749
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473159.96/cwt154.00–164.0075784
Steers—Medium and Large 2481148.70/cwt143.00–153.0071525
Steers—Medium and Large 1484167.35/cwt165.00–175.0081021
Steers—Medium and Large 2515135.76/cwt130.00–140.0069989
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518145.39/cwt141.00–151.0075348
Steers—Medium and Large 1519156.54/cwt152.00–162.0081296
Steers—Medium and Large 2568127.57/cwt123.00–133.0072547
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572141.17/cwt134.00–144.0080768
Steers—Medium and Large 1575147.95/cwt145.00–155.0085173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608124.98/cwt119.00–129.0076049
Steers—Medium and Large 1629132.65/cwt130.00–140.00834173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662126.47/cwt118.00–128.0083797
Steers—Medium and Large 1682130.99/cwt128.50–138.5089316
Steers—Medium and Large 1713133.39/cwt126.00–136.0095116
Steers—Medium and Large 1771126.40/cwt120.00–130.009756
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330141.23/cwt135.00–145.0046620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338147.14/cwt146.00–156.0049716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370141.39/cwt137.00–147.0052330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384155.79/cwt148.50–158.5059813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419131.89/cwt125.00–135.0055344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422150.99/cwt147.50–157.5063737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429140.82/cwt136.00–146.00604105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467138.22/cwt135.00–145.0064561
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469116.56/cwt113.00–123.0054739
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476131.06/cwt124.00–134.5062469
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519130.40/cwt126.00–136.0067777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520121.69/cwt115.00–125.0063346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564127.66/cwt123.25–133.5072062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2581118.94/cwt112.00–122.0069158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619116.87/cwt112.50–122.00723101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671115.64/cwt112.50–122.5077625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725113.50/cwt113.50–113.508233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783110.00/cwt110.00–110.008612
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1386193.93/cwt187.00–197.0074917
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428168.50/cwt162.00–172.0072125
Bulls—Medium and Large 1471154.14/cwt150.00–160.0072636
Bulls—Medium and Large 1524150.53/cwt144.50–154.5078923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568141.93/cwt137.00–147.008066
Bulls—Medium and Large 1621122.10/cwt119.00–129.0075839
Bulls—Medium and Large 1683119.97/cwt115.00–125.0081938
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,66568.83/cwt66.00–71.001,1467
Bulls——1,74973.13/cwt72.00–75.001,2798
Bulls——1,90083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,5771
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93640.53/cwt38.00–43.003794
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight95547.00/cwt47.00–47.004491
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14141.25/cwt39.00–44.0047131
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14558.50/cwt58.50–58.506701
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16045.81/cwt45.00–48.0053115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17545.00/cwt45.00–45.005291
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20253.41/cwt51.00–55.506426
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21043.00/cwt43.00–43.005202
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26852.52/cwt51.00–54.006664
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36548.65/cwt46.00–51.006649
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53053.84/cwt53.00–55.008246
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,133684.61/cwt575.00–785.007,75722
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1831,063.49/cwt1,000.00–1,110.0012,5814
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,132891.57/cwt875.00–900.0010,0933
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,5121,199.56/cwt1,110.00–1,210.0018,13713

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.