Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2021-01-18

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Jan 18
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,174 head
▲ 769 vs last sale 3,405▲ 2,066 vs year ago 2,108 · +98.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
316 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 286▲ 139 vs year ago 177 · +78.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 51▲ 23 vs year ago 44 · +52.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 3.00-5.00 lower. Heifers mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Demand good. Quality plain, several attractive. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. A total of 383 cows and bulls sold with 62 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 $152.13/cwt on 1,645 head.
Average price
$152.13
1,645 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$843
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.67
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556158.08879622
Medium and Large 2503152.11765298
Medium and Large 1-2573147.03843725
One grade step is worth $11.04/cwt here — about $36 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 sale1,645 hd
152.13
—
OK average7 barns · 20,305 hd
143.46
+8.67
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—Average1,71185.331,46032
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39354.4175852
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22153.7665666
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04449.5451786

Every lot

71 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1334175.31/cwt171.00–181.0058614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2334166.18/cwt160.00–170.0055519
Steers—Medium and Large 1373178.02/cwt173.50–183.5066437
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373166.68/cwt162.00–172.0062253
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426169.22/cwt164.00–174.0072151
Steers—Medium and Large 1427180.30/cwt175.50–185.5077069
Steers—Medium and Large 2437159.32/cwt153.00–163.0069667
Steers—Medium and Large 1472177.86/cwt173.00–183.00839115
Steers—Medium and Large 2475157.96/cwt151.00–161.0075091
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478165.66/cwt162.00–172.0079242
Steers—Medium and Large 1514169.06/cwt164.50–174.5086993
Steers—Medium and Large 2524148.66/cwt143.00–153.0077976
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526156.77/cwt154.00–164.0082592
Steers—Medium and Large 1566164.61/cwt160.00–170.0093232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581151.49/cwt149.00–159.00880158
Steers—Medium and Large 2587140.34/cwt138.00–148.0082464
Steers—Medium and Large 1621141.72/cwt137.00–147.00880150
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626130.42/cwt126.00–136.0081684
Steers—Medium and Large 1665135.43/cwt134.00–144.0090118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685131.44/cwt123.50–133.50900226
Steers—Medium and Large 1724125.55/cwt119.50–129.5090933
Steers—Medium and Large 1767126.17/cwt120.00–130.0096831
Steers—Medium and Large 1831121.56/cwt114.50–124.751,01030
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320144.38/cwt139.00–149.0046223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331155.00/cwt150.00–160.0051338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376154.69/cwt149.50–159.5058243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382144.26/cwt139.50–149.0055165
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418129.10/cwt123.00–133.0054049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420148.38/cwt145.00–155.0062354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426137.86/cwt134.00–144.0058757
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473146.77/cwt143.00–153.0069481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474126.55/cwt121.00–131.0060055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478138.72/cwt132.00–142.50663127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521137.50/cwt134.00–144.00716129
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525118.62/cwt112.00–122.0062362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527129.18/cwt123.00–133.0068194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558134.58/cwt131.00–141.00751103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573127.71/cwt120.00–130.0073271
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580116.93/cwt109.00–119.00678102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626113.82/cwt106.00–116.0071346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631122.79/cwt117.00–127.00775119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670124.60/cwt118.00–128.0083554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2679113.03/cwt107.50–117.75767107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721118.33/cwt111.50–121.5085325
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1481152.33/cwt149.00–158.0073323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523149.41/cwt141.00–151.5078174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558149.91/cwt144.00–154.0083648
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2572137.26/cwt134.00–143.0078537
Bulls—Medium and Large 1617123.94/cwt120.00–130.0076518
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2633114.55/cwt109.00–119.0072555
Bulls—Medium and Large 1687121.39/cwt115.00–125.0083417
Bulls—Medium and Large 1737115.10/cwt107.00–117.0084821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44375.78/cwt73.50–77.001,0943
Bulls——1,70082.83/cwt80.00–84.001,40813
Bulls——1,76287.87/cwt86.50–90.001,54812
Bulls——1,79493.00/cwt92.00–94.001,6684
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight63263.00/cwt63.00–63.003983
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91044.14/cwt42.00–46.0040218
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01035.00/cwt35.00–35.003542
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05445.76/cwt42.00–47.5048218
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12251.16/cwt48.00–53.0057434
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12658.53/cwt54.00–59.0065911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17860.70/cwt58.00–63.507159
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19849.71/cwt46.00–51.0059620
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24454.26/cwt52.00–57.0067537
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31956.35/cwt54.00–59.0074317
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41160.73/cwt60.00–64.508577
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43351.65/cwt48.00–53.0074028
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,216706.86/cwt500.00–875.008,59546
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3671,062.37/cwt1,025.00–1,110.0014,52311
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,185883.12/cwt725.00–1,150.0010,46510

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.