Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2021-02-08

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Feb 8
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,192 head
▼ 1,112 vs last sale 2,304▼ 655 vs year ago 1,847 · −35.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 169▼ 81 vs year ago 178 · −45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 48▼ 23 vs year ago 45 · −51.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Cold freezing weather kept receipts too few to establish a trend. However a much lower undertone is noted on both steers and heifers. Demand moderate. Quality plain few attractive. Slaughter cows 6.00 higher, in a light test. Slaughter bulls had too few receipts to establish a trend, however a lower undertone is noted. A total of 119 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 $150.00/cwt on 343 head.
Average price
$150.00
343 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$782
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.25
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529151.34801156
Medium and Large 1-2515148.88767187
One grade step is worth $2.47/cwt here — about $33 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 sale343 hd
150.00
—
OK average7 barns · 12,199 hd
143.75
+6.25
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—Average1,59286.591,3798thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29770.029086thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22965.948104thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02957.9759618

Every lot

54 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1324168.22/cwt162.00–172.0054513
Steers—Medium and Large 1383166.00/cwt160.00–170.0063619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2396155.61/cwt149.00–159.0061610
Steers—Medium and Large 1417166.63/cwt160.00–170.0069518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429154.65/cwt149.50–159.5066348
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470151.66/cwt147.00–157.0071334
Steers—Medium and Large 1473163.43/cwt158.50–168.5077321
Steers—Medium and Large 1510158.97/cwt157.00–167.008119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536150.15/cwt146.00–156.0080525
Steers—Medium and Large 1562156.40/cwt155.00–165.008797
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590147.69/cwt144.00–154.0087152
Steers—Medium and Large 1624139.18/cwt133.50–143.5086849
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640126.90/cwt120.00–130.0081211
Steers—Medium and Large 1670131.73/cwt128.00–138.008836
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008447
Steers—Medium and Large 1730121.95/cwt116.50–126.508908
Steers—Medium and Large 1771121.04/cwt113.50–123.509336
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2308137.65/cwt134.00–144.004247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328147.67/cwt145.00–155.004848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380148.27/cwt142.00–152.0056319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384134.78/cwt131.00–141.0051834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422146.49/cwt143.00–153.0061830
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428136.16/cwt132.00–142.0058343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475131.26/cwt126.00–136.0062314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479143.36/cwt137.00–147.0068767
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523138.53/cwt133.00–143.0072537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2537126.92/cwt122.00–132.0068215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560117.55/cwt111.00–121.006583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570130.45/cwt122.50–132.5074429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619124.04/cwt119.50–129.507687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1682116.65/cwt110.00–120.0079615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721115.33/cwt110.00–120.0083215
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1300150.00/cwt150.00–150.004502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355125.00/cwt125.00–125.004441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418163.23/cwt157.00–167.006827
Bulls—Medium and Large 1474158.10/cwt154.50–165.0074917
Bulls—Medium and Large 1537138.36/cwt135.00–145.0074310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1583133.09/cwt126.00–136.0077618
Bulls—Medium and Large 1611129.18/cwt121.00–131.0078915
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41882.94/cwt81.00–85.001,1762
Bulls——1,52578.49/cwt78.00–79.001,1972
Bulls——1,71392.47/cwt91.00–94.501,5844
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90062.28/cwt61.00–63.505612
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90656.56/cwt55.00–61.005124
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94049.33/cwt47.00–51.004643
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04956.50/cwt55.00–58.005934
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17561.00/cwt59.00–63.007173
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20263.58/cwt62.00–65.507643
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26072.80/cwt71.00–75.009173
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27867.82/cwt67.00–68.508672
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31073.00/cwt73.00–73.009561
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33367.24/cwt65.00–68.508963
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,000900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,0002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,096854.88/cwt725.00–950.009,36920

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.