Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2021-04-19

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Apr 19
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,202 head
▼ 541 vs last sale 2,743▲ 627 vs year ago 1,575 · +39.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
332 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 341▲ 21 vs year ago 311 · +6.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 39▼ 13 vs year ago 50 · −26.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers mostly steady. Heifers 3.00-6.00 lower. Demand good. Quality good. Slaughter cows and bulls both 5.00 lower. A total of 369 cows and bulls sold with 52 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 $170.18/cwt on 877 head.
Average price
$170.18
877 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$853
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.78
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1501178.63895299
Medium and Large 1-2506167.89849399
Medium and Large 2491161.17791179
One grade step is worth $17.46/cwt here — about $104 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 sale877 hd
170.18
—
OK average7 barns · 11,901 hd
144.40
+25.78
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—High1,76792.101,62830
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20166.2179522
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,27065.4983236
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00060.98610105

Every lot

64 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320178.48/cwt176.00–186.0057121
Steers—Medium and Large 1338189.73/cwt187.00–197.0064130
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375183.69/cwt178.00–188.0068928
Steers—Medium and Large 1385192.02/cwt189.00–199.0073932
Steers—Medium and Large 1418193.20/cwt187.00–197.0080838
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424178.76/cwt176.00–186.0075866
Steers—Medium and Large 2424170.80/cwt164.00–175.0072450
Steers—Medium and Large 1458190.10/cwt183.50–193.7587144
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479175.91/cwt172.00–182.00843103
Steers—Medium and Large 2481166.90/cwt161.00–171.0080371
Steers—Medium and Large 1521172.88/cwt165.50–175.5090164
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530159.56/cwt154.00–164.0084643
Steers—Medium and Large 2532145.96/cwt143.00–153.0077726
Steers—Medium and Large 1571165.41/cwt162.00–172.0094425
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575156.78/cwt151.00–161.0090169
Steers—Medium and Large 2583145.78/cwt140.00–150.0085032
Steers—Medium and Large 1618163.53/cwt160.00–170.001,01126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632152.35/cwt149.00–159.0096342
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679151.91/cwt147.00–157.001,03127
Steers—Medium and Large 1681165.04/cwt158.00–168.001,12430
Steers—Medium and Large 1720146.67/cwt138.50–148.501,05610
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327147.49/cwt142.00–152.0048218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331156.52/cwt153.00–163.0051824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368159.95/cwt155.00–165.0058984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378150.55/cwt144.00–154.0056930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424151.06/cwt145.00–156.0064025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426160.00/cwt157.00–167.0068283
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428139.28/cwt134.00–144.0059653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467155.81/cwt153.00–163.0072866
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467136.64/cwt131.00–141.0063826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476147.95/cwt142.00–152.0070496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520140.57/cwt135.00–145.0073139
Heifers—Medium and Large 2531120.35/cwt113.00–123.0063954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539128.66/cwt124.00–134.0069341
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563113.48/cwt111.00–121.0063938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566137.16/cwt133.00–143.0077675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585126.12/cwt122.00–132.0073829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623135.03/cwt127.00–137.0084121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678127.27/cwt125.00–135.0086317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1736121.22/cwt114.50–124.5089212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1316182.74/cwt176.00–187.0057715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373177.28/cwt175.00–185.0066113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added409195.00/cwt195.00–195.0079812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423164.93/cwt159.00–169.0069819
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472167.35/cwt160.00–173.5079041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520161.49/cwt155.00–167.0084033
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578155.62/cwt150.50–163.0089935
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628146.24/cwt141.00–151.0091829
Bulls—Medium and Large 1669139.57/cwt139.50–140.009347
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,71684.67/cwt82.00–87.001,4535
Bulls——1,75696.34/cwt94.00–99.001,69212
Bulls——1,79791.05/cwt88.00–93.001,63613
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86950.65/cwt49.00–53.004409
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight88357.13/cwt55.00–59.0050415
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94062.74/cwt61.00–65.0059033
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00070.00/cwt70.00–70.007002
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01554.99/cwt53.00–57.005584
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09560.33/cwt59.00–62.006616
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11364.14/cwt63.00–67.0071438
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22165.83/cwt63.50–67.5080420
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27065.49/cwt63.00–68.5083236
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,062999.43/cwt985.00–1,010.0010,61413
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,079751.59/cwt710.00–800.008,1109
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2181,138.06/cwt1,035.00–1,210.0013,86215

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.