Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2021-05-10

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, May 10
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,314 head
▼ 360 vs last sale 1,674▼ 101 vs year ago 1,415 · −7.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
270 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 259▼ 17 vs year ago 287 · −5.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
41 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 34▲ 16 vs year ago 25 · +64.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 4.00-7.00 higher. Heifers 5.00-7.00 lower. Demand good. Quality plain, few attractive. Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 4.00 lower, in a light test. A total of 311 cows and bulls sold with 49 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 $157.80/cwt on 356 head.
Average price
$157.80
356 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$865
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.61
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552162.37897173
Medium and Large 1-2544153.47835183
One grade step is worth $8.90/cwt here — about $62 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 sale356 hd
157.80
—
OK average7 barns · 8,780 hd
135.19
+22.61
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—Average1,52088.821,35011
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27466.0284143
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,32965.1886623
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07961.6766576

Every lot

57 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323188.92/cwt184.50–194.5061010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2337176.44/cwt173.00–183.005958
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381177.79/cwt174.00–184.006778
Steers—Medium and Large 1384188.26/cwt185.00–195.007233
Steers—Medium and Large 1423170.80/cwt169.50–179.5072229
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432160.87/cwt158.00–168.0069535
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471156.15/cwt151.00–161.0073515
Steers—Medium and Large 1484169.62/cwt162.00–172.0082120
Steers—Medium and Large 1511166.79/cwt162.00–172.0085230
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521156.82/cwt151.00–161.0081720
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574157.06/cwt149.00–159.0090222
Steers—Medium and Large 1576165.81/cwt160.00–170.0095522
Steers—Medium and Large 1625155.28/cwt150.50–160.5097115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634142.55/cwt139.00–149.0090452
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680142.35/cwt136.00–146.0096823
Steers—Medium and Large 1685153.53/cwt147.00–157.501,05219
Steers—Medium and Large 1723137.56/cwt134.50–144.5099511
Steers—Medium and Large 1779134.27/cwt130.50–140.501,04614
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310156.42/cwt154.00–164.004854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384155.22/cwt151.50–161.5059623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434141.27/cwt133.50–143.5061326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436149.03/cwt144.00–154.0065052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469134.56/cwt129.00–139.0063114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479142.90/cwt140.00–150.0068448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520132.64/cwt127.00–137.0069015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530119.65/cwt116.00–126.006348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566137.88/cwt132.50–142.5078034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576126.91/cwt120.00–131.0073123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633125.21/cwt122.00–132.007938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678124.06/cwt120.00–130.0084110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708123.18/cwt115.50–125.5087214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774115.19/cwt111.00–121.0089212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1332179.55/cwt176.00–186.005965
Bulls—Medium and Large 1366192.50/cwt192.50–192.5070514
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416168.13/cwt163.00–173.0069910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1471154.25/cwt150.00–160.5072719
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525155.19/cwt148.00–158.008158
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2537142.88/cwt139.00–147.0076713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1579145.93/cwt143.00–153.008457
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38889.06/cwt88.00–90.001,2362
Bulls——1,39483.42/cwt80.00–85.001,1635
Bulls——1,74395.44/cwt93.00–97.001,6644
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight88049.91/cwt49.00–51.004394
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93159.31/cwt59.00–60.0055210
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight95356.99/cwt55.50–58.505438
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00052.00/cwt52.00–52.005202
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13962.51/cwt60.00–65.0071236
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15967.76/cwt66.00–71.0078516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24063.55/cwt62.00–65.0078816
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28860.93/cwt60.00–63.007856
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29467.48/cwt67.00–68.0087327
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34466.68/cwt64.00–69.5089617
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,057848.45/cwt810.00–900.008,96811
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1501,083.04/cwt1,010.00–1,150.0012,4554
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,130762.71/cwt650.00–975.008,61911
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5501,110.00/cwt1,110.00–1,110.0017,2055
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,2331,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0015,72110

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.