Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2021-08-16

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Name: Tulsa Stockyards Inc. livestock auction prices — 2021-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Aug 16

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832

← Aug 9Aug 16Aug 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,789 head

▲ 149 vs last sale 1,640▼ 27 vs year ago 1,816 · −1.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

261 head

▲ 28 vs last sale 233▼ 17 vs year ago 278 · −6.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

32 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 22▼ 53 vs year ago 85 · −62.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00-5.00 higher. Heifers 8.00-11.00 higher. Demand good. Quality plain thru attractive. Slaughter cows 5.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. A total of 293 cow and bulls sold with 51 percent going to packers.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.10/cwt on 796 head.

Average price

$168.10

796 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$6.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.97

vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	169.30	896	341
Medium and Large 1	609	169.10	1,031	324
Medium and Large 2	510	162.51	828	131

One grade step is worth $6.79/cwt here — about $68 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 sale796 hd

168.10

—

OK average7 barns · 9,662 hd

155.13

+12.97

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,723	91.89	1,584	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,399	74.98	1,049	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,287	72.93	939	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,125	61.87	696	71

Every lot

72 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	198.79/cwt	196.00–206.00	642	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	208.98/cwt	207.00–217.00	679	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	189.76/cwt	185.00–195.00	721	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	199.04/cwt	196.00–206.00	770	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	412	186.02/cwt	180.00–190.00	766	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	173.15/cwt	169.00–179.00	739	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	164.21/cwt	158.00–168.00	706	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	187.23/cwt	183.00–193.00	878	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	177.20/cwt	172.00–182.00	845	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	484	166.54/cwt	161.00–171.00	806	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	172.81/cwt	170.50–180.50	890	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	166.84/cwt	160.00–170.00	884	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	179.00/cwt	174.00–184.00	1,026	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	576	158.71/cwt	152.00–162.00	914	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	166.95/cwt	163.50–173.50	975	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	159.24/cwt	152.00–162.00	990	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	167.44/cwt	163.00–173.00	1,053	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	162.33/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,096	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	684	151.15/cwt	144.00–154.00	1,034	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	152.93/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,126	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	150.18/cwt	143.00–153.00	1,138	84
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	169.42/cwt	161.00–171.00	554	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	155.48/cwt	150.00–160.00	526	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	157.33/cwt	152.00–162.00	598	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	167.23/cwt	163.50–173.50	639	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	145.64/cwt	139.00–149.00	616	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	164.33/cwt	161.50–171.50	712	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	153.04/cwt	150.00–160.00	664	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	170.30/cwt	164.00–174.00	799	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	157.48/cwt	153.00–163.00	748	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	148.76/cwt	142.00–152.00	721	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	157.03/cwt	151.50–161.50	823	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	146.14/cwt	140.00–150.00	782	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	155.53/cwt	150.00–160.00	879	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	145.80/cwt	139.00–149.00	834	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	153.01/cwt	147.00–157.00	958	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	140.12/cwt	136.00–146.00	880	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	155.04/cwt	153.50–163.50	1,031	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	148.27/cwt	142.00–152.00	999	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	132.97/cwt	130.50–140.50	971	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	137.84/cwt	132.50–142.50	1,057	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	319	196.50/cwt	191.00–201.00	627	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	382	187.13/cwt	181.00–191.00	715	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	425	166.45/cwt	161.00–171.00	707	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	160.10/cwt	156.00–166.00	757	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	480	171.52/cwt	167.00–177.00	823	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	147.09/cwt	143.00–153.00	780	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	536	160.62/cwt	154.50–164.50	861	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	579	154.98/cwt	150.00–160.00	897	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	630	152.01/cwt	145.00–155.00	958	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	668	147.78/cwt	140.00–150.00	987	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,531	86.80/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,329	13
Bulls	—	—	1,813	100.73/cwt	98.00–104.00	1,826	4
Bulls	—	—	1,888	94.27/cwt	91.00–97.00	1,780	13
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	888	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	444	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	909	56.28/cwt	55.00–59.00	512	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	957	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	622	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,051	54.60/cwt	52.00–57.00	574	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,130	67.48/cwt	65.00–69.50	763	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,180	60.62/cwt	58.00–63.50	715	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,183	65.41/cwt	64.00–69.00	774	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,200	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	696	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	71.94/cwt	69.50–74.50	901	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,325	71.58/cwt	70.50–75.50	948	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,335	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	888	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,350	77.38/cwt	75.50–80.50	1,045	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,389	71.49/cwt	70.50–74.50	993	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,456	78.25/cwt	75.00–80.50	1,139	24
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,027	844.61/cwt	785.00–950.00	8,674	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,045	1,125.40/cwt	1,000.00–1,225.00	11,760	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,099	917.38/cwt	750.00–985.00	10,082	18
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,475	1,260.00/cwt	1,260.00–1,260.00	18,585	2

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.

Oklahoma feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tulsa Livestock Auction - Tulsa, OK

Mon Aug 16, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Oklahoma City, OK (LS-KO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,789Last week 1,640Year ago 1,816

Slaughter CattleReceipts 261Last week 233Year ago 278

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 22Year ago 85

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	480	167.00–177.00	171.52
22	—	382	181.00–191.00	187.13
13	—	579	150.00–160.00	154.98
13	—	425	161.00–171.00	166.45
9	—	630	145.00–155.00	152.01
8	—	668	140.00–150.00	147.78
5	—	319	191.00–201.00	196.50
16	—	536	154.50–164.50	160.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	473	156.00–166.00	160.10
17	—	530	143.00–153.00	147.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	433	161.50–171.50	164.33
8	—	767	132.50–142.50	137.84
45	—	524	151.50–161.50	157.03
13	—	665	153.50–163.50	155.04
21	—	626	147.00–157.00	153.01
35	—	565	150.00–160.00	155.53
4	—	730	130.50–140.50	132.97
20	—	382	163.50–173.50	167.23
16	—	327	161.00–171.00	169.42
13	—	469	164.00–174.00	170.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	628	136.00–146.00	140.12
9	—	338	150.00–160.00	155.48
23	—	380	152.00–162.00	157.33
20	—	674	142.00–152.00	148.27
13	—	434	150.00–160.00	153.04
44	—	475	153.00–163.00	157.48
15	—	572	139.00–149.00	145.80
24	—	535	140.00–150.00	146.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	423	139.00–149.00	145.64
30	—	485	142.00–152.00	148.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	380	185.00–195.00	189.76
48	—	530	160.00–170.00	166.84
60	—	584	163.50–173.50	166.95
38	—	684	144.00–154.00	151.15
50	—	427	169.00–179.00	173.15
72	—	477	172.00–182.00	177.20
11	—	323	196.00–206.00	198.79
46	—	622	152.00–162.00	159.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	412	180.00–190.00	186.02
33	—	675	155.00–165.00	162.33
31	—	736	150.00–160.00	152.93
28	—	629	163.00–173.00	167.44
29	—	469	183.00–193.00	187.23
17	—	515	170.50–180.50	172.81
17	—	387	196.00–206.00	199.04
7	—	325	207.00–217.00	208.98
48	—	573	174.00–184.00	179.00
84	—	758	143.00–153.00	150.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	484	161.00–171.00	166.54
57	—	576	152.00–162.00	158.71
35	—	430	158.00–168.00	164.21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,180	58.00–63.50	60.62
8	—	1,051	52.00–57.00	54.60
21	—	1,183	64.00–69.00	65.41
9	—	1,325	70.50–75.50	71.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,389	70.50–74.50	71.49
1	—	1,200	58.00	58.00
24	—	1,456	75.00–80.50	78.25
4	—	1,130	65.00–69.50	67.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	888	50.00	50.00
3	—	957	65.00	65.00
10	—	909	55.00–59.00	56.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,253	69.50–74.50	71.94
3	—	1,350	75.50–80.50	77.38
1	—	1,335	66.50	66.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,531	84.00–90.00	86.80
4	—	1,813	98.00–104.00	100.73
13	—	1,888	91.00–97.00	94.27

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,027	785.00–950.00	844.61

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,045	1,000.00–1,225.00	1,125.40

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,099	750.00–985.00	917.38

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,475	1,260.00	1,260.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.