Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2022-03-21

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Mar 21
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,886 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 1,879▼ 790 vs year ago 2,676 · −29.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
316 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 274▲ 92 vs year ago 224 · +41.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 45▼ 2 vs year ago 35 · −5.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: With a much-needed rain throughout the trade area steers traded 2.00-5.00 higher. Heifers 3.00-6.00 higher. Valued added cattle 1.00-3.00 higher. Quality good. Demand good. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $195.06/cwt on 635 head.
Average price
$195.06
635 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$933
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+31.27
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1467204.75956275
Medium and Large 1-2498189.01941269
Medium and Large 2455183.6583691
One grade step is worth $21.09/cwt here — about $120 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 sale635 hd
195.06
—
OK average7 barns · 11,471 hd
163.79
+31.27
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—High1,750110.501,93420
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38686.841,20417
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25286.381,08213
CowsLean 85-90%Low99875.0274975

Every lot

80 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325212.37/cwt209.00–219.0069023
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added328232.50/cwt231.00–235.007635
Steers—Medium and Large 1332222.48/cwt220.00–230.0073917
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added371223.24/cwt222.50–226.008289
Steers—Medium and Large 1375217.23/cwt210.00–220.0081540
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377203.93/cwt199.00–209.0076933
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned383194.00/cwt194.00–194.007432
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added416216.57/cwt213.00–220.5090128
Steers—Medium and Large 1422205.69/cwt200.00–210.0086845
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431192.32/cwt189.00–199.0082941
Steers—Medium and Large 2442181.65/cwt178.00–188.0080354
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned456200.00/cwt200.00–200.0091218
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468199.84/cwt194.00–204.0093549
Steers—Medium and Large 2475186.58/cwt180.00–190.0088637
Steers—Medium and Large 1483209.21/cwt205.00–215.001,01050
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514193.73/cwt189.00–199.0099622
Steers—Medium and Large 1527203.24/cwt200.50–210.501,0717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned531180.00/cwt180.00–180.009569
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563190.29/cwt184.00–194.001,07132
Steers—Medium and Large 1572201.24/cwt195.00–205.001,15113
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added607184.01/cwt183.00–186.001,11712
Steers—Medium and Large 1630175.54/cwt168.00–178.001,1064
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631160.64/cwt157.00–167.001,01419
Steers—Medium and Large 1674169.20/cwt164.00–174.001,14012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682157.42/cwt153.00–163.001,07439
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned697157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0948
Steers—Medium and Large 1724152.02/cwt145.00–155.001,1014
Steers—Medium and Large 1768145.99/cwt140.00–150.001,1213
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327179.33/cwt174.00–184.0058624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330167.63/cwt163.00–173.0055314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added338190.00/cwt190.00–190.0064219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added375186.00/cwt186.00–186.006983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378164.37/cwt160.00–170.0062123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384177.71/cwt172.00–182.0068264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426164.96/cwt158.00–168.0070320
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426150.98/cwt147.00–157.0064327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431172.60/cwt168.50–178.5074448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470172.30/cwt168.00–178.0081062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480166.00/cwt157.00–167.0079749
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned489166.51/cwt161.00–167.0081412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515165.71/cwt161.00–171.0085333
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524142.20/cwt138.00–148.0074513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531156.01/cwt149.00–160.0082852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573152.80/cwt147.00–157.0087640
Heifers—Medium and Large 1592162.37/cwt158.00–168.0096120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613141.99/cwt136.50–146.5087016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674144.73/cwt137.50–147.5097553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721134.06/cwt130.00–140.009679
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1319205.26/cwt200.00–211.006558
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380200.31/cwt196.00–208.0076122
Bulls—Medium and Large 1382216.33/cwt214.00–224.0082613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added406207.00/cwt207.00–207.008404
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428191.92/cwt188.00–198.0082120
Bulls—Medium and Large 1469175.07/cwt171.00–181.0082134
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2477164.78/cwt160.00–170.0078611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513170.11/cwt166.00–175.0087325
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566157.35/cwt156.00–166.0089127
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575169.37/cwt166.00–177.0097428
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623160.61/cwt155.50–164.501,00112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1672140.83/cwt138.00–148.009467
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,587105.24/cwt103.00–108.001,6708
Bulls——1,760118.29/cwt118.00–119.002,0823
Bulls——1,892112.58/cwt110.00–115.002,1309
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86963.66/cwt60.00–66.0055320
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94681.85/cwt78.00–83.007747
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94772.88/cwt67.00–73.5069023
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11578.00/cwt78.00–78.008703
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13481.85/cwt79.00–84.009288
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19186.83/cwt85.00–89.501,03414
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21577.07/cwt75.00–79.009364
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24291.26/cwt88.00–93.001,1333
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24483.46/cwt81.00–85.501,0389
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33991.90/cwt90.00–94.001,2317
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,3281
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54685.73/cwt84.00–88.001,3255
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,5411
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,040825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,5803
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1031,238.81/cwt1,010.00–1,350.0013,66412
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,025750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,6883
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2591,221.71/cwt1,175.00–1,325.0015,38115

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.