Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2022-12-19

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Dec 19
● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,981 head
▲ 532 vs last sale 2,449▲ 2,981 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
600 head
▲ 243 vs last sale 357▲ 600 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 12▲ 66 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 3.00-7.00 higher. Heifers 1.00-4.00 higher. Demand good. Quality plain thru attractive. A reminder: The Tulsa Stockyards will be closed until Monday, January 9, 2023. Slaughter cows 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $195.58/cwt on 1,194 head.
Average price
$195.58
1,194 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,062
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$7.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.54
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2511200.271,024353
Medium and Large 1577194.051,121615
Medium and Large 2500192.40961226
One grade step is worth $7.87/cwt here — about $63 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 sale1,194 hd
195.58
—
OK average7 barns · 11,459 hd
194.04
+1.54
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—High1,65591.321,51117
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,29673.55954142
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17569.2581449
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04862.72657255

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,218$1,08545
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,516$1,2075
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,299$1,27011
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,107$8005

Every lot

96 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added300231.00/cwt231.00–231.006934
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned315202.00/cwt202.00–202.006362
Steers—Medium and Large 2324200.92/cwt197.00–207.0065121
Steers—Medium and Large 1329219.60/cwt219.00–229.0072225
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2333210.00/cwt208.00–218.0069916
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned367210.00/cwt210.00–210.007713
Steers—Medium and Large 1380220.50/cwt217.00–227.0083829
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390212.27/cwt206.00–216.0082826
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424216.51/cwt210.00–220.0091872
Steers—Medium and Large 1429225.20/cwt221.00–231.0096666
Steers—Medium and Large 2434203.52/cwt199.00–209.0088336
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added436239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,0429
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added462231.51/cwt226.00–236.001,0709
Steers—Medium and Large 1466217.12/cwt215.00–225.001,01212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477209.30/cwt204.00–214.0099834
Steers—Medium and Large 2482196.77/cwt193.00–203.0094848
Steers—Medium and Large 1510212.47/cwt205.00–215.001,08476
Steers—Medium and Large 2525187.60/cwt183.00–193.0098555
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530199.61/cwt194.00–204.001,05829
Steers—Medium and Large 1557204.34/cwt200.00–210.001,13819
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575195.13/cwt189.00–199.001,122142
Steers—Medium and Large 2583184.46/cwt178.00–188.001,07566
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added615184.13/cwt182.00–186.001,13249
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620164.92/cwt160.00–170.001,02311
Steers—Medium and Large 1636178.74/cwt171.50–181.501,13788
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657161.72/cwt156.00–166.001,06321
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added666181.60/cwt180.00–185.001,20911
Steers—Medium and Large 1682176.00/cwt167.00–177.001,200165
Steers—Medium and Large 1710168.59/cwt162.50–172.501,19736
Steers—Medium and Large 1767164.99/cwt160.00–170.001,26514
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1335176.00/cwt175.00–185.005909
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2337168.89/cwt164.00–174.0056926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned371173.38/cwt173.00–174.006435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379170.99/cwt168.00–178.0064818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381185.34/cwt179.00–189.0070666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned418173.70/cwt173.00–174.007267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423183.12/cwt176.00–186.00775137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428170.77/cwt165.00–175.0073143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added439188.57/cwt188.00–189.0082816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added456193.00/cwt193.00–193.0088013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461183.11/cwt179.00–189.0084423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned467175.00/cwt175.00–175.008176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474172.86/cwt168.00–178.0081952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added514179.64/cwt176.00–188.0092341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522157.99/cwt154.00–164.0082521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529170.52/cwt165.00–175.0090229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558178.08/cwt168.50–178.75994129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned558167.00/cwt167.00–167.009329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575163.99/cwt157.00–167.0094328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620147.29/cwt143.00–153.0091312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added621166.20/cwt166.00–166.501,03213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621161.34/cwt154.00–164.001,00220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added655167.88/cwt164.00–168.001,100111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679157.96/cwt152.00–162.001,07315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added710158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,1221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1712150.63/cwt147.00–157.001,07213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720142.68/cwt136.00–146.001,02711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768152.78/cwt145.00–155.001,17323
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1361209.79/cwt200.00–211.0075711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added380219.00/cwt219.00–219.008323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added400222.50/cwt222.50–222.508909
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424210.30/cwt209.00–214.008927
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473200.97/cwt195.00–203.0095110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475187.35/cwt182.00–192.0089025
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added528184.00/cwt184.00–184.009722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535165.42/cwt163.00–173.0088513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1537171.85/cwt170.00–177.0092312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2574159.78/cwt155.00–165.0091729
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580172.88/cwt167.00–176.001,00316
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added622178.17/cwt177.00–180.001,1085
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623161.98/cwt160.00–166.001,0099
Bulls—Medium and Large 1672159.01/cwt157.00–165.001,06910
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56985.96/cwt84.00–89.001,3498
Bulls——1,60691.40/cwt90.00–94.001,4684
Bulls——1,66797.36/cwt97.00–98.001,6233
Bulls——2,078103.52/cwt103.00–104.002,1512
Slaughter Cattle · Cows15 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight81350.29/cwt48.00–53.004099
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight87556.94/cwt54.00–59.0049810
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91069.61/cwt67.00–72.006336
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94663.44/cwt61.00–66.0060063
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06662.96/cwt61.00–66.00671106
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13063.50/cwt63.00–65.0071813
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13257.72/cwt55.00–60.0065329
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17069.56/cwt66.00–71.5081424
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17754.00/cwt54.00–54.006362
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,20567.57/cwt65.00–70.0081444
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23574.87/cwt72.50–77.0092512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26670.01/cwt67.00–72.0088630
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30374.60/cwt71.00–76.5097271
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39479.33/cwt77.00–82.001,10622
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58085.90/cwt84.00–89.501,3575
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,5161,207.35/head1,160.00–1,275.001,2075
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,084927.76/head910.00–975.0092817
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2991,180.46/head1,000.00–1,285.001,18028
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,107800.16/head650.00–900.008005
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2991,269.95/head1,025.00–1,450.001,27011

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.