Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2023-01-23

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Jan 23
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,775 head
▼ 991 vs last sale 3,766▲ 165 vs year ago 2,610 · +6.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
209 head
▼ 314 vs last sale 523▼ 90 vs year ago 299 · −30.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
32 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 53▲ 10 vs year ago 22 · +45.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers Steady to 4.00 lower. Heifers 7.00-9.00 lower. Demand good. Quality good. Slaughter cows 5.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $203.94/cwt on 1,240 head.
Average price
$203.94
1,240 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,110
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$41
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$8.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.00
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2520208.161,082378
Medium and Large 1571203.021,159596
Medium and Large 2520199.991,041266
One grade step is worth $8.17/cwt here — about $41 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 sale1,240 hd
203.94
—
OK average5 barns · 4,104 hd
194.94
+9.00
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—Low1,69992.391,57015
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,31082.051,07587
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15081.7694016
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06274.3779076

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)1,169$1,00514
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,1602thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,374$1,53216

Every lot

90 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2332222.46/cwt219.00–229.0073917
Steers—Medium and Large 1339234.05/cwt230.00–240.0079360
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added361252.00/cwt252.00–252.009109
Steers—Medium and Large 1369246.06/cwt240.00–250.0090835
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned380236.00/cwt236.00–236.008971
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned380221.00/cwt221.00–221.008403
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385234.14/cwt229.00–239.0090143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2414227.60/cwt220.00–230.0094231
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned415230.00/cwt230.00–230.0095513
Steers—Medium and Large 1416233.55/cwt231.00–241.0097214
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added422247.83/cwt246.00–249.001,0465
Steers—Medium and Large 2422212.77/cwt209.00–219.0089840
Steers—Medium and Large 1461226.16/cwt225.00–235.001,04335
Steers—Medium and Large 2476209.06/cwt203.00–213.0099565
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481217.82/cwt214.00–224.001,04873
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned487222.21/cwt220.00–222.501,08224
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned510212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517207.36/cwt203.00–213.001,07235
Steers—Medium and Large 1522217.80/cwt214.00–224.001,13729
Steers—Medium and Large 2530197.59/cwt192.00–202.001,04751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned534200.29/cwt200.00–201.001,07013
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added566219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,2424
Steers—Medium and Large 1573213.24/cwt206.00–216.001,22244
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned574191.41/cwt190.00–191.501,09949
Steers—Medium and Large 2581190.84/cwt184.00–194.001,10961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2594200.14/cwt195.00–205.001,189100
Steers—Medium and Large 1618192.94/cwt186.00–196.001,19258
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned622185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631184.25/cwt175.00–185.001,16343
Steers—Medium and Large 1665184.19/cwt176.50–186.851,225136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680170.86/cwt166.00–176.001,16220
Steers—Medium and Large 1723161.98/cwt155.00–165.001,17127
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added727175.32/cwt167.00–175.501,27592
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added770166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2781
Steers—Medium and Large 1786156.66/cwt151.00–161.001,2314
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2317184.81/cwt179.00–189.0058619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331191.44/cwt190.00–200.0063422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376199.09/cwt193.00–203.0074932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added377204.41/cwt204.00–205.0077110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410192.39/cwt190.50–200.5078928
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned417164.50/cwt164.50–164.506866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420181.85/cwt179.00–189.0076462
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424172.97/cwt168.00–178.0073351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned435181.00/cwt181.00–181.007871
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469161.75/cwt157.00–167.0075919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477183.40/cwt180.00–190.0087589
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479175.69/cwt169.00–179.0084294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525175.68/cwt169.00–179.00922116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned529154.32/cwt152.00–156.008167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535160.46/cwt158.00–168.0085846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned555165.00/cwt165.00–165.009162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573168.78/cwt166.00–176.0096724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576157.92/cwt155.00–165.0091034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned580149.00/cwt149.00–149.008642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619157.94/cwt151.00–161.0097859
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625167.91/cwt162.00–172.001,04979
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676153.53/cwt149.00–159.001,03810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1687163.64/cwt160.00–170.001,12433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716148.51/cwt146.00–156.001,06337
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335239.55/cwt236.00–240.008028
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355238.00/cwt238.00–238.008451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added417225.30/cwt218.00–229.009403
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424205.44/cwt200.00–210.0087111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned467186.18/cwt185.00–187.008695
Bulls—Medium and Large 1484192.17/cwt190.00–200.0093024
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525192.30/cwt186.00–196.501,01019
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned560180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568188.40/cwt184.50–194.501,07016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added633189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635175.03/cwt170.00–180.001,11112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1661170.08/cwt162.00–172.001,1247
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,68087.74/cwt85.00–89.001,4747
Bulls——1,70699.56/cwt98.00–103.001,6984
Bulls——1,72693.34/cwt91.00–96.001,6114
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight85962.88/cwt61.00–65.005406
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91472.95/cwt71.00–74.006675
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92679.00/cwt79.00–79.007325
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07072.35/cwt70.00–75.0077425
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10680.85/cwt80.00–83.0089418
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10776.82/cwt76.00–78.008505
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11155.00/cwt55.00–55.006113
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16977.60/cwt76.50–78.5090714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17084.00/cwt82.00–85.0098311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25278.88/cwt74.00–80.0098843
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34583.49/cwt81.00–85.001,12332
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42589.57/cwt88.00–93.001,27612
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,160.00/head1,160.00–1,160.001,1602
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,092880.13/head775.00–975.008806
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2261,098.06/head1,000.00–1,200.001,0988
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3741,532.05/head1,275.00–1,725.001,53216

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.