Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2023-01-30

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Jan 30
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
579 head
▼ 2,196 vs last sale 2,775▼ 2,448 vs year ago 3,027 · −80.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 209▼ 188 vs year ago 321 · −58.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 32▼ 18 vs year ago 42 · −42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Sleet and freezing temperatures throughout the trade area kept receipts too few to establish a proper trend. Demand moderate. Slaughter cows 6.00-9.00 higher. Slaugter bulls 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $173.35/cwt on 76 head.
Average price
$173.35
76 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$787
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.02
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1462174.4480662
Medium and Large 1-2421168.5270914thin
One grade step is worth $5.92/cwt here — about $97 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 sale76 hd
173.35
—
OK average5 barns · 788 hd
172.33
+1.02
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—High1,527106.791,6307thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,30590.551,18137
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15282.539518thin
CowsLean 85-90%High91274.0767543

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)1,046$90315
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,094$1,0249

Every lot

42 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2315210.00/cwt210.00–210.006622
Steers—Medium and Large 1338226.71/cwt220.00–230.007669
Steers—Medium and Large 1364227.43/cwt221.00–231.0082810
Steers—Medium and Large 1430221.58/cwt215.00–225.0095312
Steers—Medium and Large 1472211.91/cwt210.00–220.001,0005
Steers—Medium and Large 1513180.63/cwt179.00–189.009276
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519174.00/cwt174.00–174.009034
Steers—Medium and Large 1580176.90/cwt175.00–185.001,0265
Steers—Medium and Large 1621171.10/cwt164.00–174.001,06312
Steers—Medium and Large 1663162.27/cwt159.00–169.001,0763
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318174.72/cwt170.00–180.005562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340164.57/cwt160.00–169.005604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382183.26/cwt176.00–186.0070012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2408176.00/cwt176.00–176.007186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420181.77/cwt177.00–187.0076318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2450180.00/cwt180.00–180.008101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471178.10/cwt174.00–184.0083915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522161.54/cwt158.00–168.008433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2543155.00/cwt155.00–155.008423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553156.99/cwt155.00–165.008685
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637150.53/cwt148.00–158.009597
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1324213.99/cwt210.00–216.006933
Bulls—Medium and Large 1355206.00/cwt206.00–206.007312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426223.43/cwt223.00–224.009527
Bulls—Medium and Large 1456203.98/cwt197.00–207.509306
Bulls—Medium and Large 1529186.49/cwt181.00–190.009874
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,373102.48/cwt102.00–103.001,4072
Bulls——1,588108.51/cwt106.00–110.001,7235
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight68960.07/cwt59.00–62.004145
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight77272.14/cwt70.00–74.005576
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight77864.26/cwt63.00–65.005006
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight88678.23/cwt76.00–81.0069312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04078.00/cwt78.00–78.008112
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08775.48/cwt74.00–79.008208
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17683.89/cwt82.00–86.009874
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18984.04/cwt82.00–85.009996
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21294.00/cwt94.00–94.001,1392
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23097.03/cwt95.00–100.001,1938
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30786.39/cwt83.00–88.001,12915
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34591.30/cwt89.00–94.001,22814
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,046902.62/head775.00–1,075.0090315
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0941,024.00/head850.00–1,250.001,0249

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.