Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2023-10-09

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Oct 9
● Final101 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,645 head
▼ 849 vs last sale 3,494▼ 609 vs year ago 3,254 · −18.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
563 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 512▼ 403 vs year ago 966 · −41.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 24▼ 22 vs year ago 49 · −44.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves 6.00-9.00 higher. Heifers had a much lower undertone noted, with the exception of Value Added heifers, which traded mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Demand good. Quality mostly plain. Slaughter Cows 3.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $278.96/cwt on 860 head.
Average price
$278.96
860 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,437
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.47
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515289.881,493363
Medium and Large 1-2515277.111,427248
Medium and Large 2515264.901,365249
One grade step is worth $24.98/cwt here — about $128 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 sale860 hd
278.96
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OK average5 barns · 2,413 hd
261.49
+17.47
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—Low1,607123.201,98029
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,380105.921,46272
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,233100.541,23954
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04793.16975198

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)1,064$1,30713
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,042$1,2699
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,355$1,5965

Every lot

101 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 1319313.78/cwt310.00–320.001,00110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2322301.68/cwt299.00–309.0097119
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added327336.65/cwt321.00–348.001,10118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2366312.97/cwt309.00–319.001,14512
Steers—Medium and Large 1371322.92/cwt320.00–330.001,19815
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added383380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,45510
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added415314.26/cwt307.00–320.001,30423
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2416287.41/cwt284.00–294.001,19612
Steers—Medium and Large 2433280.00/cwt273.00–283.001,21245
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned437268.21/cwt262.00–271.001,17213
Steers—Medium and Large 1438299.51/cwt295.00–305.001,31220
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added450311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,4004
Steers—Medium and Large 1463297.70/cwt290.00–300.001,37844
Steers—Medium and Large 2471271.03/cwt267.00–277.001,27727
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472285.07/cwt279.00–289.001,34650
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added500303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,51511
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned517257.22/cwt249.00–259.001,33023
Steers—Medium and Large 1523291.80/cwt286.00–296.001,52673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526279.77/cwt275.00–285.001,47252
Steers—Medium and Large 2530267.31/cwt264.00–274.001,41757
Steers—Medium and Large 2565260.36/cwt255.00–265.001,47158
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned571249.56/cwt249.00–251.001,42514
Steers—Medium and Large 1576283.52/cwt277.50–287.501,63350
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582270.91/cwt266.00–276.001,57770
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added601276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,6598
Steers—Medium and Large 1619255.78/cwt249.00–259.001,58326
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623243.05/cwt238.00–248.001,51433
Steers—Medium and Large 2629233.99/cwt227.00–237.001,47212
Steers—Medium and Large 1669240.23/cwt235.00–245.001,60741
Steers—Medium and Large 1724230.59/cwt229.00–239.001,66910
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added311249.46/cwt247.00–255.007767
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328241.37/cwt235.00–245.0079212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2331228.12/cwt224.00–234.0075519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2358225.06/cwt219.00–229.008066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1367234.05/cwt230.00–240.0085925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added390259.90/cwt245.00–270.001,01416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added418255.67/cwt249.00–268.001,06935
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419215.78/cwt210.00–220.0090427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426242.66/cwt236.00–246.001,03420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426231.70/cwt225.00–235.0098731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471241.24/cwt239.00–249.001,13627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472234.56/cwt228.00–238.001,10719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added478256.26/cwt252.00–265.001,22540
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478220.38/cwt217.00–227.001,05312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2512226.79/cwt220.00–230.001,16140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added520252.55/cwt244.00–260.001,31338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532237.85/cwt231.50–242.001,26544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added574254.43/cwt239.00–258.001,46016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575222.67/cwt217.00–227.001,28029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579233.18/cwt228.00–238.001,35024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623237.75/cwt231.00–241.001,48120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added625244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626223.30/cwt220.00–230.001,39816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680235.82/cwt227.50–237.751,60490
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734206.88/cwt205.00–215.001,5189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1763207.58/cwt200.00–210.501,58415
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2310285.00/cwt285.00–285.008842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1334292.94/cwt289.00–295.009786
Bulls—Medium and Large 1371292.09/cwt289.00–299.001,0847
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added390309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,2054
Bulls—Medium and Large 1409275.47/cwt274.00–279.001,1274
Bulls—Medium and Large 2431237.52/cwt233.00–243.001,02419
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2432260.00/cwt258.00–268.001,1237
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added440298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,3111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added466265.42/cwt258.00–270.001,2376
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470239.98/cwt235.00–245.001,12826
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478253.21/cwt246.00–256.001,21012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2479231.40/cwt224.00–234.001,10820
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Unweaned480220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned510230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1732
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added524262.96/cwt260.00–269.001,37814
Bulls—Medium and Large 1531249.73/cwt245.00–255.001,32640
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2534238.04/cwt234.00–244.001,27125
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added555250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1556241.91/cwt237.00–247.001,34518
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578230.05/cwt226.00–236.001,33041
Bulls—Medium and Large 1611235.64/cwt230.00–240.001,4408
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added635244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added680232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,5781
Bulls—Medium and Large 1684216.11/cwt210.00–218.001,47813
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,536130.54/cwt128.00–133.002,0057
Bulls——1,592123.89/cwt122.00–127.001,97210
Bulls——1,661118.35/cwt116.00–121.001,96612
Slaughter Cattle · Cows15 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight79680.97/cwt78.00–83.0064510
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90187.41/cwt85.00–89.0078833
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94292.29/cwt90.00–95.0086938
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight981100.23/cwt97.00–102.009838
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11592.43/cwt90.00–95.501,03142
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15695.00/cwt92.00–97.001,09815
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,172104.58/cwt102.00–107.001,22624
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18297.90/cwt96.00–101.001,15729
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19186.55/cwt84.00–89.001,03114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,232100.40/cwt98.00–103.501,23726
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29694.96/cwt92.00–97.001,23110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,300102.29/cwt100.00–103.501,33018
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,323107.21/cwt105.00–110.001,41813
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,323106.88/cwt105.00–109.001,41422
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,541112.90/cwt111.00–116.001,74022
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0421,268.79/head1,125.00–1,435.001,2699
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0641,307.10/head1,150.00–1,560.001,30713
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3551,596.44/head1,550.00–1,660.001,5965

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.