Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2023-12-18

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Dec 18
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Receipts
2,916 head
▼ 551 vs last sale 3,467▼ 65 vs year ago 2,981 · −2.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder Heifers the 3 to 4 weights and 8 to 9 weights sold steady. 4 to 7 weights 7.00 to 10.00 Higher. Demand is moderate to high. The quality was attractive. Cows and Bulls were not reported.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $259.97/cwt on 785 head.
Average price
$259.97
785 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,545
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$315
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.59
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1610265.511,618608
Medium and Large 2518252.261,30739
Medium and Large 1-2548237.741,303138
One grade step is worth $27.77/cwt here — about $315 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 sale785 hd
259.97
—
OK average5 barns · 2,785 hd
256.38
+3.59
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

62 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 2310297.00/cwt284.00–310.009212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2318281.00/cwt281.00–281.0089417
Steers—Medium and Large 1326330.68/cwt323.00–346.001,0787
Steers—Medium and Large 1379330.81/cwt319.00–336.001,25414
Steers—Medium and Large 2385306.40/cwt300.00–318.001,1805
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2442
Steers—Medium and Large 1418315.99/cwt297.00–330.001,32131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432249.33/cwt236.00–270.001,07718
Steers—Medium and Large 2435257.09/cwt210.00–281.001,1184
Steers—Medium and Large 1458313.89/cwt293.00–330.001,43845
Steers—Medium and Large 2473249.47/cwt220.00–289.001,1805
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480266.31/cwt254.00–275.001,27816
Steers—Medium and Large 2520243.36/cwt215.00–255.001,2657
Steers—Medium and Large 1531289.30/cwt270.00–305.001,536118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538246.44/cwt233.00–256.001,32611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567231.37/cwt218.00–256.501,31241
Steers—Medium and Large 2572243.55/cwt212.00–258.001,3938
Steers—Medium and Large 1583276.20/cwt260.00–277.251,61067
Steers—Medium and Large 2615222.01/cwt217.00–226.001,3654
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3498
Steers—Medium and Large 1630243.95/cwt230.00–257.501,53785
Steers—Medium and Large 1678247.29/cwt240.50–247.501,677159
Steers—Medium and Large 2680217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688205.76/cwt180.00–220.001,41611
Steers—Medium and Large 1722213.27/cwt211.00–216.001,5407
Steers—Medium and Large 2733226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,6603
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4364
Steers—Medium and Large 1814220.11/cwt187.00–221.501,79270
Steers—Medium and Large 1870193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,6795
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2924170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,57110
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2309231.00/cwt231.00–231.007148
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325240.00/cwt240.00–240.007801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1334269.78/cwt253.00–288.0090112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361274.83/cwt271.00–285.009924
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368239.98/cwt237.00–243.008832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383260.00/cwt260.00–260.009962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422218.50/cwt217.00–220.009226
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424229.62/cwt212.00–240.009747
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434257.07/cwt243.00–268.001,11659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468255.11/cwt244.00–260.501,19453
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478220.25/cwt212.00–230.001,0534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490229.41/cwt220.00–240.001,12411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520249.13/cwt237.00–251.501,29580
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523205.52/cwt201.00–210.001,0752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536216.99/cwt207.00–229.001,16317
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565215.50/cwt210.00–221.001,2182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573229.02/cwt210.00–234.001,31263
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,1401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1643226.42/cwt200.00–229.001,456227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675183.93/cwt175.00–197.001,2425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720187.44/cwt186.00–191.001,3509
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768201.41/cwt175.00–210.001,54717
Heifers—Medium and Large 2800160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1810204.73/cwt187.00–205.251,65835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2887170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5085
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,2751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1516264.12/cwt249.50–289.501,3638
Bulls—Medium and Large 1567250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1666228.70/cwt225.00–235.001,5238
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2680199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,3532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1830189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,5691
Bulls—Medium and Large 1951170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6171

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.