Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2024-11-04

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Nov 4
● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,251 head
▼ 1,137 vs last sale 2,388▼ 2,607 vs year ago 3,858 · −67.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
118 head
▼ 172 vs last sale 290▼ 502 vs year ago 620 · −81.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 110▼ 45 vs year ago 55 · −81.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Due to light receipts no test on feeder steers or heifers however lower undertones noted. Slaughter cows and bulls light on receipts for test. Average to plain quality, with moderate demand. Receipts were light due to severe weather conditions.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $269.64/cwt on 161 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −182.74 against this barn's trailing median of $452.38.
Average price
$269.64
161 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,508
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−17.44
vs OK average
−32.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559278.431,557114
Medium and Large 1-2563249.631,40636
Medium and Large 2547244.041,33611thin
One grade step is worth $34.39/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale161 hd
269.64
—
OK average6 barns · 1,097 hd
287.08
−17.44
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
−32.21
This barn, trailing median34 sales
452.38
−182.74
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
503458412367median 452.3803/0204/2707/0608/3111/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $488.56, low $381.42, median $452.38 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,525144.702,20610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,460116.211,6975thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,226112.131,37482
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,241105.901,3144thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00030.003001thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,123$1,4742thin

Every lot

105 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 · Steers47 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2280320.00/cwt320.00–320.008962
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290890.00/head890.00–890.008902
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2309750.00/head750.00–750.0075017
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340278.00/cwt278.00–278.009454
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340226.00/cwt226.00–226.007681
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed365252.54/cwt251.00–254.009222
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2368221.95/cwt215.00–231.008179
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377267.29/cwt250.00–277.001,00813
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386305.83/cwt300.00–325.001,1818
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy394326.74/cwt320.00–330.001,2873
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2422247.90/cwt240.00–257.001,0468
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed428290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,24111
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed435261.51/cwt261.00–262.001,1382
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436308.59/cwt298.00–314.001,34523
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2439262.05/cwt260.00–270.001,15019
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2453250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1332
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459310.36/cwt309.00–311.001,4258
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed470288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,3544
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483273.37/cwt260.00–286.001,32023
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy489322.98/cwt320.00–323.501,57913
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy519308.97/cwt308.00–309.501,60415
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524254.96/cwt250.00–260.001,3365
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526260.50/cwt255.00–265.001,37013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532293.79/cwt280.00–300.001,56324
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed545269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4661
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed560239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3381
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy568281.75/cwt280.50–286.001,60030
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574225.41/cwt210.00–231.001,2944
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581257.85/cwt250.00–270.001,49845
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584243.48/cwt231.00–250.001,42223
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy611262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,6047
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617245.97/cwt239.00–256.001,51810
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2641231.99/cwt230.00–237.001,4875
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2644252.47/cwt248.50–256.501,6268
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5412
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2675218.08/cwt202.00–229.001,4725
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy682258.14/cwt255.00–259.001,76127
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682237.38/cwt230.00–246.001,61916
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,7786
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741203.72/cwt200.00–210.001,5108
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,4711
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2810184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,4901
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,9534
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1890157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,3971
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9013
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1955156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,4901
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,8201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321191.18/cwt175.00–215.006149
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333261.00/cwt261.00–261.008692
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337303.95/cwt300.00–308.001,02410
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy350300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0502
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed375279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,0461
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382252.45/cwt247.00–266.0096424
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1389260.31/cwt254.00–268.001,0136
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2393245.47/cwt241.00–250.009652
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427256.27/cwt240.00–260.001,09431
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy432277.42/cwt271.00–290.001,1986
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432233.37/cwt230.00–236.001,00811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2438200.00/cwt200.00–200.008762
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468249.67/cwt237.00–255.001,16819
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468236.59/cwt233.00–239.001,1075
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1161
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy495267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,3225
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516236.16/cwt231.00–240.001,2197
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519229.94/cwt227.00–232.001,19321
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2016
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy525286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,5021
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed526240.28/cwt240.00–240.501,2647
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567244.28/cwt241.00–246.501,38542
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569217.04/cwt209.00–220.001,23511
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2586226.73/cwt213.00–234.001,3296
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,4966
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3641
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1657227.16/cwt216.50–230.001,49226
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668188.51/cwt180.00–200.001,2597
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1031
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2718160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1492
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,61210
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,1842
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1873161.98/cwt160.00–164.001,4142
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,063155.00/cwt154.00–156.001,6482
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,075156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,6771
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425264.17/cwt250.00–265.501,12311
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1494308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,5227
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1514279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,4349
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2539245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,32112
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2692218.50/cwt218.50–218.501,5128
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1820183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,5011
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1883144.96/cwt132.00–158.001,2802
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,120152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,7021
Bulls——Light Weight1,120147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,6461
Bulls——Light Weight1,265126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,5941
Bulls——1,660153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,5401
Bulls——1,680144.84/cwt142.00–149.002,4336
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight91790.39/cwt87.00–93.008293
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight923104.11/cwt99.00–108.009614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16399.64/cwt85.00–105.001,1599
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214111.14/cwt106.00–114.001,34919
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288116.99/cwt115.50–121.001,50747
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,298116.63/cwt114.00–119.501,5142
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,430108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,5441
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,638119.90/cwt117.00–123.001,9642
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00030.00/cwt30.00–30.003001
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241105.90/cwt98.00–110.001,3144
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1231,474.16/head1,100.00–1,700.001,4742

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.