Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2025-01-27

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Jan 27
● Final149 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,068 head
▲ 1,137 vs last sale 1,931▲ 365 vs year ago 2,703 · +13.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
400 head
▲ 288 vs last sale 112▲ 400 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 27▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00 higher with some instances of 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00 higher with some instances of 20.00 higher. Mostly average quality with good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not enough from previous week for test however noting higher. Several nice young, bred replacements from one dispersal.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $340.50/cwt on 268 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −111.89 against this barn's trailing median of $452.38.
Average price
$340.50
268 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,898
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$376
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$69.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.90
vs OK average
−8.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559354.621,982125
Medium and Large 1-2557333.081,855115
Medium and Large 2528323.481,70912thin
Medium and Large 2-3581307.741,7888thin
Medium and Large 3564284.681,6068thin
One grade step is worth $69.94/cwt here — about $376 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 sale268 hd
340.50
—
OK average6 barns · 691 hd
337.59
+2.90
National average177 barns · 23,098 hd
348.66
−8.16
This barn, trailing median34 sales
452.38
−111.89
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—Average1,645165.332,72037
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,375143.271,97015
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,214133.011,61541
CowsLean 85-90%Low90070.006304thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average965104.001,0041thin

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,043$2,6758
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)888$2,6005
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,116$1,9757
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)930$1,8001thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)954$1,5004thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,055$1,4751thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)760$1,76011
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)805$1,7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,445$2,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,270$1,8251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)810$1,4501thin

Every lot

149 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 · Steers58 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2255350.00/cwt350.00–350.008931
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3307259.00/cwt259.00–259.007953
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315473.00/cwt473.00–473.001,4904
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2329379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,2479
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1341493.21/cwt480.00–497.001,6829
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed346462.00/cwt462.00–462.001,5997
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy368490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,8039
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370452.23/cwt447.00–465.001,67318
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379397.45/cwt340.00–439.001,50620
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4021
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy403440.94/cwt431.00–449.001,7779
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed410326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,3371
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy424386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,6378
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed425409.49/cwt409.00–410.001,74013
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425388.86/cwt382.00–399.001,65349
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,2001
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2441361.79/cwt355.00–365.001,59524
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy456402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,8337
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2651
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469375.12/cwt362.00–386.001,75939
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474324.09/cwt311.00–331.001,53613
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed476386.56/cwt383.00–390.001,8406
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477347.25/cwt336.00–359.001,65621
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed485395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9162
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed500337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,6851
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2518318.85/cwt294.00–330.001,6528
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3518285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4762
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521358.81/cwt348.00–368.001,86938
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528342.00/cwt334.00–353.001,80638
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565331.31/cwt326.00–338.001,8723
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy567366.43/cwt365.00–367.002,07821
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3570273.36/cwt270.00–283.001,5584
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571328.68/cwt317.00–337.001,87777
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578348.45/cwt340.00–360.002,01466
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3581307.74/cwt300.00–315.001,7888
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed598307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,8362
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy609331.85/cwt325.00–338.002,02113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611297.18/cwt290.00–308.001,81626
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621307.89/cwt301.00–316.001,91215
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2634278.91/cwt272.50–286.001,76816
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy658320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1062
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664308.13/cwt296.00–314.002,04645
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667282.82/cwt275.00–285.001,88626
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678267.30/cwt260.00–277.001,81210
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3690246.04/cwt240.00–252.001,6982
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy703299.06/cwt298.00–320.002,10244
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1305
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2729259.78/cwt246.00–267.501,8948
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736263.33/cwt260.00–269.501,93818
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764276.42/cwt264.00–284.002,11224
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,8673
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3777214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,6633
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2789256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,0204
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2830221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,8341
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1833265.43/cwt264.00–266.002,2117
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2839261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,1904
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1923247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,2802
Steers1200–1250Medium and Large 11,245187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,3281
Feeder Cattle · Heifers49 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2245331.00/cwt331.00–331.008111
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1249345.00/cwt345.00–345.008594
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy263402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,0592
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1288380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,0943
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2295350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0331
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330393.58/cwt389.00–402.501,29929
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,1631
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2341387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,3214
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy362391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,41511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3368280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0304
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,2392
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1386373.17/cwt366.00–377.001,44022
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,3491
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy411380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5628
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423359.74/cwt347.50–369.001,52235
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2427371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,5845
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435339.70/cwt335.00–343.001,47811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3443239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,0596
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3455279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,2691
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy459361.41/cwt361.00–362.001,6595
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468342.85/cwt333.00–354.001,60563
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed475327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,5561
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481323.32/cwt313.00–333.001,55554
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2484306.41/cwt305.00–314.001,48313
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513313.43/cwt304.00–322.501,60828
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519318.04/cwt310.00–328.501,65157
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2538269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4473
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added560318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,7818
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566307.86/cwt294.00–317.001,74217
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577297.65/cwt291.00–307.501,71732
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy582339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,9739
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584284.00/cwt280.00–289.001,6599
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627268.83/cwt259.00–275.001,6865
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633287.60/cwt285.00–290.001,82161
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638282.57/cwt279.00–285.001,8035
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy653317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,0705
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658266.93/cwt261.00–273.001,75610
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670262.99/cwt260.50–265.001,76226
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6561
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3695201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,3971
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,7992
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2706177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,2506
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1731250.87/cwt240.00–253.501,83416
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2760207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,5731
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8364
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1771253.25/cwt248.50–260.001,95312
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1810230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8631
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,2171
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2935191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,7862
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1353461.00/cwt461.00–461.001,6272
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1498329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,6382
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1511327.20/cwt324.00–342.001,67211
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574308.32/cwt297.00–314.001,7703
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1631305.96/cwt294.00–309.001,9315
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2633285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8042
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660284.07/cwt270.00–290.001,87510
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2670252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,6881
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720234.90/cwt230.00–240.001,6912
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1880225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9801
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,02010
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 11,070161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,7231
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 11,140170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,9381
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,053197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,0742
Bulls——Light Weight1,180181.44/cwt177.00–186.002,1412
Bulls——Light Weight1,200155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,8601
Bulls——1,619135.70/cwt126.00–143.002,1974
Bulls——1,689161.01/cwt153.00–169.002,71920
Bulls——1,869180.30/cwt170.00–196.003,3708
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight81068.00/cwt68.00–68.005511
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight890105.00/cwt105.00–105.009351
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight89850.00/cwt50.00–50.004492
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight933124.50/cwt124.00–125.001,1622
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight93595.00/cwt95.00–95.008881
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight995112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,1141
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181113.23/cwt100.00–120.001,3375
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223143.29/cwt135.00–155.001,75221
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,245147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,8308
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,318129.91/cwt124.00–134.001,71211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,523139.00/cwt139.00–139.002,1177
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight965104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0041
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 17601,760.00/head1,760.00–1,760.001,76011
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18051,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18882,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6005
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19301,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19541,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0432,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6758
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0551,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1161,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9757
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18101,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2701,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4452,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501

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.