Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2025-03-03

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Mar 3
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Receipts
2,745 head
▲ 1,755 vs last sale 990▲ 475 vs year ago 2,270 · +20.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 2.00-10.00 higher with the largest increases on light weight stocker calves. Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cow and bull sale not reported this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $370.39/cwt on 126 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −82.00 against this barn's trailing median of $452.38.
Average price
$370.39
126 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,004
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$233
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.84
vs OK average
+21.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541370.842,008124
Medium and Large 1-2518342.501,7742thin
One grade step is worth $28.34/cwt here — about $233 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 sale126 hd
370.39
—
OK average6 barns · 853 hd
351.55
+18.84
National average172 barns · 12,998 hd
349.28
+21.11
This barn, trailing median34 sales
452.38
−82.00
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.

Every lot

52 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268514.00/cwt500.00–535.001,3785
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3392
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1339498.90/cwt490.00–505.001,69111
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367462.58/cwt441.00–480.001,69832
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373393.33/cwt392.50–395.001,4676
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436403.42/cwt387.00–414.001,75930
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438373.59/cwt342.50–380.001,63621
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487394.44/cwt375.00–402.501,92170
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,7423
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516387.72/cwt354.00–397.002,00162
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,7742
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy541343.99/cwt340.00–347.001,8617
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570355.22/cwt322.00–368.002,02555
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620330.27/cwt327.00–338.002,04879
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,9195
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670315.51/cwt304.00–325.502,11425
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy706272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,9205
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,1375
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815250.66/cwt250.50–251.002,0439
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy890235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0923
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1289421.49/cwt410.00–425.001,2184
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327415.91/cwt397.00–427.001,36025
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2485
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376365.09/cwt350.00–384.001,37331
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416349.84/cwt336.00–356.001,45551
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436341.84/cwt338.00–344.001,4908
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,4019
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466338.42/cwt323.00–351.001,57768
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472335.04/cwt325.00–347.001,5819
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,6047
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527318.52/cwt313.50–335.001,679104
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy553290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6042
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560310.71/cwt301.00–316.001,74028
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629281.47/cwt273.00–294.501,77045
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy643266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,7102
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,74312
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy724234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6944
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Full734230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6885
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Full753235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7702
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Full835207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,7282
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1260475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,2351
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323431.60/cwt430.00–445.001,3949
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377415.38/cwt410.00–425.001,56614
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1438376.19/cwt375.00–380.001,6484
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2445325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4462
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475374.82/cwt369.00–377.501,78012
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2482306.54/cwt302.00–312.501,4787
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522341.90/cwt340.00–344.001,78519
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2553285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5763
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578319.77/cwt310.00–339.001,84820
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0002
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1732261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,9113

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.