Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2025-03-17

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Mar 17
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Receipts
2,200 head
▲ 444 vs last sale 1,756▲ 434 vs year ago 1,766 · +24.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $314.46/cwt on 180 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −86.18 against this barn's trailing median of $400.64.
Average price
$314.46
180 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$36.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.88
vs OK average
−0.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558318.301,777161
Medium and Large 1-2551281.881,55419thin
One grade step is worth $36.42/cwt here — about $223 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 sale180 hd
314.46
—
OK average6 barns · 1,034 hd
310.58
+3.88
National average174 barns · 12,680 hd
314.58
−0.12
This barn, trailing median34 sales
400.64
−86.18
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
457409361313median 400.6403/0204/2707/0608/3111/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $442.90, low $327.33, median $400.64 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

55 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1278519.13/cwt500.00–532.501,4433
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1329489.52/cwt482.50–500.001,6119
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5753
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366412.29/cwt399.00–432.501,50910
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368471.22/cwt451.00–500.001,73418
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435454.71/cwt441.00–482.501,97845
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2449348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,5634
Steers450–500Medium 2455201.00/cwt201.00–201.009154
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477384.49/cwt373.00–400.001,83416
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485418.31/cwt399.00–443.002,02921
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529393.66/cwt385.00–419.002,08244
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7893
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy546360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9664
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,0532
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577378.82/cwt370.00–390.002,18657
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,8543
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605337.84/cwt332.00–355.002,04470
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676332.12/cwt329.00–340.002,24524
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,1606
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730301.28/cwt298.50–307.502,19929
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785288.50/cwt288.50–288.502,2657
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1282413.69/cwt402.50–425.001,1674
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332407.85/cwt390.00–445.001,35412
Heifers300–350Medium 2347205.00/cwt205.00–205.007113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374360.05/cwt350.00–370.001,34724
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376392.03/cwt375.00–430.001,47429
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428348.68/cwt340.00–362.501,4925
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429365.99/cwt347.00–391.001,57050
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471352.97/cwt342.00–361.001,66235
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4823
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486334.80/cwt329.00–340.001,62713
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,3985
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523333.43/cwt319.00–347.001,74454
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564285.77/cwt284.00–290.001,61214
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576310.67/cwt290.00–329.501,789107
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618291.00/cwt285.00–297.001,7986
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623305.28/cwt294.00–311.501,90245
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,9052
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664287.54/cwt280.00–302.001,90917
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned721231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6666
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8724
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1753251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,8904
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1864233.06/cwt220.00–253.002,0145
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1332438.18/cwt429.00–447.001,4554
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1370442.37/cwt420.00–459.001,63711
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,5872
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,5814
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427421.60/cwt391.00–435.001,80025
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473369.50/cwt350.00–389.001,74822
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519361.05/cwt349.00–383.001,87416
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2535365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9533
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578336.89/cwt300.00–359.001,94724
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1631337.02/cwt331.00–339.002,1278
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2653300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9592
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2923226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,0866

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.