Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2025-03-31

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Mar 31
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,326 head
▼ 774 vs last sale 2,100▲ 290 vs year ago 1,036 · +28.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 37 vs last sale 0▼ 155 vs year ago 192 · −80.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
224 head
▲ 224 vs last sale 0▲ 152 vs year ago 72 · +211.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and steer calves were steady. Feeder heifers and heifer calves were steady to 6.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Compared to the 3/10/25 report: Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 to 5.00 higher with instances of 15.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.99/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −90.65 against this barn's trailing median of $400.64.
Average price
$309.99
98 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,678
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$47.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.72
vs OK average
−11.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530335.721,77944
Medium and Large 2562290.051,63013thin
Medium and Large 1-2547288.701,57841
One grade step is worth $47.02/cwt here — about $201 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 sale98 hd
309.99
—
OK average6 barns · 786 hd
320.71
−10.72
National average178 barns · 12,751 hd
321.38
−11.39
This barn, trailing median34 sales
400.64
−90.65
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.

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—High1,581161.402,55214
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,259164.522,0725thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,186155.971,8498thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low887131.991,1715thin

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/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,150$2,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,295$2,4732thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,390$2,3001thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,000$2,1852thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)883$2,1562thin

Every lot

97 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2200431.00/cwt431.00–431.008621
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2290460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,3341
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2292390.68/cwt373.00–440.001,1418
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322461.43/cwt440.00–495.001,48629
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2322368.89/cwt242.00–431.001,18810
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370451.88/cwt449.00–455.001,6722
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376389.22/cwt300.00–425.001,46313
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381411.52/cwt356.00–429.001,56817
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2411355.63/cwt306.00–380.001,4626
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420362.35/cwt350.00–379.001,52212
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424401.59/cwt386.00–427.501,70332
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481412.50/cwt385.00–431.001,98477
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482324.61/cwt280.00–350.001,5655
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487372.33/cwt351.00–381.001,81315
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added514402.72/cwt400.00–411.002,0709
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525383.45/cwt362.00–396.002,01317
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2525347.23/cwt339.00–355.001,8232
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531339.18/cwt314.00–360.001,80122
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566391.56/cwt375.00–397.002,21630
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574321.24/cwt296.00–351.001,8448
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587352.56/cwt327.50–367.002,0709
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2609294.11/cwt270.00–310.001,7915
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621348.43/cwt319.00–369.002,16411
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630276.70/cwt250.00–301.001,7433
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657304.69/cwt279.00–315.002,0027
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667323.69/cwt319.00–330.002,1596
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2670280.50/cwt257.00–304.001,8792
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717240.04/cwt202.00–279.001,7214
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,3884
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2743274.66/cwt266.00–280.002,0413
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775299.50/cwt299.00–301.002,3214
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,0572
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2825222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,8321
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2895249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,2292
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1965247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,3841
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2220430.00/cwt430.00–430.009461
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2277397.53/cwt325.00–457.501,1013
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2283379.32/cwt374.00–385.001,0736
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1286442.99/cwt431.00–448.001,26712
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2303382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,1592
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2321349.62/cwt307.50–392.501,1225
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325420.37/cwt397.00–445.001,36650
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360415.62/cwt405.00–424.001,4967
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2371351.78/cwt270.00–422.501,30515
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376358.83/cwt350.00–369.001,34916
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421370.13/cwt344.00–396.001,55836
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431325.42/cwt265.00–341.001,4038
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2439328.37/cwt310.00–340.001,44215
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470353.70/cwt343.00–391.001,66224
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471316.73/cwt285.00–341.001,49211
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482325.55/cwt310.00–340.001,56930
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2513285.02/cwt280.00–290.001,4622
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518333.16/cwt318.00–342.001,72635
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522299.97/cwt285.00–308.001,56619
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568278.96/cwt201.00–294.001,58422
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2571290.96/cwt220.00–308.001,66111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576345.66/cwt313.00–378.001,9919
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611271.66/cwt265.00–278.001,66014
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615280.72/cwt279.00–284.001,7264
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618289.24/cwt281.00–298.001,78818
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2677257.50/cwt225.00–280.001,7433
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712263.43/cwt253.00–270.001,8767
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1781270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1098
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2795236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,8761
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2800220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7601
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,0131
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1993214.50/cwt214.50–214.502,13012
Heifers1300–1350Medium and Large 11,308195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,5513
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1445371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,6511
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1483365.10/cwt361.00–369.001,7632
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1543361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,9602
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2550299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,6452
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0481
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2627299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,8753
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0891
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2700267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,8691
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2775271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,1001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,188141.71/cwt135.00–150.001,6843
Bulls——1,608155.60/cwt149.00–158.002,5024
Bulls——1,648170.50/cwt163.00–178.002,8106
Bulls——2,255189.00/cwt189.00–189.004,2621
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight750128.00/cwt128.00–128.009601
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight840183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,5371
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight890141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2551
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight898131.47/cwt131.00–132.001,1812
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2801
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,8981
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,137175.54/cwt170.00–179.001,9963
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175152.75/cwt151.00–157.001,7953
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,330146.18/cwt143.00–148.001,9443
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,335152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,0291
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,550144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,2321
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0002,185.13/head1,950.00–2,400.002,1852
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1502,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2952,472.64/head2,400.00–2,575.002,4732
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3902,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28832,155.52/head2,000.00–2,300.002,1562

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.