Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2025-05-05

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, May 5
● Final119 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,831 head
▲ 232 vs last sale 1,599▲ 841 vs year ago 990 · +84.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 196▲ 3 vs year ago 128 · +2.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
196 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 131▲ 161 vs year ago 35 · +460.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers under 500 lbs 7.00-11.00 lower; over 500 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers unevenly steady, Demand good for all classes. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls lightly tested and few sales lower. Packer demand moderate. Many old thin cows returning to the country.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $398.50/cwt on 216 head. That ranks 9 of 34 comparable sales and sits −53.88 against this barn's trailing median of $452.38.
Average price
$398.50
216 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,151
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$364
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$76.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.91
vs OK average
+19.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538405.972,185195
Medium and Large 2553329.141,82121
One grade step is worth $76.83/cwt here — about $364 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale216 hd
398.50
—
OK average6 barns · 499 hd
384.59
+13.91
National average168 barns · 13,508 hd
378.79
+19.71
This barn, trailing median34 sales
452.38
−53.88
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—High1,618174.362,82116
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,247153.161,91039
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,421149.482,12412
CowsLean 85-90%High1,023134.661,3789thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,855146.002,7081thin

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,170$2,7501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,254$2,4694thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,220$2,32917
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,105$2,2501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)965$2,2282thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)995$2,2001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,245$2,1752thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,133$2,1554thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,170$1,9501thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)860$1,6501thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,120$2,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,052$3,2916
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,015$2,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)645$1,3751thin

Every lot

119 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 12451,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Steers250–300Medium and Large 12501,210.00/head1,210.00–1,210.001,2101
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273529.46/cwt495.00–563.001,44512
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2282432.69/cwt425.00–445.001,2203
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319527.54/cwt500.00–575.001,6837
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2344443.29/cwt380.00–480.001,5254
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365394.16/cwt367.50–410.001,4394
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379462.79/cwt429.00–498.001,75435
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy381500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9056
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed398449.00/cwt449.00–449.001,7872
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427396.10/cwt370.00–435.001,6915
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429434.03/cwt400.00–458.001,86234
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy452471.00/cwt471.00–471.002,12941
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2466340.95/cwt320.00–370.001,5898
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475410.75/cwt375.00–447.501,95172
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed478372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,7784
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2512341.04/cwt317.00–360.001,7467
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy515353.11/cwt340.00–394.001,8196
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy524435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,27948
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527404.27/cwt365.00–424.002,13181
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567390.32/cwt351.00–420.002,21360
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2574323.19/cwt310.00–340.001,85514
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625368.27/cwt329.00–383.002,30245
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635314.06/cwt300.00–321.001,9943
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1659334.41/cwt289.00–338.002,20423
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2668299.30/cwt289.00–306.001,9996
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2702288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,0223
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715309.86/cwt278.00–324.002,21515
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717308.50/cwt308.50–308.502,21210
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2662
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770286.50/cwt286.50–286.502,20610
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2805263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,1172
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,3571
Steers1250–1300Medium and Large 11,265231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,9221
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1274485.28/cwt449.00–500.001,33027
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325462.35/cwt425.00–485.001,50324
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325392.49/cwt375.00–411.001,2764
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,6322
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377423.51/cwt390.00–470.001,59744
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385344.28/cwt335.00–365.001,3256
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed393403.08/cwt399.00–422.501,58411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417393.18/cwt346.00–420.001,64059
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6594
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429318.01/cwt275.00–340.001,3644
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472359.71/cwt334.00–385.001,69893
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,7356
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482344.48/cwt310.00–360.001,6609
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed523337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,7632
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526351.78/cwt310.00–371.001,850132
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535305.98/cwt297.00–325.001,6373
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2558318.43/cwt315.00–319.001,7777
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573322.29/cwt300.00–337.001,84747
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,8562
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626293.80/cwt285.00–323.001,83913
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2643300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9292
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660283.33/cwt275.00–300.001,8703
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Fleshy700283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,9811
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6221
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717288.58/cwt277.00–291.002,06911
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9751
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2795248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,9721
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,2444
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,2851
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1379444.91/cwt410.00–456.001,6868
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435407.81/cwt383.00–432.501,77410
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7672
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2467377.39/cwt375.00–381.001,7625
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1483385.73/cwt330.00–402.501,8638
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1520353.58/cwt285.00–387.001,83915
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563370.12/cwt330.00–392.502,08426
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624341.09/cwt294.00–378.002,12815
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Full638337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,1502
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2638321.08/cwt310.00–330.002,0486
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1662296.73/cwt280.00–301.001,9649
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2668303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,0242
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1724283.05/cwt279.00–285.002,0493
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2785269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,1121
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2810280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2681
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1833269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,2412
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1919250.98/cwt248.00–254.002,3074
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2950134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,2731
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2552265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4633
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,235162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,0011
Bulls——Light Weight1,268170.07/cwt167.00–173.002,1562
Bulls——1,490159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,3691
Bulls——1,587169.51/cwt164.00–178.002,6907
Bulls——1,843187.78/cwt179.00–195.003,4614
Bulls——2,145191.00/cwt191.00–191.004,0971
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight800134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0721
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight875155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3561
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight938136.34/cwt130.00–142.001,2792
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068141.57/cwt137.00–144.001,5124
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1991
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,153144.17/cwt140.00–146.001,6624
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,170129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,5091
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,209149.56/cwt147.00–153.001,80815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,316157.80/cwt153.00–168.002,07719
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,402149.57/cwt144.00–155.002,0978
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,448141.07/cwt140.00–142.002,0432
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,468157.53/cwt157.00–158.002,3132
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,855146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,7081
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Large 1-21,1202,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28601,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19652,227.91/head2,000.00–2,425.002,2282
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19952,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0952,169.45/head2,050.00–2,260.002,1693
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1052,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1252,123.56/head2,000.00–2,200.002,1243
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1552,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1702,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1701,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2252,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2472,363.45/head1,700.00–2,650.002,36314
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2542,468.57/head2,325.00–2,700.002,4694
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2651,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 26451,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0152,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0423,349.14/head2,900.00–3,600.003,3495
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1003,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001

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.