Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2025-05-12

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, May 12
● Final130 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,550 head
▼ 281 vs last sale 1,831▼ 298 vs year ago 1,848 · −16.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
364 head
▲ 233 vs last sale 131▲ 172 vs year ago 192 · +89.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 162 vs last sale 196▼ 48 vs year ago 82 · −58.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers under 400 lbs 2.00-3.00 lower; over 400 lbs steady to 6.00-10.00 higher. Heifers under 400 lbs are 2.00-10.00 lower; over 400 lbs are 4.00-8.00 higher. Demand is good for all classes. Slaughter cows and bulls are steady. Replacement cows sold with a much higher undertone.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $396.88/cwt on 124 head. That ranks 8 of 34 comparable sales and sits −55.50 against this barn's trailing median of $452.38.
Average price
$396.88
124 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,136
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$257
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$64.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.60
vs OK average
+12.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536406.752,180103
Medium and Large 1-2534356.941,9089thin
Medium and Large 2562342.051,92212thin
One grade step is worth $64.70/cwt here — about $257 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 sale124 hd
396.88
—
OK average6 barns · 367 hd
384.27
+12.60
National average159 barns · 12,107 hd
384.60
+12.28
This barn, trailing median34 sales
452.38
−55.50
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—Low1,675182.823,06222
CowsLean 85-90%High1,030149.741,54213
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,213149.711,81679
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,526145.842,22523
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,285139.001,7861thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,433$2,5392thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,180$2,4589
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,288$2,37011
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,285$2,3052thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,160$2,0501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)930$1,6251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,133$2,7586

Every lot

130 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1227580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,3173
Steers200–250Medium and Large 12401,236.04/head1,185.00–1,285.001,2362
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2243480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,1662
Steers250–300Medium and Large 12641,289.06/head1,250.00–1,325.001,2894
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1281503.38/cwt440.00–529.001,4148
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2290425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2331
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1326487.14/cwt435.00–527.501,58818
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335441.00/cwt441.00–441.001,4771
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369452.10/cwt400.00–513.001,66836
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372401.49/cwt302.50–441.001,4949
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379413.62/cwt398.00–430.001,56817
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added419479.76/cwt469.00–496.002,01024
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425387.06/cwt380.00–390.001,6457
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426424.87/cwt395.00–457.001,81039
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427369.98/cwt325.00–392.501,58013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472422.55/cwt394.00–453.001,99458
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475372.47/cwt347.00–387.001,7693
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479381.23/cwt320.00–409.001,82645
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added513428.81/cwt428.50–430.002,2005
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2517347.78/cwt325.00–363.001,7983
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518360.09/cwt351.00–366.001,8655
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523407.38/cwt369.00–424.002,13172
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,9594
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576400.78/cwt379.00–411.002,30826
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2577340.14/cwt310.00–360.001,9639
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616321.98/cwt320.00–325.001,9835
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620374.79/cwt365.00–385.002,32454
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2622322.75/cwt285.00–345.002,00810
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,9811
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661355.57/cwt335.00–374.002,35025
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,4174
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736304.77/cwt290.00–330.502,2436
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2745276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,0561
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,4793
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2752
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1970240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,3281
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,025261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,6751
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,065239.24/cwt222.00–256.002,5482
Feeder Cattle · Heifers41 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,1403
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1274471.28/cwt455.00–490.001,2918
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2287384.68/cwt290.00–452.501,1043
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added317447.10/cwt441.00–459.001,4174
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed320281.35/cwt251.00–345.009003
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,1471
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336431.69/cwt409.00–445.001,45017
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2348407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,4184
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363370.88/cwt335.00–409.001,3467
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375412.50/cwt387.00–440.001,54721
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395399.00/cwt399.00–399.001,5764
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed405325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3162
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428339.59/cwt328.00–350.001,4533
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431327.66/cwt274.00–350.001,4129
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433380.40/cwt351.00–414.001,64762
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471305.92/cwt270.00–331.001,4417
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475364.30/cwt340.00–391.001,73074
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482345.01/cwt329.00–350.001,66314
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518341.65/cwt328.00–395.001,77060
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open523343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,7944
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527317.22/cwt291.00–325.001,6729
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531318.35/cwt300.00–327.001,69016
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564345.08/cwt333.00–370.001,9464
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574316.32/cwt289.00–324.001,81646
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2577298.64/cwt287.50–319.001,7237
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added610337.27/cwt326.00–367.002,0576
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7532
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2618269.95/cwt251.00–285.001,6686
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625302.29/cwt292.00–317.001,88936
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677281.27/cwt275.00–300.001,90411
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1688294.55/cwt282.00–302.002,02713
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2695256.00/cwt241.00–271.001,7792
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717278.91/cwt260.00–297.002,00017
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2720245.50/cwt241.00–250.001,7682
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1759271.21/cwt259.00–282.002,0584
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1822254.66/cwt240.00–267.502,0936
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1882254.82/cwt247.00–257.502,24810
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1965221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,1331
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,065232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,4711
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,150205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,3581
Heifers1250–1300Medium and Large 11,255201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,5232
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4491
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376389.76/cwt363.00–425.001,4656
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2420350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4701
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added428450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9262
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1434400.23/cwt357.50–420.001,7378
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463405.21/cwt368.00–430.001,87621
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6491
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528384.92/cwt352.00–412.002,03229
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533349.18/cwt325.00–362.001,8613
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574371.21/cwt345.00–394.002,13124
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2600301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,8061
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2613334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,0472
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623332.89/cwt284.00–357.502,07411
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1672306.67/cwt276.00–314.002,06118
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2695270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8771
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1713307.81/cwt300.00–312.002,1955
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1794265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1044
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1835257.51/cwt249.00–289.002,1505
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2845236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,9941
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1875240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1001
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1960178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,7091
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight905140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2671
Bulls——1,395212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,9641
Bulls——1,480170.45/cwt170.00–171.002,5232
Bulls——1,610184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,9621
Bulls——1,710194.45/cwt189.00–199.003,3255
Bulls——1,786181.03/cwt173.00–187.003,23312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight950135.03/cwt134.00–136.001,2832
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight955136.45/cwt133.00–140.001,3032
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight957187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,7943
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight960131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2581
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040131.77/cwt129.00–135.001,3704
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,165152.00/cwt149.00–158.001,7713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,167128.45/cwt127.00–130.001,4993
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,199142.30/cwt134.00–149.001,70630
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,238156.81/cwt150.00–175.001,94144
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,491144.37/cwt140.00–150.002,15314
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,534154.37/cwt151.00–161.002,3686
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,673135.66/cwt130.00–139.002,2703
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,7861
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19301,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0651,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1602,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1942,553.27/head2,050.00–3,000.002,5538
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2852,304.67/head1,850.00–2,800.002,3052
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2882,341.50/head1,850.00–2,650.002,34210
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2902,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4332,539.14/head2,475.00–2,600.002,5392
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0002,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1003,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3002,725.00/head2,725.00–2,725.002,7252

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.