Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2025-08-25

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Aug 25
● Final193 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,559 head
▲ 1,461 vs last sale 1,098▲ 880 vs year ago 1,679 · +52.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
194 head
▲ 114 vs last sale 80▲ 15 vs year ago 179 · +8.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
129 head
▲ 84 vs last sale 45▲ 68 vs year ago 61 · +111.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers 5.00-10.00 higher with spots up to 15.00 higher. Quality was average to attractive. Demand very good. New buyers were present today driving the market higher. Rain has fallen across much of the trading area, with more forecasted for the rest of the week. Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls 5.00 higher. Replacement cow demand very good. Packers continue to struggle to fill orders as most cattle are going back 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 $425.12/cwt on 160 head. That ranks 13 of 34 comparable sales and sits −27.26 against this barn's trailing median of $452.38.
Average price
$425.12
160 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,363
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$406
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$58.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.85
vs OK average
+15.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557433.122,414113
Medium and Large 1-2556412.272,29139
Medium and Large 2536374.822,0088thin
One grade step is worth $58.30/cwt here — about $406 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 sale160 hd
425.12
—
OK average6 barns · 1,061 hd
428.97
−3.85
National average152 barns · 8,476 hd
409.30
+15.82
This barn, trailing median34 sales
452.38
−27.26
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—Average1,606195.363,13715
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,563168.382,63117
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,307166.402,17522
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,099156.111,71636

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,060$4,1316
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,082$3,6695
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,285$2,9501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)999$2,8999
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,138$2,87110
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,083$2,5173thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)965$2,4502thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,310$2,4501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,163$2,0757
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,125$4,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,103$3,7867
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,085$3,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,080$2,7605
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)950$2,4972thin

Every lot

193 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 · Steers59 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 11801,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Steers200–250Medium and Large 12001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Steers200–250Medium and Large 22001,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-22301,085.00/head1,085.00–1,085.001,0852
Steers250–300Medium and Large 22581,090.05/head1,000.00–1,175.001,0902
Steers250–300Medium and Large 12651,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2274445.84/cwt440.00–450.001,2225
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2289585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,6914
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1291626.51/cwt600.00–655.001,8239
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310563.03/cwt541.00–580.001,7458
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2314508.94/cwt507.00–513.001,5983
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned320497.50/cwt497.50–497.501,5922
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned337537.65/cwt509.00–548.001,81211
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2338481.58/cwt423.00–497.501,6285
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374494.72/cwt487.50–500.001,8509
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380531.73/cwt511.00–565.002,02119
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2384436.60/cwt400.00–455.001,6773
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,0502
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416469.10/cwt467.50–470.001,95110
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421491.00/cwt472.50–507.502,06740
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy425531.66/cwt531.00–533.002,26018
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned448489.00/cwt489.00–489.002,19116
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy462488.50/cwt482.50–491.002,25710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470385.52/cwt375.00–395.001,8123
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471460.50/cwt451.00–473.002,16920
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned476451.30/cwt435.00–456.002,14820
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477440.66/cwt432.50–445.002,10215
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned478419.56/cwt411.00–430.002,0056
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520392.83/cwt380.00–403.002,0435
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525432.38/cwt426.00–452.502,27022
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned530403.04/cwt401.00–405.002,1364
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy531469.00/cwt469.00–469.002,49012
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned531434.16/cwt425.00–443.002,30521
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536425.57/cwt415.00–435.002,28116
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2553367.20/cwt357.00–377.502,0312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed561450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,52511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576404.67/cwt400.00–407.002,33117
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned580300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7401
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584423.84/cwt415.00–432.002,47526
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned590389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,2952
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned598415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,48221
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned613418.37/cwt418.00–419.002,56519
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623419.70/cwt413.00–432.502,61555
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633404.23/cwt386.00–409.002,55941
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2642356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,2863
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659382.48/cwt374.00–386.002,5217
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2678328.30/cwt301.00–345.002,2263
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688385.68/cwt384.75–407.002,65326
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712387.66/cwt386.00–397.002,76025
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735351.46/cwt342.00–352.752,58350
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned740300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2202
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2759325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4677
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763340.50/cwt340.00–341.002,5982
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2790280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2121
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2805290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3351
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1819313.89/cwt300.00–320.002,57127
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1972310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,0133
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,015278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,8221
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,055297.00/cwt297.00–297.003,1331
Feeder Cattle · Heifers50 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2210950.00/head950.00–950.009502
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 12351,136.70/head1,100.00–1,175.001,1377
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 12601,172.44/head1,150.00–1,185.001,1723
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2273488.29/cwt487.50–490.001,3333
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280517.23/cwt510.00–525.001,4482
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2291414.72/cwt400.00–427.001,2077
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314499.51/cwt485.00–507.501,5685
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned325443.00/cwt443.00–443.001,4401
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330456.35/cwt442.50–472.501,5069
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned335499.00/cwt499.00–499.001,6723
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3461
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed358512.50/cwt512.50–512.501,8352
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369480.50/cwt466.00–495.001,77322
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373442.60/cwt420.00–455.001,65135
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375348.07/cwt335.00–375.001,3055
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned385430.67/cwt427.00–436.001,6583
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418452.75/cwt430.00–466.001,89254
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424414.06/cwt400.00–425.001,75612
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426338.32/cwt313.00–359.001,4416
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned437400.32/cwt397.00–403.001,7496
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned438432.83/cwt411.00–434.501,89618
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned457416.42/cwt409.00–427.501,9038
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned465362.42/cwt360.00–365.001,6852
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477370.82/cwt362.50–380.001,7696
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479421.11/cwt410.00–438.002,01791
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479398.51/cwt392.50–403.001,90923
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy505410.37/cwt410.00–417.502,07220
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned505290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4651
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520365.06/cwt360.00–370.001,8986
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8461
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned523395.48/cwt390.00–399.002,06810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530384.97/cwt375.00–397.002,04014
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned539362.24/cwt348.00–371.001,9528
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2552324.95/cwt310.00–335.001,7943
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy567409.78/cwt409.00–412.002,32316
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574359.44/cwt347.00–364.002,06310
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576384.37/cwt368.00–395.002,21485
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned590380.67/cwt378.00–382.002,2463
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned604377.13/cwt375.00–382.002,27820
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620377.51/cwt361.00–387.002,34168
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2648347.87/cwt329.00–351.002,25414
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1670315.21/cwt306.00–325.002,1123
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673306.30/cwt290.00–330.002,0616
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned696315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1924
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718306.04/cwt304.00–322.002,19716
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3411
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2332
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1821304.22/cwt300.00–315.002,4987
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1879297.14/cwt293.00–308.002,6124
Feeder Cattle · Bulls43 lots · lightest first
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1115767.17/head760.00–775.007672
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 11821,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1003
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 22301,135.00/head1,135.00–1,135.001,1351
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 12361,322.43/head1,275.00–1,360.001,3228
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1270517.00/cwt517.00–517.001,3963
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1331522.61/cwt510.00–530.001,7304
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1360555.25/cwt537.00–573.001,9994
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2360465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6742
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2380423.93/cwt410.00–437.501,6112
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned388409.00/cwt409.00–409.001,5872
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned393472.03/cwt467.00–477.001,8552
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned395449.00/cwt449.00–449.001,7742
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2408465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,8973
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418487.13/cwt485.00–505.002,0369
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2421420.61/cwt400.00–441.001,7715
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned428388.37/cwt381.00–396.001,6622
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned433422.51/cwt420.00–425.001,8292
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned477416.63/cwt401.00–425.001,9877
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479424.52/cwt410.00–441.002,03311
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2485404.00/cwt404.00–404.001,9592
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1529420.44/cwt413.00–429.002,22428
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2533344.79/cwt330.00–360.001,8382
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned534413.64/cwt412.50–417.002,2094
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2548389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,1322
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1558378.85/cwt360.00–390.002,1147
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned573384.99/cwt365.00–390.002,2065
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575368.64/cwt361.00–375.002,1206
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned580340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9722
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0061
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2603317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,9152
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625383.49/cwt380.00–391.002,3976
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned625379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,3691
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,2662
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685349.96/cwt349.00–352.002,3976
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715344.45/cwt318.00–350.002,46312
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2715310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2172
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned737301.29/cwt300.00–304.002,2213
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1775310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4031
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1840290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4361
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1860300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5801
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1923281.54/cwt277.00–286.002,5992
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2970269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,6091
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 11,055273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,8801
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,245192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,3901
Bulls——1,448173.18/cwt169.00–184.002,5085
Bulls——1,715204.24/cwt196.00–212.003,5036
Bulls——1,770215.68/cwt214.00–219.003,8183
Slaughter Cattle · Cows17 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight850148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2581
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight920153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,4081
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight935132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,2341
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight980178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,7441
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,068160.16/cwt153.00–164.001,7113
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,110176.45/cwt174.00–179.001,9592
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,115148.11/cwt139.00–154.001,65111
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130160.96/cwt155.00–169.001,81915
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,255132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,6571
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,285171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,1971
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,302172.67/cwt172.00–173.002,2483
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303167.37/cwt162.00–171.002,18114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,330157.13/cwt152.00–161.002,0904
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,405168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,3601
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,543161.38/cwt159.00–163.002,4903
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,575168.86/cwt166.00–172.002,66012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,630184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,9991
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28502,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29552,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0042,955.10/head2,700.00–3,100.002,9558
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0402,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0604,131.37/head3,750.00–4,200.004,1316
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0802,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0823,668.63/head3,150.00–4,050.003,6695
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1001,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1422,984.45/head2,700.00–3,500.002,9849
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1632,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0757
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1702,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2852,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3102,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs7 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29502,497.37/head2,150.00–2,750.002,4972
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0002,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0833,800.38/head3,775.00–3,850.003,8006
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0853,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1002,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1254,150.00/head4,150.00–4,150.004,1501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2253,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7001

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.