Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2025-12-15

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Dec 15
● Final177 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,875 head
▼ 1,386 vs last sale 3,261▼ 675 vs year ago 2,550 · −26.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
213 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 241▼ 14 vs year ago 227 · −6.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
91 head
▼ 106 vs last sale 197▲ 35 vs year ago 56 · +62.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers were 15.00 higher, Heifers were 5.00 higher both with higher instances and longer weaning dates. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 higher with a higher demand. Slaughter bulls were 2.00 higher. Demand and quality were both good overall.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $385.38/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 14 of 34 comparable sales and sits −15.26 against this barn's trailing median of $400.64.
Average price
$385.38
112 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,085
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.47
vs OK average
−4.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540390.872,11176
Medium and Large 1-2539378.692,04026
Medium and Large 2553361.091,99810thin
One grade step is worth $29.78/cwt here — about $113 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 sale112 hd
385.38
—
OK average6 barns · 1,016 hd
384.91
+0.47
National average175 barns · 15,310 hd
389.91
−4.53
This barn, trailing median34 sales
400.64
−15.26
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
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—Average1,494170.422,54519
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,295169.392,19433
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,112151.941,69043
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,018127.261,29624

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)1,268$2,9132thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,191$2,7129
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,220$2,66023
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,285$2,5692thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,139$2,3209
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,250$2,1501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,205$2,0252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,189$1,9759
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,248$3,0784thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,250$2,6402thin

Every lot

177 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 12301,261.36/head1,100.00–1,350.001,2613
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1245560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,3721
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,5391
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1332563.55/cwt547.50–590.001,87119
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2340469.00/cwt469.00–469.001,5951
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5093
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned358515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,8442
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned370469.00/cwt469.00–469.001,7353
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390538.16/cwt530.00–545.002,09914
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned390492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,9212
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390419.00/cwt419.00–419.001,6341
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2411425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7476
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426502.20/cwt495.00–522.502,13912
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned450425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9132
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned469487.00/cwt487.00–487.002,2844
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476492.21/cwt479.00–505.002,34331
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488465.53/cwt461.00–475.002,2729
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2497444.00/cwt443.00–445.002,2074
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed509503.00/cwt503.00–503.002,5606
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537462.88/cwt447.00–481.002,48656
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538437.01/cwt435.00–443.002,3514
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed553465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,5714
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned580411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,3847
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0302
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned585406.99/cwt405.00–411.002,38110
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586422.81/cwt419.00–426.002,47828
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned629397.45/cwt392.00–406.002,5009
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned633373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,3612
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1641405.27/cwt400.00–419.002,598188
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned663367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,4332
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned673389.59/cwt372.00–398.002,62234
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683382.44/cwt379.00–389.002,61212
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2700311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,1771
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,7643
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2753328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,4703
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1762359.50/cwt359.50–359.502,73921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers59 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 2Unweaned120500.00/head500.00–500.005001
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2Unweaned163721.12/head690.00–750.007213
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned172941.17/head900.00–1,000.009413
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2180850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2151,030.23/head1,010.00–1,070.001,0304
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2225938.06/head925.00–950.009382
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 12351,080.00/head1,080.00–1,080.001,0801
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned255490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,2502
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1263572.85/cwt525.00–595.001,5073
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 12701,080.00/head1,080.00–1,080.001,0801
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3Unweaned270415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,1211
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2278451.08/cwt430.00–475.001,2542
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2282459.00/cwt459.00–459.001,2943
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2Unweaned295447.00/cwt447.00–447.001,3191
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned310457.00/cwt457.00–457.001,4171
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2313430.50/cwt430.00–431.001,3472
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332479.94/cwt470.00–500.001,5936
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned335404.21/cwt390.00–411.001,3543
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3Unweaned355377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,3381
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372477.24/cwt470.00–480.001,77511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375454.37/cwt449.00–460.001,7049
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned380469.71/cwt460.00–471.001,7858
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned382449.42/cwt439.00–465.001,7173
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned388447.00/cwt447.00–447.001,7345
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390467.00/cwt467.00–467.001,8211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned403412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,6603
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3Unweaned420380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5962
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned426444.42/cwt441.00–453.001,89320
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427459.23/cwt441.00–471.001,96132
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned430427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,8366
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431354.74/cwt325.00–371.001,5295
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2441422.05/cwt407.50–431.001,8618
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2453380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7216
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned465365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6971
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468429.51/cwt420.00–447.002,01020
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6631
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned491403.74/cwt400.00–407.501,98220
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510409.08/cwt407.50–429.002,08641
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519396.99/cwt393.00–399.002,0609
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8981
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned524403.82/cwt403.00–405.002,1165
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned524376.01/cwt371.00–382.501,9709
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned536372.40/cwt371.00–377.001,9964
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned550355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9531
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573383.55/cwt373.00–401.002,1988
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577361.11/cwt350.00–367.002,0848
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580350.33/cwt340.00–357.002,0324
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned588356.66/cwt351.00–359.002,09722
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620323.28/cwt310.00–330.002,0043
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned621349.86/cwt345.00–358.002,17313
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624367.84/cwt347.00–371.502,295200
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667328.29/cwt316.00–341.002,19010
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned670326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,1843
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2690291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,0081
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715317.38/cwt310.00–321.002,2693
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed746375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,79812
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1779300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,33710
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815299.32/cwt298.00–300.002,4393
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 19701,040.00/head1,040.00–1,040.001,0401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls48 lots · lightest first
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned145800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned1931,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2252
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2Unweaned210600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 12231,399.72/head1,375.00–1,425.001,4002
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2351,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 22401,070.00/head1,070.00–1,070.001,0701
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned273575.09/cwt565.00–585.001,5702
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1295590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,7412
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned312545.17/cwt530.00–565.001,7013
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2318475.61/cwt461.00–490.001,5122
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned333457.16/cwt415.00–472.501,5225
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1336568.67/cwt540.00–577.501,91110
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned340521.00/cwt521.00–521.001,7713
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368520.20/cwt510.00–530.001,9142
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned368450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6564
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2369481.23/cwt399.00–512.501,7766
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned378506.54/cwt497.50–515.001,9152
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned387325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2583
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2388430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6682
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2405422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,7111
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned415456.52/cwt453.00–470.001,89510
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned425485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,0611
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1439460.98/cwt453.00–485.002,02411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2446447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,9964
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2458396.26/cwt350.00–447.501,81511
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned461469.55/cwt462.50–472.502,16524
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466486.60/cwt465.00–493.002,26816
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned480431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,0692
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2487444.46/cwt443.00–445.002,1657
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2507389.22/cwt385.00–405.001,9735
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned513450.34/cwt450.00–451.002,3106
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523433.66/cwt427.00–441.002,2683
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned529410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1695
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned530360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9081
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned555420.98/cwt419.00–425.002,3369
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2560385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1561
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1561413.96/cwt409.00–422.502,3226
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned565385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1752
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned580382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,2161
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned613394.20/cwt382.50–400.002,4163
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,2512
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned647348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,2527
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned678340.70/cwt326.00–348.002,3106
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1699358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,5028
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned703310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1793
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1723343.16/cwt323.00–348.002,4815
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2738317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,3392
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1783344.79/cwt300.00–354.002,70015
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,130154.23/cwt150.00–157.501,7432
Bulls——Light Weight1,152165.46/cwt162.00–170.001,9063
Bulls——1,557161.88/cwt160.00–166.002,5205
Bulls——1,558174.64/cwt170.00–178.002,7214
Bulls——1,729185.05/cwt180.00–194.003,2005
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight876147.57/cwt142.00–152.501,2936
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight898121.01/cwt119.00–123.001,0874
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight910126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1471
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight970137.08/cwt134.00–140.001,3302
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight996177.19/cwt157.50–180.001,7658
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,047131.97/cwt130.00–134.001,3823
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,3232
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063126.84/cwt120.00–130.001,34812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175135.26/cwt130.00–141.001,58910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,184155.95/cwt152.00–167.501,84611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,195180.67/cwt172.00–187.502,15914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228145.32/cwt142.00–150.001,7858
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,316164.58/cwt160.00–170.002,16612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,459155.08/cwt148.00–158.002,2637
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0351,836.23/head1,550.00–2,050.001,8362
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0462,386.62/head2,100.00–2,600.002,3874
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1252,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1612,302.54/head2,000.00–2,550.002,30310
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1692,458.54/head2,400.00–2,600.002,4597
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1701,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1992,038.22/head1,950.00–2,200.002,0386
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2502,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2652,934.51/head2,700.00–3,250.002,93513
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2682,912.72/head2,500.00–3,250.002,9132
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2852,568.87/head2,500.00–2,650.002,5692
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2852,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3072,971.81/head2,900.00–3,050.002,9725
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2483,078.16/head3,000.00–3,300.003,0784
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2502,640.00/head2,400.00–2,900.002,6402

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.