Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2026-03-16

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Mar 16
● Final138 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
Feeder Cattle receipts
826 head
▼ 265 vs last sale 1,091▼ 1,374 vs year ago 2,200 · −62.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 86▲ 97 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 83▲ 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers were 4.00 higher. Heifers were 7.00 higher both with a good quality. Slaughter cows were 3.00 higher with a good quality and demand. Slaughter bulls were steady to 4.00 lower with a lighter test and average quality.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $403.21/cwt on 29 head, down $39.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 34 comparable sales and sits +2.57 against this barn's trailing median of $400.64.
Average price
$403.21
▼ 39.69 vs prior sale
29 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,228
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$266
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$59.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.67
vs OK average
−12.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542419.312,27316thin
Medium and Large 1-2571398.022,2728thin
Medium and Large 2557360.012,0075thin
One grade step is worth $59.30/cwt here — about $266 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 sale29 hd
403.21
—
OK average6 barns · 461 hd
411.88
−8.67
National average164 barns · 8,069 hd
416.12
−12.91
This barn, trailing median34 sales
400.64
+2.57
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—Average1,527188.522,87813
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,370176.122,41420
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,072168.831,80936
CowsLean 85-90%Average877128.271,12515

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 Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,090$3,0001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,152$2,91317
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,116$2,80018
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,008$2,7092thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,030$2,5752thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,210$2,4682thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,155$2,4578
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,055$2,2415
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)853$2,4812thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)970$3,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)850$2,4002thin

Every lot

138 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned1631,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4252
Steers150–200Medium and Large 11951,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2251,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1267713.09/cwt695.00–747.001,9043
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned287633.46/cwt627.50–635.001,8185
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319679.26/cwt630.00–697.002,1679
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned335591.56/cwt575.00–610.001,9823
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned340569.00/cwt569.00–569.001,9351
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1353645.26/cwt643.00–650.002,2788
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned370592.38/cwt583.00–612.502,19218
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned390480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8721
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395469.00/cwt469.00–469.001,8532
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned424515.53/cwt500.00–520.002,1865
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426575.67/cwt549.00–597.502,45214
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2437508.30/cwt457.00–545.002,2216
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned438471.00/cwt471.00–471.002,0632
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463549.07/cwt535.00–561.002,54212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned468501.20/cwt495.00–523.002,3466
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy487509.00/cwt509.00–509.002,4799
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516504.20/cwt502.00–507.002,6025
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531474.53/cwt457.00–479.002,5205
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned537475.58/cwt469.00–489.002,5543
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539498.95/cwt485.00–511.002,68912
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned560457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,5592
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580462.36/cwt450.00–469.002,6824
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,4475
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615422.62/cwt416.00–437.002,59912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2630403.98/cwt403.00–405.002,5452
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661389.75/cwt381.00–398.002,57610
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1808353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,8522
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,9321
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1900325.67/cwt325.00–326.002,9316
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned1631,364.23/head1,325.00–1,400.001,3642
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2341,532.93/head1,400.00–1,575.001,5334
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 12351,607.51/head1,525.00–1,650.001,6083
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned270577.37/cwt552.50–605.001,5597
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285615.77/cwt610.00–620.001,7554
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310605.97/cwt585.00–620.001,8793
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,8404
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned329577.32/cwt565.00–599.001,89918
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned335537.00/cwt537.00–537.001,7992
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned335485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6252
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363562.87/cwt550.00–567.002,04312
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned368531.31/cwt513.00–549.001,95515
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned376481.44/cwt453.00–501.001,8108
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2397523.00/cwt523.00–523.002,0766
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned412520.54/cwt511.00–539.002,14518
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414517.46/cwt497.00–533.002,1427
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned429481.44/cwt471.00–491.002,0654
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,1181
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned443503.00/cwt503.00–503.002,2282
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned469476.64/cwt453.00–493.002,23512
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478488.06/cwt475.00–500.002,33321
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2482430.87/cwt430.00–431.002,0777
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned485430.00/cwt425.00–435.002,0862
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525437.00/cwt435.00–439.002,2942
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525433.56/cwt423.00–451.002,2766
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9431
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned525300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5751
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,2412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559404.20/cwt401.00–425.002,2598
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2579376.68/cwt371.00–388.002,1813
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581392.36/cwt389.00–399.002,2806
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,2623
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1677352.55/cwt347.00–363.002,3874
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Full690300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0701
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned720343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,4701
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768325.37/cwt320.00–331.002,4992
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,6151
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1855301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,5741
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1960241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,3141
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned1951,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2231,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7004
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned270622.50/cwt622.50–622.501,6811
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1326644.81/cwt635.00–652.502,1025
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned329600.55/cwt589.00–631.001,9766
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned335499.00/cwt499.00–499.001,6721
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned375586.96/cwt520.00–632.502,20121
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376603.26/cwt595.00–630.002,2684
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned395397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,5681
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2400498.00/cwt498.00–498.001,9922
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned420484.50/cwt470.00–499.002,0352
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428587.68/cwt563.00–613.002,5154
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned432555.14/cwt539.00–565.002,39819
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned474444.75/cwt419.00–455.002,1087
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1481517.00/cwt502.00–532.002,48714
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned495490.00/cwt479.00–501.002,4262
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519517.29/cwt501.00–530.002,6859
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned528487.22/cwt459.00–501.002,5734
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned535437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,3381
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2539424.26/cwt421.00–447.002,2878
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned555377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,0921
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned558445.44/cwt433.00–450.002,4864
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1634397.25/cwt391.00–401.002,5197
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned638375.74/cwt361.00–389.002,3973
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned685410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,8091
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1688389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,6763
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1Unweaned920285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,6221
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 11,070243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,6002
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,010190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,9191
Bulls——Light Weight1,113173.12/cwt168.00–177.001,9273
Bulls——1,643195.30/cwt190.00–202.003,2095
Bulls——1,773206.38/cwt204.00–209.003,6592
Bulls——1,868176.10/cwt174.00–180.003,2902
Slaughter Cattle · Cows15 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight700112.66/cwt110.00–117.507894
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight828145.26/cwt140.00–150.001,2032
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight862124.12/cwt120.00–126.001,0703
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed898171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,5363
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight899148.97/cwt140.00–166.001,3399
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight915131.77/cwt130.00–132.501,2063
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,116177.54/cwt175.00–185.001,9814
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,123138.40/cwt135.00–142.501,5543
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,149151.03/cwt145.00–154.501,7354
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166161.38/cwt155.00–167.001,8827
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,175197.79/cwt195.00–200.002,3249
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,290202.46/cwt200.00–205.002,6122
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,325142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,8822
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,358174.19/cwt167.50–178.002,36613
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,508189.68/cwt185.00–192.502,8603
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29502,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 39752,155.54/head1,950.00–2,400.002,1565
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 39851,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0082,708.68/head2,600.00–2,800.002,7092
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0321,948.58/head1,800.00–2,200.001,9493
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0903,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0902,679.82/head2,600.00–2,750.002,6802
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1072,845.17/head2,550.00–2,900.002,84514
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1103,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1603,310.11/head3,100.00–3,500.003,3107
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1752,395.96/head2,300.00–2,450.002,3963
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1832,743.25/head2,600.00–2,900.002,7436
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1832,653.77/head2,500.00–2,800.002,6544
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2102,467.98/head2,300.00–2,600.002,4682
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3633,228.12/head3,000.00–3,400.003,2283
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18532,480.65/head2,300.00–2,650.002,4812
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 27002,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19703,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0002,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001

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.