Sale reports / Oklahoma / Tulsa Stockyards Inc. / 2026-04-20

Tulsa Stockyards Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Mon, Apr 20
● Final192 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1832
← Apr 13Apr 20Apr 27 →
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,183 head
▲ 490 vs last sale 1,693▲ 1,572 vs year ago 611 · +257.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 114▲ 70 vs year ago 75 · +93.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 92▲ 31 vs year ago 50 · +62.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers were 6.00 higher. Heifers were 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Both with a good quality and demand. Steers over 500 Lbs. with longer weaning dates had a stronger demand. Slaughter cows were 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 7.00 higher with few receipts and a high demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $488.47/cwt on 255 head, up $22.41 from the prior sale. That ranks 33 of 34 comparable sales and sits +36.09 against this barn's trailing median of $452.38.
Average price
$488.47
▲ 22.41 vs prior sale
255 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,665
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$748
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$132.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.45
vs OK average
+9.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544497.682,709230
Medium and Large 2534422.332,2547thin
Medium and Large 1-2592421.702,49610thin
Medium and Large 2-3537365.151,9618thin
One grade step is worth $132.53/cwt here — about $748 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 sale255 hd
488.47
—
OK average6 barns · 731 hd
486.02
+2.45
National average158 barns · 12,009 hd
479.03
+9.44
This barn, trailing median34 sales
452.38
+36.09
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—High1,612209.403,37612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,551177.432,7529thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,144169.361,93855
CowsLean 85-90%Average930131.011,21816

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 Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,052$3,3813thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,268$3,2682thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,043$2,9502thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)810$2,9001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,252$2,88616
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,240$2,8762thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,193$2,8004thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,086$2,26110
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,075$2,1106
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,160$3,9001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)735$1,9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)850$4,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,023$2,9002thin

Every lot

192 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 · Steers54 lots · lightest first
Steers100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned1391,345.52/head1,325.00–1,350.001,3465
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned1621,293.56/head1,225.00–1,350.001,2943
Steers150–200Medium and Large 2Unweaned180825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2031,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4752
Steers200–250Medium and Large 12101,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1266763.03/cwt747.50–805.002,0304
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned279712.52/cwt685.00–727.501,98810
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317696.28/cwt667.50–720.002,2079
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned326661.77/cwt660.00–667.002,1574
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2327588.70/cwt580.00–607.501,9253
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Full357602.50/cwt602.50–602.502,1513
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366660.13/cwt637.50–702.502,41619
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned383596.85/cwt592.50–610.002,28618
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned390550.50/cwt545.00–557.502,1473
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3390431.00/cwt431.00–431.001,6812
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393571.00/cwt571.00–571.002,2445
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3397300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1913
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2410494.49/cwt491.00–502.502,0276
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422585.54/cwt560.00–597.002,47150
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned439547.52/cwt530.00–570.002,40428
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3439350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5374
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462557.58/cwt530.00–584.502,57639
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned469540.50/cwt519.00–551.002,53536
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3478448.07/cwt430.00–475.002,1425
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned480498.54/cwt495.00–501.002,3935
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495520.83/cwt512.50–525.002,5783
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520526.89/cwt489.00–537.002,740119
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned527480.59/cwt443.00–500.002,5339
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full530415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,2001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned533417.21/cwt405.00–430.002,2242
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2534424.38/cwt397.00–469.002,2665
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy537438.00/cwt429.00–451.002,3526
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3537365.15/cwt350.00–370.001,9618
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573475.33/cwt449.00–492.502,72469
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned587446.14/cwt421.00–459.002,61926
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592421.70/cwt402.00–441.002,49610
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610458.23/cwt436.00–465.002,79573
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3615330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0303
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned616428.13/cwt420.00–432.002,63712
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,6672
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy650400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6001
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1659453.11/cwt425.00–459.002,98663
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned662423.76/cwt401.00–448.002,80526
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,7553
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Full695379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,6342
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy703371.33/cwt371.00–373.002,6106
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720407.38/cwt400.00–414.002,93339
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768388.24/cwt375.00–396.002,98220
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6952
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1822377.35/cwt376.00–380.003,1023
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,9772
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1939337.00/cwt337.00–337.003,1646
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,045280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,9261
Steers1300–1350Medium and Large 11,348220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,9662
Feeder Cattle · Heifers53 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned1201,177.08/head1,050.00–1,275.001,1773
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 12031,412.65/head1,400.00–1,425.001,4132
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2121,251.89/head1,200.00–1,350.001,2526
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1240662.50/cwt662.50–662.501,5901
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned246605.50/cwt605.50–605.501,4907
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1277639.56/cwt610.00–703.001,77210
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2Unweaned280455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,2741
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3285775.00/head775.00–775.007751
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned286592.37/cwt560.00–610.001,6947
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2318532.93/cwt515.00–550.001,6953
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned323472.45/cwt423.00–500.001,5265
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332625.93/cwt612.50–631.002,0787
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned340584.91/cwt559.00–601.001,98921
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370608.75/cwt592.50–625.002,25220
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned373457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,7063
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned381567.53/cwt549.00–582.502,16212
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned383450.97/cwt425.00–480.001,7278
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Full394515.08/cwt507.50–522.502,0294
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3418295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2332
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423458.54/cwt445.00–471.001,9402
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433515.74/cwt497.50–560.002,23347
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned438486.14/cwt450.00–505.002,12933
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0033
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2453411.19/cwt390.00–435.001,8634
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473473.94/cwt449.00–489.002,24289
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned480402.53/cwt400.00–405.001,9322
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy487434.66/cwt429.00–437.002,1177
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3488385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8792
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned489451.13/cwt439.00–465.002,20674
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned493429.00/cwt429.00–429.002,1152
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned506436.53/cwt420.00–447.002,20947
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512443.09/cwt430.00–465.002,26926
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522411.17/cwt400.00–425.002,1463
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned528393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,0753
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538423.00/cwt423.00–423.002,2762
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned540395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,1331
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564447.01/cwt421.00–450.002,52154
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned564412.47/cwt403.00–423.002,32615
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned578386.65/cwt379.00–393.002,2359
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1061
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy599403.45/cwt403.00–404.002,41711
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622381.05/cwt367.00–405.002,37013
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned642357.04/cwt341.00–360.002,29216
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673371.43/cwt360.00–382.002,50010
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned678362.93/cwt361.00–367.002,4613
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2695340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3631
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722346.06/cwt343.00–350.002,4997
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 3725250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8131
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2765325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4861
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775337.38/cwt330.00–341.002,6153
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1883299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,6402
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1995289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,8761
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,103271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,9891
Feeder Cattle · Bulls43 lots · lightest first
Bulls50–100Medium and Large 1Unweaned781,085.08/head1,025.00–1,125.001,0854
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned1161,168.01/head1,100.00–1,275.001,1684
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 11951,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2181,320.95/head1,275.00–1,335.001,3219
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1230743.00/cwt743.00–743.001,7091
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2Unweaned265565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,4971
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned290697.50/cwt697.50–697.502,0231
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1310700.00/cwt700.00–700.002,1701
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned315550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,7331
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned327629.75/cwt600.00–650.002,0598
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3Unweaned330449.00/cwt449.00–449.001,4821
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2348507.00/cwt507.00–507.001,7643
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369629.59/cwt612.50–665.002,3233
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned388567.70/cwt550.00–589.002,2037
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned395477.50/cwt475.00–480.001,8862
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned398459.00/cwt459.00–459.001,8276
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned419554.09/cwt541.00–581.002,32212
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1422558.05/cwt552.50–560.002,3558
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned424464.61/cwt462.50–467.501,9705
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425510.11/cwt501.00–519.002,1682
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy463487.00/cwt487.00–487.002,2552
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned466527.50/cwt520.00–540.002,45812
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468532.80/cwt521.00–547.002,49411
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2473518.58/cwt503.00–535.002,4532
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned477452.60/cwt420.00–485.002,1594
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3Unweaned505361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,8231
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned514453.00/cwt453.00–453.002,3285
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522483.92/cwt473.00–489.002,5268
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned532508.21/cwt501.00–510.002,7045
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568452.74/cwt432.00–487.002,57221
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned578439.63/cwt431.00–447.502,5414
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned585404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,3631
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2590355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0951
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned616429.51/cwt421.00–447.502,6468
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1642411.13/cwt400.00–413.002,6397
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,5463
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned683377.49/cwt375.00–380.002,5782
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned715350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,5031
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,5421
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned780340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6521
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2800320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5601
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1830359.00/cwt357.00–360.002,9803
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1930229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,1301
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,135190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,1571
Bulls——1,534199.49/cwt195.00–204.003,0604
Bulls——1,654210.99/cwt206.00–218.003,4904
Bulls——1,750223.44/cwt221.00–226.003,9102
Bulls——1,960234.00/cwt234.00–234.004,5861
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight790130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0271
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight84593.90/cwt92.50–95.007932
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight888141.71/cwt135.00–147.501,25810
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight935152.57/cwt150.00–155.001,4272
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight954160.75/cwt157.00–163.001,5349
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00590.00/cwt90.00–90.009051
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,065150.98/cwt150.00–152.001,6082
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,159161.94/cwt157.00–166.001,87716
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210187.67/cwt180.00–192.002,27112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234172.71/cwt167.00–179.002,13114
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,258135.61/cwt130.00–140.001,7062
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,538181.07/cwt179.00–186.002,7855
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,567172.89/cwt165.00–176.002,7094
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 36452,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18504,400.00/head4,400.00–4,400.004,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4003,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows19 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28102,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 39081,776.31/head1,750.00–1,800.001,7762
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 49131,652.33/head1,450.00–1,800.001,6522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29552,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 39611,867.13/head1,800.00–2,000.001,8674
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0102,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0733,696.97/head3,350.00–4,000.003,6972
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 31,0832,151.73/head2,100.00–2,200.002,1522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0932,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1152,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1282,276.61/head2,250.00–2,300.002,2772
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1303,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1902,647.48/head2,500.00–2,800.002,6474
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2232,455.01/head2,400.00–2,500.002,4552
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2402,875.91/head2,850.00–2,900.002,8762
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2422,829.13/head2,800.00–2,900.002,8293
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2683,268.05/head3,200.00–3,350.003,2682
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2703,200.39/head3,100.00–3,300.003,2002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3693,342.27/head3,000.00–3,475.003,3429
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 27351,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,1603,900.00/head3,900.00–3,900.003,9001

This sale against other markets

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