The Morning Wire / Oklahoma / Mon Nov 2, 2026

Oklahoma cattle market

The trading day in one page — Mon, Nov 2

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Summary

Mon, Nov 2

Choice cutout held near $365.04. 4 Oklahoma barns reported 424 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Oklahoma, week of Nov 2 USDA

Weighted across every reported lot, by weight class. Weekly rather than daily — one day's barns are too thin a base for a state figure. Watch the barn count: a weight class carried by one or two barns is a thin figure, not a market.

Weight	Price	vs prior week	Head	Barns
300-399 lb	554.30/cwt	$22.15 higher	27	1
400-499 lb	455.72/cwt	$10.74 lower	338	1
500-599 lb	407.22/cwt	$7.08 lower	522	1
600-699 lb	365.16/cwt	$7.70 lower	435	1
700-799 lb	350.15/cwt	$2.76 lower	382	1
800-899 lb	310.05/cwt	$36.30 lower	80	1

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA

Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Mon, Nov 2, weighted by head. Spread of $8.77 between the top and bottom of 2 barns. An average moves with the cattle that showed up as much as with the buyers in the seats — a yard with better grade will average higher on the same demand. This is where the money landed, not a verdict on the barn.

Barn	State	Average	Head
Oklahoma National Stockyards Market	OK	407.27/cwt	522
Tulsa Stockyards Inc.	OK	398.49/cwt	313

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Nov 2 USDA

Choice $365.04, $0.38 higher. Select $354.94, $2.96 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $10.10. 81 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

20,615 head traded Oct 24–Oct 30.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	354.75	2,433
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed FOB	355.00	256
Iowa-Minnesota	Live Delivered	224.25	42
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	223.10	7,537
Nebraska	Dressed Delivered	350.34	5,800
Nebraska	Dressed FOB	352.57	1,130

At the Oklahoma barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week: True yearling type feeder steers and heifers lightly tested and 4.00-12.00 lower. Sixty day weaned feeder type cattle selling sharply lower. Demand is moderate at best. Cattle futures turned negative midweek last week and fell out of bed on Friday.
Oklahoma National Stockyards Market · Oklahoma

Compared to las week: Most classes traded 10.00-20.00 lower. Demand mostly moderate except for longer weaned classes demand was good with an average quality. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower.
Tulsa Stockyards Inc. · Oklahoma

Compared to last sale: Slaughter bulls 6.00 higher on better quality. Slaughter type cows remained steady. Demand good. Quality average to attractive. We had one load of very nice, late term, AI bred heifers in the barn today calving within the next 45-60 days.
Beaver Livestock Auction · Oklahoma

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. Demand moderate. Rain and storms are forecasted for tonight.
OKC West Livestock Market · Oklahoma

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	247.07/cwt	$0.76 lower	650
Boner (85% lean)	246.21/cwt	$0.09 lower	1,868
Cutter (90% lean)	250.77/cwt	$1.97 lower	4,086
Premium White	265.26/cwt	$4.52 higher	1,074
Bull (92% lean)	304.17/cwt	$3.39 lower	406

Reports published

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Every USDA report carried this date is listed in the archive.

Source: USDA AMS. Feeder prices and barn comment are Oklahoma only; boxed beef, fed cattle and the cow market are national, because those markets are. Every figure is USDA's as filed, and the direction words — higher, lower, steady— follow the arithmetic rather than an opinion. Quoted comment is the work of USDA market reporters, credited to the sale it came from. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA.