The Morning Wire / Oklahoma / Tue Nov 3, 2026

Oklahoma cattle market

The trading day in one page — Tue, Nov 3

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Summary

Tue, Nov 3

Choice cutout held near $365.23. 4 Oklahoma barns reported 285 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 Tue, Nov 3, weighted by head. Spread of $6.29 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
Beaver Livestock Auction	OK	417.17/cwt	284
OKC West Livestock Market	OK	410.88/cwt	567

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Nov 3 USDA

Choice $365.23, $0.19 higher. Select $358.37, $3.43 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $6.86. 140 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

23,467 head traded Oct 28–Nov 3.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	353.75	2,483
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed FOB	355.00	256
Iowa-Minnesota	Live Delivered	224.25	42
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	222.60	8,032
Nebraska	Dressed Delivered	347.40	8,107
Nebraska	Dressed FOB	352.57	1,130

At the Oklahoma barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers and calves steady to 10.00 lower conservatively. Feeder steers in the 500 lb weight class, 20.00 higher on better quality. Feeder heifers 15.00-20.00 lower conservatively. Feeder heifers 600-700 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher on better quality.
Beaver Livestock Auction · Oklahoma

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves 5.00-15.00 lower. Steers weighing 450-550lbs were 20.00 higher. Quality mostly plain to average with best demand for the few better quality calves. CME futures are lower again. Wet and cooler conditions have buyers cautious today.
OKC West Livestock Market · Oklahoma

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00-5.00 lower, Lean cows 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher. Packer demand moderate to good. Several old, thin, bred cows returning to the country.
Oklahoma National Stockyards Market · Oklahoma

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Demand was moderate.
Woodward Livestock Inc · Oklahoma

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	239.17/cwt	$7.89 lower	653
Boner (85% lean)	248.01/cwt	$1.80 higher	1,790
Cutter (90% lean)	252.65/cwt	$1.88 higher	3,789
Premium White	258.01/cwt	$7.25 lower	801
Bull (92% lean)	303.38/cwt	$0.79 lower	441

Reports published

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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.