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Oklahoma Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Oklahoma · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 26, 2020

8,256 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $116.66/cwt -4.35 vs last sale · ≈ $723/hd at 620 lb · 254 head
light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $121.18/cwt -5.89 vs last sale · ≈ $875/hd at 722 lb · 243 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $114.41/cwt -4.47 vs last sale · ≈ $656/hd at 573 lb · 183 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 8,256 28,846 23,212
Feeder cattle 6,422 25,008 20,520
Slaughter cattle 1,105 2,583 1,565
Replacement cattle 729 1,255 1,127

Market comments — USDA reporter

Special Note: For NASS: This week: 1,834 cows and bulls sold with 60 percent going to packers; Last week: 3,838 head sold with 67 percent going to packers; Last Year: 2,401 head sold with 65 percent going to packers Compared to last week: Combined weighted average for 4 auctions: Ada, McAlester, OKC, and Tulsa. Feeder cattle and calves sold on light too light of receipts for an accurate market trend, but instances of 3.00-5.00 lower. An ice storm made its way through the trade region this week leaving many without electricity and hindering livestock movement. Combined weighted average Slaughter/Replacement cattle for 5 auctions reported Ada, McAlester, OKC West, Tulsa, and Woodward. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher with light numbers. Slaughter bulls steady on light receipts. Packer demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–335 321 27 136.00–174.00 $159.20 $511 -19.70
350–391 380 63 145.00–165.00 $159.50 $606 -5.81
400–445 426 63 133.00–161.00 $147.35 $628 -14.29
450–495 474 141 126.00–159.00 $147.34 $698 -10.56
506 unweaned 506 16 140.00 $140.00 $708 +2.70
500–545 518 107 122.00–144.50 $135.15 $700 -14.52
553 unweaned 553 5 129.00 $129.00 $713 -2.41
550–596 575 103 119.00–134.00 $127.37 $732 -10.59
600–645 617 88 107.00–132.50 $125.38 $774 -5.07
650–696 679 158 105.00–131.75 $127.74 $867 -2.60
696 unweaned 696 13 121.50 $121.50 $846 -5.03
700–744 722 243 107.00–125.00 $121.18 $875 -6.79
755–795 783 109 101.00–129.00 $124.22 $973 -4.42
802 802 6 125.50 $125.50 $1,007 -3.33
858 unweaned 858 14 121.00 $121.00 $1,038 —
899 899 52 127.00 $127.00 $1,142 +0.78
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–344 328 31 148.00–159.00 $150.92 $495 -28.74
360–395 373 54 134.50–148.00 $141.50 $528 -16.54
418–449 433 85 139.00–150.00 $144.64 $626 +1.69
460 unweaned 460 5 120.00 $120.00 $552 -19.20
460–495 482 59 121.00–148.00 $134.57 $649 -10.83
518 518 5 124.00 $124.00 $642 -12.00
500–547 538 86 115.00–133.00 $125.51 $675 -10.49
550–598 570 96 113.00–128.00 $122.21 $697 -8.71
611–617 unweaned 614 44 115.50–126.00 $121.09 $743 -1.46
600–642 625 60 106.00–129.50 $119.44 $746 -2.98
639 thin fleshed 639 21 116.00 $116.00 $741 —
660–699 666 144 107.00–127.00 $123.39 $822 +1.01
702–746 715 111 117.00–129.00 $121.50 $869 -1.94
773–793 781 15 100.00–113.00 $107.72 $841 -16.41
782 782 16 109.00 $109.00 $852 -15.13
818–820 819 44 119.00–119.50 $119.14 $976 -3.11
875 875 12 119.50 $119.50 $1,046 -5.16
1085 1085 5 104.00 $104.00 $1,128 -5.75
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
380 380 2 122.00–134.00 $128.00 $486 -30.88
405–445 427 71 116.00–139.00 $134.36 $574 -5.26
451–495 469 74 112.00–137.50 $131.35 $616 -1.97
500–548 524 63 112.00–122.00 $117.51 $616 -11.59
580 580 2 107.00–113.00 $110.00 $638 -9.68
610 610 1 101.00 $101.00 $616 -5.02
728 728 6 119.00 $119.00 $866 +4.69

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
300–345 333 51 119.00–131.00 $126.38 $421 -12.97
354–398 374 103 115.50–141.00 $127.09 $475 -9.33
400–449 431 94 111.00–127.50 $122.51 $528 -12.18
452–497 476 143 110.50–133.00 $121.50 $578 -5.30
500–548 516 162 104.00–126.00 $115.14 $594 -8.26
550–599 573 183 98.00–125.00 $114.41 $656 -5.24
600–644 619 184 99.00–125.00 $118.04 $731 -4.55
620 620 32 117.00 $117.00 $725 -5.59
620–630 unweaned 624 38 105.00–116.00 $109.72 $685 -6.26
659–663 unweaned 661 16 107.00–112.00 $110.12 $728 -1.13
650–697 662 67 96.00–118.50 $111.73 $740 +0.73
715–736 733 43 108.00–116.75 $115.56 $847 -4.53
736 736 11 116.00 $116.00 $854 -4.09
759–789 766 30 111.00–116.00 $114.05 $874 -3.40
820–834 825 42 113.00–120.00 $117.47 $969 -0.85
943 943 13 99.00 $99.00 $934 -9.32
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
230 230 1 147.50 $147.50 $339 —
290 290 1 139.00 $139.00 $403 -8.50
307–344 331 40 108.00–134.00 $111.65 $370 -16.51
350–395 376 43 104.00–114.50 $110.38 $415 -21.93
400–445 423 144 106.50–120.00 $115.16 $487 -6.83
455–497 485 136 99.00–126.00 $112.48 $546 -10.22
500–548 528 76 93.00–123.50 $114.10 $602 -0.37
559–588 568 99 87.50–120.00 $112.17 $637 -5.64
599 unweaned 599 6 116.00 $116.00 $695 +3.06
600–641 632 58 86.00–114.00 $107.14 $677 +0.59
632 unweaned 632 9 112.00 $112.00 $708 -0.93
659–681 668 51 112.00–119.00 $117.11 $782 +17.11
749 749 19 116.00 $116.00 $869 +2.72
775–796 781 22 105.00–113.50 $111.14 $868 -2.54
834 834 7 110.00 $110.00 $917 -5.50
944 944 5 103.50 $103.50 $977 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
346 346 7 118.00 $118.00 $408 -8.08
400–415 408 2 103.00–107.00 $105.04 $429 -11.65
450–480 468 5 107.00–120.00 $112.59 $527 +1.52
513–535 530 9 104.00–109.00 $105.21 $558 -1.75
550–583 569 4 102.00–110.00 $107.82 $613 +0.98
619–630 626 19 108.00–109.00 $108.36 $678 +6.70
685 685 2 105.00 $105.00 $719 -3.96
720 720 1 101.00 $101.00 $727 -13.50
842 842 20 105.50 $105.50 $888 -4.00
904 904 10 93.50 $93.50 $845 -2.47

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
274–290 276 9 155.00–158.00 $157.65 $435 -2.35
305–330 312 5 131.00–146.00 $138.85 $433 -28.65
358–390 380 12 122.00–157.00 $138.29 $526 -19.20
407–445 416 27 129.00–147.00 $140.62 $585 -10.05
460–498 476 28 115.00–138.00 $130.46 $621 -5.82
500–547 524 45 110.00–125.00 $118.58 $621 -12.16
558–590 578 36 113.00–127.00 $120.34 $696 +0.84
607–648 628 26 100.00–116.50 $110.45 $694 -7.56
655–680 667 28 97.50–107.50 $105.32 $702 -11.56
704–715 706 7 110.00–115.00 $114.28 $807 +18.25
755 755 1 101.00 $101.00 $763 -1.25
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
313 313 4 145.00 $145.00 $454 -19.48
354–368 358 8 124.00–127.00 $126.23 $452 -29.77
405–444 426 29 126.00–136.00 $130.72 $557 -5.60
452–485 473 23 117.00–127.00 $123.86 $586 -2.13
505–535 520 15 99.00–109.00 $104.93 $546 -22.48
587 unweaned 587 9 119.50 $119.50 $701 +5.48
606 unweaned 606 5 109.00 $109.00 $661 -2.00
611–639 625 16 98.50–111.50 $104.85 $655 -10.75
700–740 707 6 85.00–104.00 $100.68 $712 +10.68
835 835 1 85.00 $85.00 $710 -8.68
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
400–430 419 4 112.00–122.00 $116.00 $486 -15.48
460–465 463 2 111.00–114.00 $112.51 $521 -8.39
555–590 578 4 104.00–107.00 $105.77 $611 +0.57
614 unweaned 614 6 116.00 $116.00 $712 —

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
695–945 825 85-90% 16 29.00–37.50 $35.19 $290 —
855–990 918 85-90% 17 46.00–56.00 $53.17 $488 +15.14
740–997 930 85-90% 52 39.00–45.00 $42.32 $394 -4.32
625–995 937 85-90% 28 40.00–50.00 $45.96 $431 -0.68
1000–1251 1085 85-90% 108 30.00–50.00 $46.76 $507 -7.59
1000–1490 1124 85-90% 142 42.00–56.00 $50.13 $563 -3.55
1020–1335 1130 85-90% 41 47.00–61.00 $53.45 $604 +19.80
1000–1260 1143 85-90% 19 35.00–44.00 $42.03 $480 -11.92
1140–1310 1221 85-90% 8 55.00–59.50 $57.49 $702 +9.70
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1150 1150 80-85% 1 55.00 $55.00 $632 —
1020–1352 1182 80-85% 29 45.00–52.00 $48.34 $571 —
1105–1515 1274 80-85% 105 48.00–59.50 $52.79 $673 +1.25
1035–1385 1281 80-85% 36 55.00–64.50 $59.05 $756 +7.51
1400 1400 80-85% 2 57.50 $57.50 $805 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1100 1100 75-80% 1 53.00 $53.00 $583 —
1125–1425 1315 75-80% 14 49.00–54.00 $51.83 $682 —
1150–1675 1455 75-80% 30 52.00–61.00 $54.87 $798 -4.18
1345–2115 1504 75-80% 29 57.00–69.00 $62.22 $936 +3.83
1605 1605 75-80% 1 63.50 $63.50 $1,019 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1350–1980 1629 15 61.00–79.00 $71.05 $1,157 +3.50
1395–2160 1780 13 81.00–89.00 $84.81 $1,510 —
1490–2370 1820 30 72.00–85.50 $77.91 $1,418 -4.00
YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1345–1575 1498 3 57.00–58.00 $57.70 $864 —

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
950 950 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 1 408.00 $408.00
655–1155 981 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 15 405.00–682.00 $589.26
1045 1045 (<2 yrs)Open 1 574.00 $574.00
1055 1055 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 464.00 $464.00
1225 1225 Aged (>8 yrs)Open 1 563.00 $563.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
790–1310 996 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 10 525.00–775.00 $658.31
845–1215 1054 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 7 700.00–1,075.00 $850.73
900–1200 1102 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 5 800.00–950.00 $853.36
980–1175 1126 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 5 700.00–825.00 $792.81
1070–1205 1138 Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 2 700.00–735.00 $718.54
1160–1325 1211 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 4 710.00–925.00 $850.41
965–1805 1226 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 191 620.00–1,025.00 $853.61
Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
955 955 Young (2-4 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 760.00 $760.00
1030 1030 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 1,025.00 $1,025.00
995–1283 1103 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 16 700.00–910.00 $786.81
977–1355 1179 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 34 610.00–812.50 $715.34
1051–1440 1208 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 112 700.00–1,175.00 $847.26
1463 1463 Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 3 900.00 $900.00
Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
855–955 905 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 2 675.00 $675.00
820–1135 938 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 9 400.00–675.00 $571.37
975 975 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 1 438.00 $438.00
845–1165 1028 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 8 489.00–650.00 $565.84
Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
655 655 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 300.00 $300.00
610–860 735 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 2 325.00–450.00 $398.13
825 825 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 375.00 $375.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
720 720 (<2 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 500.00 $500.00
1000–1100 1048 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 9 725.00–860.00 $805.16

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
750 750 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 850.00 $850.00 —
1150 1150 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 3 800.00 $800.00 -441.49
1110–1201 1167 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 9 835.00–1,060.00 $974.36 -267.13
1405 1405 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 1,150.00 $1,150.00 +65.00
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1000–1190 1071 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 5 600.00–1,200.00 $855.05 -222.34
900–1250 1075 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 2 900.00–1,125.00 $1,030.81 -46.58

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.