Tulsa Livestock Auction Market Report

Tulsa, Oklahoma · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 5, 2022

4,440 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $207.82/cwt -0.44 vs last sale · ≈ $1,086/hd at 522 lb · 233 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $171.83/cwt -2.14 vs last sale · ≈ $914/hd at 532 lb · 209 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $184.68/cwt -3.42 vs last sale · ≈ $787/hd at 426 lb · 137 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,440	3,409	4,947
Feeder cattle	3,931	3,078	4,526
Slaughter cattle	484	315	404
Replacement cattle	25	16	17

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steers 5.00-7.00 lower. Heifers mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Demand good. Quality average thru plain. Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 4.00-6.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	310	15	210.00–220.00	$213.32	$661	-23.39
318 unweaned	318	5	208.50	$208.50	$663	—
353 unweaned	353	2	206.00	$206.00	$727	—
350–398	375	15	210.00–220.00	$212.96	$799	-18.58
365–393 value added	379	6	226.00–227.00	$226.48	$858	—
425 unweaned	425	9	215.00	$215.00	$914	—
400–445	438	78	215.50–225.50	$222.09	$973	-3.25
450–492	477	80	210.00–220.00	$215.64	$1,029	-5.11
509–543 value added	518	92	209.00–214.00	$212.35	$1,100	-1.20
501–548	525	132	198.00–208.00	$205.45	$1,079	-1.18
528 unweaned	528	9	195.00–196.50	$196.17	$1,036	—
550–590	566	80	196.00–206.00	$199.95	$1,132	-8.39
600–645	627	83	169.50–179.50	$176.68	$1,108	-11.05
669–690	672	108	164.50–174.50	$173.70	$1,167	-6.96
690 unweaned	690	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,104	—
720–745	735	5	160.00–170.00	$163.92	$1,205	-3.66
782–790	782	96	163.50–173.85	$173.52	$1,357	-0.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336 unweaned	336	36	190.00	$190.00	$638	-24.60
323–344	339	9	199.00–209.00	$202.58	$687	-23.76
380 unweaned	380	2	196.00	$196.00	$745	-12.43
350–396	381	44	199.00–209.00	$204.65	$780	-11.36
408–442	420	69	204.50–214.50	$207.41	$871	-6.95
410–437 unweaned	422	13	199.00–201.00	$199.71	$843	-1.67
450–498	474	88	199.00–209.00	$204.10	$967	-7.60
505–542 unweaned	532	13	180.00–185.00	$181.47	$965	-2.12
507–548	533	55	187.00–197.00	$188.56	$1,005	-2.34
559–588	570	73	185.00–195.00	$189.42	$1,080	-4.07
575 unweaned	575	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,035	-0.50
612–630 unweaned	619	5	152.00–153.00	$152.41	$943	-12.63
600–647	626	61	158.00–168.00	$164.26	$1,028	-13.38
653	653	3	159.00	$159.00	$1,038	-11.34

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–444	415	33	193.00–203.00	$201.10	$835	-2.02
455–491	480	93	188.00–198.00	$190.09	$912	-7.40
507–545 unweaned	516	13	172.00–175.50	$174.65	$901	—
508–544	533	53	176.00–186.00	$181.85	$969	+1.51
569–588	577	94	174.00–184.00	$178.30	$1,029	-1.13
585–595 unweaned	589	25	169.00–170.00	$169.64	$999	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
307–348 unweaned	317	12	171.00–178.00	$174.37	$553	—
300–345	338	20	179.00–189.00	$180.89	$611	-1.65
350–399	375	45	179.00–189.00	$184.12	$690	-3.88
400–448	426	137	180.00–190.00	$184.68	$787	-3.00
450–479 value added	467	12	187.00–192.00	$188.58	$881	-4.42
460–499	489	87	176.00–186.00	$183.03	$895	-1.44
490 unweaned	490	3	173.00	$173.00	$848	—
520 unweaned	520	2	159.00	$159.00	$827	-6.50
505–545	531	164	162.50–172.50	$169.78	$902	-3.88
515–540 value added	535	43	176.00–185.00	$180.26	$964	+2.01
568 unweaned	568	3	159.50	$159.50	$906	—
550–587	571	111	160.00–170.00	$164.78	$941	-2.46
600–649	617	79	158.00–168.00	$164.54	$1,015	+4.92
621 unweaned	621	5	150.00	$150.00	$932	—
652–680	654	123	162.00–172.00	$171.16	$1,119	+3.40
725–745	730	7	149.00–159.00	$157.40	$1,149	+4.45
748 value added	748	83	170.00	$170.00	$1,272	—
769–778	776	44	138.00–148.00	$139.80	$1,085	-5.19

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–344	323	17	168.00–178.00	$172.79	$558	+5.07
308–340 unweaned	325	16	165.00–167.00	$166.50	$541	—
350–398	366	13	168.00–178.00	$171.54	$628	-3.30
370 unweaned	370	18	160.00–167.00	$161.17	$596	-3.83
405–423 unweaned	416	5	160.00–165.00	$163.05	$678	+4.46
400–445	427	76	169.00–179.00	$172.48	$736	-3.83
450–496	474	92	165.00–175.00	$169.84	$805	-0.41
504–544	518	39	151.00–161.00	$156.68	$812	-6.62
503–540 unweaned	523	16	148.00–150.00	$149.75	$783	-4.75
555–588	572	44	149.00–159.00	$152.37	$872	±0.00
605–648	624	28	147.00–157.00	$149.58	$933	—
639–640 unweaned	639	6	144.00–146.00	$144.67	$924	—
650–672	663	27	150.50–161.00	$158.93	$1,054	+5.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–328	320	16	157.00–167.00	$160.82	$515	—
340 unweaned	340	4	156.00	$156.00	$530	—
352–380	369	14	157.00–167.00	$161.56	$596	—
363–389 unweaned	376	8	156.00	$156.00	$587	—
408–448 unweaned	429	12	149.00–157.00	$153.54	$659	—
418–437	429	17	158.00–168.00	$161.91	$695	—
459–471 unweaned	464	11	150.00–151.00	$150.54	$699	—
465–483	469	69	154.00–164.00	$159.85	$750	—
523–525 unweaned	525	29	135.00–137.00	$136.66	$717	—
510–538	531	15	140.00–150.00	$142.97	$759	—
550–595	572	19	138.00–148.00	$142.23	$814	—
584 value added	584	6	148.50	$148.50	$867	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417–431 unweaned	430	42	174.00–177.00	$174.21	$749	—
474 unweaned	474	5	168.00	$168.00	$796	+9.00
455–495	479	24	174.00–184.00	$177.67	$851	+11.67
500–540	522	59	155.00–165.00	$164.02	$856	-4.71
553–599	574	37	158.00–168.00	$161.41	$926	—
583 unweaned	583	14	150.00	$150.00	$874	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–321	317	19	204.00–214.00	$207.05	$656	+6.05
423–440	433	15	201.00–208.00	$204.22	$884	-10.46
475 unweaned	475	3	180.00	$180.00	$855	-1.44
490–495	493	4	185.00–195.00	$190.03	$937	+2.62
500 value added	500	1	183.00	$183.00	$915	—
500–535	521	9	166.00–176.00	$172.69	$900	-10.01
557–560	558	19	169.00–179.00	$174.05	$971	+0.21
565 unweaned	565	15	165.00	$165.00	$932	-2.00
605–638 unweaned	620	11	150.00	$150.00	$930	-5.00
625–640	633	10	152.00–164.00	$155.62	$985	-7.32
655–688	663	19	147.00–157.00	$151.37	$1,004	-6.75
710–725	716	5	147.00–156.50	$150.85	$1,080	—
756–787	762	10	145.00–155.00	$152.93	$1,165	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855	855	85-90%	3	40.00	$40.00	$342	-12.62
805–980	901	85-90%	21	53.00–57.00	$54.86	$494	-10.49
888–990	929	85-90%	5	66.00–67.00	$66.43	$617	+1.08
837–994	934	85-90%	50	58.00–63.50	$60.09	$561	-5.26
1023–1222	1089	85-90%	43	58.00–62.50	$60.51	$659	-0.48
1015–1199	1122	85-90%	7	52.00–56.00	$53.03	$595	-1.59
1000–1308	1133	85-90%	94	63.00–68.00	$64.96	$736	+10.34
1233–1399	1322	85-90%	8	70.00–72.00	$71.08	$940	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	80-85%	3	83.00	$83.00	$913	—
1055–1355	1205	80-85%	34	70.00–75.00	$72.12	$869	+0.37
1025–1477	1207	80-85%	23	63.00–69.00	$66.17	$799	-5.58

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1488	1317	75-80%	30	65.00–70.00	$67.96	$895	-5.06
1365–1670	1472	75-80%	17	71.00–76.00	$72.82	$1,072	—
1360–1625	1493	75-80%	6	78.00–80.00	$78.91	$1,178	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–2035	1571	9	86.00–91.00	$88.31	$1,387	—
1345–1845	1600	7	92.00–97.00	$95.21	$1,523	-6.21
1405–2010	1739	9	79.00–84.00	$82.23	$1,430	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1885	1885	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,866	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1295	1148	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,201.53

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1230	1079	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	750.00–1,000.00	$933.41

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	825.00	$825.00

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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.