Tulsa Livestock Auction Market Report

Tulsa, Oklahoma · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 26, 2024

1,919 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $262.10/cwt +10.59 vs last sale · ≈ $1,801/hd at 687 lb · 94 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $284.06/cwt -4.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,659/hd at 584 lb · 84 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $279.90/cwt -24.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,216/hd at 434 lb · 49 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,919	1,701	3,032
Feeder cattle	1,679	1,397	2,644
Slaughter cattle	179	223	366
Replacement cattle	61	81	22

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder Heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls steady. Drought and high temperature effecting receipts and demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–343	340	4	335.00–339.00	$335.97	$1,142	—
354 fancy	354	4	373.00	$373.00	$1,320	+4.00
365–390	377	9	334.00–341.00	$336.48	$1,269	+16.48
406–415	409	12	325.00–342.00	$334.46	$1,368	+3.38
423 fancy	423	4	350.00	$350.00	$1,480	—
460–493	470	38	296.00–318.00	$307.23	$1,444	+4.28
508–538	527	24	290.00–305.00	$294.92	$1,554	-12.40
550–591	584	84	280.00–297.00	$284.06	$1,659	-4.95
618–645	623	24	270.00–280.00	$278.07	$1,732	-1.02
657–695	687	94	254.00–270.00	$262.10	$1,801	+10.59
720	720	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,656	-63.50
700–737	725	9	239.00–252.50	$249.33	$1,808	-44.17
775	775	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,798	+2.00
803–834	827	25	227.50–234.00	$229.02	$1,894	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
278	278	2	290.00	$290.00	$806	—
370	370	2	326.00	$326.00	$1,206	—
405–431	419	10	271.00–285.00	$279.36	$1,171	-24.98
482–485	484	7	292.00–293.00	$292.57	$1,416	+8.26
518–525	519	22	279.00–286.00	$281.12	$1,459	-2.58
555–573	567	10	250.00–261.00	$257.07	$1,458	-4.48
639	639	18	276.00	$276.00	$1,764	+8.77
670–688	681	5	234.00–236.00	$235.21	$1,602	—
833	833	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,749	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	297.00	$297.00	$1,322	+15.97
490	490	2	277.00	$277.00	$1,357	+2.00
500–528	520	10	250.00–266.00	$262.48	$1,365	-25.89
580	580	1	229.00	$229.00	$1,328	-45.07
695	695	1	242.00	$242.00	$1,682	+7.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 fancy	250	3	389.00	$389.00	$972	—
305	305	3	360.00	$360.00	$1,098	+43.01
350–398	373	12	306.00–313.00	$308.78	$1,152	+13.21
415–440 fancy	428	4	302.00–337.00	$320.01	$1,370	—
408–448	435	45	271.00–290.00	$276.33	$1,202	-28.05
470–498	490	19	263.00–275.00	$267.72	$1,312	-20.16
503–538	517	42	260.00–276.50	$267.19	$1,381	-4.40
554–585	570	18	264.00–273.00	$268.02	$1,528	+12.09
615–638	624	11	240.50–255.50	$245.95	$1,535	-15.06
633 thin fleshed	633	3	267.00	$267.00	$1,690	—
654–677	656	45	229.00–243.75	$242.20	$1,589	-2.65
740	740	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,739	-3.00
865	865	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,730	—
945	945	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,843	—
990	990	2	171.00	$171.00	$1,693	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	283	2	272.50–275.00	$273.81	$775	—
348	348	2	268.00	$268.00	$933	—
367	367	9	271.00	$271.00	$995	—
412–448	421	10	262.00–266.00	$263.45	$1,109	—
533–537	535	6	253.00–269.00	$259.00	$1,386	—
577–595	588	32	249.00–253.50	$251.84	$1,481	+11.84
662–688	678	5	224.00–227.00	$225.83	$1,531	—
754	754	9	247.50	$247.50	$1,866	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	264.00	$264.00	$871	—
360	360	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,026	—
410–435	420	5	238.00–250.00	$245.03	$1,029	-45.49
525	525	4	236.00	$236.00	$1,239	-18.07
575–580	578	2	243.00–246.00	$244.51	$1,413	+3.51

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
200	200	1	540.00	$540.00	-100.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,168	-27.00
418 fancy	418	6	347.00	$347.00	$1,450	—
434–438	436	10	314.00–322.00	$317.22	$1,383	+12.28
498	498	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,444	-1.38
605	605	2	251.00	$251.00	$1,519	-18.00
652	652	3	237.50	$237.50	$1,548	-6.50
738	738	2	232.00	$232.00	$1,712	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	3	307.00	$307.00	$1,372	—
499	499	4	265.00	$265.00	$1,322	-14.89
520–525	523	4	244.00–250.00	$246.99	$1,292	-21.72
554	554	4	264.00	$264.00	$1,463	-4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,078	-15.00
430	430	2	262.00	$262.00	$1,127	-30.00
588–595	590	3	243.50–254.00	$247.03	$1,457	—
647	647	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,520	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
180	180	1	840.00	$840.00	+10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825–900	852	85-90%	3	114.00–118.00	$115.95	$988	—
795–978	926	85-90%	7	119.00–125.00	$122.10	$1,131	—
1000–1010	1005	85-90%	2	104.00–110.00	$107.01	$1,075	—
1000–1075	1032	85-90%	5	134.00–136.00	$135.01	$1,393	—
1022–1100	1056	85-90%	9	127.00–133.00	$129.69	$1,370	—
1030–1160	1075	85-90%	9	115.00–125.00	$119.17	$1,281	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695–965	815	80-85%	3	126.00–127.00	$126.39	$1,030	—
805–980	915	80-85%	4	128.00–132.00	$130.05	$1,190	+3.49
900–955	928	80-85%	2	146.00–154.00	$149.88	$1,391	+41.88
1005–1365	1122	80-85%	6	129.00–132.00	$130.30	$1,462	+1.68
1085–1245	1165	80-85%	2	154.00–156.00	$155.07	$1,807	—
1105–1420	1247	80-85%	16	136.00–144.00	$138.70	$1,730	-0.37

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390–1705	1479	75-80%	7	136.00–143.00	$138.03	$2,041	-8.43
1440–1505	1480	75-80%	3	145.00–150.00	$148.04	$2,191	+1.58
1370–1800	1585	75-80%	2	134.00–135.00	$134.57	$2,133	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1135	1088	2	153.00–162.00	$157.30	$1,711	+14.30
1090	1090	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,962	+37.00
1125–1270	1198	2	141.00	$141.00	$1,689	—
1310–1615	1396	7	130.00–153.00	$142.70	$1,992	—
1520–1960	1733	9	158.00–169.00	$164.07	$2,843	—
1750–2080	1869	7	172.00–181.00	$177.02	$3,309	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1160	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00
1100–1255	1178	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,675.00–1,850.00	$1,756.74
970–1445	1335	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,425.00–2,325.00	$2,006.24

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945–1375	1147	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,525.00–2,575.00	$1,969.11	—
1000–1345	1158	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,850.00–2,100.00	$1,950.65	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–895	873	85-90%	2	95.00–102.00	$98.41	$859	-27.59
935	935	85-90%	1	89.00	$89.00	$832	—

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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.