Tulsa Livestock Auction Market Report

Tulsa, Oklahoma · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 16, 2024

2,833 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $260.24/cwt +9.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,675/hd at 644 lb · 207 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $299.72/cwt +8.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,864/hd at 622 lb · 144 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $269.19/cwt +8.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,941/hd at 721 lb · 137 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,833	4,502	2,916
Feeder cattle	2,550	4,098	2,916
Slaughter cattle	227	324	0
Replacement cattle	56	80	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00-10.00 higher. Demand good with average to attractive quality. Slaughter cows 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
246	246	4	417.00	$417.00	$1,026	—
285	285	2	395.00	$395.00	$1,126	—
305–338	314	7	334.00–345.00	$337.38	$1,059	-28.05
335 fancy	335	2	410.00	$410.00	$1,374	-6.00
375 thin fleshed	375	3	387.50	$387.50	$1,453	+5.69
375 fancy	375	2	409.00	$409.00	$1,534	-20.00
387	387	5	348.00	$348.00	$1,347	-2.28
408 fancy	408	3	385.00	$385.00	$1,571	+6.33
400–441	426	28	359.00–379.00	$371.00	$1,580	+1.82
468 fancy	468	2	387.00	$387.00	$1,811	+17.66
457–496	493	56	350.00–368.00	$352.27	$1,737	+7.68
517 fancy	517	3	354.00	$354.00	$1,830	+1.02
505–548	522	17	330.00–348.00	$334.83	$1,748	+7.62
552–553 fancy	553	12	332.00–340.00	$334.00	$1,847	+11.61
568 thin fleshed	568	4	315.00	$315.00	$1,789	—
555–597	575	39	290.00–309.00	$297.34	$1,710	-10.02
610 fancy	610	2	316.00	$316.00	$1,928	—
613–630	622	142	290.00–309.00	$299.49	$1,863	+8.75
653–679	671	14	260.00–275.00	$264.62	$1,776	-0.08
673 fancy	673	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,952	+6.82
708–722	721	137	255.00–270.35	$269.19	$1,941	+8.25
754–796	772	26	231.00–251.00	$240.58	$1,857	-8.21
825–843	842	36	234.50–240.00	$234.80	$1,977	-5.20
933	933	2	235.00	$235.00	$2,193	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
311	311	4	300.00	$300.00	$933	+44.00
385–396	393	13	325.00–360.00	$333.90	$1,312	+1.85
405–442	420	24	342.00–355.00	$348.14	$1,462	+39.22
478–498	488	9	320.00–325.00	$322.97	$1,576	+21.83
491 thin fleshed	491	4	345.00	$345.00	$1,694	+21.32
508–518 thin fleshed	511	8	320.00	$320.00	$1,635	±0.00
500–545	539	18	292.00–300.00	$294.43	$1,587	-10.37
560–576	572	8	284.00–285.00	$284.76	$1,629	+16.96
605–635	622	7	270.00–279.00	$275.21	$1,712	+1.20
675	675	2	253.00	$253.00	$1,708	+12.00
702–705	703	8	245.00	$245.00	$1,722	—
762	762	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,676	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–397	377	12	309.00–329.00	$315.58	$1,190	—
433 thin fleshed	433	8	331.00	$331.00	$1,433	—
428–448	439	15	257.50–318.00	$291.09	$1,278	-6.91
458–489	478	15	298.00–311.00	$302.60	$1,446	+17.86
525–531	528	8	264.00–275.00	$269.47	$1,423	-12.95
577–583	581	10	240.00–259.00	$253.34	$1,472	-8.90
633–648	636	11	245.00–249.00	$245.74	$1,563	-14.87
680	680	1	183.00	$183.00	$1,244	-62.48

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	4	287.00	$287.00	$1,159	—
458–499	482	17	266.00–285.00	$273.59	$1,319	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
185	185	4	890.00	$890.00	—
205	205	1	985.00	$985.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	24	282.00	$282.00	$747	-167.00
308 fancy	308	2	377.50	$377.50	$1,163	+1.29
309–332	322	11	345.00–351.00	$348.72	$1,123	+18.38
373–378	375	14	300.00–318.00	$309.69	$1,161	-30.39
353–395 fancy	378	5	334.00–340.00	$336.24	$1,271	—
411 fancy	411	5	340.00	$340.00	$1,397	+15.13
406–420	414	21	309.00–315.00	$310.55	$1,286	+4.53
454 fancy	454	4	350.00	$350.00	$1,589	+29.00
457–472 thin fleshed	465	6	304.00–307.00	$305.48	$1,420	—
451–498	478	37	280.00–299.00	$290.58	$1,389	-12.40
511–548	524	116	275.00–294.00	$291.10	$1,525	-5.22
548 fancy	548	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,781	—
551–595	565	28	250.00–270.00	$261.30	$1,476	-2.67
620 fancy	620	3	271.00	$271.00	$1,680	-6.00
610–648	644	204	253.00–261.00	$260.08	$1,675	+10.47
676	676	17	246.50	$246.50	$1,666	+2.55
700	700	1	218.00	$218.00	$1,526	-12.50
767	767	37	243.00	$243.00	$1,864	+14.83
862	862	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,896	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383–393	387	5	280.00–290.00	$284.06	$1,099	-15.74
411–448	433	16	280.00–290.00	$287.30	$1,244	-2.70
466–498	488	19	258.00–276.00	$270.32	$1,319	-18.65
507–515	508	20	269.00–279.00	$277.99	$1,412	+3.67
569–591	585	36	240.00–257.00	$252.33	$1,476	+7.00
605–610	608	4	245.00–246.00	$245.50	$1,493	—
750	750	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,650	—
811	811	5	224.00	$224.00	$1,817	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	257.00	$257.00	$797	—
406–425	409	6	267.00–276.00	$268.56	$1,098	+1.93
463	463	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,134	-38.46
528–536	533	15	246.00–257.50	$251.77	$1,342	—
620	620	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,426	—
825	825	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,650	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	3	236.00	$236.00	$1,031	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
215	215	1	790.00	$790.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
230	230	1	760.00	$760.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	7	361.00	$361.00	$1,303	—
443	443	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,484	+15.00
458	458	3	333.00	$333.00	$1,525	+13.44
522–525	524	6	311.00–321.00	$316.01	$1,656	+17.39
550–588	568	7	280.00–298.00	$287.47	$1,633	+11.98
605	605	1	289.00	$289.00	$1,748	+16.28
651	651	10	271.00	$271.00	$1,764	+20.05
850	850	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,768	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,316	—
538	538	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,587	+35.00
648	648	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,555	—
682	682	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,534	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–975	929	80-85%	4	100.00–106.00	$102.85	$955	—
938	938	80-85%	3	90.00	$90.00	$844	—
945–995	970	80-85%	2	109.00–115.00	$111.92	$1,086	+14.04
1095	1095	80-85%	1	98.00	$98.00	$1,073	+12.00
1050–1220	1102	80-85%	7	142.00–152.00	$145.75	$1,606	+38.40
1000–1465	1202	80-85%	27	100.00–115.00	$110.65	$1,330	—
1010–1630	1226	80-85%	44	116.00–133.00	$120.26	$1,474	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–1550	1462	75-80%	6	110.00–122.00	$119.62	$1,749	+3.56
1485–1495	1490	75-80%	2	155.00–158.00	$156.49	$2,332	+40.43
1460–2035	1556	75-80%	7	135.00–144.00	$137.89	$2,146	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	85-90%	1	47.50	$47.50	$373	+8.74
1025	1025	85-90%	1	28.00	$28.00	$287	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1275	1192	3	132.00–140.00	$135.13	$1,611	+5.40
1230–1250	1240	2	92.00–113.00	$102.42	$1,270	—
1340–1680	1508	3	110.00–130.00	$121.58	$1,833	—
1350–1710	1617	7	134.00–144.00	$140.58	$2,273	-0.21
1510–2130	1748	10	145.00–151.00	$147.41	$2,577	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
797–1390	1076	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	1,475.00–2,625.00	$1,927.55
1245	1245	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–940	845	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	190.00–195.00	$192.22	$1,624

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	2,225.00	$2,225.00

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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
1025	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

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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.