Tulsa Livestock Auction Market Report

Tulsa, Oklahoma · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 17, 2026

862 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $384.48/cwt -44.99 vs last sale · ≈ $1,829/hd at 476 lb · 44 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $378.46/cwt -42.46 vs last sale · ≈ $2,213/hd at 585 lb · 40 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $364.31/cwt -3.40 vs last sale · ≈ $2,451/hd at 673 lb · 34 head

Tulsa 4-weight heifers brought $390/cwt, mid-pack for the state—$34/cwt below the OK average ($424) and $56/cwt under El Reno, OK ($446). The class is down $71/cwt from its early July peak of $465. What this means — computed from this report and its neighbors

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	862	1,133	1,223
Feeder cattle	87	1,031	1,098
Slaughter cattle	710	49	80
Replacement cattle	65	53	45

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Most classes did not have enough comparable trades. A low undertone was noted, with a plain quality and moderate demand. Slaughter cows remained steady. Morning rainfall in the area made for a break in temperatures, which seemed to help cow receipts later in the day.

→ Slaughter cows: Slaughter cows remained steady

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	572.50	$572.50	$1,832	-29.01
338 unweaned	338	2	581.00	$581.00	$1,964	+14.73
350 unweaned	350	1	523.00	$523.00	$1,830	-9.21
355–373	367	3	525.00–545.00	$531.45	$1,950	-7.55
410–430	423	3	467.00–500.00	$477.65	$2,020	-50.84
415–443 unweaned	436	10	420.00–473.00	$440.19	$1,919	-47.99
453–465	457	3	445.00–455.00	$451.61	$2,064	-51.59
450–495 unweaned	479	12	391.00–437.00	$412.42	$1,975	-71.95
490	490	1	369.00	$369.00	$1,808	-134.20
510–528	522	10	375.00–421.00	$395.56	$2,065	-73.52
535–545 unweaned	541	4	373.00–387.00	$378.46	$2,047	-63.97
555–590	569	10	361.00–409.00	$386.24	$2,198	-43.48
558–599 unweaned	590	30	372.00–386.00	$375.87	$2,218	-40.00
610–615 unweaned	613	3	340.00–370.00	$360.05	$2,207	-29.71
612–625	614	8	361.00–373.00	$369.23	$2,267	+13.19
663–685	670	26	357.50–374.00	$367.84	$2,465	-3.04
670–690 unweaned	682	8	344.00–361.00	$352.85	$2,406	-8.53
718–725 unweaned	719	9	340.00–348.00	$347.10	$2,496	+0.33
721–745	725	10	321.00–347.00	$341.31	$2,474	-37.70
775	775	1	307.00	$307.00	$2,379	-29.27
770–793	783	5	323.00–331.00	$328.98	$2,576	-7.29
810	810	1	333.00	$333.00	$2,697	+4.00
865–875	870	2	301.00–310.00	$305.47	$2,658	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445 unweaned	445	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,713	—
445	445	1	417.00	$417.00	$1,856	-56.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
265 unweaned	265	1	1,925.00	$1,925.00	+300.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–293 unweaned	291	4	451.00–503.00	$463.73	$1,349	-82.54
313–330 unweaned	320	5	447.00–457.00	$450.23	$1,441	-40.93
380–398 unweaned	385	10	373.00–423.00	$409.68	$1,577	-39.33
380–392	389	4	422.00–427.00	$423.22	$1,646	-37.79
420–448 unweaned	431	14	399.00–421.00	$408.77	$1,762	-32.17
455–493 unweaned	475	39	343.00–411.00	$386.64	$1,837	-23.50
465–495	482	5	359.00–381.00	$367.63	$1,772	-72.97
508–535	524	9	350.00–395.00	$374.95	$1,965	-55.27
508–535 unweaned	526	8	330.00–357.00	$349.54	$1,839	-36.31
555–583 unweaned	567	9	320.00–349.00	$339.61	$1,926	-19.82
563–588	580	6	337.00–341.00	$338.29	$1,962	-60.30
608	608	3	310.00	$310.00	$1,885	-23.21
610–613	612	5	325.00–339.00	$336.21	$2,058	+3.00
603–645 unweaned	614	10	320.00–333.00	$327.90	$2,013	-17.71
678	678	2	319.00	$319.00	$2,163	-23.54
678 unweaned	678	3	305.00	$305.00	$2,068	-15.00
703–737	714	9	300.00	$300.00	$2,142	-32.22
885	885	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,969	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160–185 unweaned	173	2	1,175.00–1,225.00	$1,198.19	-126.81
240 unweaned	240	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
255–285	270	2	1,350.00–1,410.00	$1,378.33	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	449.00	$449.00	$1,369	—
373 unweaned	373	4	403.00–407.00	$405.00	$1,511	-46.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
290 unweaned	290	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–345	328	2	525.00–559.00	$541.09	$1,775	-27.30
330–340 unweaned	334	9	535.00–563.00	$553.59	$1,849	-7.00
358–390	364	6	469.00–505.00	$494.28	$1,799	-32.33
370–390 unweaned	378	3	419.00–495.00	$463.67	$1,753	-32.38
403–440 unweaned	427	26	425.00–469.00	$450.70	$1,924	-15.32
430–442	439	4	400.00–429.00	$421.90	$1,852	-17.82
450–458	456	4	399.00–419.00	$403.93	$1,842	-64.77
465–485 unweaned	479	8	393.00–429.00	$413.40	$1,980	-83.60
500–525 unweaned	512	6	369.00–405.00	$386.36	$1,978	-24.62
555–580 unweaned	561	7	341.00–408.00	$381.36	$2,139	-33.64
555–580	574	8	347.50–377.00	$358.42	$2,057	-32.00
600	600	2	343.00	$343.00	$2,058	-10.00
650–690	677	3	325.00–359.00	$348.11	$2,357	+1.77
725–735 unweaned	730	2	333.00–339.00	$335.98	$2,453	-7.02
790	790	1	319.00	$319.00	$2,520	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372 unweaned	372	3	393.00	$393.00	$1,462	—
452 unweaned	452	3	383.00	$383.00	$1,731	—
490	490	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,862	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
183 unweaned	183	3	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
240 unweaned	240	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	+251.10

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390 unweaned	390	2	483.00	$483.00	$1,884	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1007–1275	1074	80-85%	4	185.00–195.00	$192.03	$2,062	—
1018–1375	1201	80-85%	14	170.00–182.50	$173.53	$2,084	-1.50
1015–1360	1223	80-85%	9	160.00–169.00	$164.10	$2,007	-10.93

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–875	855	85-90%	3	115.00–122.00	$119.06	$1,018	-15.94
855	855	85-90%	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,129	-3.00
845–940	892	85-90%	3	148.00–150.00	$148.98	$1,329	+13.98
960–990	975	85-90%	2	151.00–158.00	$154.45	$1,506	+6.95
1000–1255	1163	85-90%	3	150.00–158.00	$152.83	$1,777	-6.17

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475–1570	1513	75-80%	4	160.00–169.00	$165.07	$2,498	—
1505–1535	1520	75-80%	2	172.50–176.00	$174.23	$2,648	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120	1120	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,688	—
1510	1510	1	193.00	$193.00	$2,914	—
1665–1965	1790	5	209.00–218.00	$214.59	$3,841	-19.41

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	1	252.50	$252.50	$3,409	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
973	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,950.00	$2,950.00
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
980–1455	1184	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,750.00–2,950.00	$2,869.92
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1290–1355	1323	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,500.00–2,600.00	$2,551.23

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,450.00	$3,450.00
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00
960–1605	1258	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	3,100.00–3,600.00	$3,296.99
1205–1375	1274	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	3,200.00–3,650.00	$3,396.32

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
840–1160	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,250.00–2,500.00	$2,395.00
1245	1245	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00
1295	1295	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00
1375	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
752	752	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,750.00	$2,750.00
760–940	863	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,700.00–2,900.00	$2,831.27

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–845	810	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,750.00–2,000.00	$1,880.40

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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
1350	1350	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	4,400.00	$4,400.00	—

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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.