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About the OQBN Certified Sale

Once verified through OQBN the option to market cattle in a certified sale is available. There is no obligation to market cattle through a certified sale. Producers are still able to market their cattle when, where and how best fits their marketing plan. 

2025-2026 OQBN Market Partners & Sale Schedule

 
Market PartnerLocationSale Date45-Day Wean Date60-Day Wean Date
OKC West Livestock MarketEl Reno, OKNovember 11, 2025
November 18, 2025
December 16, 2025
January 20, 2026 
September 27, 2025
October 4, 2025
November 1, 2025
December 6, 2025
September 12, 2025
September 19, 2025
October 17, 2025
November 21, 2025
McAlester Union StockyardsMcAlester, OKSeptember 23, 2025
November 11, 2025
April 7, 2026
August 9, 2025
September 27, 2025
February 25, 2026
July 25, 2025
September 12, 2025
February 10, 2026
Payne County StockyardsPerkins, OKNovember 15, 2025October 1, 2025September 16, 2025
Southern Plains Livestock AuctionBlackwell, OKNovember 24, 2025October 10, 2025September 25, 2025
LeFlore County Livestock AuctionWister, OKDecember 13, 2025October 29, 2029October 14, 2025
OKC National StockyardsOklahoma City, OKDecember 8, 2025
January 5, 2026
October 24, 2025
November 21, 2025
October 9, 2025
November 6, 2025

OQBN Premium over Calves Marketed with No Preconditioning ($/cwt)* All calves, 2011-2024

The OQBN premium over calves marketed with no preconditioning in dollars per hundred weight from 2011-2024. The premium is weighted average premium for preconditioned calves relative to nonpreconditioned calves at the same sale.

*Premium is weighted average for preconditioned calves relative to nonpreconditioned calves at same sale.

Source: K.C. Raper and D.S. Peel, Historical OQBN data collection