Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Total of 478 cows and bulls sold with 53% to packers.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,734	73.98	1,283	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,488	59.41	884	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,386	56.21	779	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,114	49.76	554	127

Every lot, as filed

17 lots · USDA AMS · Woodward Livestock Auction Slaughter/Replacement Cattle - Woodward, OK

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	53.34/cwt	52.00–56.00	617	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,493	61.13/cwt	60.50–63.00	913	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,124	49.17/cwt	45.00–51.50	553	63
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,393	57.41/cwt	54.50–60.00	800	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	903	47.85/cwt	47.00–50.50	432	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	64.57/cwt	60.50–69.00	1,017	4
Bulls	—	—	1,950	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	1,706	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	945	41.89/cwt	35.00–44.00	396	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	58.43/cwt	57.50–60.00	860	21
Bulls	—	—	1,668	60.07/cwt	55.00–65.00	1,002	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,320	50.65/cwt	49.50–53.00	669	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	57.63/cwt	57.00–59.50	637	4
Bulls	—	—	1,769	80.99/cwt	80.00–83.50	1,433	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	43.73/cwt	41.00–44.50	485	10
Bulls	—	—	1,722	73.54/cwt	68.50–78.00	1,266	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,204	865.99/cwt	800.00–900.00	10,427	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	11,094	5

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Oklahoma auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Woodward Livestock Auction Slaughter/Replacement Cattle - Woodward, OK

Tue Sep 24, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Oklahoma City, OK (LS-KO)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 253Last week 260Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 335Last week 390Year ago 0

Compared to last week Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Total of 478 cows and bulls sold with 53% to packers.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,156	52.00–56.00	53.34
63	—	1,124	45.00–51.50	49.17
4	—	1,105	57.00–59.50	57.63
10	—	1,110	41.00–44.50	43.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,493	60.50–63.00	61.13
45	—	1,393	54.50–60.00	57.41
15	—	1,320	49.50–53.00	50.65
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	903	47.00–50.50	47.85
8	—	945	35.00–44.00	41.89
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,575	60.50–69.00	64.57
21	—	1,472	57.50–60.00	58.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,950	87.50	87.50
6	—	1,668	55.00–65.00	60.07
11	—	1,769	80.00–83.50	80.99
16	—	1,722	68.50–78.00	73.54

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,204	800.00–900.00	865.99
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,290	860.00	860.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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