Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2022-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was moderate.

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	—	Average	1,804	95.27	1,719	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,424	79.13	1,126	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,293	75.78	980	136
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,083	64.58	699	95

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,124	1,460.49/cwt	1,285.00–1,535.00	16,416	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,093	1,170.08/cwt	1,100.00–1,225.00	12,789	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,282	908.36/cwt	900.00–910.00	11,645	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,143	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	9,544	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,186	1,265.37/cwt	1,210.00–1,310.00	15,007	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,047	1,434.83/cwt	1,325.00–1,525.00	15,023	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,425	1,148.51/cwt	975.00–1,335.00	16,366	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,280	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	1,060.00/cwt	1,060.00–1,060.00	8,586	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,231	1,348.92/cwt	1,285.00–1,400.00	16,605	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	848	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	602	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,310	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,218	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	9,847	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,342	1,104.30/cwt	1,075.00–1,185.00	14,820	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,285.00/cwt	1,285.00–1,285.00	15,420	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	996	1,665.40/cwt	1,335.00–1,750.00	16,587	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,540	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,129	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	847	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	1,117.50/cwt	1,000.00–1,235.00	12,684	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,066	1,324.20/cwt	1,250.00–1,400.00	14,116	15
Bulls	—	—	1,844	99.45/cwt	95.00–104.50	1,834	16
Bulls	—	—	2,063	107.09/cwt	105.00–110.50	2,209	4
Bulls	—	—	1,693	87.67/cwt	60.00–94.50	1,484	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,065	63.77/cwt	61.00–65.50	679	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	975	55.25/cwt	51.00–58.00	539	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	995	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	667	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	76.54/cwt	74.00–79.00	983	104
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,470	79.39/cwt	79.00–80.00	1,167	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,689	82.60/cwt	82.00–83.00	1,395	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	75.78/cwt	73.00–77.00	1,043	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,253	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	933	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	61.55/cwt	60.00–65.00	676	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	72.87/cwt	70.00–74.00	960	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,399	80.18/cwt	79.50–82.00	1,122	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	575	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	70.97/cwt	68.00–73.00	807	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	997	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	698	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	785	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	267	3

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 May 3, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 446Last week 564Year ago 152

Replacement CattleReceipts 131Last week 84Year ago 554

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was moderate.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,124	1,285.00–1,535.00	1,460.49
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,093	1,100.00–1,225.00	1,170.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,186	1,210.00–1,310.00	1,265.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,047	1,325.00–1,525.00	1,434.83
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,231	1,285.00–1,400.00	1,348.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	996	1,335.00–1,750.00	1,665.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,135	1,000.00–1,235.00	1,117.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,066	1,250.00–1,400.00	1,324.20
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	810	1,060.00	1,060.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,200	1,285.00	1,285.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,282	900.00–910.00	908.36
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,143	835.00	835.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,425	975.00–1,335.00	1,148.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,280	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,145	860.00	860.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,342	1,075.00–1,185.00	1,104.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,100.00	1,100.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	848	71.00	71.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,310	93.00	93.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,129	75.00	75.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,844	95.00–104.50	99.45
4	—	2,063	105.00–110.50	107.09
15	—	1,693	60.00–94.50	87.67
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,065	61.00–65.50	63.77
21	—	975	51.00–58.00	55.25
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	67.00	67.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,284	74.00–79.00	76.54
3	—	1,470	79.00–80.00	79.39
28	—	1,317	70.00–74.00	72.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,689	82.00–83.00	82.60
11	—	1,376	73.00–77.00	75.78
22	—	1,399	79.50–82.00	80.18
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,253	74.50	74.50
9	—	1,099	60.00–65.00	61.55
1	—	1,150	50.00	50.00
42	—	1,137	68.00–73.00	70.97
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	997	70.00	70.00
3	—	785	34.00	34.00

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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