Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2022-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. 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	—	Low	1,821	84.33	1,535	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,527	76.88	1,174	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,254	66.16	829	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,026	54.16	556	67

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,159	$1,455	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	935	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,163	$1,248	61
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,056	$1,242	13
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,201	$926	42
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,092	$833	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,060	$1,575	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,250	$1,474	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,009	$1,474	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	975	$860	1thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	1,060	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	1,497.92/head	1,450.00–1,650.00	1,498	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,362	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	13,961	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,162	1,273.62/head	1,000.00–1,600.00	1,274	57
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	975	860.00/head	860.00–860.00	860	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,021	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	935	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	887.90/head	850.00–925.00	888	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,092	832.55/head	800.00–875.00	833	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,159	1,454.66/head	1,135.00–1,550.00	1,455	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,225	946.95/head	850.00–1,100.00	947	37
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,091	1,315.79/head	1,100.00–1,600.00	1,316	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	780	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	1,511.20/head	1,300.00–1,700.00	1,511	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	997.20/head	875.00–1,075.00	997	3
Bulls	—	—	1,756	80.19/cwt	68.00–83.00	1,408	11
Bulls	—	—	1,963	93.44/cwt	87.00–97.50	1,834	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,045	58.32/cwt	56.50–61.50	609	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,006	53.85/cwt	52.00–56.00	542	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,175	65.24/cwt	64.00–65.50	767	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,166	63.21/cwt	62.00–63.50	737	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	63.19/cwt	60.00–64.50	724	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	666	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	66.96/cwt	64.50–70.50	856	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	78.10/cwt	75.50–79.00	1,230	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,297	79.50/cwt	79.50–79.50	1,031	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	929	45.30/cwt	41.00–48.00	421	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	63.13/cwt	61.00–64.00	768	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,404	73.75/cwt	70.50–77.00	1,035	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	73.29/cwt	71.50–74.00	1,154	7

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 Dec 13, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 365Last week 545Year ago 734

Replacement CattleReceipts 151Last week 168Year ago 295

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. 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 head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	1,575.00	1,575.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,190	1,450.00–1,650.00	1,497.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	860.00	860.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	780	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,250	1,300.00–1,700.00	1,511.20
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	1,225.00	1,225.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,362	1,025.00	1,025.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	57	—	1,162	1,000.00–1,600.00	1,273.62
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	935	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,092	800.00–875.00	832.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,159	1,135.00–1,550.00	1,454.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	37	—	1,225	850.00–1,100.00	946.95
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,091	1,100.00–1,600.00	1,315.79
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,021	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,183	850.00–925.00	887.90
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	938	875.00–1,075.00	997.20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,756	68.00–83.00	80.19
5	—	1,963	87.00–97.50	93.44
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,045	56.50–61.50	58.32
12	—	1,006	52.00–56.00	53.85
22	—	929	41.00–48.00	45.30
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,175	64.00–65.50	65.24
10	—	1,166	62.00–63.50	63.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,145	60.00–64.50	63.19
2	—	1,210	55.00	55.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,279	64.50–70.50	66.96
15	—	1,216	61.00–64.00	63.13
7	—	1,404	70.50–77.00	73.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,575	75.50–79.00	78.10
4	—	1,297	79.50	79.50
7	—	1,575	71.50–74.00	73.29

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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