Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2022-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls mostly steady. Demand 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	1,765	86.53	1,527	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,497	81.81	1,225	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,327	73.94	981	118
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,167	65.05	759	102

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)	1,025	$1,450	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,130	$1,450	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,021	$1,414	22
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,166	$1,259	33
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,223	$963	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,099	$805	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	875	$1,600	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,230	$1,430	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,271	$1,208	6

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	913	89.16/cwt	84.00–96.00	814	19
Bulls	—	—	1,843	89.79/cwt	85.00–94.50	1,655	15
Bulls	—	—	1,913	102.35/cwt	98.00–107.00	1,958	2
Bulls	—	—	1,642	79.81/cwt	67.00–85.00	1,310	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	967	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	551	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,019	56.90/cwt	55.00–58.50	580	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,302	64.56/cwt	59.50–65.50	841	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	82.33/cwt	79.50–88.00	1,276	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,358	91.79/cwt	88.00–95.00	1,247	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	73.84/cwt	71.00–78.00	967	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	928	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	79.97/cwt	78.50–82.00	1,120	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	57.05/cwt	56.00–59.00	620	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,431	77.15/cwt	76.00–78.00	1,104	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,141	69.08/cwt	67.00–71.00	788	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,183	64.85/cwt	63.50–67.00	767	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	69.08/cwt	67.50–70.50	918	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,281	1,204.84/head	1,150.00–1,400.00	1,205	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,405	1,410.00/head	1,410.00–1,410.00	1,410	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	875	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,021	1,414.31/head	1,085.00–1,525.00	1,414	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	1,406.06/head	1,200.00–1,635.00	1,406	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	1,432.35/head	1,210.00–1,635.00	1,432	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,223	962.82/head	900.00–975.00	963	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,099	805.25/head	785.00–850.00	805	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,111	921.97/head	875.00–1,110.00	922	10

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 20, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 484Last week 365Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 128Last week 151Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls mostly steady. Demand moderate.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	913	84.00–96.00	89.16
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,281	1,150.00–1,400.00	1,204.84
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,220	1,225.00	1,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,405	1,410.00	1,410.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	875	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,205	1,210.00–1,635.00	1,432.35
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,021	1,085.00–1,525.00	1,414.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	1,190	1,200.00–1,635.00	1,406.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,223	900.00–975.00	962.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,130	1,450.00	1,450.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,099	785.00–850.00	805.25
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,111	875.00–1,110.00	921.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,843	85.00–94.50	89.79
2	—	1,913	98.00–107.00	102.35
12	—	1,642	67.00–85.00	79.81
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	967	57.00	57.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,019	55.00–58.50	56.90
16	—	1,302	59.50–65.50	64.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,550	79.50–88.00	82.33
6	—	1,358	88.00–95.00	91.79
17	—	1,431	76.00–78.00	77.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,309	71.00–78.00	73.84
19	—	1,400	78.50–82.00	79.97
22	—	1,329	67.50–70.50	69.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,245	74.50	74.50
6	—	1,086	56.00–59.00	57.05
22	—	1,141	67.00–71.00	69.08
31	—	1,183	63.50–67.00	64.85

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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