Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. 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	1,739	90.54	1,575	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,452	84.49	1,227	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,259	75.70	953	166
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,076	66.53	716	119

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,147	$1,444	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,227	$1,439	22
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,287	$1,348	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,201	$1,195	28
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,344	$1,152	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,319	$1,104	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,248	$1,650	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,142	$1,585	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,212	$1,300	7

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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,147	1,443.72/head	1,410.00–1,500.00	1,444	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,049	101.27/cwt	92.00–107.00	1,062	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,101	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,344	1,151.51/head	1,110.00–1,160.00	1,152	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,311	1,371.42/head	1,150.00–1,600.00	1,371	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	1,085.00/head	1,085.00–1,085.00	1,085	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,319	1,104.36/head	1,100.00–1,125.00	1,104	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,223	1,237.86/head	1,085.00–1,425.00	1,238	23
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	988	106.43/cwt	100.00–116.00	1,052	9
Bulls	—	—	1,692	93.82/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,587	8
Bulls	—	—	2,015	101.75/cwt	98.00–105.00	2,050	5
Bulls	—	—	1,573	76.84/cwt	70.00–81.00	1,209	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,391	76.50/cwt	76.50–76.50	1,064	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,050	65.34/cwt	60.00–68.75	686	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,086	55.83/cwt	55.00–56.00	606	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,272	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	941	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	975	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	458	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,392	89.51/cwt	86.50–92.00	1,246	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	79.94/cwt	78.00–82.50	1,043	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	65.54/cwt	62.50–69.00	695	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	72.15/cwt	70.50–75.00	812	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	74.01/cwt	70.00–77.50	908	111
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	976	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	84.15/cwt	81.00–86.00	1,268	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,212	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,142	1,585.00/head	1,585.00–1,585.00	1,585	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,248	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,228	1,457.97/head	1,275.00–1,600.00	1,458	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1

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 Jan 17, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 484Last week 752Year ago 353

Replacement CattleReceipts 125Last week 209Year ago 92

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

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,147	1,410.00–1,500.00	1,443.72
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,344	1,110.00–1,160.00	1,151.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,311	1,150.00–1,600.00	1,371.42
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,319	1,100.00–1,125.00	1,104.36
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	1,223	1,085.00–1,425.00	1,237.86
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,228	1,275.00–1,600.00	1,457.97
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,101	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,085.00	1,085.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,215	1,050.00	1,050.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,049	92.00–107.00	101.27
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	988	100.00–116.00	106.43
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,212	1,300.00	1,300.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,142	1,585.00	1,585.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,248	1,650.00	1,650.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,692	90.00–98.00	93.82
5	—	2,015	98.00–105.00	101.75
6	—	1,573	70.00–81.00	76.84
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,391	76.50	76.50
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,050	60.00–68.75	65.34
7	—	1,086	55.00–56.00	55.83
2	—	975	47.00	47.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,272	74.00	74.00
5	—	1,392	86.50–92.00	89.51
12	—	1,507	81.00–86.00	84.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,305	78.00–82.50	79.94
111	—	1,227	70.00–77.50	74.01
1	—	1,415	69.00	69.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,061	62.50–69.00	65.54
35	—	1,125	70.50–75.00	72.15

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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