Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-07

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	1,788	106.91	1,912	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,572	101.24	1,592	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,278	89.59	1,145	130
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,022	71.05	726	49

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)	1,012	$1,329	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,246	$1,294	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	990	$1,260	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,286	$1,233	20
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,140	$1,175	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,058	$1,736	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	890	$1,672	9

Every lot, as filed

24 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	—	1,065	1,803.72/head	1,725.00–1,835.00	1,804	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,032	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	897	1,678.57/head	1,625.00–1,700.00	1,679	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	867	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,286	1,233.49/head	1,150.00–1,325.00	1,233	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	990	1,260.48/head	1,150.00–1,325.00	1,260	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,246	1,293.96/head	1,100.00–1,550.00	1,294	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	1,328.68/head	1,285.00–1,410.00	1,329	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	919	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,011	4
Bulls	—	—	1,716	105.31/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,807	17
Bulls	—	—	1,945	112.56/cwt	109.00–120.50	2,189	11
Bulls	—	—	1,538	89.46/cwt	86.00–93.00	1,376	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	766	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	337	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	910	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	546	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,369	93.96/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,286	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,149	85.35/cwt	85.00–87.00	981	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	89.19/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,120	86
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	84.07/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,041	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,287	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,454	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	94.51/cwt	93.50–96.00	1,455	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	101.32/cwt	98.00–105.00	1,609	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	703	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	81.54/cwt	79.50–85.00	912	8

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 Feb 7, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 380Last week 137Year ago 77

Replacement CattleReceipts 72Last week 21Year ago 10

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
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,065	1,725.00–1,835.00	1,803.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,032	1,500.00	1,500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	897	1,625.00–1,700.00	1,678.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	867	1,650.00	1,650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	20	—	1,286	1,150.00–1,325.00	1,233.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	990	1,150.00–1,325.00	1,260.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,246	1,100.00–1,550.00	1,293.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,012	1,285.00–1,410.00	1,328.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,175.00	1,175.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	919	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,716	99.00–109.00	105.31
11	—	1,945	109.00–120.50	112.56
2	—	1,538	86.00–93.00	89.46
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	766	44.00	44.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	910	60.00	60.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,369	93.00–96.00	93.96
86	—	1,256	85.00–93.00	89.19
16	—	1,238	82.00–85.00	84.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,149	85.00–87.00	85.35
2	—	1,082	65.00	65.00
8	—	1,119	79.50–85.00	81.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,287	113.00	113.00
4	—	1,540	93.50–96.00	94.51
44	—	1,588	98.00–105.00	101.32

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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