Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-14

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	—	High	1,651	100.96	1,666	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	96.28	1,422	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,209	89.97	1,088	122
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,066	77.44	826	139

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,288	$1,359	17
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,058	$1,287	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,067	$1,237	19
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,168	$1,133	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,031	$1,640	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,015	$1,373	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,182	$1,300	2thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	1,210	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	1,464.59/head	1,400.00–1,525.00	1,465	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	1,396.09/head	1,200.00–1,775.00	1,396	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,153	1,536.28/head	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,536	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,218	1,389.84/head	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,390	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,058	1,287.12/head	1,275.00–1,300.00	1,287	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	969	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	921	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,182	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	1,098.84/head	1,000.00–1,125.00	1,099	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,288	1,358.52/head	1,150.00–1,500.00	1,359	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,168	1,133.20/head	1,060.00–1,250.00	1,133	3
Bulls	—	—	1,924	114.84/cwt	110.00–120.00	2,210	8
Bulls	—	—	1,551	90.68/cwt	85.00–97.00	1,406	13
Bulls	—	—	1,591	102.47/cwt	98.00–109.00	1,630	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	930	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	623	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,029	74.70/cwt	71.00–79.00	769	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	911	69.33/cwt	68.00–70.00	632	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	95.73/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,215	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	84.51/cwt	81.00–86.00	1,092	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	96.45/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,407	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,166	81.50/cwt	81.50–81.50	950	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,547	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,642	90.64/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,488	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	83.56/cwt	81.00–86.00	944	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	78.10/cwt	73.00–80.00	879	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	88.96/cwt	86.00–94.00	1,043	79

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 14, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 499Last week 380Year ago 409

Replacement CattleReceipts 97Last week 72Year ago 85

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,210	1,750.00	1,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,045	1,400.00–1,525.00	1,464.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,010	1,200.00–1,775.00	1,396.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,153	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,536.28
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,110	1,800.00	1,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,182	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	862	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	850	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	970	1,175.00	1,175.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,218	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,389.84
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,058	1,275.00–1,300.00	1,287.12
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	1,288	1,150.00–1,500.00	1,358.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,168	1,060.00–1,250.00	1,133.20
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	932	1,000.00–1,125.00	1,098.84
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	969	95.00	95.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,924	110.00–120.00	114.84
13	—	1,551	85.00–97.00	90.68
15	—	1,591	98.00–109.00	102.47
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	930	67.00	67.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,029	71.00–79.00	74.70
11	—	911	68.00–70.00	69.33
4	—	1,166	81.50	81.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,269	94.00–100.00	95.73
15	—	1,292	81.00–86.00	84.51
79	—	1,172	86.00–94.00	88.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,459	94.00–100.00	96.45
2	—	1,517	102.00	102.00
3	—	1,642	90.00–91.00	90.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,130	81.00–86.00	83.56
23	—	1,125	73.00–80.00	78.10

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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