Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-28

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	—	Low	1,753	112.72	1,976	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,489	110.10	1,639	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,205	98.17	1,183	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,068	85.20	910	29

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)	1,200	$1,526	20
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,296	$1,485	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,230	$1,450	15
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,125	$1,446	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,220	$1,336	18
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,216	$1,290	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,248	$1,238	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,079	$1,169	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,221	$1,635	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,005	$1,233	20

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—	1,015	1,245.17/head	1,085.00–1,375.00	1,245	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	1,335.55/head	1,250.00–1,460.00	1,336	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,242	1,310.00/head	1,310.00–1,310.00	1,310	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,158	1,552.63/head	1,310.00–1,635.00	1,553	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,146	127.53/cwt	110.00–138.00	1,461	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,296	1,485.00/head	1,485.00–1,485.00	1,485	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,079	1,168.54/head	1,025.00–1,310.00	1,169	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,208	1,558.89/head	1,350.00–1,650.00	1,559	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,303.24/head	1,300.00–1,310.00	1,303	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	820	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,221	1,635.00/head	1,635.00–1,635.00	1,635	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,248	1,237.88/head	1,225.00–1,250.00	1,238	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,230	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,132	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,177	2
Bulls	—	—	1,585	85.65/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,358	3
Bulls	—	—	1,621	111.80/cwt	103.00–115.50	1,812	18
Bulls	—	—	1,958	119.70/cwt	116.00–125.50	2,344	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,168	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,110	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,046	85.85/cwt	82.00–87.00	898	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	935	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	598	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,576	112.53/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,773	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,154	88.94/cwt	88.00–89.50	1,026	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	95.75/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,139	53
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	104.30/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,301	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	108.82/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,570	19

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 Mar 28, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 341Last week 228Year ago 585

Replacement CattleReceipts 142Last week 104Year ago 139

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,015	1,085.00–1,375.00	1,245.17
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,221	1,635.00	1,635.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,220	1,250.00–1,460.00	1,335.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,242	1,310.00	1,310.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,158	1,310.00–1,635.00	1,552.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,296	1,485.00	1,485.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,079	1,025.00–1,310.00	1,168.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,208	1,350.00–1,650.00	1,558.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,248	1,225.00–1,250.00	1,237.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	—	1,230	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,127	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,165	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,080	1,300.00–1,310.00	1,303.24
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,146	110.00–138.00	127.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,132	104.00	104.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,585	85.00–86.00	85.65
18	—	1,621	103.00–115.50	111.80
14	—	1,958	116.00–125.50	119.70
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,168	95.00	95.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,046	82.00–87.00	85.85
2	—	935	64.00	64.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,576	111.00–115.00	112.53
19	—	1,443	104.00–111.00	108.82
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,154	88.00–89.50	88.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,190	90.00–101.00	95.75
23	—	1,247	101.00–108.00	104.30

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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