Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. 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	1,918	114.49	2,196	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	103.60	1,554	74
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	96.05	1,203	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,101	85.98	946	42

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)	1,246	$1,700	13
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,242	$1,448	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,283	$1,432	16
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,283	$1,422	20
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,097	$1,333	31
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,010	$1,310	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,410	$2,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,228	$1,726	51
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,380	$1,675	2thin

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	940	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	658	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	875	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	656	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	975	81.98/cwt	77.00–84.00	799	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	104.46/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,601	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	102.36/cwt	100.50–104.00	1,258	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,019	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,386	112.07/cwt	108.50–112.50	1,553	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,217	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,022	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,157	88.26/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,021	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,056	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	95.08/cwt	90.00–99.50	1,196	61
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	98.25/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,480	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,380	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,404	1,755.30/head	1,560.00–1,925.00	1,755	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,234	1,785.10/head	1,425.00–1,950.00	1,785	28
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,410	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,246	1,700.14/head	1,235.00–1,785.00	1,700	13
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,087	100.80/cwt	99.00–106.00	1,096	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,014	1,648.03/head	1,450.00–2,000.00	1,648	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,242	1,448.46/head	1,425.00–1,500.00	1,448	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,283	1,421.55/head	1,385.00–1,450.00	1,422	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,097	1,332.87/head	1,185.00–1,475.00	1,333	31
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,283	1,432.16/head	1,100.00–1,585.00	1,432	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	1,310.00/head	1,310.00–1,310.00	1,310	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	942	122.08/cwt	104.00–130.00	1,150	20
Bulls	—	—	1,602	102.89/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,648	7
Bulls	—	—	1,963	113.53/cwt	108.00–120.00	2,229	27
Bulls	—	—	2,010	124.23/cwt	121.00–125.50	2,497	11

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 Apr 11, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 392Last week 445Year ago 470

Replacement CattleReceipts 169Last week 30Year ago 147

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	70.00	70.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	75.00	75.00
9	—	975	77.00–84.00	81.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,533	100.00–108.00	104.46
12	—	1,386	108.50–112.50	112.07
25	—	1,506	94.00–100.00	98.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,229	100.50–104.00	102.36
1	—	1,185	86.00	86.00
61	—	1,258	90.00–99.50	95.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,217	84.00	84.00
25	—	1,157	85.00–89.00	88.26
3	—	1,135	93.00	93.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,602	100.00–106.00	102.89
27	—	1,963	108.00–120.00	113.53
11	—	2,010	121.00–125.50	124.23

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	2	—	1,380	1,675.00	1,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,404	1,560.00–1,925.00	1,755.30
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,234	1,425.00–1,950.00	1,785.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,410	2,050.00	2,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,014	1,450.00–2,000.00	1,648.03
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	736	1,275.00	1,275.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,246	1,235.00–1,785.00	1,700.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,242	1,425.00–1,500.00	1,448.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	1,283	1,385.00–1,450.00	1,421.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	31	—	1,097	1,185.00–1,475.00	1,332.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,283	1,100.00–1,585.00	1,432.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,310.00	1,310.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,087	99.00–106.00	100.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	—	942	104.00–130.00	122.08

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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