Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 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	1,824	111.38	2,031	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,468	103.51	1,519	67
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,226	97.14	1,191	87
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,134	90.76	1,029	43

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,060	$1,125	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,201	$1,642	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	980	$1,475	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	953	$1,355	4thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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%	—	1,142	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,028	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	103.65/cwt	101.00–105.00	1,506	56
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,604	106.61/cwt	106.00–107.00	1,710	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,382	92.64/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,280	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	88.14/cwt	86.00–90.00	999	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	92.36/cwt	91.50–95.00	1,067	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	877	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,289	102.22/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,318	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	96.13/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,166	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,066	89.05/cwt	86.00–90.00	949	7
Bulls	—	—	2,040	92.66/cwt	88.00–97.00	1,890	4
Bulls	—	—	1,941	120.04/cwt	118.00–123.00	2,330	9
Bulls	—	—	1,584	111.01/cwt	106.00–115.00	1,758	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	980	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,237	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	1,285.00/head	1,285.00–1,285.00	1,285	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	2

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 May 2, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 318Last week 477Year ago 446

Replacement CattleReceipts 18Last week 72Year ago 131

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand was moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,142	90.00	90.00
20	—	1,155	91.50–95.00	92.36
1	—	1,070	82.00	82.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,453	101.00–105.00	103.65
8	—	1,604	106.00–107.00	106.61
3	—	1,382	90.00–95.00	92.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	86.00–90.00	88.14
17	—	1,289	100.00–105.00	102.22
68	—	1,213	91.00–100.00	96.13
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,066	86.00–90.00	89.05
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,040	88.00–97.00	92.66
9	—	1,941	118.00–123.00	120.04
8	—	1,584	106.00–115.00	111.01

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	1	—	980	1,475.00	1,475.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,237	1,725.00	1,725.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	1,225.00	1,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,020	1,425.00	1,425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	885	1,285.00	1,285.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,060	1,125.00	1,125.00

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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