Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 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	1,691	116.88	1,977	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,340	110.32	1,479	68
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,174	102.02	1,198	104
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,077	93.65	1,009	143

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)	1,182	$1,509	8
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,205	$1,450	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,163	$1,368	15
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,014	$1,325	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,179	$1,237	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,130	$1,785	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$1,660	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	680	$1,300	4thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1-2	—	680	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	1,785.00/head	1,785.00–1,785.00	1,785	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,042	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,182	1,508.80/head	1,410.00–1,585.00	1,509	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,014	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,163	1,367.97/head	1,185.00–1,735.00	1,368	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,452	1,610.00/head	1,610.00–1,610.00	1,610	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	1,660.00/head	1,660.00–1,660.00	1,660	1
Bulls	—	—	1,448	95.95/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,389	2
Bulls	—	—	1,859	124.03/cwt	119.00–131.00	2,306	16
Bulls	—	—	1,545	112.04/cwt	105.00–118.00	1,731	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	953	95.57/cwt	95.00–96.00	911	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	960	90.81/cwt	89.50–92.50	872	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	112.40/cwt	110.00–117.00	1,547	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,252	107.10/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,341	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	95.08/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,074	66
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	100.23/cwt	97.50–103.00	1,177	77
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	107.14/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,259	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,527	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,527	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	98.49/cwt	98.00–100.50	1,055	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	91.04/cwt	88.50–92.50	1,001	31

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 23, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 553Last week 278Year ago 443

Replacement CattleReceipts 48Last week 49Year ago 119

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was moderate.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	680	1,300.00	1,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,130	1,785.00	1,785.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,660.00	1,660.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,042	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,205	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,182	1,410.00–1,585.00	1,508.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,014	1,325.00	1,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,163	1,185.00–1,735.00	1,367.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,452	1,610.00	1,610.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,448	95.00–97.00	95.95
16	—	1,859	119.00–131.00	124.03
15	—	1,545	105.00–118.00	112.04
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	953	95.00–96.00	95.57
28	—	960	89.50–92.50	90.81
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,376	110.00–117.00	112.40
22	—	1,252	105.00–109.00	107.10
2	—	1,527	100.00	100.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,130	93.00–97.00	95.08
11	—	1,071	98.00–100.50	98.49
31	—	1,100	88.50–92.50	91.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,174	97.50–103.00	100.23
27	—	1,175	103.00–109.00	107.14

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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