Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 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	—	Average	1,848	118.25	2,185	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,397	113.16	1,581	68
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,233	102.97	1,270	67
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	999	85.47	854	28

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,070	$1,550	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,281	$1,350	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,091	$1,265	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,135	$2,526	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,335	$1,746	14

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 1Fancy	—	1,132	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,061	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,352	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,127	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,335	1,745.75/head	1,660.00–1,875.00	1,746	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,281	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,091	1,264.77/head	1,225.00–1,300.00	1,265	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bulls	—	—	1,613	116.07/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,872	8
Bulls	—	—	2,054	125.17/cwt	121.00–131.50	2,571	8
Bulls	—	—	1,963	99.26/cwt	97.00–101.00	1,948	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	98.80/cwt	97.00–99.00	1,151	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	862	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	655	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,027	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	924	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	115.08/cwt	112.50–117.50	1,631	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	89.01/cwt	88.00–91.00	924	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	103.59/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,331	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	111.51/cwt	108.50–112.50	1,435	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,489	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,361	110.03/cwt	108.00–112.50	1,498	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	867	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	607	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,077	92.69/cwt	91.00–97.00	998	6

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 30, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 308Last week 553Year ago 429

Replacement CattleReceipts 65Last week 48Year ago 30

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 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 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,132	2,850.00	2,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,061	2,500.00	2,500.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,352	1,975.00	1,975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,127	2,025.00	2,025.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,335	1,660.00–1,875.00	1,745.75
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,281	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,091	1,225.00–1,300.00	1,264.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	1,550.00	1,550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,613	113.00–119.00	116.07
8	—	2,054	121.00–131.50	125.17
2	—	1,963	97.00–101.00	99.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,165	97.00–99.00	98.80
28	—	1,285	100.00–106.00	103.59
15	—	1,287	108.50–112.50	111.51
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	862	76.00	76.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,027	90.00	90.00
7	—	867	70.00	70.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,417	112.50–117.50	115.08
1	—	1,405	106.00	106.00
24	—	1,361	108.00–112.50	110.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,038	88.00–91.00	89.01
6	—	1,077	91.00–97.00	92.69

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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