Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 lower. 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	—	Average	1,908	124.52	2,376	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,440	114.33	1,646	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,268	109.50	1,388	198
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,136	99.41	1,129	107

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,545	$2,150	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,247	$1,677	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,287	$1,514	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,290	$1,450	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,155	$1,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,118	$2,472	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,226	$2,295	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,410	$1,850	3thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,290	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bulls	—	—	1,888	124.42/cwt	120.00–127.00	2,349	15
Bulls	—	—	2,001	130.15/cwt	128.00–132.50	2,604	5
Bulls	—	—	1,852	115.63/cwt	112.00–118.00	2,141	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	935	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	851	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	113.86/cwt	113.00–114.00	1,461	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	104.79/cwt	102.00–106.00	1,242	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	97.06/cwt	91.00–99.50	1,073	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	884	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	110.02/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,420	128
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	109.79/cwt	109.00–110.00	1,591	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,429	114.30/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,633	52
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,569	120.43/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,890	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,173	102.41/cwt	99.50–106.00	1,201	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,254	108.17/cwt	107.00–110.00	1,356	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,410	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,207	2,124.92/head	2,100.00–2,150.00	2,125	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,255	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,247	1,676.82/head	1,600.00–1,710.00	1,677	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,155	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,545	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,287	1,514.08/head	1,510.00–1,515.00	1,514	5

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 Sep 19, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 556Last week 471Year ago 148

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 71Year ago 942

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand was moderate.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,290	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,247	1,600.00–1,710.00	1,676.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,155	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,545	2,150.00	2,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,287	1,510.00–1,515.00	1,514.08
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,410	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,207	2,100.00–2,150.00	2,124.92
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,255	2,550.00	2,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,275.00	2,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,120	2,500.00	2,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,888	120.00–127.00	124.42
5	—	2,001	128.00–132.50	130.15
3	—	1,852	112.00–118.00	115.63
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	91.00	91.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,283	113.00–114.00	113.86
41	—	1,185	102.00–106.00	104.79
128	—	1,291	106.00–112.00	110.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,105	91.00–99.50	97.06
2	—	1,040	85.00	85.00
36	—	1,173	99.50–106.00	102.41
8	—	1,254	107.00–110.00	108.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,449	109.00–110.00	109.79
52	—	1,429	113.00–118.00	114.30
4	—	1,569	120.00–122.00	120.43

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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