Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last slaughter cow sale December 16th: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 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	—	Low	1,819	170.30	3,097	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,452	161.10	2,340	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,295	158.75	2,056	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,028	148.13	1,523	47

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)	1,395	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,222	$2,878	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,292	$2,826	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,185	$2,349	60
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,170	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,120	$2,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,394	162.48/cwt	158.00–165.00	2,265	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,395	153.78/cwt	152.00–155.00	2,145	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	155.29/cwt	154.00–157.00	2,458	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,361	169.81/cwt	169.00–170.00	2,311	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	940	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,316	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,217	151.70/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,846	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	160.50/cwt	159.00–162.00	2,053	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,448	155.23/cwt	155.00–156.00	2,248	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,108	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	143.83/cwt	143.00–144.00	1,586	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,156	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,850	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	880	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,144	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,002	154.43/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,547	25
Bulls	—	—	1,653	160.76/cwt	158.00–163.00	2,657	5
Bulls	—	—	2,065	185.20/cwt	181.00–189.00	3,824	2
Bulls	—	—	1,867	172.85/cwt	169.00–178.00	3,227	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	963	166.74/cwt	160.00–170.50	1,606	33
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,395	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,222	2,878.14/head	2,600.00–3,050.00	2,878	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,185	2,348.50/head	2,025.00–2,650.00	2,349	60
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,292	2,826.20/head	2,400.00–3,100.00	2,826	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,241	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,457	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,279	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,315	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1

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 Jan 6, 2026

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 316Last week 282Year ago 131

Replacement CattleReceipts 121Last week 43Year ago 60

Compared to the last slaughter cow sale December 16th: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Demand was moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,394	158.00–165.00	162.48
12	—	1,583	154.00–157.00	155.29
5	—	1,361	169.00–170.00	169.81
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,395	152.00–155.00	153.78
13	—	1,279	159.00–162.00	160.50
4	—	1,448	155.00–156.00	155.23
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	940	140.00	140.00
25	—	1,002	150.00–157.00	154.43
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,217	147.00–155.00	151.70
2	—	972	114.00	114.00
6	—	1,103	143.00–144.00	143.83
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,156	160.00	160.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	130.00	130.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,653	158.00–163.00	160.76
2	—	2,065	181.00–189.00	185.20
7	—	1,867	169.00–178.00	172.85

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	33	—	963	160.00–170.50	166.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,241	198.00	198.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,279	181.00	181.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,395	3,000.00	3,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,222	2,600.00–3,050.00	2,878.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	60	—	1,185	2,025.00–2,650.00	2,348.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,292	2,400.00–3,100.00	2,826.20
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,120	2,850.00	2,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,170	3,000.00	3,000.00

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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