Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 6.00 to 10.00 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	1,819	215.69	3,923	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,474	178.01	2,625	86
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,292	177.04	2,288	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,069	166.78	1,783	14

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)	1,371	$2,850	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,349	$2,700	22
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,215	$2,666	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,070	$2,436	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,172	$2,367	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,225	$2,200	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,035	$3,950	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,077	$3,905	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,148	$3,510	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,098	$3,200	2thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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	—	1,218	3,595.63/head	3,500.00–3,700.00	3,596	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	3,950.00/head	3,950.00–3,950.00	3,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	3,683.71/head	3,600.00–3,750.00	3,684	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,077	3,904.80/head	3,850.00–4,000.00	3,905	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,371	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,146	222.81/cwt	217.00–232.00	2,553	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,089	180.81/cwt	180.00–182.00	1,969	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,349	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	2,436.45/head	2,100.00–2,700.00	2,436	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,172	2,366.77/head	2,100.00–2,675.00	2,367	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,225	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,215	2,666.38/head	2,550.00–3,100.00	2,666	5
Bulls	—	—	1,835	216.52/cwt	200.00–224.00	3,973	23
Bulls	—	—	1,955	230.56/cwt	225.00–240.00	4,507	7
Bulls	—	—	1,488	184.88/cwt	173.00–194.00	2,751	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	995	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,682	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	970	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,571	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	950	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,435	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	176.69/cwt	175.00–178.00	2,283	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	179.92/cwt	179.00–184.00	2,398	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	180.06/cwt	178.00–184.00	2,593	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,254	184.79/cwt	180.00–188.00	2,317	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	186.31/cwt	184.00–189.00	2,403	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	175.57/cwt	171.00–178.00	2,677	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	172.15/cwt	169.00–174.00	1,919	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	161.17/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,662	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	167.11/cwt	165.00–171.00	2,182	16

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 Apr 28, 2026

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 334Last week 314Year ago 141

Replacement CattleReceipts 85Last week 165Year ago 31

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows mostly steady. Slaughter bulls 6.00 to 10.00 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$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,218	3,500.00–3,700.00	3,595.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	3,950.00	3,950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	3,550.00	3,550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,205	3,600.00–3,750.00	3,683.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,077	3,850.00–4,000.00	3,904.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,110	2,850.00	2,850.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	993	3,250.00	3,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,371	2,850.00	2,850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,349	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,070	2,100.00–2,700.00	2,436.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,172	2,100.00–2,675.00	2,366.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,225	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,215	2,550.00–3,100.00	2,666.38
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,146	217.00–232.00	222.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,089	180.00–182.00	180.81

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,835	200.00–224.00	216.52
7	—	1,955	225.00–240.00	230.56
4	—	1,488	173.00–194.00	184.88
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	169.00	169.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	162.00	162.00
1	—	950	151.00	151.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,292	175.00–178.00	176.69
17	—	1,333	179.00–184.00	179.92
16	—	1,306	165.00–171.00	167.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,440	178.00–184.00	180.06
12	—	1,290	184.00–189.00	186.31
56	—	1,525	171.00–178.00	175.57
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,254	180.00–188.00	184.79
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,115	169.00–174.00	172.15
4	—	1,031	154.00–164.00	161.17

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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