Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2019-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 2.00-4.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves were to lightly tested again this week for an accurate trend. Demand moderate. Fill average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.73/cwt on 838 head.

Average price

$135.73

838 head · 764 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$72

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$21.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.01

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	648	142.51	923	123
Medium and Large 1	781	135.66	1,059	663
Medium and Large 2	826	120.58	996	52

One grade step is worth $21.93/cwt here — about −$72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale838 hd

135.73

—

OK average7 barns · 6,489 hd

137.73

−2.01

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

44 lots · USDA AMS · Woodward Livestock Auction Feeder 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	123.48/cwt	119.00–124.00	1,068	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	737	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,254	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	960	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	127.52/cwt	127.00–127.75	993	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	998	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	799	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	133.08/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,089	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	763	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	707	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	153.77/cwt	151.00–159.00	654	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	136.90/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,062	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	949	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,177	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	955	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,235	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,050	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	773	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	806	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	710	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	824	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	895	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	756	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	129.72/cwt	129.00–131.00	990	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,139	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,236	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	145.24/cwt	140.00–148.00	677	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	877	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	635	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	787	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	128.85/cwt	128.85–128.85	1,139	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	588	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	832	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	862	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	827	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,044	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	134.79/cwt	123.50–138.50	825	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	841	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	139.03/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,015	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	149.53/cwt	139.00–155.00	914	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,044	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	832	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,023	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	520	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	686	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	875	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	871	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,015	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	953	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	935	128.65/cwt	128.00–129.50	1,203	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	731	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,045	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	603	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,034	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	993	15

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.

Oklahoma feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded 2.00-4.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves were to lightly tested again this week for an accurate trend. Demand moderate. Fill average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	865	119.00–124.00	123.48
15	—	737	130.25	130.25
157	—	779	127.00–127.75	127.52
14	—	425	151.00–159.00	153.77
10	—	1,235	85.00	85.00
39	—	533	145.00	145.00
10	—	1,139	108.50	108.50
34	—	466	140.00–148.00	145.24
10	—	591	140.00	140.00
30	—	845	123.50	123.50
17	—	636	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	508	145.00	145.00
18	—	811	123.00	123.00
9	—	588	137.00	137.00
7	—	737	119.00	119.00
31	—	673	125.00	125.00
25	—	788	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	710	116.00	116.00
8	—	635	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	612	123.50–138.50	134.79
14	—	871	116.50	116.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	520	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,130	111.00	111.00
10	—	514	155.50	155.50
182	—	818	132.00–136.00	133.08
163	—	776	134.00–140.00	136.90
73	—	656	136.50	136.50
66	—	884	128.85	128.85
50	—	730	136.00–142.00	139.03
32	—	935	128.00–129.50	128.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	526	145.00	145.00
5	—	949	124.00	124.00
36	—	643	148.50	148.50
4	—	488	155.00	155.00
22	—	763	129.00–131.00	129.72
13	—	571	151.00	151.00
12	—	835	125.00	125.00
10	—	370	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	459	154.00	154.00
28	—	832	123.00	123.00
15	—	1,034	96.00	96.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	588	141.50	141.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	611	139.00–155.00	149.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	731	143.00	143.00

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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