Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Steer calves lightly tested but a stronger undertone noted. Heifer calves steady. Demand moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $118.30/cwt on 3,640 head.

Average price

$118.30

3,640 head · 832 lb average

Value per head Derived

$984

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$123

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

$1.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.41

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	730	119.58	872	346
Medium and Large 1	843	118.17	996	3,294

One grade step is worth $1.41/cwt here — about −$123 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 sale3,640 hd

118.30

—

OK average7 barns · 18,044 hd

123.72

−5.41

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

59 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	996	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	976	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	117.66/cwt	111.00–123.00	966	543
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	872	115.62/cwt	113.00–119.50	1,008	409
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	175.69/cwt	171.50–181.00	657	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	784	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,009	101.45/cwt	100.00–105.50	1,024	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	796	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	137.91/cwt	136.00–139.00	717	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,079	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	1,074	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	153.07/cwt	143.00–156.00	794	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	142.97/cwt	140.00–148.00	826	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	162.92/cwt	159.00–167.00	766	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	113.45/cwt	111.00–114.50	815	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	149.83/cwt	147.00–151.00	733	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	106.11/cwt	100.00–111.25	1,031	358
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	122.97/cwt	118.00–134.50	949	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	128.39/cwt	120.00–134.00	928	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	136.45/cwt	129.50–143.50	925	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,032	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	949	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	613	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	110.01/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,016	691
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	98.44/cwt	94.00–100.75	905	124
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	509	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	504	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	447	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	688	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	135.05/cwt	127.00–138.00	771	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	357	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	593	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	640	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	819	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	418	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	560	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	789	100.52/cwt	98.00–103.00	793	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	143.15/cwt	137.00–145.00	614	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	140.38/cwt	136.00–143.00	670	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	934	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	968	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	111.24/cwt	105.00–119.50	852	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	969	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	911	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	117.06/cwt	115.00–121.00	802	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	138.50/cwt	129.00–142.00	722	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	124.84/cwt	120.00–129.50	717	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	95.97/cwt	95.00–97.50	931	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	670	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	107.74/cwt	107.00–108.00	788	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	114.16/cwt	109.00–119.00	830	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	103.40/cwt	97.00–107.00	899	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	122.65/cwt	117.00–128.00	771	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	105.80/cwt	102.50–108.00	869	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	99.61/cwt	98.00–102.00	827	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	115.63/cwt	114.25–117.00	904	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	127.41/cwt	127.00–131.00	824	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	104.84/cwt	101.00–107.00	918	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	109.65/cwt	109.50–110.00	764	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	115.51/cwt	115.00–116.00	680	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	124.18/cwt	114.00–132.00	608	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	144.11/cwt	137.00–152.00	888	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,111	94.57/cwt	91.00–98.25	1,051	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,214	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,105	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	125.88/cwt	116.00–128.00	836	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	105.08/cwt	104.50–105.50	863	19

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 →

Woodward Livestock Auction Feeder Cattle - Woodward, OK

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

Receipts 6,204Last week 6,139Year ago 6,382

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	996	98.00	98.00
9	—	577	138.00	138.00
8	—	520	136.00–139.00	137.91
31	—	718	111.00–114.50	113.45
30	—	489	147.00–151.00	149.83
7	—	1,032	92.00	92.00
6	—	435	141.00	141.00
2	—	900	95.00	95.00
122	—	782	114.25–117.00	115.63
43	—	647	127.00–131.00	127.41
31	—	876	101.00–107.00	104.84
28	—	664	116.00–128.00	125.88
19	—	821	104.50–105.50	105.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
543	—	821	111.00–123.00	117.66
409	—	872	113.00–119.50	115.62
15	—	374	171.50–181.00	175.69
3	—	443	177.00	177.00
1	—	320	185.00	185.00
135	—	1,009	100.00–105.50	101.45
103	—	1,079	99.50	99.50
73	—	519	143.00–156.00	153.07
67	—	578	140.00–148.00	142.97
46	—	470	159.00–167.00	162.92
358	—	972	100.00–111.25	106.11
295	—	772	118.00–134.50	122.97
227	—	723	120.00–134.00	128.39
155	—	678	129.50–143.50	136.45
691	—	924	105.00–114.00	110.01
114	—	616	137.00–152.00	144.11
43	—	1,111	91.00–98.25	94.57
16	—	1,214	91.00	91.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	919	94.00–100.75	98.44
58	—	429	137.00–145.00	143.15
48	—	477	136.00–143.00	140.38
23	—	1,015	92.00	92.00
6	—	1,125	86.00	86.00
135	—	766	105.00–119.50	111.24
97	—	685	115.00–121.00	117.06
91	—	521	129.00–142.00	138.50
69	—	574	120.00–129.50	124.84
67	—	970	95.00–97.50	95.97
179	—	727	109.00–119.00	114.16
177	—	869	97.00–107.00	103.40
167	—	629	117.00–128.00	122.65
160	—	821	102.50–108.00	105.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	418	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	789	98.00–103.00	100.52
42	—	969	94.00	94.00
13	—	538	124.50	124.50
23	—	731	107.00–108.00	107.74
53	—	830	98.00–102.00	99.61
40	—	697	109.50–110.00	109.65
30	—	589	115.00–116.00	115.51
27	—	490	114.00–132.00	124.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	509	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	447	154.00	154.00
11	—	571	127.00–138.00	135.05
7	—	357	166.00	166.00
2	—	640	128.00	128.00

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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