Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2020-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale (11/19/2020): Feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Steer calves 1.00-7.00 lower on a light test. Heifer calves 2.00-8.00 lower on a light test. Quality was average to attractive. Demand was moderate. Lighter receipts this week as snow and ice moved across the trade area hindering cattle movement.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.55/cwt on 1,417 head.

Average price

$138.55

1,417 head · 641 lb average

Value per head Derived

$888

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$183

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$40.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.25

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	660	140.64	928	1,196
Medium and Large 1-2	528	129.92	686	190
Medium and Large 2	498	118.67	591	18thin
Medium and Large 2-3	746	99.85	745	13thin

One grade step is worth $40.80/cwt here — about $183 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 sale1,417 hd

138.55

—

OK average7 barns · 13,438 hd

147.80

−9.25

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

73 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	—	774	126.71/cwt	117.00–131.00	981	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	971	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,243	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	158.26/cwt	153.50–163.00	828	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	136.34/cwt	132.00–141.00	849	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	156.33/cwt	152.50–160.50	655	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	141.82/cwt	135.00–147.00	808	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	129.24/cwt	125.00–130.00	822	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	715	116.52/cwt	115.00–118.00	833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	134.78/cwt	128.00–138.00	917	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	559	118.75/cwt	117.00–123.00	664	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	132.13/cwt	128.00–138.00	1,039	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,160	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	138.79/cwt	136.00–146.00	608	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	601	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	415	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	762	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	115.92/cwt	115.00–118.00	718	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	134.21/cwt	125.00–139.00	1,102	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	372	165.05/cwt	164.00–166.00	614	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	129.06/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,134	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	131.57/cwt	128.00–135.00	628	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	143.79/cwt	135.00–149.00	686	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	361	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	520	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	156.45/cwt	154.50–164.00	748	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	531	142.10/cwt	138.00–149.00	755	86
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	634	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	719	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	536	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	654	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	598	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	753	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	432	132.79/cwt	130.00–134.00	574	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	753	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	855	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	810	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	690	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	800	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	908	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	775	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	93.91/cwt	91.00–96.00	590	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	842	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	133.30/cwt	130.00–136.00	974	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	405	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	138.56/cwt	135.00–139.00	726	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	702	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	786	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,105	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	678	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	664	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	391	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	590	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	563	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	495	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	612	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	765	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	474	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	657	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	152.80/cwt	151.00–154.00	717	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	936	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	737	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	118.12/cwt	110.00–119.00	732	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	108.79/cwt	107.50–115.00	791	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	127.92/cwt	125.00–135.00	682	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	422	137.95/cwt	137.00–138.00	582	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	129.41/cwt	129.00–129.50	1,060	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	127.33/cwt	126.00–132.00	747	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	126.35/cwt	125.00–133.00	718	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	480	125.51/cwt	119.00–135.00	602	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,028	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	103.83/cwt	95.00–104.50	708	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	98.01/cwt	92.00–100.00	970	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	671	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	129.44/cwt	123.00–134.00	857	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	117.29/cwt	117.00–118.00	676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,086	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	137.93/cwt	131.00–142.00	996	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	632	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	128.55/cwt	122.00–132.00	919	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,177	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.

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

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

Receipts 2,719Last week 5,710Year ago 5,967

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	774	117.00–131.00	126.71
130	—	636	125.00–130.00	129.24
46	—	438	136.00–146.00	138.79
78	—	533	125.00–135.00	127.92
40	—	819	129.00–129.50	129.41
133	—	568	125.00–133.00	126.35
28	—	918	112.00	112.00
8	—	990	92.00–100.00	98.01
260	—	662	123.00–134.00	129.44
17	—	876	124.00	124.00
87	—	715	122.00–132.00	128.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	115.00–118.00	116.52
34	—	559	117.00–123.00	118.75
18	—	619	115.00–118.00	115.92
23	—	477	128.00–135.00	131.57
10	—	361	144.00	144.00
50	—	536	122.00	122.00
24	—	432	130.00–134.00	132.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	800	113.50	113.50
2	—	775	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	628	91.00–96.00	93.91
1	—	405	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	107.00	107.00
5	—	819	90.00	90.00
31	—	620	110.00–119.00	118.12
8	—	727	107.50–115.00	108.79
14	—	682	95.00–104.50	103.83
7	—	576	117.00–118.00	117.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	971	128.00	128.00
92	—	523	153.50–163.00	158.26
158	—	623	132.00–141.00	136.34
43	—	419	152.50–160.50	156.33
31	—	570	135.00–147.00	141.82
112	—	680	128.00–138.00	134.78
183	—	786	128.00–138.00	132.13
11	—	910	127.50	127.50
100	—	821	125.00–139.00	134.21
57	—	879	128.00–132.00	129.06
33	—	478	154.50–164.00	156.45
183	—	722	131.00–142.00	137.93
5	—	351	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,015	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	601	131.00	131.00
10	—	372	164.00–166.00	165.05
29	—	477	135.00–149.00	143.79
86	—	531	138.00–149.00	142.10
14	—	598	126.00	126.00
2	—	415	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	415	183.50	183.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	825	102.00	102.00
7	—	678	98.00	98.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	731	130.00–136.00	133.30
9	—	524	135.00–139.00	138.56
4	—	870	127.00	127.00
5	—	469	151.00–154.00	152.80
12	—	587	126.00–132.00	127.33
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	702	112.00	112.00
13	—	469	120.00	120.00
2	—	680	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	391	151.00	151.00
40	—	612	125.00	125.00
23	—	422	137.00–138.00	137.95
78	—	480	119.00–135.00	125.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	120.00	120.00
9	—	631	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	753	113.50	113.50
8	—	667	121.50	121.50
4	—	515	134.00	134.00
1	—	830	112.00	112.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	106.00	106.00
4	—	658	102.00	102.00

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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