Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2021-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady. Steer calves mostly steady except instances of up to 10.00 higher on the thinner fleshed calves under 500 pounds. Heifer calves steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.50/cwt on 1,160 head.

Average price

$165.50

1,160 head · 678 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,122

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$22.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.69

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	678	166.63	1,130	1,101
Medium and Large 1-2	680	144.51	983	59

One grade step is worth $22.12/cwt here — about $147 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 sale1,160 hd

165.50

—

OK average7 barns · 18,086 hd

169.19

−3.69

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

82 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 1Unweaned	—	532	144.42/cwt	137.00–149.00	768	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	884	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,211	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	148.65/cwt	148.00–152.00	1,394	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	392	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	372	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	141.48/cwt	137.00–144.50	881	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	220.97/cwt	200.00–230.00	685	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	199.71/cwt	194.00–211.00	723	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	139.67/cwt	135.00–142.00	929	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,299	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	338	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	436	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	440	144.79/cwt	144.00–146.00	637	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	855	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	347	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	583	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	156.67/cwt	145.00–159.50	1,075	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	189.08/cwt	174.00–200.00	987	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	194.12/cwt	178.50–206.00	891	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	206.58/cwt	190.00–212.00	880	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	154.38/cwt	147.00–159.00	1,195	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	150.73/cwt	150.50–152.00	1,319	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	405	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	952	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,001	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,456	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	806	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	351	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	635	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	158.66/cwt	148.00–168.00	1,004	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	173.66/cwt	161.00–180.00	1,002	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	789	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,109	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	401	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	706	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	155.66/cwt	145.00–158.25	1,283	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	156.67/cwt	142.00–158.00	1,119	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	577	159.54/cwt	152.00–164.00	921	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	182.26/cwt	174.00–189.00	873	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,062	136.39/cwt	128.00–143.50	1,448	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	284	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	659	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	142.34/cwt	140.50–143.50	961	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	537	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	908	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	382	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	699	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	143.92/cwt	138.00–148.00	832	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	685	132.83/cwt	129.00–138.00	910	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	469	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	802	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	775	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,046	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	425	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	786	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	488	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	972	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	495	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	762	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	420	136.88/cwt	131.00–145.00	575	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	642	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	921	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	526	155.56/cwt	142.00–163.00	818	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	143.90/cwt	139.00–145.00	979	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	165.11/cwt	157.00–170.00	707	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	151.45/cwt	147.00–154.00	868	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	981	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	942	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	144.14/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,101	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	179.62/cwt	175.50–194.00	666	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	439	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	777	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	683	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	984	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,012	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	168.51/cwt	168.00–169.00	573	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	146.35/cwt	138.00–152.00	757	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	690	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	143.94/cwt	135.50–146.50	905	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	303	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	630	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	483	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	953	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,353	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	482	147.74/cwt	137.00–162.00	712	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	740	122.18/cwt	118.00–125.00	904	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	147.67/cwt	147.50–148.00	1,215	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	141.83/cwt	134.00–149.00	806	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	617	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	740	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	535	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	529	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	137.06/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,176	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,193	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	286	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	589	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	265	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	649	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	588	141.21/cwt	133.50–149.00	830	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	143.84/cwt	141.00–145.50	1,037	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	161.08/cwt	153.00–164.00	775	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	754	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	846	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	948	4

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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Receipts 2,674Last week 4,296Year ago 2,040

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	532	137.00–149.00	144.42
17	—	623	137.00–144.50	141.48
4	—	338	129.00	129.00
5	—	440	144.00–146.00	144.79
2	—	690	125.00	125.00
25	—	482	137.00–162.00	147.74
5	—	740	118.00–125.00	122.18
21	—	588	133.50–149.00	141.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	392	95.00	95.00
3	—	483	124.00	124.00
4	—	617	120.00	120.00
4	—	535	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	315	155.00	155.00
2	—	797	122.00	122.00
3	—	981	96.00	96.00
3	—	416	148.00	148.00
4	—	872	116.00	116.00
3	—	495	139.00	139.00
4	—	698	108.00	108.00
4	—	846	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	680	139.00–145.00	143.90
60	—	428	157.00–170.00	165.11
30	—	764	141.00–149.00	144.14
59	—	371	175.50–194.00	179.62
6	—	340	168.00–169.00	168.51
85	—	517	138.00–152.00	146.35
53	—	629	135.50–146.50	143.94
83	—	823	147.50–148.00	147.67
102	—	568	134.00–149.00	141.83
7	—	230	230.00	230.00
16	—	858	134.00–139.00	137.06
9	—	918	130.00	130.00
10	—	286	206.00	206.00
52	—	721	141.00–145.50	143.84
72	—	481	153.00–164.00	161.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	303	208.00	208.00
10	—	265	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	884	137.00	137.00
18	—	665	135.00–142.00	139.67
12	—	962	135.00	135.00
6	—	701	122.00	122.00
2	—	347	168.00	168.00
8	—	530	152.00	152.00
3	—	351	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	938	148.00–152.00	148.65
14	—	310	200.00–230.00	220.97
6	—	362	194.00–211.00	199.71
81	—	686	145.00–159.50	156.67
127	—	522	174.00–200.00	189.08
39	—	459	178.50–206.00	194.12
34	—	426	190.00–212.00	206.58
104	—	774	147.00–159.00	154.38
52	—	875	150.50–152.00	150.73
42	—	1,001	145.50	145.50
133	—	633	148.00–168.00	158.66
89	—	577	161.00–180.00	173.66
123	—	824	145.00–158.25	155.66
117	—	714	142.00–158.00	156.67
11	—	1,062	128.00–143.50	136.39
11	—	284	232.00	232.00
4	—	953	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	405	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	789	140.50	140.50
20	—	577	152.00–164.00	159.54
13	—	479	174.00–189.00	182.26
8	—	675	140.50–143.50	142.34
4	—	537	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	401	176.00	176.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	382	183.00	183.00
21	—	578	138.00–148.00	143.92
14	—	685	129.00–138.00	132.83
7	—	469	171.00	171.00
2	—	775	135.00	135.00
2	—	425	185.00	185.00
11	—	642	143.50	143.50
11	—	526	142.00–163.00	155.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	495	154.00	154.00
7	—	420	131.00–145.00	136.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	162.00	162.00
11	—	573	147.00–154.00	151.45
8	—	439	177.00	177.00
5	—	683	144.00	144.00

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