Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week of limited receipts: Feeder steers mostly steady. Not enough feeder heifers of one class last week for an accurate trend this week. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $174.64/cwt on 625 head.

Average price

$174.64

625 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,130

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$19.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.14

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	648	175.95	1,140	584
Medium and Large 1-2	631	155.98	985	41

One grade step is worth $19.96/cwt here — about $155 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 sale625 hd

174.64

—

OK average2 barns · 701 hd

174.50

+0.14

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

43 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	603	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,097	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	402	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	905	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	727	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,236	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	555	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,066	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	691	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,195	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	320	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	315	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	791	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	782	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,104	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	205.38/cwt	205.00–207.00	1,193	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	197.25/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,225	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	396	224.99/cwt	222.00–227.00	891	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,059	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	866	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	423	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	956	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,455	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	223.15/cwt	204.00–229.00	1,156	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	694	185.69/cwt	178.00–186.25	1,289	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,183	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	493	182.33/cwt	182.00–183.00	899	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,392	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	998	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,193	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,000	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	181.47/cwt	172.50–185.00	969	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,272	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	187.04/cwt	184.00–191.00	903	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	154.87/cwt	145.00–159.00	1,100	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	159.02/cwt	147.00–182.00	663	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,320	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	659	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,087	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,422	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	558	175.24/cwt	174.00–177.00	978	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	205.95/cwt	200.00–215.00	869	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	168.43/cwt	166.75–169.00	1,329	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	176.43/cwt	173.00–180.00	1,104	229
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,028	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	171.64/cwt	170.00–172.75	1,238	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	172.52/cwt	165.00–182.00	1,013	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	179.34/cwt	176.00–184.00	1,295	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	440	195.76/cwt	194.00–199.00	861	14

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

Thu Feb 2, 2023

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

Receipts 1,200Last week 779Year ago 782

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	603	182.00	182.00
4	—	402	225.00	225.00
5	—	727	170.00	170.00
4	—	555	192.00	192.00
8	—	691	173.00	173.00
1	—	320	236.00	236.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	725	164.50	164.50
4	—	535	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	251.00	251.00
2	—	572	193.00	193.00
3	—	423	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	474	165.00	165.00
3	—	525	165.00	165.00
12	—	636	186.00	186.00
8	—	587	165.00–182.00	172.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	581	205.00–207.00	205.38
80	—	621	190.00–200.00	197.25
5	—	396	222.00–227.00	224.99
12	—	488	217.00	217.00
19	—	851	171.00	171.00
25	—	518	204.00–229.00	223.15
42	—	694	178.00–186.25	185.69
14	—	819	170.00	170.00
5	—	418	246.00	246.00
134	—	722	176.00–184.00	179.34
2	—	330	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	493	182.00–183.00	182.33
6	—	659	165.00	165.00
12	—	558	174.00–177.00	175.24
14	—	440	194.00–199.00	195.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	577	173.00	173.00
2	—	367	191.00	191.00
62	—	534	172.50–185.00	181.47
8	—	805	158.00	158.00
16	—	483	184.00–191.00	187.04
8	—	880	150.00	150.00
5	—	942	151.00	151.00
25	—	422	200.00–215.00	205.95
111	—	789	166.75–169.00	168.43
229	—	626	173.00–180.00	176.43
78	—	721	170.00–172.75	171.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	710	145.00–159.00	154.87
11	—	417	147.00–182.00	159.02

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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