Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady. Quality average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $174.03/cwt on 930 head.

Average price

$174.03

930 head · 656 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,141

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$6.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.94

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	658	175.59	1,155	722
Medium and Large 1-2	648	168.63	1,092	208

One grade step is worth $6.97/cwt here — about $64 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 sale930 hd

174.03

—

OK average5 barns · 2,854 hd

186.97

−12.94

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

57 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	—	463	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,130	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,361	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	934	149.54/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,397	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	175.89/cwt	165.00–177.00	1,011	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,035	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	176.09/cwt	172.00–181.00	1,118	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	196.71/cwt	187.00–203.00	927	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,336	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	167.06/cwt	166.00–167.50	1,203	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,252	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	196.97/cwt	189.00–205.00	847	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	803	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,059	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,066	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	187.13/cwt	180.00–194.00	966	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	365	211.72/cwt	197.00–222.00	773	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	172.32/cwt	169.00–175.00	1,161	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,122	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,495	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	827	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	176.17/cwt	172.00–179.50	1,362	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	681	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,137	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	634	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,071	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	778	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,013	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,428	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,130	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	239.67/cwt	236.00–242.00	1,052	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	174.68/cwt	171.00–181.00	1,439	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	179.14/cwt	177.00–188.00	1,035	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	163.20/cwt	160.00–165.25	1,333	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	422	201.19/cwt	195.00–211.00	849	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	196.13/cwt	189.00–198.00	1,047	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	407	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	208.86/cwt	194.00–220.50	1,207	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	207.00/cwt	196.00–210.00	1,321	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,250	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	173.87/cwt	173.00–174.50	1,495	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	214.16/cwt	207.00–233.00	1,244	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	463	235.58/cwt	210.00–245.00	1,091	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	367	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	716	178.64/cwt	174.00–184.50	1,279	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	177.19/cwt	173.00–186.00	1,297	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	193.53/cwt	181.50–201.50	1,299	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	237.93/cwt	220.00–243.00	1,228	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	925	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,563	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	649	182.83/cwt	182.00–183.00	1,187	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	189.43/cwt	187.00–192.00	1,078	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	740	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	443	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,023	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	540	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,139	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	636	184.42/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,173	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	164.93/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,272	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	169.70/cwt	168.00–171.00	1,295	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,118	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	271.87/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,030	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	177.71/cwt	174.00–186.50	1,018	24

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 16, 2023

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

Receipts 2,095Last week 2,989Year ago 2,405

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady. Quality average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	463	244.00	244.00
3	—	443	231.00	231.00
3	—	540	211.00	211.00
17	—	636	180.00–190.00	184.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	830	164.00	164.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	527	201.00	201.00
7	—	602	177.00	177.00
2	—	370	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	934	147.00–150.00	149.54
114	—	635	172.00–181.00	176.09
23	—	471	187.00–203.00	196.71
12	—	885	151.00	151.00
113	—	720	166.00–167.50	167.06
19	—	430	189.00–205.00	196.97
6	—	377	213.00	213.00
125	—	674	169.00–175.00	172.32
5	—	1,068	140.00	140.00
5	—	1,013	141.00	141.00
2	—	315	203.00	203.00
15	—	578	177.00–188.00	179.14
67	—	817	160.00–165.25	163.20
69	—	534	189.00–198.00	196.13
51	—	771	160.00–166.00	164.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	575	165.00–177.00	175.89
31	—	609	170.00	170.00
40	—	790	158.50	158.50
72	—	672	167.00	167.00
2	—	462	179.00	179.00
10	—	442	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	516	180.00–194.00	187.13
8	—	365	197.00–222.00	211.72
7	—	681	167.00	167.00
5	—	634	169.00	169.00
24	—	422	195.00–211.00	201.19
24	—	573	174.00–186.50	177.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	773	172.00–179.50	176.17
12	—	481	235.00	235.00
10	—	439	236.00–242.00	239.67
48	—	824	171.00–181.00	174.68
42	—	638	196.00–210.00	207.00
111	—	860	173.00–174.50	173.87
107	—	581	207.00–233.00	214.16
24	—	732	173.00–186.00	177.19
124	—	671	181.50–201.50	193.53
46	—	516	220.00–243.00	237.93
23	—	925	169.00	169.00
34	—	379	265.00–275.00	271.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	407	232.00	232.00
33	—	578	194.00–220.50	208.86
13	—	532	235.00	235.00
29	—	463	210.00–245.00	235.58
2	—	367	272.00	272.00
9	—	716	174.00–184.50	178.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	649	182.00–183.00	182.83
20	—	569	187.00–192.00	189.43
7	—	763	168.00–171.00	169.70
5	—	650	172.00	172.00

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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