Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Steer calves steady. Heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Quality average to attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.20/cwt on 1,723 head.

Average price

$183.20

1,723 head · 641 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,175

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$277

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

$32.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.22

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	650	190.21	1,237	1,089
Medium and Large 1-2	630	174.13	1,097	516
Medium and Large 2	607	158.21	960	118

One grade step is worth $32.00/cwt here — about $277 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 sale1,723 hd

183.20

—

OK average5 barns · 3,304 hd

192.42

−9.22

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

75 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	—	470	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,081	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	316	235.90/cwt	233.00–239.00	745	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	168.61/cwt	167.00–179.00	1,089	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,210	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	831	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	226.12/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,185	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	383	243.44/cwt	240.00–262.00	932	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	997	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	193.89/cwt	193.00–196.00	925	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,287	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	168.12/cwt	162.00–172.50	1,380	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	200.88/cwt	189.00–206.50	1,149	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	909	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,500	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	199.42/cwt	199.00–200.00	1,288	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	221.60/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,374	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	973	165.34/cwt	164.00–173.00	1,609	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	665	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,184	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	194.06/cwt	183.00–202.00	805	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	214.05/cwt	200.00–223.00	1,017	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	230.08/cwt	211.00–241.00	1,323	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	183.05/cwt	168.00–208.00	1,043	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	915	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	178.32/cwt	177.00–180.00	1,559	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	529	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,005	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	575	180.57/cwt	173.00–191.00	1,038	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	227.64/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,088	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	567	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,077	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	249.64/cwt	237.00–254.00	1,293	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	213.80/cwt	200.00–221.00	1,417	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	195.65/cwt	183.00–203.00	1,420	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	441	231.98/cwt	231.00–235.00	1,023	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	369	250.28/cwt	243.00–258.00	924	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	211.19/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,330	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	187.76/cwt	176.00–197.00	1,444	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	930	172.89/cwt	168.00–179.00	1,608	119
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	976	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	724	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	272.94/cwt	261.00–276.00	1,013	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	184.41/cwt	174.00–188.50	1,520	123
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	203.67/cwt	203.00–204.00	1,267	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	682	186.76/cwt	184.00–191.00	1,274	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	199.59/cwt	189.00–204.00	1,237	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	195.24/cwt	187.00–218.00	1,123	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	784	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,364	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	702	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,362	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	176.77/cwt	171.00–190.00	728	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,238	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	623	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,103	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	432	222.35/cwt	212.00–232.00	961	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	914	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	171.20/cwt	165.00–174.25	1,484	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	195.89/cwt	186.00–205.00	938	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	807	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	909	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,305	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	231.49/cwt	213.00–235.00	775	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	982	157.18/cwt	155.75–157.75	1,544	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	188.67/cwt	179.00–202.00	1,262	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	176.26/cwt	174.50–178.50	1,176	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	180.81/cwt	162.00–186.00	1,036	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	201.61/cwt	201.00–204.00	1,073	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	737	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,316	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	395	205.64/cwt	205.00–207.00	812	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	221.65/cwt	210.00–230.00	935	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	716	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,149	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	721	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	334	216.64/cwt	206.00–220.00	724	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	176.59/cwt	176.00–177.00	1,114	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	447	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	800	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	976	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	182.92/cwt	170.00–187.00	1,295	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	198.27/cwt	180.00–204.50	1,219	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	239.80/cwt	230.00–263.00	1,115	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	653	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,352	3

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 Mar 16, 2023

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

Receipts 3,685Last week 3,252Year ago 3,074

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Steer calves steady. Heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Quality average to attractive.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	230.00	230.00
8	—	316	233.00–239.00	235.90
8	—	524	220.00–230.00	226.12
18	—	383	240.00–262.00	243.44
9	—	622	203.00–204.00	203.67
18	—	682	184.00–191.00	186.76
4	—	432	212.00–232.00	222.35
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	545	183.00	183.00
7	—	429	212.00	212.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	620	189.00–204.00	199.59
11	—	575	187.00–218.00	195.24
5	—	784	174.00	174.00
4	—	702	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	646	167.00–179.00	168.61
49	—	747	162.00	162.00
28	—	477	193.00–196.00	193.89
21	—	412	171.00–190.00	176.77
44	—	764	162.00	162.00
26	—	541	169.00	169.00
149	—	667	174.50–178.50	176.26
112	—	573	162.00–186.00	180.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	533	156.00	156.00
25	—	716	160.50	160.50
6	—	487	148.00	148.00
56	—	612	159.50	159.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	821	162.00–172.50	168.12
98	—	572	189.00–206.50	200.88
11	—	909	165.00	165.00
93	—	475	200.00–223.00	214.05
80	—	867	165.00–174.25	171.20
2	—	370	218.00	218.00
9	—	777	168.00	168.00
19	—	335	213.00–235.00	231.49
38	—	982	155.75–157.75	157.18
135	—	669	179.00–202.00	188.67
23	—	532	201.00–204.00	201.61
60	—	422	210.00–230.00	221.65
129	—	708	170.00–187.00	182.92
103	—	615	180.00–204.50	198.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	665	178.00	178.00
7	—	415	183.00–202.00	194.06
5	—	529	190.00	190.00
15	—	575	173.00–191.00	180.57
21	—	479	186.00–205.00	195.89
88	—	737	178.50	178.50
25	—	395	205.00–207.00	205.64
13	—	334	206.00–220.00	216.64
10	—	631	176.00–177.00	176.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	177.00	177.00
4	—	447	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	220.00	220.00
7	—	478	225.00–231.00	227.64
16	—	441	231.00–235.00	231.98
8	—	369	243.00–258.00	250.28
7	—	630	200.00–220.00	211.19
3	—	653	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	646	199.00–200.00	199.42
11	—	570	168.00–208.00	183.05
4	—	396	231.00	231.00
2	—	340	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	620	215.00–225.00	221.60
71	—	973	164.00–173.00	165.34
125	—	575	211.00–241.00	230.08
33	—	874	177.00–180.00	178.32
32	—	518	237.00–254.00	249.64
210	—	663	200.00–221.00	213.80
183	—	726	183.00–203.00	195.65
2	—	345	267.00	267.00
121	—	769	176.00–197.00	187.76
119	—	930	168.00–179.00	172.89
15	—	371	261.00–276.00	272.94
123	—	824	174.00–188.50	184.41
39	—	465	230.00–263.00	239.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	567	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	545	179.00	179.00

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