Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: With a general rain in the area limiting receipts this week, Feeder steers mostly steady. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Steer calves steady. Heifer calves 6.00 to 8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $210.24/cwt on 449 head.

Average price

$210.24

449 head · 747 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,570

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$327

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

$41.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.07

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	731	217.14	1,587	356
Medium and Large 1-2	824	185.07	1,524	80
Medium and Large 2	716	176.00	1,260	13thin

One grade step is worth $41.14/cwt here — about $327 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 sale449 hd

210.24

—

OK average5 barns · 1,614 hd

236.31

−26.07

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

47 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	716	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,260	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	952	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,371	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,240	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	214.75/cwt	204.00–220.00	1,213	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	194.35/cwt	194.00–195.00	1,675	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,435	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	229.49/cwt	225.00–234.00	1,329	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	445	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,086	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	204.47/cwt	200.00–206.50	1,587	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	223.58/cwt	222.50–232.00	1,409	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	289.25/cwt	285.00–290.50	1,056	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	262.28/cwt	249.00–270.00	1,238	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	961	186.25/cwt	186.25–186.25	1,790	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	195.87/cwt	195.00–196.00	1,634	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,133	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	212.40/cwt	211.00–216.00	1,459	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	182.18/cwt	178.50–183.50	1,682	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	424	276.75/cwt	270.00–281.00	1,173	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	631	209.29/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,321	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,301	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	925	165.30/cwt	164.00–167.00	1,529	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	560	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,243	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	704	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,443	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,384	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	841	171.75/cwt	171.75–171.75	1,444	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	205.40/cwt	197.00–209.50	1,384	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,274	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,329	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,476	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	1,469	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	774	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,283	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	205.09/cwt	196.00–207.50	1,311	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	511	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,175	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,035	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,118	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	913	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	222.75/cwt	209.00–228.00	1,178	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,109	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	264.92/cwt	264.00–267.00	1,089	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	346	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	938	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,228	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	699	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,251	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	340	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	586	184.66/cwt	181.00–187.00	1,082	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	592	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,006	7

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 Apr 27, 2023

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

Receipts 1,111Last week 3,313Year ago 3,372

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	716	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	521	238.00	238.00
34	—	862	194.00–195.00	194.35
10	—	579	225.00–234.00	229.49
53	—	776	200.00–206.50	204.47
34	—	630	222.50–232.00	223.58
32	—	365	285.00–290.50	289.25
17	—	472	249.00–270.00	262.28
90	—	961	186.25	186.25
37	—	834	195.00–196.00	195.87
28	—	412	275.00	275.00
18	—	687	211.00–216.00	212.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	565	204.00–220.00	214.75
37	—	795	180.50	180.50
34	—	923	178.50–183.50	182.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	952	144.00	144.00
16	—	841	171.75	171.75
10	—	777	171.00	171.00
7	—	335	231.00	231.00
8	—	721	178.00	178.00
2	—	355	216.00	216.00
4	—	441	207.00	207.00
7	—	529	209.00–228.00	222.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	244.00	244.00
4	—	511	230.00	230.00
10	—	699	179.00	179.00
3	—	340	225.00	225.00
18	—	586	181.00–187.00	184.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	719	192.50	192.50
60	—	674	197.00–209.50	205.40
23	—	555	229.50	229.50
5	—	809	182.50	182.50
68	—	767	191.50	191.50
43	—	639	196.00–207.50	205.09
3	—	395	262.00	262.00
6	—	480	233.00	233.00
29	—	411	264.00–267.00	264.92
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	592	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	424	270.00–281.00	276.75
17	—	631	208.00–210.00	209.29
17	—	491	265.00	265.00
16	—	925	164.00–167.00	165.30
8	—	560	222.00	222.00
7	—	704	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	236.00	236.00
7	—	346	271.00	271.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	593	207.00	207.00

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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