Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a light test last week: Feeder steers were mostly steady. Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Steer calves mostly steady. Heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.82/cwt on 1,188 head.

Average price

$203.82

1,188 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,281

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$496

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

$30.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.26

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	621	207.62	1,289	879
Medium and Large 1-2	653	193.15	1,261	306
Medium and Large 2	448	177.00	793	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.62/cwt here — about $496 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 sale1,188 hd

203.82

—

OK average5 barns · 3,336 hd

212.07

−8.26

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

76 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 1	—	513	222.28/cwt	210.00–239.00	1,140	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	522	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,018	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,449	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	239.91/cwt	234.00–253.00	1,468	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	203.04/cwt	202.50–204.00	1,567	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	379	235.69/cwt	230.00–249.00	893	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	552	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,154	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	200.30/cwt	187.00–214.00	1,290	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	230.12/cwt	225.00–233.00	1,355	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	257.67/cwt	254.00–264.00	1,492	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	949	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	233.12/cwt	212.00–246.00	1,100	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	916	175.74/cwt	169.00–179.50	1,610	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	193.55/cwt	192.00–195.50	1,676	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	183.46/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,770	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,206	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	239.05/cwt	222.00–248.00	1,568	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	261.82/cwt	259.00–266.00	1,089	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	203.88/cwt	195.00–213.00	1,397	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,524	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,151	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,865	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	554	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,391	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	356	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	879	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	198.74/cwt	190.00–201.00	1,624	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,046	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	184.09/cwt	180.00–191.00	1,677	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,672	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	262.04/cwt	247.00–267.00	1,365	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	287.97/cwt	281.00–292.00	1,094	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	453	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,210	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	310	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	862	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	546	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,190	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	216.13/cwt	213.00–218.00	1,357	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	251.58/cwt	244.00–265.00	1,192	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	704	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,324	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,322	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	502	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,290	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	651	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,289	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	225.95/cwt	221.00–233.00	1,082	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,091	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	383	272.99/cwt	265.00–283.00	1,046	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	250.11/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,321	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	445	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,037	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	183.12/cwt	180.00–183.50	1,436	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	207.23/cwt	202.00–208.00	1,206	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	574	232.84/cwt	225.00–241.00	1,337	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	897	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	793	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	508	227.02/cwt	217.00–232.00	1,153	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	202.00/cwt	194.50–207.00	1,343	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	219.52/cwt	212.00–234.00	1,234	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	946	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,324	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	613	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,103	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	178.29/cwt	176.00–179.00	1,453	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	224.70/cwt	224.00–226.00	921	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	971	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,457	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	229.33/cwt	225.00–238.00	1,105	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	183.67/cwt	182.00–185.00	1,130	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,275	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	206.66/cwt	195.00–213.00	1,312	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	189.93/cwt	183.00–190.50	1,352	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	248.15/cwt	241.00–258.00	931	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	186.44/cwt	186.00–188.00	1,432	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	197.78/cwt	186.00–215.00	914	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	186.68/cwt	176.00–188.50	1,292	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	183.21/cwt	179.00–185.75	1,500	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,113	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,658	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	641	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,410	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	521	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,355	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	238.37/cwt	236.00–246.00	987	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	178.00/cwt	174.00–179.50	1,549	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	414	224.36/cwt	215.00–231.00	929	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	189.23/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,181	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,488	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,603	11

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

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Receipts 2,613Last week 1,111Year ago 3,350

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	513	210.00–239.00	222.28
93	—	665	194.50–207.00	202.00
86	—	562	212.00–234.00	219.52
5	—	946	140.00	140.00
8	—	971	150.00	150.00
62	—	482	225.00–238.00	229.33
196	—	635	195.00–213.00	206.66
123	—	712	183.00–190.50	189.93
43	—	375	241.00–258.00	248.15
40	—	768	186.00–188.00	186.44
43	—	819	179.00–185.75	183.21
11	—	1,113	149.00	149.00
36	—	414	236.00–246.00	238.37
15	—	870	174.00–179.50	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	522	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	379	230.00–249.00	235.69
4	—	552	209.00	209.00
4	—	651	198.00	198.00
17	—	479	221.00–233.00	225.95
9	—	508	217.00–232.00	227.02
16	—	414	215.00–231.00	224.36
12	—	624	180.00–200.00	189.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	784	180.00–183.50	183.12
30	—	582	202.00–208.00	207.23
43	—	815	176.00–179.00	178.29
43	—	410	224.00–226.00	224.70
7	—	615	182.00–185.00	183.67
3	—	741	172.00	172.00
37	—	462	186.00–215.00	197.78
44	—	692	176.00–188.50	186.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	448	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	743	195.00	195.00
15	—	644	187.00–214.00	200.30
15	—	589	225.00–233.00	230.12
12	—	472	212.00–246.00	233.12
36	—	916	169.00–179.50	175.74
23	—	685	195.00–213.00	203.88
2	—	427	245.00	245.00
13	—	763	195.00	195.00
11	—	871	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	612	234.00–253.00	239.91
44	—	772	202.50–204.00	203.04
13	—	579	254.00–264.00	257.67
5	—	333	285.00	285.00
190	—	866	192.00–195.50	193.55
119	—	965	175.00–185.00	183.46
2	—	473	255.00	255.00
32	—	656	222.00–248.00	239.05
39	—	416	259.00–266.00	261.82
15	—	729	209.00	209.00
14	—	1,151	162.00	162.00
81	—	817	190.00–201.00	198.74
68	—	911	180.00–191.00	184.09
4	—	1,045	160.00	160.00
27	—	521	247.00–267.00	262.04
36	—	380	281.00–292.00	287.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	554	251.00	251.00
6	—	356	247.00	247.00
3	—	453	267.00	267.00
2	—	310	278.00	278.00
16	—	641	220.00	220.00
5	—	521	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	546	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	628	213.00–218.00	216.13
8	—	474	244.00–265.00	251.58
6	—	704	188.00	188.00
5	—	553	239.00	239.00
5	—	502	257.00	257.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	426	256.00	256.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	383	265.00–283.00	272.99
19	—	528	245.00–256.00	250.11
7	—	445	233.00	233.00
15	—	574	225.00–241.00	232.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	183.00	183.00
4	—	613	180.00	180.00

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