Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-08-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Steer calves 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifer calves 2.00 to 6.00. Demand was moderate to active. Quality was average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $242.42/cwt on 1,874 head.

Average price

$242.42

1,874 head · 792 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,921

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$481

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

$46.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.90

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	797	246.02	1,962	1,378
Medium and Large 1-2	779	233.86	1,823	475
Medium and Large 2	742	199.67	1,481	21

One grade step is worth $46.35/cwt here — about $481 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 sale1,874 hd

242.42

—

OK average5 barns · 3,752 hd

262.32

−19.90

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

70 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	—	687	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,367	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	226.63/cwt	226.00–233.00	2,092	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	332	305.36/cwt	290.00–309.00	1,014	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,438	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	854	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,896	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	226.28/cwt	220.50–233.50	1,860	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,137	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	237.23/cwt	232.50–238.75	2,285	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	214.42/cwt	201.00–215.50	1,994	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,166	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,279	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	274.85/cwt	262.00–280.00	1,542	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	262.77/cwt	248.00–269.00	1,884	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	273.09/cwt	262.00–275.00	1,748	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	237.39/cwt	217.00–239.50	1,845	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	242.38/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,774	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	239.84/cwt	237.00–244.25	1,974	527
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	410	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,177	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	576	266.22/cwt	264.00–268.00	1,533	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	241.14/cwt	237.00–244.00	2,086	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	268.99/cwt	264.50–274.00	1,829	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	505	271.39/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,371	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	352	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,081	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	703	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,680	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	278.52/cwt	276.00–288.00	1,487	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	661	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,633	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	482	277.58/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,338	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	246.98/cwt	245.00–248.00	1,509	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	566	258.43/cwt	252.00–264.00	1,463	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	450	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,233	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	444	296.21/cwt	289.00–299.00	1,315	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	380	285.49/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,085	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	684	234.27/cwt	233.00–236.00	1,602	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	266.71/cwt	254.00–270.00	1,510	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	251.51/cwt	246.00–263.00	1,592	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,231	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,094	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,525	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	325	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,069	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	915	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,459	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	425	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,050	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	569	236.61/cwt	236.00–237.00	1,346	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,292	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	228.71/cwt	227.00–233.00	1,509	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	235.30/cwt	224.50–239.00	1,697	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	252.96/cwt	243.00–268.00	1,353	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	230.96/cwt	227.00–233.50	1,765	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,111	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	242.75/cwt	233.00–243.00	1,648	295
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,258	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	319	237.16/cwt	232.50–244.00	757	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	373	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	981	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	936	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	387	281.05/cwt	271.00–283.00	1,088	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	527	240.12/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,265	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	238.90/cwt	224.00–249.00	1,627	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	478	219.33/cwt	205.00–232.00	1,048	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	209.92/cwt	205.00–214.00	1,839	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	223.75/cwt	223.75–223.75	1,812	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	485	254.87/cwt	241.00–269.00	1,236	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	561	234.36/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,315	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	247.90/cwt	242.00–250.50	1,887	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	910	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	552	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,209	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	427	278.22/cwt	256.00–281.00	1,188	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	769	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,538	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 →

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Receipts 3,361Last week 2,009Year ago 2,788

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	687	199.00	199.00
14	—	769	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	923	226.00–233.00	226.63
2	—	392	290.00	290.00
145	—	963	232.50–238.75	237.23
63	—	1,085	210.00	210.00
44	—	561	262.00–280.00	274.85
55	—	717	248.00–269.00	262.77
13	—	640	262.00–275.00	273.09
2	—	475	287.00	287.00
527	—	823	237.00–244.25	239.84
105	—	865	237.00–244.00	241.14
97	—	680	264.50–274.00	268.99
9	—	534	276.00–288.00	278.52
162	—	761	242.00–250.50	247.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	622	254.00	254.00
75	—	854	222.00	222.00
44	—	822	220.50–233.50	226.28
27	—	930	201.00–215.50	214.42
6	—	496	235.00	235.00
199	—	777	217.00–239.50	237.39
79	—	732	235.00–244.00	242.38
40	—	681	224.00–249.00	238.90
3	—	331	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	287.00	287.00
35	—	576	264.00–268.00	266.22
10	—	505	270.00–272.00	271.39
8	—	352	307.00	307.00
5	—	703	239.00	239.00
33	—	661	247.00	247.00
28	—	482	274.00–285.00	277.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	332	290.00–309.00	305.36
6	—	617	233.00	233.00
18	—	387	271.00–283.00	281.05
18	—	527	230.00–245.00	240.12
38	—	485	241.00–269.00	254.87
17	—	561	230.00–241.00	234.36
33	—	427	256.00–281.00	278.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	566	254.00–270.00	266.71
95	—	633	246.00–263.00	251.51
3	—	461	267.00	267.00
2	—	392	279.00	279.00
121	—	721	224.50–239.00	235.30
35	—	535	243.00–268.00	252.96
92	—	764	227.00–233.50	230.96
5	—	434	256.00	256.00
295	—	679	233.00–243.00	242.75
30	—	876	205.00–214.00	209.92
30	—	810	223.75	223.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	366	250.00	250.00
5	—	793	184.00	184.00
2	—	615	210.00	210.00
7	—	660	227.00–233.00	228.71
6	—	559	225.00	225.00
5	—	416	225.00	225.00
4	—	725	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	319	232.50–244.00	237.16
7	—	373	263.00	263.00
13	—	478	205.00–232.00	219.33
4	—	552	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	611	245.00–248.00	246.98
27	—	566	252.00–264.00	258.43
8	—	450	274.00	274.00
25	—	444	289.00–299.00	296.21
20	—	380	285.00–290.00	285.49
15	—	684	233.00–236.00	234.27
2	—	325	329.00	329.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	569	268.00	268.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	425	247.00	247.00
13	—	569	236.00–237.00	236.61

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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