Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady. Steer calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifer calves steady. Demand was moderate. Quality was average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $231.47/cwt on 1,323 head.

Average price

$231.47

1,323 head · 721 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,669

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$18.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.99

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	716	235.79	1,688	1,007
Medium and Large 1-2	739	217.70	1,608	316

One grade step is worth $18.09/cwt here — about $79 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 sale1,323 hd

231.47

—

OK average5 barns · 3,822 hd

244.46

−12.99

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

73 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 1	—	585	275.92/cwt	273.00–287.00	1,614	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,084	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	608	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,283	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,157	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,092	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	2,222	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,448	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	2,101	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	564	234.80/cwt	227.00–240.00	1,324	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	537	230.19/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,236	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	222.01/cwt	219.00–227.00	1,403	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,441	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,334	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	254.44/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,799	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	241.85/cwt	234.00–242.50	1,952	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	246.42/cwt	234.00–249.25	1,954	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,659	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	262.23/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,799	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,154	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	2,115	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	988	231.50/cwt	231.50–231.50	2,287	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	238.50/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,529	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	670	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,561	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	947	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,135	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	440	280.87/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,236	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	634	244.71/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,551	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	474	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,251	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	722	230.09/cwt	219.00–235.50	1,661	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	542	252.34/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,368	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,041	219.16/cwt	213.00–223.50	2,281	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	583	237.41/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,384	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	720	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,476	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	343	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,104	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	691	223.58/cwt	217.00–233.00	1,545	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,711	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,520	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	916	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,548	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	602	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,294	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	376	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,166	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	480	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,138	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	536	251.59/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,349	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	380	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,083	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	591	229.66/cwt	226.00–234.00	1,357	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	466	242.42/cwt	236.00–255.00	1,130	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	432	258.77/cwt	254.00–268.00	1,118	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	236.67/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,699	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,029	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	217.73/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,674	118
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	422	285.61/cwt	265.00–296.00	1,205	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,573	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,415	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	983	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,803	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	219.75/cwt	219.75–219.75	1,921	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	312	294.79/cwt	287.00–305.00	920	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,444	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,287	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	222.97/cwt	219.00–223.50	1,608	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	216.00/cwt	200.00–240.00	1,039	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,502	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	242.71/cwt	239.00–245.00	1,272	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,324	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	248.92/cwt	242.00–252.50	1,546	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	225.55/cwt	219.00–231.75	1,843	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,929	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	462	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,044	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	231.18/cwt	224.00–231.75	1,815	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	916	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,983	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	294.32/cwt	268.00–309.00	1,201	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,011	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	238.22/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,594	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,326	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	712	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,445	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	822	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 →

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

Receipts 2,527Last week 3,361Year ago 2,988

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady. Steer calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifer calves steady. Demand was moderate. Quality was average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	585	273.00–287.00	275.92
34	—	1,092	203.50	203.50
10	—	487	274.00	274.00
9	—	707	254.00–255.00	254.44
162	—	807	234.00–242.50	241.85
113	—	793	234.00–249.25	246.42
6	—	610	272.00	272.00
93	—	686	256.00–265.00	262.23
10	—	398	290.00	290.00
41	—	1,110	190.50	190.50
15	—	988	231.50	231.50
22	—	947	225.50	225.50
51	—	1,041	213.00–223.50	219.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	439	247.00	247.00
3	—	526	220.00	220.00
5	—	658	220.00	220.00
23	—	998	210.50	210.50
6	—	588	245.00	245.00
8	—	641	235.00–242.00	238.50
12	—	707	187.50	187.50
3	—	310	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	670	233.00	233.00
17	—	440	272.00–285.00	280.87
14	—	634	244.00–246.00	244.71
5	—	474	264.00	264.00
44	—	722	219.00–235.50	230.09
17	—	542	245.00–255.00	252.34
13	—	583	230.00–255.00	237.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	608	211.00	211.00
7	—	462	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	564	227.00–240.00	234.80
43	—	537	220.00–237.00	230.19
23	—	632	219.00–227.00	222.01
6	—	380	285.00	285.00
15	—	466	236.00–255.00	242.42
20	—	432	254.00–268.00	258.77
16	—	312	287.00–305.00	294.79
9	—	712	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	718	235.00–237.00	236.67
17	—	985	206.00	206.00
107	—	874	219.75	219.75
31	—	542	266.50	266.50
18	—	596	252.00	252.00
18	—	473	280.00	280.00
15	—	621	242.00–252.50	248.92
238	—	817	219.00–231.75	225.55
11	—	1,015	190.00	190.00
129	—	785	224.00–231.75	231.18
41	—	916	216.50	216.50
37	—	408	268.00–309.00	294.32
12	—	325	311.00	311.00
111	—	669	234.00–245.00	238.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	769	210.00–220.00	217.73
10	—	678	232.00	232.00
5	—	615	230.00	230.00
7	—	408	241.00	241.00
80	—	871	207.00	207.00
7	—	577	223.00	223.00
51	—	721	219.00–223.50	222.97
15	—	481	200.00–240.00	216.00
8	—	524	239.00–245.00	242.71
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	720	205.00	205.00
4	—	343	322.00	322.00
5	—	602	215.00	215.00
3	—	376	310.00	310.00
2	—	480	237.00	237.00
17	—	536	245.00–256.00	251.59
27	—	591	226.00–234.00	229.66
10	—	422	265.00–296.00	285.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	691	217.00–233.00	223.58
10	—	710	241.00	241.00
5	—	618	246.00	246.00
3	—	916	169.00	169.00

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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