Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves steady on a light test of weaned calves. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $249.14/cwt on 636 head.

Average price

$249.14

636 head · 789 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,967

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$299

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

$21.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.63

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	794	251.00	1,993	581
Medium and Large 1-2	738	229.59	1,694	55

One grade step is worth $21.41/cwt here — about $299 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 sale636 hd

249.14

—

OK average5 barns · 1,968 hd

264.77

−15.63

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

53 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	—	682	265.20/cwt	260.00–274.00	1,809	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	896	239.82/cwt	239.00–240.00	2,149	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,082	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,945	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	770	254.75/cwt	254.75–254.75	1,962	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	244.92/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,509	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,364	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	253.64/cwt	249.00–261.00	1,877	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	274.68/cwt	274.00–276.00	1,541	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	367	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,097	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	245.80/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,674	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,154	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,071	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,228	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,689	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,645	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	270.07/cwt	256.00–274.00	1,707	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	475	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,221	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	510	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,505	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	586	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,612	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	280.48/cwt	278.00–282.00	1,301	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	439	286.04/cwt	284.00–287.00	1,256	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	346	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	796	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	659	235.47/cwt	231.50–239.00	1,552	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	584	247.33/cwt	242.00–258.00	1,444	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	514	268.09/cwt	258.00–275.00	1,378	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	498	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,230	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,037	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,098	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	198.40/cwt	172.00–219.00	1,567	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	204.31/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,914	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,423	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	736	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,428	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	261.62/cwt	258.00–269.00	1,326	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	371	302.33/cwt	298.00–307.00	1,122	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	256.58/cwt	243.00–259.00	1,491	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,152	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	955	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,805	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,921	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	425	270.33/cwt	245.00–279.00	1,149	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	233.75/cwt	233.75–233.75	1,938	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	476	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,147	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	367	276.18/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,014	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	422	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	912	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	233.96/cwt	228.00–243.00	1,579	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,928	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	239.27/cwt	233.00–242.10	1,725	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	376	225.41/cwt	218.00–230.00	848	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	566	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,319	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	543	249.65/cwt	243.00–253.00	1,356	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	265.77/cwt	245.00–275.00	1,249	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,454	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	259.84/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,588	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	239.72/cwt	239.00–243.75	2,249	102

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.

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Woodward Livestock Auction Feeder Cattle - Woodward, OK

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Receipts 1,374Last week 2,527Year ago 3,153

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	682	260.00–274.00	265.20
67	—	896	239.00–240.00	239.82
47	—	843	247.00	247.00
129	—	740	249.00–261.00	253.64
9	—	561	274.00–276.00	274.68
3	—	355	325.00	325.00
24	—	1,071	208.00	208.00
9	—	632	256.00–274.00	270.07
8	—	464	278.00–282.00	280.48
28	—	771	250.00	250.00
102	—	938	239.00–243.75	239.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	958	203.00	203.00
10	—	616	244.00–246.00	244.92
5	—	533	256.00	256.00
5	—	681	245.00–247.00	245.80
5	—	782	216.00	216.00
4	—	712	231.00	231.00
9	—	591	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	770	254.75	254.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	367	299.00	299.00
2	—	475	257.00	257.00
10	—	510	295.00	295.00
4	—	586	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	439	284.00–287.00	286.04
18	—	659	231.50–239.00	235.47
25	—	584	242.00–258.00	247.33
5	—	514	258.00–275.00	268.09
3	—	498	247.00	247.00
7	—	736	194.00	194.00
4	—	371	298.00–307.00	302.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	346	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	480	216.00	216.00
23	—	790	172.00–219.00	198.40
7	—	638	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	395	278.00	278.00
37	—	937	200.00–216.00	204.31
6	—	507	258.00–269.00	261.62
13	—	581	243.00–259.00	256.58
3	—	488	236.00	236.00
16	—	955	189.00	189.00
11	—	881	218.00	218.00
108	—	829	233.75	233.75
10	—	675	228.00–243.00	233.96
102	—	721	233.00–242.10	239.27
7	—	611	257.00–267.00	259.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	425	245.00–279.00	270.33
7	—	367	275.00–277.00	276.18
9	—	543	243.00–253.00	249.65
21	—	470	245.00–275.00	265.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	476	241.00	241.00
18	—	422	216.00	216.00
48	—	376	218.00–230.00	225.41
3	—	566	233.00	233.00

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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