Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Steer calves 6.00 to 12.00 lower. Heifer calves 15.00 to 20.00 lower. Demand was light to moderate. Quality was average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $234.79/cwt on 960 head.

Average price

$234.79

960 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

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

$18.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.06

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	686	235.58	1,615	919
Medium and Large 1-2	613	217.10	1,330	41

One grade step is worth $18.48/cwt here — about $285 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 sale960 hd

234.79

—

OK average5 barns · 3,486 hd

254.85

−20.06

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

82 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 1Unweaned	—	467	234.52/cwt	215.00–244.00	1,095	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	217.63/cwt	208.00–227.00	1,584	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	216.31/cwt	202.00–218.50	1,763	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	720	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,332	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	780	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,365	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	598	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,070	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	532	208.61/cwt	207.00–214.00	1,110	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	317.34/cwt	291.00–341.00	1,358	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	297.79/cwt	283.00–303.00	1,450	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	474	184.08/cwt	169.00–207.00	873	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	203.32/cwt	195.00–212.00	1,175	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,870	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	214.40/cwt	211.00–222.50	1,659	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,017	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,932	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	278.16/cwt	269.00–290.00	1,471	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	687	187.43/cwt	168.00–201.00	1,288	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	441	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	878	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	948	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,830	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	230.11/cwt	203.00–239.00	1,530	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	382	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,215	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,252	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	352.36/cwt	341.00–361.00	1,300	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	354.90/cwt	345.00–363.00	1,129	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,172	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	580	237.68/cwt	222.00–252.00	1,379	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	734	212.44/cwt	200.00–218.00	1,559	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	416	302.86/cwt	289.00–318.00	1,260	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	220.12/cwt	218.00–225.00	1,354	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	263.02/cwt	239.00–269.00	1,515	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	537	262.46/cwt	258.00–267.00	1,409	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	674	212.59/cwt	208.00–216.00	1,433	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,394	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,316	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	635	218.91/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,390	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	463	284.67/cwt	283.00–287.00	1,318	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	473	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	757	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	576	183.62/cwt	161.00–197.00	1,058	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	334	249.14/cwt	225.00–265.00	832	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	466	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,011	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,029	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,111	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	213.22/cwt	193.00–225.00	1,348	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	521	257.29/cwt	252.00–261.00	1,340	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	554	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,385	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	601	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,298	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	258	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	988	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	337	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,183	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	421	289.53/cwt	283.00–299.00	1,219	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	317	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,110	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	510	214.94/cwt	211.00–237.00	1,096	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	440	254.74/cwt	234.00–279.00	1,121	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	660	186.05/cwt	171.00–189.00	1,228	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	581	224.69/cwt	219.00–231.00	1,305	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	238.30/cwt	233.00–249.00	1,034	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	324	197.82/cwt	181.00–215.00	641	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	705	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,325	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	688	200.23/cwt	198.00–202.00	1,378	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	756	177.59/cwt	172.00–181.00	1,343	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	462	257.99/cwt	250.00–269.00	1,192	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,574	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	805	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,385	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	387	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,211	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	191.98/cwt	191.00–193.00	1,586	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	252.64/cwt	232.00–272.00	920	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,283	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,006	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	447	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	621	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	402	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	215.44/cwt	206.00–226.00	1,138	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	270.35/cwt	267.00–271.00	908	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	425	239.38/cwt	235.00–248.00	1,017	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	305	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	198.04/cwt	192.00–201.50	1,525	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	201.77/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,477	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	991	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	232.16/cwt	215.00–237.00	1,126	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	394	242.83/cwt	222.00–249.00	957	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	532	191.70/cwt	160.00–203.00	1,020	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	207.64/cwt	203.00–211.00	1,200	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	204.54/cwt	198.00–207.00	1,389	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	197.06/cwt	192.00–202.00	1,232	50

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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Receipts 2,519Last week 1,748Year ago 4,965

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	467	215.00–244.00	234.52
12	—	720	185.00	185.00
3	—	780	175.00	175.00
24	—	532	207.00–214.00	208.61
55	—	578	195.00–212.00	203.32
26	—	425	235.00–248.00	239.38
2	—	305	241.00	241.00
20	—	394	222.00–249.00	242.83
50	—	625	192.00–202.00	197.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	598	179.00	179.00
17	—	474	169.00–207.00	184.08
26	—	687	168.00–201.00	187.43
8	—	441	199.00	199.00
4	—	324	181.00–215.00	197.82
22	—	532	160.00–203.00	191.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	434	233.00–249.00	238.30
6	—	927	167.50	167.50
5	—	865	182.00	182.00
134	—	826	191.00–193.00	191.98
30	—	364	232.00–272.00	252.64
12	—	635	202.00	202.00
4	—	1,006	167.50	167.50
12	—	528	206.00–226.00	215.44
12	—	336	267.00–271.00	270.35
99	—	770	192.00–201.50	198.04
92	—	732	200.00–202.00	201.77
16	—	485	215.00–237.00	232.16
57	—	578	203.00–211.00	207.64
51	—	679	198.00–207.00	204.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	447	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	402	205.00	205.00
4	—	508	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	728	208.00–227.00	217.63
93	—	815	202.00–218.50	216.31
11	—	428	291.00–341.00	317.34
38	—	487	283.00–303.00	297.79
8	—	850	220.00	220.00
169	—	774	211.00–222.50	214.40
2	—	1,017	190.00	190.00
52	—	529	269.00–290.00	278.16
60	—	948	193.00	193.00
46	—	665	203.00–239.00	230.11
17	—	369	341.00–361.00	352.36
9	—	318	345.00–363.00	354.90
9	—	615	218.00–225.00	220.12
61	—	576	239.00–269.00	263.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	382	318.00	318.00
15	—	580	222.00–252.00	237.68
99	—	734	200.00–218.00	212.44
21	—	416	289.00–318.00	302.86
20	—	537	258.00–267.00	262.46
18	—	674	208.00–216.00	212.59
28	—	635	210.00–227.00	218.91
28	—	463	283.00–287.00	284.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	513	244.00	244.00
3	—	378	310.00	310.00
4	—	766	182.00	182.00
27	—	642	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	473	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	576	161.00–197.00	183.62
12	—	334	225.00–265.00	249.14
6	—	466	217.00	217.00
13	—	510	211.00–237.00	214.94
13	—	440	234.00–279.00	254.74
12	—	660	171.00–189.00	186.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	490	210.00	210.00
4	—	542	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	632	193.00–225.00	213.22
13	—	521	252.00–261.00	257.29
7	—	421	283.00–299.00	289.53
2	—	317	350.00	350.00
17	—	581	219.00–231.00	224.69
11	—	705	188.00	188.00
29	—	688	198.00–202.00	200.23
8	—	756	172.00–181.00	177.59
7	—	462	250.00–269.00	257.99
3	—	805	172.00	172.00
2	—	387	313.00	313.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	554	250.00	250.00
5	—	601	216.00	216.00
7	—	258	383.00	383.00
4	—	337	351.00	351.00

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