Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: With a general rain in the area limiting receipts this week, there were to few cattle in most classes for a good trend. There was a steady to stronger undertone noted on both the feeder cattle and calves. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $234.99/cwt on 724 head.

Average price

$234.99

724 head · 671 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$317

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

$13.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.02

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	683	236.73	1,618	632
Medium and Large 1-2	583	223.02	1,301	92

One grade step is worth $13.71/cwt here — about $317 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 sale724 hd

234.99

—

OK average5 barns · 2,810 hd

254.00

−19.02

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

61 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 1-2	—	474	212.54/cwt	196.00–235.00	1,007	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,727	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	604	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,262	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	931	208.17/cwt	185.00–209.00	1,938	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	371	258.76/cwt	250.00–280.00	960	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,109	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,752	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	225.42/cwt	224.50–226.00	1,526	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,542	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,751	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,058	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,320	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,663	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	957	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,799	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,743	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	308.86/cwt	289.00–312.00	1,347	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	360	326.04/cwt	317.00–329.00	1,174	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	214.32/cwt	201.00–224.00	1,432	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	396	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	733	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	570	246.37/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,404	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	794	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	688	212.02/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,459	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	434	253.58/cwt	242.00–295.00	1,101	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,196	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	256.90/cwt	233.00–265.00	1,231	87
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	403	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	979	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	562	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,326	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	364	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	899	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	592	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,308	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	855	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,530	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	484	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,162	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	640	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,382	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	468	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,292	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	325	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	845	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,063	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	228.21/cwt	218.00–233.00	1,273	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,006	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	207.65/cwt	206.00–213.00	1,323	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	257.58/cwt	257.00–264.00	829	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	682	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,262	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	537	220.50/cwt	199.00–227.00	1,184	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,284	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	220.10/cwt	197.00–245.00	916	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	692	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,127	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,364	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	258.03/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,045	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,411	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,481	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	969	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	221.96/cwt	195.00–225.00	921	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	945	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	208.09/cwt	189.00–224.00	961	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	321	268.73/cwt	265.00–274.00	863	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	233.25/cwt	233.00–234.00	1,222	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	439	241.56/cwt	239.00–249.00	1,060	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	287	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	944	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	827	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,563	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	487	216.64/cwt	212.00–222.00	1,055	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	218.57/cwt	215.75–222.50	1,681	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	583	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	643	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,447	4

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

Thu Dec 14, 2023

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

Receipts 1,237Last week 2,519Year ago 2,922

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	474	196.00–235.00	212.54
6	—	895	193.00	193.00
7	—	511	207.00	207.00
14	—	840	198.00	198.00
22	—	668	201.00–224.00	214.32
3	—	371	214.00	214.00
22	—	424	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	931	185.00–209.00	208.17
7	—	1,109	158.00	158.00
69	—	677	224.50–226.00	225.42
30	—	539	286.00	286.00
20	—	850	206.00	206.00
38	—	489	270.00	270.00
4	—	957	188.00	188.00
78	—	807	216.00	216.00
35	—	436	289.00–312.00	308.86
78	—	769	215.75–222.50	218.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	360	317.00–329.00	326.04
14	—	570	240.00–257.00	246.37
15	—	688	210.00–220.00	212.02
28	—	434	242.00–295.00	253.58
87	—	479	233.00–265.00	256.90
4	—	643	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	396	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	604	209.00	209.00
18	—	371	250.00–280.00	258.76
2	—	682	185.00	185.00
21	—	537	199.00–227.00	220.50
5	—	321	265.00–274.00	268.73
14	—	439	239.00–249.00	241.56
12	—	287	329.00	329.00
5	—	827	189.00	189.00
13	—	487	212.00–222.00	216.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	558	218.00–233.00	228.21
16	—	637	206.00–213.00	207.65
26	—	322	257.00–264.00	257.58
34	—	405	251.00–259.00	258.03
3	—	830	170.00	170.00
3	—	871	170.00	170.00
20	—	389	243.00	243.00
8	—	524	233.00–234.00	233.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,006	167.50	167.50
5	—	778	165.00	165.00
18	—	378	183.00	183.00
5	—	609	185.00	185.00
4	—	880	155.00	155.00
4	—	673	144.00	144.00
20	—	415	195.00–225.00	221.96
12	—	462	189.00–224.00	208.09
14	—	322	181.00	181.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	403	243.00	243.00
6	—	562	236.00	236.00
3	—	640	216.00	216.00
3	—	468	276.00	276.00
2	—	325	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	364	247.00	247.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	592	221.00	221.00
8	—	855	179.00	179.00
5	—	484	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	521	204.00	204.00
6	—	416	197.00–245.00	220.10

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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