Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $276.15/cwt on 167 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −117.59 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.

Average price

$276.15

167 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,502

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$9.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.06

vs OK average

−0.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	278.58	1,529	122
Medium and Large 1-2	530	269.54	1,429	45

One grade step is worth $9.04/cwt here — about $101 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $443.73, low $344.75, median $393.73 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale167 hd

276.15

—

OK average5 barns · 571 hd

277.20

−1.06

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−0.02

This barn, trailing median32 sales

393.73

−117.59

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

63 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	651	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,719	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,206	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	342.09/cwt	329.00–345.00	1,789	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	322	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,059	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	374.28/cwt	355.00–384.00	1,430	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	269.59/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,542	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	293.08/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,826	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	341.89/cwt	316.00–348.00	1,145	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	317.53/cwt	309.00–322.00	1,635	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	254.75/cwt	241.00–262.00	1,470	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	232.83/cwt	224.00–236.50	1,700	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	252.89/cwt	242.00–270.00	1,593	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	216.01/cwt	214.00–217.50	1,856	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	221.77/cwt	221.00–225.50	1,825	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	420	317.78/cwt	292.00–326.00	1,335	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	514	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,393	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	229.40/cwt	227.00–232.50	2,101	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	318.88/cwt	313.00–334.00	1,387	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	312.23/cwt	295.00–335.00	1,449	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	329.67/cwt	322.00–339.00	1,249	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	250.52/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,676	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	334.07/cwt	316.00–339.00	1,881	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	225.80/cwt	216.00–229.50	1,768	417
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,851	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	282.59/cwt	274.00–287.50	1,916	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	350.85/cwt	336.00–369.00	1,617	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,073	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,523	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1000–1050	1,022	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,208	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	863	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,088	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,697	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,756	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	278.90/cwt	270.00–281.00	1,308	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	311.90/cwt	306.00–321.00	1,351	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	302.65/cwt	282.00–307.00	1,144	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,455	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	270.39/cwt	268.00–272.00	1,928	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	255.02/cwt	248.00–265.00	1,976	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	243.13/cwt	242.50–245.00	2,011	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	932	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	204.68/cwt	188.00–210.00	1,599	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,356	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	347	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,287	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	360.61/cwt	335.00–374.00	1,522	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,205	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	265.72/cwt	249.00–274.50	1,653	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,414	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,286	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	639	244.50/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,562	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,322	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	228.51/cwt	226.50–230.00	2,258	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	230.69/cwt	228.00–241.00	1,596	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	269.54/cwt	260.00–274.00	1,429	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,602	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	424	343.64/cwt	342.00–347.00	1,457	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,539	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	288.13/cwt	288.00–289.00	1,536	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,469	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,912	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	366	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,310	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	368	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,277	15

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	368	347.00	347.00
2	450–500	482	318.00	318.00
9	500–550	515	309.00–322.00	317.53
9	650–700	651	264.00	264.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	331.00	331.00
5	450–500	488	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	403	319.00	319.00
5	450–500	476	297.00	297.00
12	600–650	622	249.00–274.50	265.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	377.00	377.00
19	350–400	382	355.00–384.00	374.28
9	400–450	422	335.00–374.00	360.61
28	450–500	461	336.00–369.00	350.85
109	500–550	523	329.00–345.00	342.09
30	550–600	563	316.00–339.00	334.07
101	600–650	623	290.00–300.00	293.08
38	650–700	678	274.00–287.50	282.59
51	700–750	713	268.00–272.00	270.39
166	750–800	775	248.00–265.00	255.02
62	800–850	827	242.50–245.00	243.13
20	850–900	882	235.00	235.00
216	900–950	916	227.00–232.50	229.40
75	950–1000	988	226.50–230.00	228.51
5	1050–1100	1,055	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	433	306.00–321.00	311.90
10	450–500	493	275.00	275.00
21	500–550	515	311.00	311.00
13	550–600	560	303.00	303.00
10	750–800	770	228.00	228.00
11	850–900	865	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	347	371.00	371.00
3	350–400	366	358.00	358.00
23	400–450	424	342.00–347.00	343.64
6	450–500	465	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	322	329.00	329.00
22	400–450	420	292.00–326.00	317.78
6	450–500	472	280.00	280.00
5	500–550	514	271.00	271.00
9	550–600	577	241.00–262.00	254.75
8	600–650	639	242.00–246.00	244.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	335	316.00–348.00	341.89
31	350–400	379	322.00–339.00	329.67
54	400–450	435	313.00–334.00	318.88
15	450–500	464	295.00–335.00	312.23
66	500–550	533	288.00–289.00	288.13
42	550–600	572	260.00–282.00	269.59
99	600–650	630	242.00–270.00	252.89
52	650–700	669	248.00–255.00	250.52
105	700–750	730	224.00–236.50	232.83
417	750–800	783	216.00–229.50	225.80
172	800–850	823	221.00–225.50	221.77
67	850–900	859	214.00–217.50	216.01
6	950–1000	974	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	863	242.00	242.00
9	1000–1050	1,022	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	378	282.00–307.00	302.65
21	450–500	469	270.00–281.00	278.90
45	500–550	530	260.00–274.00	269.54
9	600–650	638	228.00	228.00
52	650–700	692	228.00–241.00	230.69
5	700–750	703	209.00	209.00
42	750–800	781	188.00–210.00	204.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	414	225.00	225.00

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