Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Steer calves 8.oo to 12.00 lower. Heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality plain to average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $310.61/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −150.99 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$310.61

79 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,723

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$340

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

$76.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.43

vs OK average

−7.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	320.25	1,764	69
Medium and Large 1-2	583	244.13	1,423	10thin

One grade step is worth $76.12/cwt here — about $340 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

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $517.82, low $398.50, median $461.61 across 33 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 sale79 hd

310.61

—

OK average5 barns · 433 hd

318.04

−7.43

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−7.68

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−150.99

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

56 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	550–600	562	266.60/cwt	261.00–283.00	1,498	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	407	304.42/cwt	285.00–311.00	1,239	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,068	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	2,056	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,717	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	312.94/cwt	311.00–315.00	1,355	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	231.48/cwt	223.00–242.00	1,431	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	244.12/cwt	230.00–249.50	2,004	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	999	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,173	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	279.78/cwt	275.00–286.00	1,930	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	250.14/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,954	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	279.63/cwt	264.00–298.00	1,476	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	231.53/cwt	226.00–236.00	1,750	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	236.57/cwt	235.00–238.00	2,061	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	277.61/cwt	266.00–295.00	1,738	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	222.77/cwt	217.00–224.50	1,807	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	233.99/cwt	233.50–240.00	1,736	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	271.37/cwt	245.00–288.00	1,552	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	240.51/cwt	236.00–243.00	1,597	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,971	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	302.29/cwt	291.00–325.00	1,451	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,128	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	249.39/cwt	245.00–261.00	1,706	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	309.49/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,594	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	324.19/cwt	317.00–333.00	1,530	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,377	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	213.35/cwt	205.00–218.00	1,412	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	214.71/cwt	195.00–218.00	1,690	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,788	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	244.13/cwt	231.00–263.00	1,423	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,523	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	227.94/cwt	217.00–230.00	1,174	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	218.00/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,349	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,137	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	316	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,141	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,754	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	178.02/cwt	155.00–191.00	1,647	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	220.32/cwt	200.00–231.00	1,595	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,780	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	906	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,048	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	347	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,225	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	468	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,109	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	627	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,436	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	648	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,743	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	325.48/cwt	309.00–355.00	1,549	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,945	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	308.81/cwt	297.00–322.00	1,782	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	384	323.25/cwt	315.00–327.00	1,241	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	459	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,143	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,420	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,678	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	232.44/cwt	230.50–242.00	2,134	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	330.67/cwt	321.00–343.00	1,753	37

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

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

Receipts 1,555Last week 2,914Year ago 1,925

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Steer calves 8.oo to 12.00 lower. Heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality plain to average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	384	315.00–327.00	323.25
8	400–450	407	285.00–311.00	304.42
5	450–500	459	249.00	249.00
2	500–550	532	267.00	267.00
8	550–600	562	261.00–283.00	266.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	371	304.00	304.00
32	400–450	433	311.00–315.00	312.94
13	450–500	480	291.00–325.00	302.29
85	500–550	528	264.00–298.00	279.63
65	550–600	572	245.00–288.00	271.37
24	600–650	618	223.00–242.00	231.48
51	650–700	664	236.00–243.00	240.51
38	700–750	742	233.50–240.00	233.99
78	750–800	756	226.00–236.00	231.53
40	800–850	811	217.00–224.50	222.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	515	217.00–230.00	227.94
20	600–650	619	216.00–219.00	218.00
23	650–700	662	205.00–218.00	213.35
41	700–750	724	200.00–231.00	220.32
20	750–800	787	195.00–218.00	214.71
13	800–850	837	182.00	182.00
11	900–950	925	155.00–191.00	178.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	468	237.00	237.00
2	600–650	627	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	436	346.00	346.00
12	450–500	453	379.00	379.00
37	500–550	530	321.00–343.00	330.67
30	550–600	577	297.00–322.00	308.81
31	600–650	626	266.00–295.00	277.61
70	650–700	690	275.00–286.00	279.78
30	700–750	723	269.00	269.00
52	750–800	781	240.00–252.00	250.14
91	800–850	821	230.00–249.50	244.12
31	850–900	871	235.00–238.00	236.57
41	900–950	918	230.50–242.00	232.44
73	950–1000	999	217.50	217.50
3	1000–1050	1,016	194.00	194.00
24	1050–1100	1,068	192.50	192.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	446	255.00	255.00
10	550–600	583	231.00–263.00	244.13
23	650–700	698	255.00	255.00
12	800–850	826	216.50	216.50
20	900–950	906	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	347	353.00	353.00
2	500–550	540	299.00	299.00
10	600–650	631	266.00	266.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	327.00	327.00
7	450–500	472	317.00–333.00	324.19
12	500–550	515	305.00–316.00	309.49
3	550–600	595	273.00	273.00
2	600–650	605	273.00	273.00
14	650–700	684	245.00–261.00	249.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	316	361.00	361.00
8	450–500	476	309.00–355.00	325.48
9	600–650	648	269.00	269.00
2	650–700	657	267.00	267.00

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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