Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week:: Feeder steers mostly steady. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $302.89/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −158.72 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$302.89

45 head · 579 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

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

$13.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.03

vs OK average

−7.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	589	305.61	1,800	36
Medium and Large 1-2	541	292.00	1,580	9thin

One grade step is worth $13.61/cwt here — about $220 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 sale45 hd

302.89

—

OK average5 barns · 232 hd

300.86

+2.03

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

−7.87

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−158.72

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

50 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	700–750	722	255.68/cwt	252.00–256.50	1,846	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	249.66/cwt	249.00–251.00	1,468	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,042	202.75/cwt	202.75–202.75	2,113	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,359	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	218.65/cwt	212.00–224.00	1,692	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	229.80/cwt	229.00–231.00	1,625	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,125	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,654	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	239.63/cwt	234.00–244.00	1,836	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	233.53/cwt	224.00–236.50	1,562	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	308.24/cwt	301.00–313.00	1,325	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,642	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,340	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	333.57/cwt	331.00–336.00	1,721	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	327.13/cwt	326.00–329.00	1,197	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	273.37/cwt	257.00–287.00	1,422	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	248.55/cwt	238.00–251.00	1,541	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	205.76/cwt	198.00–206.50	1,821	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	309.18/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,181	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	222.60/cwt	219.00–228.00	1,836	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	272.69/cwt	263.00–279.00	1,699	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,566	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,679	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	219.91/cwt	213.50–225.00	2,023	89
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	720	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,793	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	305.61/cwt	293.00–308.00	1,800	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	355.88/cwt	345.00–363.00	1,683	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	344.00/cwt	329.00–359.00	1,376	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	362	361.65/cwt	359.00–363.00	1,309	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	560	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,518	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,054	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,274	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	455	283.63/cwt	283.00–284.00	1,291	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	258.75/cwt	251.00–273.00	1,379	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	293.33/cwt	282.00–309.00	1,264	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,964	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	519	305.22/cwt	304.00–307.00	1,584	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	453	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,481	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,063	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,580	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	307	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	734	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,449	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	355	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,083	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	597	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,594	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,511	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,301	5

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 1,031Last week 795Year ago 1,882

Compared to last week:: Feeder steers mostly steady. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	394	345.00	345.00
2	400–450	402	317.00	317.00
56	450–500	473	345.00–363.00	355.88
36	550–600	589	293.00–308.00	305.61
14	600–650	623	263.00–279.00	272.69
56	700–750	722	252.00–256.50	255.68
27	750–800	766	234.00–244.00	239.63
24	800–850	825	219.00–228.00	222.60
89	900–950	920	213.50–225.00	219.91
10	950–1000	960	214.00	214.00
115	1000–1050	1,042	202.75	202.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	362	359.00–363.00	361.65
4	400–450	400	329.00–359.00	344.00
3	450–500	453	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	472	307.00	307.00
9	500–550	541	292.00	292.00
7	850–900	873	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	346	325.00	325.00
7	350–400	366	326.00–329.00	327.13
15	400–450	430	301.00–313.00	308.24
2	450–500	487	277.00	277.00
55	500–550	520	257.00–287.00	273.37
6	550–600	588	249.00–251.00	249.66
23	600–650	620	238.00–251.00	248.55
16	650–700	669	224.00–236.50	233.53
25	700–750	707	229.00–231.00	229.80
50	750–800	774	212.00–224.00	218.65
58	850–900	885	198.00–206.50	205.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	382	305.00–316.00	309.18
23	400–450	431	282.00–309.00	293.33
8	450–500	455	283.00–284.00	283.63
11	500–550	533	251.00–273.00	258.75
6	550–600	597	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	401	265.00	265.00
5	450–500	473	275.00	275.00
6	650–700	657	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	307	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	323.00	323.00
3	450–500	466	355.00	355.00
8	500–550	516	331.00–336.00	333.57
8	550–600	582	269.00	269.00
4	600–650	615	267.00	267.00
3	650–700	665	258.00	258.00
3	750–800	763	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	355	305.00	305.00
2	450–500	485	339.00	339.00
15	500–550	519	304.00–307.00	305.22
4	550–600	560	271.00	271.00
2	600–650	632	253.00	253.00
2	700–750	720	249.00	249.00

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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