Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady except 600-750 lb steers up to 10 lower. Feeder heifers 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady on a light test. Demand was moderate. Quality average to plain.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $300.22/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −161.39 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$300.22

42 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,771

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.08

vs OK average

−5.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	590	300.22	1,771	42

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale42 hd

300.22

—

OK average5 barns · 203 hd

291.14

+9.08

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−5.25

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−161.39

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

46 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 1	750–800	765	214.27/cwt	212.00–218.00	1,639	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	337.36/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,376	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	452	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,243	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,146	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,937	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	214.59/cwt	214.00–216.00	1,963	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,003	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	262.08/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,478	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,346	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	311.82/cwt	301.00–316.00	1,519	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,389	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,186	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	187.83/cwt	172.00–194.00	1,615	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,190	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	386	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,285	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,951	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	594	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,806	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,950	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,733	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	727	221.99/cwt	221.00–224.00	1,614	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,339	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	277.54/cwt	249.00–295.00	1,568	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,586	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,779	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	412	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,445	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,349	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	681	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,376	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	513	261.31/cwt	257.00–263.00	1,341	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	254.97/cwt	253.00–257.00	1,461	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,348	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,130	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,810	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,038	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,161	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,810	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,319	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,264	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,719	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	229.60/cwt	225.50–237.00	1,628	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	205.22/cwt	200.00–213.00	1,260	10

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 Apr 11, 2024

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

Receipts 703Last week 1,031Year ago 3,850

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	398	298.00	298.00
3	400–450	430	323.00	323.00
2	500–550	532	253.00	253.00
13	550–600	564	255.00–270.00	262.08
2	700–750	712	210.00	210.00
42	750–800	765	212.00–218.00	214.27
3	800–850	835	204.00	204.00
11	850–900	860	172.00–194.00	187.83
3	1000–1050	1,003	177.00	177.00
5	1100–1150	1,146	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	309.00	309.00
2	450–500	452	275.00	275.00
7	500–550	513	257.00–263.00	261.31
10	550–600	573	253.00–257.00	254.97
3	650–700	681	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	492	257.00	257.00
6	500–550	546	247.00	247.00
2	550–600	550	211.00	211.00
10	600–650	614	200.00–213.00	205.22
4	650–700	663	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	408	315.00–345.00	337.36
18	450–500	480	361.00	361.00
36	550–600	594	304.00	304.00
2	600–650	627	253.00	253.00
17	700–750	732	243.00	243.00
30	800–850	848	230.00	230.00
4	850–900	887	220.00	220.00
116	900–950	915	214.00–216.00	214.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	386	333.00	333.00
4	400–450	443	325.00	325.00
4	450–500	490	305.00	305.00
6	550–600	565	249.00–295.00	277.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	411	275.00	275.00
7	600–650	635	227.50	227.50
31	700–750	709	225.50–237.00	229.60
37	750–800	772	234.50	234.50
61	800–850	819	221.00	221.00
3	850–900	886	194.00	194.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	412	325.00	325.00
7	450–500	487	301.00–316.00	311.82
2	500–550	512	327.00	327.00
2	550–600	550	245.00	245.00
6	700–750	727	221.00–224.00	221.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	800	197.00	197.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	279.00	279.00
5	550–600	551	243.00	243.00

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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