Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady on a light test. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $308.09/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −153.51 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$308.09

109 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,705

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.12

vs OK average

+3.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	308.09	1,705	109

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 sale109 hd

308.09

—

OK average5 barns · 504 hd

293.97

+14.12

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

+3.70

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−153.51

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

41 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	600–650	620	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,531	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,395	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	222.18/cwt	219.00–225.00	1,749	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	360	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,012	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,606	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	298.98/cwt	278.00–308.00	1,399	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,208	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	201.73/cwt	194.00–220.00	1,586	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	324.87/cwt	316.00–326.00	1,663	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	242.66/cwt	232.00–250.00	1,881	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	226.08/cwt	224.00–229.00	1,956	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,773	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,487	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,825	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	217.85/cwt	214.00–222.50	2,026	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,043	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	2,049	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	323.46/cwt	313.00–340.00	1,601	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,642	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	254.74/cwt	251.00–275.00	1,488	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	186.04/cwt	185.50–186.50	1,920	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	219.23/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,541	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	205.93/cwt	202.00–209.00	1,701	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	264.71/cwt	251.00–273.00	1,498	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	445	270.61/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,204	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	283	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	948	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	281.05/cwt	272.00–312.00	1,481	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,479	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	264.02/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,642	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,367	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	350	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,218	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	271.97/cwt	258.00–297.00	1,708	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	295.67/cwt	282.00–302.00	1,736	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,447	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,015	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,857	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,439	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,395	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	414	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,333	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	248.64/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,683	18

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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 1,170Last week 703Year ago 3,313

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady on a light test. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	350	348.00	348.00
9	400–450	445	255.00–275.00	270.61
5	450–500	465	294.00	294.00
8	500–550	536	270.00	270.00
8	550–600	566	251.00–273.00	264.71
3	600–650	620	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	541	266.00	266.00
11	650–700	669	240.00	240.00
4	850–900	873	195.00	195.00
7	1000–1050	1,015	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	396	305.00	305.00
7	450–500	468	278.00–308.00	298.98
25	500–550	527	272.00–312.00	281.05
77	550–600	584	251.00–275.00	254.74
26	600–650	622	260.00–266.00	264.02
14	700–750	703	216.00–225.00	219.23
13	750–800	786	194.00–220.00	201.73
76	800–850	826	202.00–209.00	205.93
18	900–950	936	195.00	195.00
32	1000–1050	1,032	185.50–186.50	186.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	677	206.00	206.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	283	335.00	335.00
2	450–500	450	310.00	310.00
9	500–550	520	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	716	224.00	224.00
17	750–800	787	219.00–225.00	222.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	495	313.00–340.00	323.46
43	500–550	512	316.00–326.00	324.87
58	550–600	587	282.00–302.00	295.67
40	600–650	628	258.00–297.00	271.97
18	650–700	677	244.00–250.00	248.64
68	750–800	775	232.00–250.00	242.66
4	800–850	821	216.00	216.00
78	850–900	865	224.00–229.00	226.08
191	900–950	930	214.00–222.50	217.85
17	1000–1050	1,043	196.50	196.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	414	322.00	322.00
4	450–500	485	305.00	305.00
8	500–550	533	308.00	308.00
2	650–700	655	271.00	271.00

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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