Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves were lightly tested but a stronger undertone was noted. Demand was moderate. Quality was average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $299.91/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −161.70 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$299.91

36 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$314

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

$48.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.09

vs OK average

−9.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	321.44	1,734	20
Medium and Large 1-2	520	273.00	1,420	16thin

One grade step is worth $48.44/cwt here — about $314 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale36 hd

299.91

—

OK average5 barns · 455 hd

293.82

+6.09

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

−9.64

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−161.70

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

52 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 1	600–650	645	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,490	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,969	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,554	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	282.29/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,773	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	212.08/cwt	204.50–213.00	2,053	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,334	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,613	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	285.18/cwt	282.00–295.00	1,489	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	248.32/cwt	236.50–250.00	1,634	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	211.70/cwt	208.00–213.50	1,719	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,698	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	202.37/cwt	193.00–207.00	1,755	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,957	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,474	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,666	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,341	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	422	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,380	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	500	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,630	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,802	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	313.19/cwt	302.00–319.00	1,744	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,102	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,028	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	252.36/cwt	247.00–253.00	1,582	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	662	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,509	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	282.10/cwt	276.00–288.00	1,467	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,798	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	235.36/cwt	229.00–236.00	1,433	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,510	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	243.33/cwt	236.00–244.50	1,494	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	214.59/cwt	213.50–216.00	1,691	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,412	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,835	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,745	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,633	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,420	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	410	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,230	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,772	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,341	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,377	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	929	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,737	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	249.79/cwt	238.00–252.00	1,908	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	500	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,177	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	395	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,094	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	441	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,080	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	250.04/cwt	249.00–253.00	1,840	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	696	251.94/cwt	251.00–253.00	1,754	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,936	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,808	70

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	381.00	381.00
11	550–600	553	281.00	281.00
2	600–650	645	231.00	231.00
4	650–700	650	243.00	243.00
5	700–750	748	227.00	227.00
3	1000–1050	1,031	191.00	191.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	277.00	277.00
5	450–500	493	272.00	272.00
3	500–550	500	310.00	310.00
2	650–700	657	252.00	252.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	379.00	379.00
2	450–500	475	330.00	330.00
6	500–550	546	330.00	330.00
9	550–600	557	302.00–319.00	313.19
48	600–650	628	275.00–285.00	282.29
15	650–700	696	251.00–253.00	251.94
37	700–750	736	249.00–253.00	250.04
37	750–800	764	238.00–252.00	249.79
14	800–850	840	233.00	233.00
38	850–900	880	220.00	220.00
190	950–1000	968	204.50–213.00	212.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	422	327.00	327.00
5	500–550	500	326.00	326.00
12	600–650	626	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	520	273.00	273.00
23	600–650	614	236.00–244.50	243.33
8	750–800	798	230.00	230.00
11	800–850	840	214.00	214.00
3	850–900	895	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	477	309.00	309.00
12	500–550	522	282.00–295.00	285.18
14	550–600	558	289.00	289.00
37	600–650	627	247.00–253.00	252.36
42	650–700	658	236.50–250.00	248.32
8	700–750	700	238.00	238.00
70	750–800	763	237.00	237.00
59	800–850	812	208.00–213.50	211.70
69	850–900	867	193.00–207.00	202.37
17	1100–1150	1,102	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	300.00	300.00
4	450–500	485	284.00	284.00
6	500–550	520	276.00–288.00	282.10
4	650–700	662	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	531	266.00	266.00
5	550–600	592	255.00	255.00
23	600–650	609	229.00–236.00	235.36
34	650–700	695	235.00	235.00
2	700–750	742	210.00	210.00
25	750–800	788	213.50–216.00	214.59
5	900–950	929	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	441	245.00	245.00

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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