Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality average to fair.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $268.54/cwt on 132 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −125.20 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.

Average price

$268.54

132 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$40

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

$29.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.03

vs OK average

+0.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	273.75	1,481	109
Medium and Large 1-2	591	243.83	1,441	23

One grade step is worth $29.92/cwt here — about $40 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

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $443.73, low $344.75, median $393.73 across 32 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 sale132 hd

268.54

—

OK average5 barns · 440 hd

270.57

−2.03

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

+0.16

This barn, trailing median32 sales

393.73

−125.20

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	570	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,322	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	212.45/cwt	203.00–214.75	2,169	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	220.44/cwt	212.00–222.50	2,030	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	233.31/cwt	227.00–238.00	1,906	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	250.04/cwt	229.00–262.00	1,583	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,366	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	277.00/cwt	265.00–284.00	1,717	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	229.58/cwt	216.00–233.00	1,646	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	2,056	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	281.35/cwt	272.00–295.00	1,635	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	279.00/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,445	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	300.80/cwt	293.00–308.00	1,456	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	253.85/cwt	250.00–256.50	1,962	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	241.88/cwt	226.00–250.50	1,630	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	202.54/cwt	199.00–206.50	1,876	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	269.96/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,509	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,394	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,367	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	222.56/cwt	217.00–232.00	1,720	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,965	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,127	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	215.65/cwt	207.00–218.50	1,760	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	210.37/cwt	196.00–212.00	1,824	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	503	314.58/cwt	290.00–332.00	1,582	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	306.84/cwt	304.00–309.00	1,516	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	246.49/cwt	245.00–248.00	1,757	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	291.31/cwt	285.00–296.00	1,524	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	844	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,654	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	216.70/cwt	206.00–225.00	1,328	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	880	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,904	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	228.67/cwt	226.00–236.00	1,690	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	243.83/cwt	242.00–249.00	1,441	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	209.10/cwt	190.00–218.00	1,420	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,334	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	968	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	500	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,385	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,467	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	264.71/cwt	247.00–278.00	1,133	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,228	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,588	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	227.94/cwt	219.00–231.00	1,762	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	447	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,202	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	620	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,879	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,296	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	716	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	534	277.36/cwt	274.00–286.00	1,481	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	275.66/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,759	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	229.97/cwt	219.00–239.00	1,998	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	452	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,397	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	325	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,190	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	261.27/cwt	252.00–271.00	1,500	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	383	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,222	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	319.76/cwt	319.00–333.00	1,727	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	255.21/cwt	241.00–263.00	1,738	72

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 2,664Last week 1,162Year ago 2,613

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality average to fair.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	452	309.00	309.00
27	500–550	534	274.00–286.00	277.36
2	550–600	570	232.00	232.00
7	650–700	675	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	435	314.00	314.00
22	450–500	484	293.00–308.00	300.80
32	500–550	518	275.00–281.00	279.00
48	550–600	559	255.00–272.00	269.96
20	600–650	633	229.00–262.00	250.04
216	650–700	674	226.00–250.50	241.88
166	700–750	717	216.00–233.00	229.58
178	750–800	773	217.00–232.00	222.56
222	800–850	816	207.00–218.50	215.65
223	850–900	867	196.00–212.00	210.37
103	900–950	926	199.00–206.50	202.54
17	1000–1050	1,013	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	368	263.00	263.00
31	400–450	428	247.00–278.00	264.71
16	450–500	497	247.00	247.00
23	550–600	591	242.00–249.00	243.83
9	600–650	635	210.00	210.00
50	650–700	679	190.00–218.00	209.10
25	800–850	806	197.00	197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	494	304.00–309.00	306.84
17	500–550	540	319.00–333.00	319.76
20	550–600	581	272.00–295.00	281.35
106	600–650	638	260.00–284.00	275.66
72	650–700	681	241.00–263.00	255.21
12	700–750	713	245.00–248.00	246.49
58	750–800	773	250.00–256.50	253.85
123	800–850	817	227.00–238.00	233.31
88	850–900	869	219.00–239.00	229.97
50	900–950	921	212.00–222.50	220.44
27	950–1000	954	215.50	215.50
52	1000–1050	1,021	203.00–214.75	212.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	366.00	366.00
4	450–500	481	305.00	305.00
17	500–550	503	290.00–332.00	314.58
45	600–650	620	265.00–284.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	430	262.00	262.00
41	700–750	739	226.00–236.00	228.67
23	750–800	773	219.00–231.00	227.94
19	900–950	911	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	503	175.00	175.00
43	600–650	613	206.00–225.00	216.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	620	303.00	303.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	318.00	318.00
7	500–550	523	285.00–296.00	291.31
4	550–600	588	237.00	237.00
6	800–850	844	196.00	196.00
2	850–900	855	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	319.00	319.00
2	400–450	447	269.00	269.00
4	500–550	500	277.00	277.00
6	550–600	574	252.00–271.00	261.27
3	700–750	716	222.00	222.00

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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