Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Steer calves unevenly steady. Heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $298.30/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −163.30 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$298.30

65 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$30.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.96

vs OK average

−12.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	303.46	1,688	54
Medium and Large 1-2	547	273.00	1,493	11thin

One grade step is worth $30.46/cwt here — about $195 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 sale65 hd

298.30

—

OK average5 barns · 482 hd

304.26

−5.96

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

−12.47

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−163.30

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

57 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 1Unweaned	450–500	483	317.42/cwt	312.00–323.00	1,533	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	966	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,120	199.25/cwt	199.00–200.00	2,232	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	257.98/cwt	253.00–263.00	1,605	97
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	513	286.45/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,469	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	279.47/cwt	268.00–288.00	1,442	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,841	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	252.98/cwt	244.00–262.00	1,928	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	292.71/cwt	292.00–293.00	1,411	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	253.78/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,743	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,579	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	268.46/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,549	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	309.61/cwt	308.00–311.00	1,607	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	230.60/cwt	219.00–238.00	1,690	128
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,139	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	217.27/cwt	210.50–223.25	1,812	135
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	333.72/cwt	319.00–348.00	1,432	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	226.75/cwt	226.00–227.00	1,950	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	278.30/cwt	277.00–284.00	1,764	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,217	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,270	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,176	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,485	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,840	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	243.65/cwt	242.50–245.50	1,723	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	357.32/cwt	352.00–358.00	1,486	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	239.40/cwt	231.00–242.00	1,944	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	236.55/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,443	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,591	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,343	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	673	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,662	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	542	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,561	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,827	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,074	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,548	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,001	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,962	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	597	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,343	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	683	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,482	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,913	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,493	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	259.75/cwt	259.00–260.00	1,603	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,720	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	825	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	752	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,730	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,197	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,612	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	222.68/cwt	211.00–230.00	2,069	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	292.37/cwt	278.00–299.00	1,675	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,610	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	2,084	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,192	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,193	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	212.58/cwt	211.50–215.50	2,085	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,501	15

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 May 16, 2024

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

Receipts 2,214Last week 1,588Year ago 1,345

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Steer calves unevenly steady. Heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	429	319.00–348.00	333.72
6	450–500	483	312.00–323.00	317.42
4	500–550	542	288.00	288.00
2	550–600	567	284.00	284.00
4	650–700	673	247.00	247.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	356.00	356.00
7	450–500	467	318.00	318.00
3	500–550	505	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	276	350.00	350.00
4	300–350	340	352.00	352.00
3	350–400	358	340.00	340.00
2	400–450	442	328.00	328.00
26	450–500	482	292.00–293.00	292.71
26	500–550	516	268.00–288.00	279.47
60	550–600	577	265.00–269.00	268.46
97	600–650	622	253.00–263.00	257.98
15	650–700	670	224.00	224.00
128	700–750	733	219.00–238.00	230.60
102	750–800	766	238.50	238.50
135	800–850	834	210.50–223.25	217.27
52	850–900	885	208.00	208.00
50	900–950	913	209.50	209.50
13	1150–1200	1,192	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	513	280.00–291.00	286.45
2	550–600	597	225.00	225.00
23	650–700	683	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	500	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	600–650	610	235.00–244.00	236.55
11	750–800	780	204.00	204.00
5	1000–1050	1,001	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	428	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	341.00	341.00
3	350–400	368	345.00	345.00
18	400–450	416	352.00–358.00	357.32
2	450–500	460	342.00	342.00
13	500–550	519	308.00–311.00	309.61
32	550–600	573	278.00–299.00	292.37
59	600–650	634	277.00–284.00	278.30
69	650–700	687	250.00–265.00	253.78
31	700–750	707	242.50–245.50	243.65
62	750–800	762	244.00–262.00	252.98
121	800–850	812	231.00–242.00	239.40
78	850–900	860	226.00–227.00	226.75
177	900–950	929	211.00–230.00	222.68
114	950–1000	981	211.50–215.50	212.58
63	1000–1050	1,034	201.50	201.50
144	1100–1150	1,120	199.00–200.00	199.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	605	261.00	261.00
17	750–800	752	230.00	230.00
2	800–850	825	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	551	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	439	306.00	306.00
11	500–550	547	273.00	273.00
24	600–650	617	259.00–260.00	259.75
24	650–700	666	242.00	242.00
15	700–750	738	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	720	215.00	215.00

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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