Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-05-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.34/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −128.39 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.

Average price

$265.34

64 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,481

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$33.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.29

vs OK average

−2.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	274.36	1,517	47
Medium and Large 1-2	573	240.42	1,378	17thin

One grade step is worth $33.94/cwt here — about $140 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

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 sale64 hd

265.34

—

OK average3 barns · 261 hd

256.05

+9.29

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−2.28

This barn, trailing median32 sales

393.73

−128.39

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

49 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	550–600	586	263.77/cwt	255.00–266.00	1,546	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,485	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	287.43/cwt	283.00–288.00	1,495	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	283.52/cwt	282.00–286.00	1,673	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	221.44/cwt	216.00–224.00	1,938	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	220.50/cwt	220.00–222.50	2,179	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,630	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	245.56/cwt	238.00–250.25	1,689	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	227.68/cwt	227.00–228.00	1,840	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,898	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	203.10/cwt	203.10–203.10	2,045	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	262.31/cwt	251.00–270.00	1,629	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	227.20/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,752	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	310.45/cwt	289.00–317.00	1,310	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	234.41/cwt	232.00–238.00	1,716	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	302.88/cwt	302.00–305.00	1,433	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	250.59/cwt	245.00–255.00	2,075	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	217.26/cwt	214.00–224.00	2,238	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	255.47/cwt	247.00–262.00	1,936	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	283.84/cwt	274.00–287.00	1,737	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	233.92/cwt	227.00–240.00	2,145	127
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,088	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	2,279	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	716	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,554	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	261.71/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,900	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,116	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,860	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	695	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	331	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,390	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,484	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	335.71/cwt	326.00–339.00	1,809	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	236.20/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,592	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	235.36/cwt	234.00–240.00	2,066	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	352	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,383	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	339.18/cwt	338.00–340.00	1,499	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	876	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,971	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,283	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,851	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	299.75/cwt	292.00–305.00	1,574	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	419	338.88/cwt	325.00–351.00	1,420	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,392	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,887	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	778	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	240.42/cwt	234.00–252.00	1,378	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	235.51/cwt	233.00–237.00	1,964	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,803	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	223.33/cwt	216.00–228.00	1,519	20

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 30, 2024

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

Receipts 1,831Last week 2,761Year ago 2,219

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	422	289.00–317.00	310.45
47	450–500	473	302.00–305.00	302.88
17	500–550	520	283.00–288.00	287.43
19	550–600	586	255.00–266.00	263.77
225	600–650	621	251.00–270.00	262.31
226	650–700	688	238.00–250.25	245.56
48	700–750	732	232.00–238.00	234.41
95	750–800	771	218.00–230.00	227.20
44	800–850	808	227.00–228.00	227.68
61	850–900	875	216.00–224.00	221.44
10	900–950	904	210.00	210.00
3	950–1000	968	199.00	199.00
21	1000–1050	1,007	203.10	203.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	332	336.00	336.00
7	400–450	429	299.00	299.00
5	500–550	510	291.00	291.00
6	550–600	578	257.00	257.00
3	700–750	716	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	573	234.00–252.00	240.42
20	650–700	680	216.00–228.00	223.33
5	800–850	827	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	550	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	442	338.00–340.00	339.18
16	500–550	539	326.00–339.00	335.71
8	550–600	590	282.00–286.00	283.52
21	600–650	612	274.00–287.00	283.84
11	650–700	655	284.00	284.00
31	700–750	726	256.00–270.00	261.71
35	750–800	758	247.00–262.00	255.47
117	800–850	828	245.00–255.00	250.59
132	850–900	878	234.00–240.00	235.36
127	900–950	917	227.00–240.00	233.92
40	950–1000	988	220.00–222.50	220.50
63	1000–1050	1,030	214.00–224.00	217.26
3	1050–1100	1,088	209.50	209.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	331	420.00	420.00
2	350–400	352	393.00	393.00
18	400–450	419	325.00–351.00	338.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	674	235.00–237.00	236.20
16	750–800	781	237.00	237.00
21	800–850	834	233.00–237.00	235.51
5	850–900	876	225.00	225.00
3	900–950	925	204.00	204.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	293.00	293.00
5	500–550	525	292.00–305.00	299.75
7	550–600	582	280.00	280.00
3	650–700	695	246.00	246.00
3	750–800	778	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	773	210.00	210.00

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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