Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Steer calves 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Heifer calves 10.00 to 20.00 lower. A light test on the calves. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.92/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −146.81 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.

Average price

$246.92

89 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,336

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−2.34

vs OK average

+2.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	246.92	1,336	89

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale89 hd

246.92

—

OK average5 barns · 740 hd

249.26

−2.34

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

+2.51

This barn, trailing median32 sales

393.73

−146.81

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

50 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	242.25/cwt	242.25–242.25	1,916	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	465	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,214	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,026	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	250.81/cwt	242.00–272.00	1,189	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	384	292.49/cwt	286.00–307.00	1,123	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	276.26/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,550	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	281.47/cwt	272.00–300.00	1,365	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	264.81/cwt	264.00–269.00	1,512	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,643	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	221.63/cwt	215.00–223.50	2,068	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	249.02/cwt	241.00–252.00	1,795	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	221.91/cwt	214.00–225.00	1,851	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,918	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	288.25/cwt	281.00–310.00	1,384	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	534	283.72/cwt	274.00–286.00	1,515	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,062	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	211.93/cwt	204.00–213.50	2,168	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	389	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,124	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,282	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,328	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	507	278.66/cwt	266.00–284.00	1,413	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	414	321.16/cwt	311.00–331.00	1,330	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,399	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,278	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	640	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,498	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	242.00/cwt	241.00–242.50	1,943	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	431	226.07/cwt	225.00–230.00	974	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,051	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	250.32/cwt	244.00–253.00	1,700	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,365	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	504	247.50/cwt	243.00–248.00	1,247	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	231.96/cwt	218.00–232.50	1,747	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	243.48/cwt	228.00–246.00	1,529	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,381	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,667	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	253.00/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,338	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	214.68/cwt	210.50–215.00	1,840	129
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,585	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	239.59/cwt	229.00–242.00	1,624	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	255.49/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,099	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,001	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,977	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	195.61/cwt	195.00–197.00	1,874	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,104	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,693	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	205.13/cwt	205.00–206.00	1,930	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	232.40/cwt	231.00–233.00	1,692	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,409	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,385	3

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 Aug 22, 2024

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

Receipts 1,585Last week 1,163Year ago 1,374

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	485	272.00–300.00	281.47
5	500–550	513	266.00	266.00
27	550–600	561	267.00–280.00	276.26
40	600–650	646	258.00	258.00
123	650–700	679	244.00–253.00	250.32
77	700–750	721	241.00–252.00	249.02
43	750–800	791	242.25	242.25
60	800–850	803	241.00–242.50	242.00
16	850–900	855	237.00	237.00
89	900–950	933	215.00–223.50	221.63
7	950–1000	950	217.00	217.00
31	1000–1050	1,023	204.00–213.50	211.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	465	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	389	289.00	289.00
5	400–450	415	309.00	309.00
23	450–500	480	281.00–310.00	288.25
16	500–550	534	274.00–286.00	283.72
36	550–600	571	264.00–269.00	264.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	740	222.00	222.00
18	800–850	834	214.00–225.00	221.91
6	850–900	880	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	384	286.00–307.00	292.49
19	400–450	430	240.00–262.00	255.49
33	450–500	474	242.00–272.00	250.81
21	500–550	504	243.00–248.00	247.50
37	550–600	572	241.50	241.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	431	225.00–230.00	226.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	412	255.00	255.00
3	450–500	466	237.00	237.00
31	500–550	529	245.00–256.00	253.00
62	600–650	628	228.00–246.00	243.48
100	650–700	678	229.00–242.00	239.59
23	700–750	728	231.00–233.00	232.40
55	750–800	753	218.00–232.50	231.96
3	800–850	810	209.00	209.00
129	850–900	857	210.50–215.00	214.68
125	900–950	941	205.00–206.00	205.13
10	950–1000	958	195.00–197.00	195.61
8	1000–1050	1,001	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	698	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	385.00	385.00
4	400–450	414	311.00–331.00	321.16
11	450–500	471	282.00	282.00
10	500–550	507	266.00–284.00	278.66
2	550–600	562	249.00	249.00
5	600–650	640	234.00	234.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	313.00	313.00
3	500–550	513	270.00	270.00
2	600–650	632	235.00	235.00
3	650–700	686	231.00	231.00

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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