Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers over 900 pounds 2.00 to 5.00 higher, under 900 steady. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Steer and heifer calves steady. Demand was moderate. Quality plain to average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $270.71/cwt on 85 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −190.90 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$270.71

85 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,506

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.87

vs OK average

+2.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	270.71	1,506	85

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

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 sale85 hd

270.71

—

OK average6 barns · 691 hd

278.57

−7.87

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

+2.16

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−190.90

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

63 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	700–750	747	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,882	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,324	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	330	285.73/cwt	278.00–300.00	943	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	243.00/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,388	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,603	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,752	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,593	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,240	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	241.14/cwt	239.00–242.25	1,958	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	218.00/cwt	216.00–228.00	2,104	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	824	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,903	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	547	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,477	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	390	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,232	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	275.44/cwt	261.00–281.00	1,545	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	234.09/cwt	232.00–236.00	1,941	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	243.13/cwt	241.50–245.00	1,889	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	263.90/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,496	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	413	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	954	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	714	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,649	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,724	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,572	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	215.92/cwt	211.00–218.00	1,874	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,288	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	643	237.69/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,528	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	489	286.58/cwt	282.00–287.00	1,401	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,486	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,537	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	371	318.60/cwt	317.00–322.00	1,182	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	419	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,148	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	287.26/cwt	286.00–290.00	1,373	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	832	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,722	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	214.25/cwt	214.25–214.25	1,836	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	239.89/cwt	237.00–244.00	1,631	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,014	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,321	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,785	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,735	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	459	259.17/cwt	251.00–264.00	1,190	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	358	279.87/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,002	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,558	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,379	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,402	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,445	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	713	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,540	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	805	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	240.24/cwt	236.00–247.00	1,273	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	236.78/cwt	227.00–240.00	1,755	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	300.75/cwt	299.00–302.00	1,137	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	205.42/cwt	205.00–205.50	1,964	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	256.89/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,693	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,201	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	259.54/cwt	245.00–264.00	1,256	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	2,051	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	260.33/cwt	256.00–267.00	1,127	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	229.13/cwt	227.00–234.50	2,085	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,309	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	287.38/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,486	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,492	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	411	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	995	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	223.58/cwt	211.00–227.00	1,514	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	214.22/cwt	214.00–215.00	2,153	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	227.63/cwt	227.50–229.50	2,012	102

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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Receipts 2,033Last week 1,585Year ago 4,135

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	338	367.00	367.00
21	350–400	385	340.00	340.00
11	400–450	405	327.00	327.00
14	500–550	517	275.00–291.00	287.38
19	550–600	561	261.00–281.00	275.44
2	600–650	617	263.00	263.00
53	650–700	659	251.00–259.00	256.89
19	700–750	747	252.00	252.00
75	750–800	777	241.50–245.00	243.13
203	800–850	812	239.00–242.25	241.14
102	850–900	884	227.50–229.50	227.63
180	900–950	910	227.00–234.50	229.13
56	950–1000	965	216.00–228.00	218.00
127	1000–1050	1,005	214.00–215.00	214.22
26	1050–1100	1,058	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	390	316.00	316.00
2	400–450	400	322.00	322.00
24	450–500	489	282.00–287.00	286.58
5	500–550	547	270.00	270.00
47	550–600	567	250.00–272.00	263.90
30	600–650	643	235.00–252.00	237.69
18	650–700	678	236.50	236.50
7	700–750	714	231.00	231.00
6	800–850	824	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	627	254.00	254.00
2	650–700	655	240.00	240.00
12	700–750	718	244.00	244.00
4	750–800	753	229.00	229.00
113	800–850	829	232.00–236.00	234.09
10	850–900	868	211.00–218.00	215.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	413	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	330	278.00–300.00	285.73
8	350–400	358	270.00–286.00	279.87
30	400–450	433	256.00–267.00	260.33
21	450–500	459	251.00–264.00	259.17
20	500–550	530	236.00–247.00	240.24
11	550–600	571	235.00–246.00	243.00
17	600–650	627	238.00	238.00
22	650–700	677	211.00–227.00	223.58
14	700–750	713	216.00	216.00
5	800–850	805	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	317	320.00	320.00
32	350–400	378	299.00–302.00	300.75
16	450–500	484	245.00–264.00	259.54
2	500–550	535	247.00	247.00
6	550–600	582	237.00	237.00
82	650–700	680	237.00–244.00	239.89
95	700–750	741	227.00–240.00	236.78
8	750–800	766	226.50	226.50
9	800–850	830	215.00	215.00
35	850–900	857	214.25	214.25
30	950–1000	956	205.00–205.50	205.42
11	1000–1050	1,033	198.50	198.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	666	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	411	242.00	242.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	371	317.00–322.00	318.60
5	400–450	419	274.00	274.00
15	450–500	478	286.00–290.00	287.26
4	500–550	537	261.00	261.00
3	550–600	571	253.00	253.00
8	600–650	609	244.00	244.00
6	650–700	677	227.00	227.00
10	800–850	832	207.00	207.00

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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