Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Steer calves mostly steady. Heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower with few weaned calves in the offering. Demand was moderate to good. Quality was average with some fancy unweaned calves today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.60/cwt on 250 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −160.14 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.

Average price

$233.60

250 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,313

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$23.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.69

vs OK average

−5.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	234.35	1,319	242
Medium and Large 1-2	549	210.75	1,156	8thin

One grade step is worth $23.60/cwt here — about $162 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 sale250 hd

233.60

—

OK average6 barns · 1,213 hd

243.28

−9.69

National average182 barns · 14,937 hd

238.61

−5.01

This barn, trailing median32 sales

393.73

−160.14

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

68 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	650–700	672	216.92/cwt	214.00–219.00	1,458	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	728	205.76/cwt	203.00–208.00	1,498	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	513	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,667	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	652	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,663	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,883	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	266.87/cwt	261.00–268.00	1,361	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	782	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	505	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,015	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,075	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,876	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	569	261.29/cwt	242.00–270.00	1,487	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	262.84/cwt	251.00–268.00	1,388	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,125	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	540	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,280	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	251.72/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,556	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,534	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,378	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,607	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	244.01/cwt	236.00–244.50	1,840	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	250.96/cwt	230.00–253.00	1,860	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	769	221.20/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,701	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	240.48/cwt	232.00–250.00	1,489	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	350	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	900	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,370	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	624	227.40/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,419	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,197	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	707	225.21/cwt	218.00–233.00	1,592	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	293.98/cwt	292.00–298.00	1,302	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	558	235.65/cwt	231.00–238.00	1,315	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	360	324.40/cwt	309.00–347.00	1,168	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	409	314.21/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,285	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	695	213.54/cwt	208.00–218.00	1,484	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,809	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,446	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	257.04/cwt	253.00–263.00	1,177	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,799	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,399	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	228.42/cwt	219.00–231.00	1,391	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	519	248.21/cwt	246.00–254.00	1,288	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	764	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,604	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	458	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,246	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,472	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,052	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,082	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	721	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,536	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	220.83/cwt	215.00–228.00	1,363	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	228.73/cwt	217.00–233.00	1,658	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	233.36/cwt	218.00–238.00	1,620	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	588	230.87/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,358	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	199.31/cwt	198.00–202.00	1,624	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,276	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	351	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	930	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	580	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,224	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	222.20/cwt	221.00–223.00	1,686	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	232.09/cwt	220.00–243.00	1,230	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	241.73/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,168	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	212.25/cwt	212.25–212.25	1,823	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	249.96/cwt	248.00–252.00	1,442	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	261.18/cwt	252.00–276.00	1,118	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	216.82/cwt	208.00–223.00	1,336	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	620	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,668	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	320	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	928	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	212.89/cwt	209.00–217.75	1,729	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	242.84/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,525	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	693	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,372	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	379	274.79/cwt	268.00–289.00	1,041	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	245.36/cwt	242.00–249.00	2,022	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	230.10/cwt	223.00–234.00	2,103	28

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.

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Receipts 2,535Last week 1,302Year ago 2,181

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	290.00	290.00
18	350–400	379	268.00–289.00	274.79
55	400–450	428	252.00–276.00	261.18
23	450–500	483	237.00–247.00	241.73
93	500–550	530	220.00–243.00	232.09
116	550–600	588	220.00–240.00	230.87
25	600–650	616	208.00–223.00	216.82
17	650–700	672	214.00–219.00	216.92
21	700–750	728	203.00–208.00	205.76
2	750–800	782	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	351	265.00	265.00
3	500–550	505	201.00	201.00
3	550–600	580	211.00	211.00
4	650–700	693	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	413	262.00	262.00
9	500–550	536	261.00	261.00
24	550–600	577	248.00–252.00	249.96
54	600–650	628	241.00–245.00	242.84
53	650–700	694	218.00–238.00	233.36
152	700–750	725	217.00–233.00	228.73
70	750–800	759	221.00–223.00	222.20
130	800–850	812	209.00–217.75	212.89
161	850–900	859	212.25	212.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	485	217.00	217.00
2	550–600	567	225.00	225.00
20	600–650	609	219.00–231.00	228.42
22	800–850	815	198.00–202.00	199.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	458	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	500–550	513	325.00	325.00
55	600–650	620	269.00	269.00
63	650–700	652	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	800–850	826	228.00	228.00
2	900–950	915	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	341	330.00	330.00
13	500–550	510	261.00–268.00	266.87
21	600–650	618	240.00–253.00	251.72
5	650–700	667	230.00	230.00
40	700–750	741	230.00–253.00	250.96
72	750–800	754	236.00–244.50	244.01
138	800–850	824	242.00–249.00	245.36
24	850–900	861	241.00	241.00
28	900–950	914	223.00–234.00	230.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	443	292.00–298.00	293.98
18	450–500	475	290.00	290.00
65	500–550	528	251.00–268.00	262.84
72	550–600	569	242.00–270.00	261.29
111	600–650	619	232.00–250.00	240.48
16	650–700	675	238.00	238.00
55	700–750	707	218.00–233.00	225.21
18	750–800	769	220.00–223.00	221.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	350	257.00	257.00
13	400–450	440	272.00	272.00
3	500–550	540	237.00	237.00
4	550–600	593	231.00	231.00
13	600–650	624	225.00–230.00	227.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	360	309.00–347.00	324.40
11	400–450	409	310.00–325.00	314.21
11	450–500	458	253.00–263.00	257.04
7	500–550	519	246.00–254.00	248.21
20	550–600	558	231.00–238.00	235.65
13	600–650	617	215.00–228.00	220.83
9	650–700	695	208.00–218.00	213.54
3	700–750	721	213.00	213.00
6	750–800	764	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	773	187.00	187.00
5	900–950	911	197.50	197.50
4	950–1000	957	189.00	189.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	691	213.00	213.00

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