Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady with very few weaned calves in the offering. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $254.96/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −206.64 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$254.96

128 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,410

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$27.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.18

vs OK average

−11.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	256.88	1,417	119
Medium and Large 1-2	575	229.61	1,320	9thin

One grade step is worth $27.27/cwt here — about $97 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 sale128 hd

254.96

—

OK average6 barns · 1,083 hd

263.14

−8.18

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

−11.68

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−206.64

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	500–550	534	250.25/cwt	241.00–261.00	1,336	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	464	248.25/cwt	241.00–259.00	1,152	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	247.53/cwt	237.00–249.50	1,693	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,076	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,249	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	229.61/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,320	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	262.45/cwt	257.00–269.00	1,354	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	471	226.63/cwt	226.00–227.00	1,067	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	429	222.41/cwt	216.00–236.00	954	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,447	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	238.85/cwt	223.00–241.00	1,961	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,062	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	661	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,643	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	225.50/cwt	221.00–231.00	1,984	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	244.30/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,786	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	433	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,199	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	229.43/cwt	223.00–231.00	1,787	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	771	224.92/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,734	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	371	288.37/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,070	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	229.24/cwt	228.00–230.00	1,655	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	242.15/cwt	242.00–244.00	1,908	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	318.09/cwt	287.00–325.00	1,377	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,404	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	263.26/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,372	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	246.43/cwt	231.00–252.50	1,513	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,084	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,072	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	250.78/cwt	241.00–256.00	1,467	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	725	236.25/cwt	230.00–247.00	1,713	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	264.17/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,281	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	234.89/cwt	234.00–236.00	1,376	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	227.37/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,382	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	502	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,280	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	396	299.38/cwt	291.00–332.00	1,186	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	676	225.63/cwt	219.00–234.00	1,525	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	622	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,362	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	505	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,167	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	244.19/cwt	243.50–250.00	1,573	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	233.94/cwt	227.00–240.00	1,780	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,219	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,878	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,939	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	257.62/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,345	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,462	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	285.00/cwt	282.00–287.00	1,072	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,456	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	394	283.86/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,118	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,980	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,114	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	317	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	796	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	211.32/cwt	209.00–219.00	1,420	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	227.71/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,544	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,895	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	239.62/cwt	237.00–243.00	1,129	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	740	208.09/cwt	206.00–209.00	1,540	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	250.43/cwt	242.50–262.00	1,447	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	227.60/cwt	220.00–231.50	1,887	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	436	252.42/cwt	247.00–262.00	1,101	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	642	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,380	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,417	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,096	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	374	265.23/cwt	251.00–272.00	992	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,697	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	237.30/cwt	225.00–253.00	1,459	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	796	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,544	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	235.66/cwt	229.00–238.10	2,156	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,078	35

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 2,157Last week 2,535Year ago 2,563

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	374	251.00–272.00	265.23
44	400–450	436	247.00–262.00	252.42
30	450–500	464	241.00–259.00	248.25
43	500–550	534	241.00–261.00	250.25
66	550–600	578	242.50–262.00	250.43
39	600–650	615	225.00–253.00	237.30
22	650–700	672	209.00–219.00	211.32
10	700–750	740	206.00–209.00	208.09
3	750–800	796	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	317	251.00	251.00
6	400–450	429	216.00–236.00	222.41
13	450–500	471	226.00–227.00	226.63
4	600–650	642	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	282.00–287.00	285.00
2	400–450	425	262.00	262.00
2	450–500	482	253.00	253.00
11	500–550	522	251.00–260.00	257.62
4	550–600	587	250.00	250.00
76	600–650	644	243.50–250.00	244.19
43	650–700	678	221.00–235.00	227.71
49	750–800	761	227.00–240.00	233.94
130	800–850	829	220.00–231.50	227.60
5	850–900	898	211.00	211.00
5	900–950	921	215.00	215.00
6	950–1000	955	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	471	237.00–243.00	239.62
4	600–650	633	231.00	231.00
3	750–800	798	201.00	201.00
3	850–900	893	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	357	307.00	307.00
3	400–450	436	325.00	325.00
28	500–550	516	257.00–269.00	262.45
65	650–700	684	237.00–249.50	247.53
98	700–750	731	235.00–250.00	244.30
26	750–800	788	242.00–244.00	242.15
35	800–850	833	249.50	249.50
31	850–900	880	221.00–231.00	225.50
218	900–950	915	229.00–238.10	235.66
5	1050–1100	1,076	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	282.00	282.00
9	550–600	575	220.00–244.00	229.61
9	600–650	643	225.00	225.00
19	700–750	722	228.00–230.00	229.24
54	750–800	779	223.00–231.00	229.43
80	800–850	821	223.00–241.00	238.85
19	900–950	918	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	320.00	320.00
9	350–400	371	287.00–290.00	288.37
27	400–450	433	287.00–325.00	318.09
7	450–500	450	312.00	312.00
32	500–550	521	250.00–272.00	263.26
59	550–600	585	241.00–256.00	250.78
61	600–650	614	231.00–252.50	246.43
36	650–700	661	248.50	248.50
46	700–750	725	230.00–247.00	236.25
21	750–800	771	215.00–227.00	224.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	433	277.00	277.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	396	291.00–332.00	299.38
23	450–500	485	258.00–270.00	264.17
7	500–550	502	255.00	255.00
11	550–600	586	234.00–236.00	234.89
9	600–650	608	226.00–230.00	227.37
13	650–700	676	219.00–234.00	225.63
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	394	280.00–285.00	283.86
3	500–550	505	231.00	231.00
4	600–650	622	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	665	219.00	219.00
3	900–950	916	205.00	205.00

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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