Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Steer and heifer calves unevely steady with mostly unweaned calves in the offering. Demand was moderate, Quality average to plain.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $260.28/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −201.32 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$260.28

144 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,406

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

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

$37.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.21

vs OK average

−14.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	264.15	1,431	129
Medium and Large 1-2	528	227.00	1,199	15thin

One grade step is worth $37.15/cwt here — about $232 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 sale144 hd

260.28

—

OK average6 barns · 1,090 hd

269.49

−9.21

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

−14.01

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−201.32

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

60 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	850–900	886	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,091	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	264.73/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,647	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	273.01/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,529	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,183	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	596	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,353	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	409	218.40/cwt	212.00–248.00	893	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	827	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,728	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	686	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,461	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	229.51/cwt	229.00–231.00	1,859	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	851	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	251.31/cwt	248.00–252.00	1,809	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	241.07/cwt	237.00–242.50	1,972	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	724	223.95/cwt	222.00–226.00	1,621	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	265.20/cwt	253.00–292.00	1,421	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	528	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,199	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	447	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,015	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,667	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	231.47/cwt	217.00–251.00	1,465	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,220	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	247.49/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,549	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	281.28/cwt	281.00–282.00	1,345	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	233.43/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,548	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	248.82/cwt	245.00–262.00	1,426	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	768	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,732	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	231.86/cwt	229.00–237.00	1,451	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	285.96/cwt	282.00–314.00	1,410	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,424	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	534	270.31/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,443	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	446	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,374	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	350	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,208	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	437	259.51/cwt	237.00–275.00	1,134	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	591	236.93/cwt	233.00–238.00	1,400	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	729	221.39/cwt	217.00–224.50	1,614	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	211.06/cwt	207.00–219.00	1,435	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,866	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,692	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	243.72/cwt	243.00–244.00	1,591	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,899	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,240	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,442	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	380	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,034	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	520	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,253	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,235	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,905	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	236.86/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,495	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,807	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	241.45/cwt	229.00–242.00	1,717	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	226.92/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,761	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	363	261.26/cwt	261.00–262.00	948	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	714	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,499	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	246.52/cwt	241.00–253.00	1,302	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	249.75/cwt	231.00–260.00	1,181	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	240.46/cwt	234.00–256.00	1,399	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,419	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	622	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,306	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	306	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	750	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	520	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,232	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	228.79/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,425	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	407	276.46/cwt	262.00–280.00	1,125	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	676	222.30/cwt	219.00–228.00	1,503	16

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 Sep 26, 2024

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

Receipts 1,612Last week 2,157Year ago 2,051

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Steer and heifer calves unevely steady with mostly unweaned calves in the offering. Demand was moderate, Quality average to plain.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	560	270.00–285.00	273.01
11	600–650	622	264.00–265.00	264.73
90	700–750	720	248.00–252.00	251.31
87	800–850	818	237.00–242.50	241.07
60	850–900	886	236.00	236.00
8	900–950	931	234.50	234.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	827	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	447	227.00	227.00
15	500–550	528	227.00	227.00
15	650–700	686	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	321	265.00	265.00
23	600–650	633	217.00–251.00	231.47
6	650–700	659	253.00	253.00
20	800–850	810	229.00–231.00	229.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	305.00	305.00
66	450–500	478	281.00–282.00	281.28
106	500–550	536	253.00–292.00	265.20
13	550–600	573	245.00–262.00	248.82
97	600–650	626	245.00–256.00	247.49
14	650–700	663	232.00–237.00	233.43
8	700–750	724	222.00–226.00	223.95
9	750–800	768	225.50	225.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	306	245.00	245.00
11	400–450	409	212.00–248.00	218.40
3	500–550	520	237.00	237.00
11	550–600	596	227.00	227.00
5	600–650	622	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	451	275.00	275.00
15	600–650	631	232.00–240.00	236.86
55	650–700	653	243.00–244.00	243.72
70	700–750	711	229.00–242.00	241.45
60	750–800	776	220.00–227.50	226.92
5	800–850	803	225.00	225.00
26	850–900	867	219.00	219.00
4	950–1000	977	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	504	245.00	245.00
7	650–700	657	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	363	261.00–262.00	261.26
23	400–450	407	262.00–280.00	276.46
83	450–500	473	231.00–260.00	249.75
120	500–550	528	241.00–253.00	246.52
39	550–600	582	234.00–256.00	240.46
33	600–650	623	225.00–230.00	228.79
16	650–700	676	219.00–228.00	222.30
7	700–750	714	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	345.00	345.00
6	400–450	446	308.00	308.00
15	450–500	493	282.00–314.00	285.96
7	500–550	534	267.00–275.00	270.31
20	550–600	591	233.00–238.00	236.93
18	600–650	626	229.00–237.00	231.86
7	650–700	650	219.00	219.00
19	700–750	729	217.00–224.50	221.39
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	272.00	272.00
5	400–450	437	237.00–275.00	259.51
3	500–550	520	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	280.00	280.00
6	650–700	680	207.00–219.00	211.06
2	800–850	802	211.00	211.00
5	950–1000	967	193.00	193.00

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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