Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Steer calves unevenly steady. Heifer calves 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $250.80/cwt on 156 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −210.80 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$250.80

156 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,398

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$35.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.99

vs OK average

−48.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	256.06	1,431	133
Medium and Large 1-2	550	220.43	1,213	23

One grade step is worth $35.63/cwt here — about $218 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale156 hd

250.80

—

OK average6 barns · 1,644 hd

275.80

−24.99

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−48.53

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−210.80

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

77 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	292	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	861	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	226.27/cwt	221.00–228.00	1,421	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	714	214.99/cwt	212.00–218.00	1,535	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,172	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	249.76/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,291	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	583	197.65/cwt	185.00–215.00	1,152	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	240.49/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,960	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,306	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,339	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	949	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,078	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	248.71/cwt	247.00–251.00	1,318	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	261.37/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,124	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	262.39/cwt	249.00–265.00	1,669	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	788	213.62/cwt	212.00–214.00	1,683	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	559	229.99/cwt	216.00–236.00	1,286	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	725	192.81/cwt	191.00–196.00	1,398	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	626	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,280	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	533	207.03/cwt	201.00–217.00	1,103	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	681	198.42/cwt	197.00–202.00	1,351	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	712	214.09/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,524	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	227.28/cwt	208.00–234.00	1,423	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	393	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	986	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	240.73/cwt	233.00–247.00	1,266	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	226.45/cwt	226.00–227.50	1,683	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	467	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	817	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	307	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	528	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	850	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	377	296.17/cwt	292.00–315.00	1,117	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	676	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,541	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	333	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,056	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	244.35/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,630	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	774	234.10/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,812	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	252.76/cwt	245.00–266.00	1,453	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	315.92/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,355	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	800	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	264.84/cwt	251.00–285.00	1,234	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	727	242.20/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,761	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,422	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	636	246.16/cwt	238.00–249.00	1,566	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,491	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,157	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	562	216.94/cwt	201.00–237.00	1,219	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	508	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,184	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	237.25/cwt	234.00–243.00	1,836	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	257.51/cwt	253.00–262.00	1,349	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,840	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	260.09/cwt	253.00–261.50	1,870	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	237.30/cwt	226.00–238.00	1,545	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	792	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,671	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,537	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,123	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	251.10/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,951	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	262.98/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,749	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	998	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,156	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	242.45/cwt	234.00–245.00	2,080	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	665	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,496	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	437	228.65/cwt	228.00–231.00	999	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	247.17/cwt	230.00–258.00	1,184	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,774	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	232.65/cwt	231.00–236.00	1,359	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,233	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,013	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,631	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	221.78/cwt	221.00–222.00	1,473	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	234.08/cwt	219.00–239.00	1,615	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	964	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	971	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,246	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	235.20/cwt	227.00–239.00	1,437	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,159	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	196.85/cwt	189.00–208.50	1,907	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	278.31/cwt	269.00–285.00	1,275	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	576	237.32/cwt	226.00–245.00	1,367	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	679	222.39/cwt	216.00–226.00	1,510	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	482	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,094	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	227.64/cwt	222.00–230.50	1,869	70

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 1,792Year ago 2,526

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Steer calves unevenly steady. Heifer calves 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	292	295.00	295.00
22	350–400	377	292.00–315.00	296.17
6	400–450	431	272.00	272.00
12	450–500	458	269.00–285.00	278.31
20	500–550	517	247.00–255.00	249.76
17	550–600	576	226.00–245.00	237.32
8	600–650	628	221.00–228.00	226.27
25	650–700	679	216.00–226.00	222.39
10	700–750	714	212.00–218.00	214.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	305.00	305.00
9	650–700	664	221.00–222.00	221.78
5	850–900	881	179.00	179.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	482	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	437	228.00–231.00	228.65
7	450–500	467	175.00	175.00
18	500–550	533	201.00–217.00	207.03
32	550–600	583	185.00–215.00	197.65
6	600–650	626	204.50	204.50
7	650–700	681	197.00–202.00	198.42
8	700–750	725	191.00–196.00	192.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	393	251.00	251.00
36	400–450	430	240.00–270.00	261.37
60	450–500	479	230.00–258.00	247.17
17	500–550	526	233.00–247.00	240.73
50	550–600	559	216.00–236.00	229.99
110	600–650	626	208.00–234.00	227.28
10	650–700	665	225.00	225.00
83	700–750	712	210.00–217.00	214.09
26	750–800	788	212.00–214.00	213.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	357	272.00	272.00
2	400–450	400	241.00	241.00
12	450–500	493	250.00	250.00
10	500–550	528	236.00	236.00
14	550–600	584	231.00–236.00	232.65
13	600–650	611	227.00–239.00	235.20
68	650–700	690	219.00–239.00	234.08
10	700–750	743	226.00–227.50	226.45
55	750–800	758	234.00	234.00
70	800–850	821	222.00–230.50	227.64
10	950–1000	969	189.00–208.50	196.85
2	1050–1100	1,050	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	307	252.00	252.00
5	1000–1050	1,013	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	528	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	350.00	350.00
4	450–500	451	297.00	297.00
12	500–550	530	247.00–251.00	248.71
15	550–600	555	277.00	277.00
60	600–650	636	249.00–265.00	262.39
157	650–700	665	258.00–266.00	262.98
154	700–750	719	253.00–261.50	260.09
173	750–800	777	246.00–255.00	251.10
11	800–850	815	235.00–247.00	240.49
71	850–900	858	234.00–245.00	242.45
10	900–950	949	219.00	219.00
13	950–1000	998	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	508	233.00	233.00
18	550–600	562	201.00–237.00	216.94
16	650–700	676	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	317.00	317.00
7	400–450	429	300.00–322.00	315.92
11	450–500	466	251.00–285.00	264.84
26	500–550	524	253.00–262.00	257.51
80	550–600	575	245.00–266.00	252.76
59	600–650	636	238.00–249.00	246.16
88	650–700	667	230.00–250.00	244.35
24	700–750	727	240.00–244.00	242.20
62	750–800	774	229.00–240.00	234.10
2	800–850	800	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	629	226.00	226.00
9	750–800	792	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	416	270.00	270.00
7	450–500	450	257.00	257.00
8	600–650	629	237.00	237.00
35	650–700	651	226.00–238.00	237.30
115	750–800	774	234.00–243.00	237.25
6	800–850	840	219.00	219.00

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