Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady with general rains in the area earlier in the week limiting receipts. Steer and heifer calves steady. Demand was moderate to active. Quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $269.98/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −191.63 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$269.98

78 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,490

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$27.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.71

vs OK average

−31.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	272.06	1,504	72
Medium and Large 1-2	541	245.00	1,325	6thin

One grade step is worth $27.06/cwt here — about $179 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale78 hd

269.98

—

OK average6 barns · 542 hd

273.69

−3.71

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−31.87

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−191.63

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

52 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	900–950	935	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,244	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,216	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	282.45/cwt	257.00–289.00	1,364	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	508	268.74/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,365	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,818	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	740	230.45/cwt	229.00–233.00	1,705	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	254.74/cwt	246.00–258.00	1,567	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	296.15/cwt	295.00–297.00	1,262	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,325	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	447	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,305	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	250.66/cwt	248.00–252.00	1,682	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	397	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,052	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,254	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	252.17/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,594	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	646	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,331	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	282.06/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,323	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	874	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,228	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	281.00/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,340	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	279.66/cwt	274.00–290.00	1,597	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	972	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	216.34/cwt	213.00–222.00	1,443	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,943	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,161	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	774	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,494	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	302	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,630	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,866	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,097	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	228.93/cwt	226.00–233.00	1,415	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	236.30/cwt	226.00–240.00	1,233	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	246.33/cwt	242.00–249.00	1,670	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,529	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	285.95/cwt	272.00–292.00	1,487	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	227.07/cwt	223.00–232.00	1,746	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	221.76/cwt	216.00–237.00	1,266	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	265.36/cwt	263.00–270.00	1,356	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,306	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	327	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	965	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	248.54/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,444	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	688	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,569	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,382	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,241	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,172	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	383	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	793	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,539	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	232.69/cwt	228.00–237.00	1,350	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	236.96/cwt	227.00–238.00	1,569	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,281	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	254.74/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,317	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	228.08/cwt	221.00–238.00	1,391	46

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 881Last week 1,613Year ago 2,851

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	418	300.00	300.00
10	450–500	477	277.00–290.00	281.00
16	500–550	520	272.00–292.00	285.95
11	550–600	571	274.00–290.00	279.66
7	600–650	632	250.00–258.00	252.17
24	650–700	678	242.00–249.00	246.33
5	700–750	748	243.00	243.00
17	750–800	769	223.00–232.00	227.07
47	800–850	808	259.50	259.50
19	900–950	935	240.00	240.00
17	950–1000	955	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	447	292.00	292.00
25	450–500	483	257.00–289.00	282.45
12	500–550	508	267.00–270.00	268.74
33	550–600	579	264.00	264.00
59	600–650	615	246.00–258.00	254.74
31	650–700	671	248.00–252.00	250.66
11	700–750	740	229.00–233.00	230.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	426	295.00–297.00	296.15
6	500–550	541	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	302	267.00	267.00
2	350–400	397	265.00	265.00
7	450–500	469	275.00–287.00	282.06
11	500–550	522	226.00–240.00	236.30
28	550–600	571	216.00–237.00	221.76
22	600–650	618	226.00–233.00	228.93
17	650–700	667	213.00–222.00	216.34
5	750–800	774	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	207.00	207.00
4	600–650	646	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	361	242.00	242.00
9	400–450	440	221.00	221.00
14	500–550	535	219.00	219.00
2	550–600	582	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	448	286.00	286.00
7	450–500	476	244.00	244.00
32	500–550	517	246.00–256.00	254.74
22	550–600	580	228.00–237.00	232.69
46	600–650	610	221.00–238.00	228.08
22	650–700	662	227.00–238.00	236.96
8	750–800	751	217.00	217.00
63	800–850	813	229.50	229.50
12	900–950	943	206.00	206.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	407	305.00	305.00
2	450–500	450	295.00	295.00
9	500–550	511	263.00–270.00	265.36
7	650–700	652	236.00	236.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	327	295.00	295.00
2	450–500	480	272.00	272.00
2	500–550	512	270.00	270.00
11	550–600	581	248.00–250.00	248.54
4	650–700	688	228.00	228.00

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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