Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago: Feeder steers 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Steer calves mostly steady. Heifer calves 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Quality was average to plain with a few fancier sets of heifer calves. Demand was moderate for the feeders and active for the calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $302.24/cwt on 118 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −159.36 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$302.24

118 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$4.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.34

vs OK average

−23.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	303.24	1,665	93
Medium and Large 1-2	524	298.54	1,564	25

One grade step is worth $4.69/cwt here — about $101 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale118 hd

302.24

—

OK average6 barns · 1,920 hd

327.59

−25.34

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−23.13

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−159.36

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	388	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,036	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	703	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,568	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	752	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,594	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	253.60/cwt	251.00–254.00	2,003	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	345	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,214	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	304.93/cwt	297.00–315.00	1,567	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	312.53/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,491	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,537	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	269.46/cwt	266.00–280.00	1,776	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	353.42/cwt	337.00–357.00	1,400	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	523	270.57/cwt	263.00–277.00	1,415	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	405.41/cwt	405.00–407.00	1,354	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	291.78/cwt	278.00–301.00	1,786	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	288.52/cwt	281.00–295.00	1,645	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	341.91/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,467	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	337.89/cwt	333.00–340.00	1,754	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	353.73/cwt	337.00–359.00	1,719	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	245.30/cwt	232.00–249.00	2,168	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	257.49/cwt	248.00–258.00	2,137	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	399.02/cwt	385.00–417.00	1,516	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	257.60/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,844	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	314.92/cwt	300.00–327.00	1,628	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,200	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	341.88/cwt	324.00–352.00	1,648	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	376	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,305	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	717	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,742	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,813	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	258.27/cwt	256.00–259.00	1,785	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,390	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	292.51/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,647	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,588	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	508	311.37/cwt	280.00–332.00	1,582	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	642	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,676	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	753	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,717	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	736	235.08/cwt	234.00–239.00	1,730	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	424	290.98/cwt	286.00–297.00	1,234	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,596	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	605	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,703	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,686	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,569	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,646	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,660	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	463	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,292	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,881	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,610	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	306.21/cwt	302.00–320.00	1,479	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	279.24/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,620	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	329	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,283	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	342.38/cwt	336.00–350.00	1,298	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	368	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,362	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	319.66/cwt	305.00–326.00	1,525	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	250.83/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,696	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	245.62/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,867	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	244.96/cwt	233.00–246.25	1,810	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	302.39/cwt	285.00–313.00	1,554	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,348	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	322.92/cwt	300.00–337.00	1,379	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	233.81/cwt	231.00–234.25	1,966	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	255.40/cwt	243.00–270.00	1,571	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	422	320.04/cwt	310.00–327.00	1,351	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,567	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	369.18/cwt	366.00–382.00	1,244	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	241.37/cwt	234.00–243.00	1,523	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	676	234.31/cwt	227.00–239.00	1,584	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	270.82/cwt	240.00–282.00	1,416	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	550	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,331	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	296.66/cwt	280.00–308.00	1,537	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	252.90/cwt	235.00–266.00	1,586	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	309.05/cwt	306.00–311.00	1,487	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	346	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	941	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	264.04/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,537	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,287	2

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	272.00	272.00
3	350–400	388	267.00	267.00
3	450–500	463	279.00	279.00
9	500–550	523	263.00–277.00	270.57
6	550–600	550	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	352.00	352.00
2	350–400	382	337.00	337.00
21	400–450	422	310.00–327.00	320.04
21	450–500	481	306.00–311.00	309.05
66	500–550	518	280.00–308.00	296.66
12	550–600	582	260.00–276.00	264.04
37	600–650	627	235.00–266.00	252.90
5	650–700	676	227.00–239.00	234.31
5	700–750	703	223.00	223.00
5	750–800	752	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	337	366.00–382.00	369.18
16	350–400	379	336.00–350.00	342.38
36	400–450	427	300.00–337.00	322.92
41	450–500	477	305.00–326.00	319.66
19	500–550	514	285.00–313.00	302.39
7	550–600	587	267.00	267.00
15	600–650	615	243.00–270.00	255.40
175	650–700	676	240.00–260.00	250.83
72	700–750	739	233.00–246.25	244.96
29	750–800	760	235.00–251.00	245.62
81	800–850	841	231.00–234.25	233.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	340.00	340.00
2	450–500	492	274.00	274.00
21	500–550	523	240.00–282.00	270.82
2	550–600	557	255.00	255.00
11	600–650	631	234.00–243.00	241.37
2	700–750	705	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	334	405.00–407.00	405.41
52	350–400	380	385.00–417.00	399.02
21	400–450	429	340.00–345.00	341.91
93	450–500	486	337.00–359.00	353.73
16	500–550	519	333.00–340.00	337.89
33	550–600	570	281.00–295.00	288.52
85	600–650	612	278.00–301.00	291.78
8	650–700	659	266.00–280.00	269.46
15	700–750	716	251.00–261.00	257.60
51	750–800	790	251.00–254.00	253.60
88	800–850	830	248.00–258.00	257.49
45	850–900	884	232.00–249.00	245.30
29	900–950	936	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	396	337.00–357.00	353.42
16	450–500	477	310.00–320.00	312.53
20	500–550	514	297.00–315.00	304.93
5	550–600	563	273.00	273.00
33	650–700	691	256.00–259.00	258.27
34	700–750	740	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	400.00	400.00
4	350–400	376	347.00	347.00
2	400–450	415	335.00	335.00
62	450–500	482	324.00–352.00	341.88
18	500–550	517	300.00–327.00	314.92
26	550–600	563	287.00–300.00	292.51
3	650–700	670	237.00	237.00
2	700–750	717	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	329	390.00	390.00
5	350–400	368	370.00	370.00
12	450–500	483	302.00–320.00	306.21
26	500–550	508	280.00–332.00	311.37
32	550–600	580	270.00–295.00	279.24
11	600–650	642	261.00	261.00
14	700–750	736	234.00–239.00	235.08
4	750–800	753	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	424	286.00–297.00	290.98
2	600–650	605	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	559	288.00	288.00
4	600–650	646	247.00	247.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	532	295.00	295.00
7	550–600	559	297.00	297.00
5	600–650	621	265.00	265.00
9	650–700	661	255.00	255.00
2	750–800	757	225.00	225.00
4	850–900	871	216.00	216.00

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