Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady depending on flesh and weaning condition. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $264.85/cwt on 240 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −128.88 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.

Average price

$264.85

240 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,483

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$28.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.95

vs OK average

−20.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	265.94	1,487	231
Medium and Large 1-2	577	237.00	1,367	9thin

One grade step is worth $28.94/cwt here — about $120 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

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $443.73, low $344.75, median $393.73 across 32 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 sale240 hd

264.85

—

OK average6 barns · 1,365 hd

274.80

−9.95

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−20.10

This barn, trailing median32 sales

393.73

−128.88

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

73 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	700–750	740	251.47/cwt	241.00–253.00	1,861	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	296.34/cwt	295.00–297.00	1,571	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	329	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,448	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	319.64/cwt	305.00–326.00	1,541	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,695	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	793	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,848	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	278.66/cwt	267.00–289.00	1,619	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,374	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	274.52/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,705	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	292	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,431	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	407	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,709	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	376	415.70/cwt	390.00–440.00	1,563	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	801	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,882	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,719	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	320.40/cwt	315.00–337.00	1,689	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,492	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	708	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,848	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	261.73/cwt	255.00–269.00	1,775	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,994	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	299.71/cwt	277.00–332.00	1,286	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	328.30/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,599	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,688	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	974	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,055	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	373.55/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,737	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,985	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	314.21/cwt	299.00–322.00	1,750	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,645	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	365.05/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,471	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	271.03/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,707	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	257.06/cwt	253.00–260.00	2,200	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	304.99/cwt	297.00–327.00	1,619	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	386	371.09/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,432	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,216	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,087	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	467.52/cwt	462.00–480.00	1,449	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	234.54/cwt	221.00–239.00	2,179	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	322.73/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,723	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,668	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,512	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	326.91/cwt	322.00–332.00	1,599	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,617	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	347.56/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,481	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,405	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	458	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,750	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	299.10/cwt	287.00–310.00	1,696	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	226.93/cwt	226.00–227.50	1,870	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	266.95/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,655	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	357.10/cwt	352.00–360.00	1,493	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	386.01/cwt	382.00–392.00	1,270	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,786	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	261.65/cwt	260.50–267.00	1,716	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,367	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	292.97/cwt	288.00–300.00	1,397	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,007	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,682	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	265.86/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,555	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,212	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	278.04/cwt	271.00–283.00	1,412	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	734	226.32/cwt	226.00–227.00	1,661	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	235.80/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,714	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	263.85/cwt	247.00–267.00	1,499	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	476	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,357	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,678	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	685	211.95/cwt	202.00–221.00	1,452	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	268.12/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,416	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	299.72/cwt	282.00–317.00	1,253	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	662	253.64/cwt	231.00–265.00	1,679	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	312.96/cwt	301.00–331.00	1,462	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	286	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,207	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	424	316.06/cwt	300.00–337.00	1,340	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	233.25/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,910	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,292	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	256.07/cwt	255.00–258.50	1,872	45

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

Receipts 1,591Last week 1,670Year ago 734

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	440.00	440.00
14	400–450	426	345.00–352.00	347.56
9	450–500	482	305.00–326.00	319.64
6	500–550	530	295.00–297.00	296.34
60	550–600	567	287.00–310.00	299.10
8	600–650	620	262.00–270.00	266.95
3	650–700	678	250.00	250.00
15	700–750	740	241.00–253.00	251.47
5	750–800	793	233.00	233.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	435.00	435.00
5	400–450	442	342.00	342.00
10	450–500	489	322.00–332.00	326.91
13	500–550	534	310.00–325.00	322.73
7	600–650	627	266.00	266.00
4	800–850	800	212.00	212.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	458	382.00	382.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	292	490.00	490.00
22	350–400	376	390.00–440.00	415.70
9	450–500	487	315.00–335.00	328.30
42	500–550	527	315.00–337.00	320.40
19	550–600	581	267.00–289.00	278.66
15	600–650	621	270.00–287.00	274.52
26	650–700	678	255.00–269.00	261.73
8	700–750	708	261.00	261.00
4	800–850	801	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	410.00	410.00
4	350–400	380	320.00	320.00
10	400–450	429	277.00–332.00	299.71
3	450–500	486	307.00	307.00
3	550–600	596	276.00	276.00
7	650–700	675	250.00	250.00
7	700–750	741	232.00	232.00
30	800–850	819	230.00–239.00	233.25
6	850–900	867	229.00	229.00
7	950–1000	974	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	407	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	300–350	310	462.00–480.00	467.52
15	400–450	403	360.00–375.00	365.05
76	450–500	465	370.00–375.00	373.55
38	500–550	531	297.00–327.00	304.99
12	550–600	557	299.00–322.00	314.21
18	600–650	630	265.00–273.00	271.03
45	700–750	731	255.00–258.50	256.07
23	750–800	782	255.00	255.00
12	800–850	809	258.00	258.00
35	850–900	856	253.00–260.00	257.06
16	900–950	929	221.00–239.00	234.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	286	422.00	422.00
36	350–400	386	340.00–380.00	371.09
16	400–450	424	300.00–337.00	316.06
53	450–500	467	301.00–331.00	312.96
40	500–550	528	260.00–290.00	268.12
139	550–600	568	247.00–267.00	263.85
20	650–700	662	231.00–265.00	253.64
6	700–750	734	226.00–227.00	226.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	329	382.00–392.00	386.01
11	400–450	418	352.00–360.00	357.10
31	450–500	477	288.00–300.00	292.97
17	500–550	508	271.00–283.00	278.04
35	550–600	585	264.00–270.00	265.86
10	600–650	601	269.00	269.00
90	650–700	656	260.50–267.00	261.65
15	700–750	727	235.00–236.00	235.80
12	750–800	775	230.50	230.50
24	800–850	824	226.00–227.50	226.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	395	327.00	327.00
11	400–450	418	282.00–317.00	299.72
7	450–500	454	267.00	267.00
9	550–600	577	237.00	237.00
32	650–700	653	257.00	257.00
2	1000–1050	1,007	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	476	285.00	285.00
17	650–700	685	202.00–221.00	211.95

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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