Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Steer calves under 550 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, over 550 lbs steady. Heifer calves 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Demand was moderate to active. Quality was average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $321.65/cwt on 202 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −139.95 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$321.65

202 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,771

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$35.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.62

vs OK average

−20.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	322.18	1,773	199
Medium and Large 1-2	568	287.00	1,630	3thin

One grade step is worth $35.18/cwt here — about $143 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 sale202 hd

321.65

—

OK average6 barns · 1,309 hd

328.27

−6.62

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−20.80

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−139.95

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

80 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 1-2	600–650	612	243.58/cwt	232.00–257.00	1,491	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	274.74/cwt	262.00–285.00	1,420	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,630	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	233.60/cwt	227.00–250.00	1,479	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,360	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	415.27/cwt	406.00–422.00	1,620	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	326.09/cwt	300.00–332.00	1,555	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	340	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,248	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	281.16/cwt	267.00–298.00	1,903	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	311.92/cwt	301.00–327.00	1,797	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	462.19/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,484	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	2,350	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	369.71/cwt	365.00–377.00	1,612	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,809	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	376.01/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,748	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	254.78/cwt	239.00–264.00	2,201	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	252.45/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,818	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	335.60/cwt	297.00–345.00	1,624	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	264.00/cwt	252.00–265.50	2,178	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	297.92/cwt	276.00–303.00	1,844	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	412.05/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,788	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	275.78/cwt	272.00–286.00	1,977	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	680	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,884	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	584	304.67/cwt	302.00–320.00	1,779	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	252.32/cwt	249.00–257.50	2,364	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	332.09/cwt	322.00–339.00	1,750	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	364	455.01/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,656	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	801	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,986	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	836	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,140	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	449	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,715	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	270.54/cwt	267.00–277.00	2,105	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	341.26/cwt	322.00–349.00	1,761	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	362.34/cwt	360.00–364.00	1,725	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	297.93/cwt	287.00–302.50	1,713	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	336	407.51/cwt	377.00–420.00	1,369	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,386	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	498	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,574	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	736	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,858	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,301	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	275.59/cwt	262.00–298.00	1,593	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,688	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	374	424.28/cwt	417.00–432.00	1,587	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	363.78/cwt	362.00–367.00	1,692	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,578	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,460	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,853	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	311.77/cwt	288.00–333.00	1,478	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	271.96/cwt	258.00–284.00	1,580	61
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	314.80/cwt	305.00–331.00	1,656	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	351.14/cwt	330.00–367.00	1,678	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	750	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,868	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,608	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	251.84/cwt	235.00–256.00	1,828	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	242.34/cwt	226.00–250.00	1,985	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	402	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	253.62/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,836	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	305.04/cwt	294.00–344.00	1,577	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	257.71/cwt	244.00–265.00	1,752	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	321.27/cwt	305.00–337.00	1,160	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	218.00/cwt	215.00–228.00	1,979	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,235	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	275.69/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,734	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	245.10/cwt	232.00–250.00	1,895	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	266.53/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,647	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	266.85/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,508	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,281	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	372.22/cwt	352.00–382.00	1,444	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	440.46/cwt	435.00–452.00	1,423	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	386.84/cwt	340.00–392.00	1,280	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,494	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	288.46/cwt	269.00–297.00	1,546	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	373	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,380	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	317.71/cwt	309.00–327.00	1,347	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	225.52/cwt	223.00–231.00	1,996	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	437	325.34/cwt	309.00–329.00	1,422	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	769	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,738	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,861	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,707	5

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 2,691Last week 1,150Year ago 638

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	331	340.00–392.00	386.84
4	350–400	361	305.00–337.00	321.27
10	450–500	454	272.00	272.00
12	500–550	517	262.00–285.00	274.74
15	550–600	593	252.00	252.00
13	600–650	612	232.00–257.00	243.58
7	700–750	700	183.00	183.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	367.00	367.00
18	350–400	373	370.00	370.00
10	400–450	437	309.00–329.00	325.34
16	450–500	477	300.00–332.00	326.09
19	500–550	536	269.00–297.00	288.46
35	550–600	565	250.00–275.00	266.85
35	600–650	633	227.00–250.00	233.60
5	750–800	769	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	300–350	323	435.00–452.00	440.46
32	350–400	388	352.00–382.00	372.22
12	400–450	424	309.00–327.00	317.71
81	450–500	474	288.00–333.00	311.77
128	500–550	517	294.00–344.00	305.04
61	550–600	581	258.00–284.00	271.96
19	600–650	618	260.00–275.00	266.53
122	650–700	680	244.00–265.00	257.71
54	700–750	726	235.00–256.00	251.84
90	750–800	773	232.00–250.00	245.10
33	800–850	819	226.00–250.00	242.34
19	850–900	885	223.00–231.00	225.52
13	900–950	908	215.00–228.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	436	365.00–377.00	369.71
26	450–500	484	297.00–345.00	335.60
3	550–600	568	287.00	287.00
6	600–650	642	261.00	261.00
5	650–700	680	251.00	251.00
10	700–750	720	250.00–256.00	252.45
9	750–800	783	231.00	231.00
15	800–850	801	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	300–350	321	445.00–475.00	462.19
12	350–400	390	406.00–422.00	415.27
64	400–450	434	390.00–425.00	412.05
16	450–500	465	370.00–380.00	376.01
100	500–550	527	322.00–339.00	332.09
67	550–600	576	301.00–327.00	311.92
45	600–650	619	276.00–303.00	297.92
68	650–700	677	267.00–298.00	281.16
44	700–750	717	272.00–286.00	275.78
70	750–800	778	267.00–277.00	270.54
53	800–850	825	252.00–265.50	264.00
210	850–900	864	239.00–264.00	254.78
177	900–950	937	249.00–257.50	252.32
30	950–1000	961	244.50	244.50
12	1000–1050	1,000	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	364	440.00–460.00	455.01
10	400–450	449	382.00	382.00
38	450–500	476	360.00–364.00	362.34
7	500–550	516	322.00–349.00	341.26
25	550–600	584	302.00–320.00	304.67
3	600–650	635	293.00	293.00
2	650–700	680	277.00	277.00
10	800–850	836	256.00	256.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	336	377.00–420.00	407.51
8	350–400	374	417.00–432.00	424.28
2	400–450	402	390.00	390.00
14	450–500	465	362.00–367.00	363.78
38	500–550	526	305.00–331.00	314.80
17	550–600	575	287.00–302.50	297.93
19	600–650	629	270.00–279.00	275.69
2	650–700	670	240.00	240.00
37	700–750	736	252.50	252.50
2	750–800	750	249.00	249.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	315.00	315.00
3	450–500	498	316.00	316.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	441	295.00	295.00
3	550–600	555	263.00	263.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	386	425.00	425.00
7	450–500	478	330.00–367.00	351.14
3	500–550	501	315.00	315.00
17	550–600	578	262.00–298.00	275.59
7	600–650	605	279.00	279.00
6	700–750	724	250.00–258.00	253.62
2	750–800	782	237.00	237.00

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