Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Steer calves 10.00 to 12.00 higher. 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 $331.45/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −130.15 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$331.45

89 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,828

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$68.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.07

vs OK average

−9.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	337.62	1,849	81
Medium and Large 1-2	588	269.00	1,582	8thin

One grade step is worth $68.62/cwt here — about $268 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 sale89 hd

331.45

—

OK average6 barns · 632 hd

332.53

−1.07

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−9.49

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−130.15

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

50 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	750–800	775	263.67/cwt	262.00–265.00	2,043	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,773	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	311	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,353	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	717	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,886	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	709	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,687	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	423.61/cwt	412.00–430.00	1,843	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	312.11/cwt	308.00–317.50	1,919	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	557	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,437	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	314.55/cwt	294.00–322.00	1,488	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	322.62/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,878	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	302.15/cwt	288.00–307.00	1,997	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	341.03/cwt	336.00–357.00	1,842	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,833	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	695	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,585	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,582	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	296	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,450	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	461	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,784	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	652	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,800	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,617	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	279.84/cwt	271.00–282.00	1,990	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	332.27/cwt	331.00–336.00	1,615	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,787	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,797	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	602	291.20/cwt	290.00–293.00	1,753	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	373.45/cwt	365.00–392.00	1,610	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	556	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,451	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	307.39/cwt	302.00–315.00	1,737	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	415.50/cwt	395.00–442.00	1,566	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,943	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	264.82/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,655	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,098	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,065	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	260.57/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,741	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	590	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,569	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	301.47/cwt	281.00–316.00	1,574	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,623	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,837	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	255.41/cwt	254.00–258.00	1,834	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	375.47/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,592	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	292.22/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,563	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	463	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	332.41/cwt	327.00–355.00	1,599	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	283.82/cwt	278.00–295.00	1,640	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	301.31/cwt	285.00–327.00	1,302	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,152	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,325	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	399	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,149	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	418.52/cwt	407.00–430.00	1,306	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,586	4

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 838Last week 2,691Year ago 1,342

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Steer calves 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Heifer calves 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Demand was moderate to active. Quality was average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	296	490.00	490.00
3	350–400	385	420.00	420.00
29	400–450	435	412.00–430.00	423.61
3	450–500	470	390.00	390.00
66	500–550	540	336.00–357.00	341.03
15	550–600	582	320.00–328.00	322.62
26	600–650	615	308.00–317.50	312.11
124	650–700	661	288.00–307.00	302.15
24	700–750	711	271.00–282.00	279.84
13	750–800	775	262.00–265.00	263.67
7	800–850	815	264.00	264.00
4	950–1000	953	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	486	331.00–336.00	332.27
8	550–600	588	269.00	269.00
9	650–700	682	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	461	387.00	387.00
15	650–700	652	276.00	276.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	534	304.00	304.00
7	700–750	748	237.00	237.00
5	750–800	756	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	311	435.00	435.00
7	400–450	431	365.00–392.00	373.45
25	600–650	602	290.00–293.00	291.20
6	650–700	663	271.00	271.00
6	700–750	717	263.00	263.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	556	261.00	261.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	565	302.00–315.00	307.39
2	900–950	912	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	463	325.00	325.00
9	500–550	535	290.00–295.00	292.22
4	550–600	590	266.00	266.00
4	600–650	617	257.00	257.00
14	700–750	709	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	557	258.00	258.00
2	650–700	695	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	399	288.00	288.00
13	400–450	432	285.00–327.00	301.31
20	450–500	473	294.00–322.00	314.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	312	407.00–430.00	418.52
15	350–400	377	395.00–442.00	415.50
40	400–450	424	360.00–395.00	375.47
29	450–500	481	327.00–355.00	332.41
33	500–550	522	281.00–316.00	301.47
24	550–600	578	278.00–295.00	283.82
14	600–650	625	264.00–266.00	264.82
14	650–700	668	257.00–262.00	260.57
54	700–750	718	254.00–258.00	255.41
4	800–850	820	237.00	237.00
3	900–950	926	223.00	223.00

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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