Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a light run last week with extremely cold temperatures: Feeder steers steady. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Steer calves steady to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Quality was average to attractive.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $335.62/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −125.98 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$335.62

120 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,850

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$0.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.99

vs OK average

−13.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	335.64	1,865	94
Medium and Large 1-2	536	335.55	1,799	26

One grade step is worth $0.09/cwt here — about $66 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale120 hd

335.62

—

OK average6 barns · 1,213 hd

341.61

−5.99

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−13.04

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−125.98

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

62 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 1-2	450–500	472	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,713	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	271.68/cwt	271.00–275.00	2,135	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	283.99/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,826	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	480	305.88/cwt	302.00–310.00	1,468	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	522	274.77/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,434	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,871	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	378.38/cwt	353.00–384.00	1,922	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,971	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	297.45/cwt	289.00–300.50	1,999	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	304.64/cwt	297.00–315.00	1,895	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	283.40/cwt	270.00–286.50	1,907	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	277.72/cwt	271.00–286.00	1,991	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	268.61/cwt	263.00–274.50	2,189	343
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	337	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	449	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,531	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	326.09/cwt	318.00–337.00	1,872	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	435.29/cwt	420.00–464.00	1,680	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	879	249.16/cwt	248.00–250.00	2,190	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	383.49/cwt	380.00–386.00	1,687	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	543	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,738	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	587	295.86/cwt	288.00–304.00	1,737	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	264.76/cwt	257.00–271.00	2,266	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	335.55/cwt	326.00–345.00	1,799	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	783	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	662	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,827	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	308.32/cwt	301.00–325.00	1,788	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	400.74/cwt	375.00–431.00	1,675	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	335.87/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,629	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	741	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,853	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,991	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,875	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	372	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	309.16/cwt	304.00–313.00	1,648	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	265.99/cwt	253.00–279.00	1,649	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	325	391.04/cwt	387.50–397.50	1,271	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	753	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,995	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	260.06/cwt	257.00–260.50	1,995	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	259.82/cwt	230.00–267.00	1,613	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	263.39/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,865	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	247.08/cwt	240.00–252.00	2,021	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,691	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	333	437.68/cwt	423.00–465.00	1,457	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	228.63/cwt	227.50–229.00	2,135	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	372.98/cwt	371.50–375.00	1,697	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	305.07/cwt	296.00–312.00	1,586	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	278.99/cwt	265.00–288.00	1,599	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,138	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	265.56/cwt	259.00–275.00	1,800	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	284.24/cwt	260.00–315.00	1,344	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	464	336.71/cwt	322.00–355.00	1,562	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	419	348.71/cwt	348.00–349.00	1,461	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	373.65/cwt	366.00–376.00	1,427	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,901	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	369.46/cwt	369.00–370.00	1,567	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	401	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,327	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,532	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,875	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	252.23/cwt	249.00–257.75	2,333	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	347.50/cwt	343.00–350.00	1,446	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	252.92/cwt	246.00–254.00	1,854	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	260.88/cwt	259.00–264.00	1,912	37

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 2,829Last week 838Year ago 3,066

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	440	380.00–386.00	383.49
10	450–500	472	363.00	363.00
26	500–550	536	326.00–345.00	335.55
37	600–650	643	281.00–286.00	283.99
82	650–700	673	270.00–286.50	283.40
37	700–750	733	259.00–264.00	260.88
12	800–850	828	238.00	238.00
34	850–900	879	248.00–250.00	249.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	386	420.00–464.00	435.29
6	400–450	430	435.00	435.00
19	450–500	492	381.00	381.00
21	500–550	508	353.00–384.00	378.38
56	550–600	574	318.00–337.00	326.09
119	600–650	622	297.00–315.00	304.64
65	650–700	672	289.00–300.50	297.45
151	700–750	717	271.00–286.00	277.72
139	750–800	786	271.00–275.00	271.68
343	800–850	815	263.00–274.50	268.61
61	850–900	856	257.00–271.00	264.76
214	900–950	925	249.00–257.75	252.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	439.00	439.00
12	400–450	449	341.00	341.00
13	500–550	543	320.00	320.00
4	550–600	587	288.00–304.00	295.86
4	650–700	662	276.00	276.00
3	750–800	783	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	401	331.00	331.00
10	450–500	480	302.00–310.00	305.88
6	500–550	522	265.00–295.00	274.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	424	369.00–370.00	369.46
19	450–500	455	371.50–375.00	372.98
42	500–550	533	304.00–313.00	309.16
67	550–600	573	265.00–288.00	278.99
32	600–650	620	253.00–279.00	265.99
71	650–700	678	259.00–275.00	265.56
96	700–750	708	260.00–265.00	263.39
144	750–800	767	257.00–260.50	260.06
47	800–850	818	240.00–252.00	247.08
81	850–900	855	250.00	250.00
28	900–950	934	227.50–229.00	228.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	325	387.50–397.50	391.04
14	350–400	382	366.00–376.00	373.65
14	400–450	419	348.00–349.00	348.71
33	450–500	464	322.00–355.00	336.71
23	500–550	520	296.00–312.00	305.07
33	600–650	621	230.00–267.00	259.82
4	650–700	663	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	750–800	753	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	416	343.00–350.00	347.50
19	450–500	473	260.00–315.00	284.24
22	700–750	733	246.00–254.00	252.92
15	800–850	809	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	333	423.00–465.00	437.68
2	350–400	372	405.00	405.00
25	400–450	418	375.00–431.00	400.74
17	450–500	485	325.00–350.00	335.87
9	500–550	522	324.00	324.00
31	550–600	580	301.00–325.00	308.32
3	600–650	608	281.00	281.00
15	700–750	741	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	756	248.00	248.00
6	800–850	826	241.00	241.00

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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