Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 12.00 lower. Steer calves 10.00 to 15.00 lower except 500 to 650 lb weaned steers mostly steady. Heifer calves 5.00 to 15.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality average to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $295.52/cwt on 257 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −98.21 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.

Average price

$295.52

257 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$4.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.15

vs OK average

−3.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	296.60	1,652	188
Medium and Large 1-2	529	292.57	1,547	69

One grade step is worth $4.03/cwt here — about $106 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

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 sale257 hd

295.52

—

OK average6 barns · 1,272 hd

295.37

+0.15

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−3.34

This barn, trailing median32 sales

393.73

−98.21

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

63 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	400–450	440	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,637	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,938	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,394	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	232.44/cwt	232.00–233.00	2,271	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	295.47/cwt	272.00–315.00	1,528	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	393	334.46/cwt	321.00–352.00	1,314	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	491	307.64/cwt	287.00–327.00	1,511	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,699	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	268.30/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,822	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,542	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,433	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	624	321.90/cwt	320.00–323.00	2,009	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	537	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,982	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	273.68/cwt	273.00–274.00	1,828	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,557	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	311.99/cwt	297.00–320.00	1,822	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,156	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	264.77/cwt	263.00–266.00	2,036	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	262.30/cwt	248.00–267.00	2,167	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	353.33/cwt	345.00–367.00	1,696	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	409	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,554	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	274.92/cwt	266.00–279.00	1,694	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	308.28/cwt	292.00–317.00	1,914	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	335.65/cwt	327.00–346.00	1,772	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	452.60/cwt	425.00–457.00	1,702	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	387	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,548	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	322.44/cwt	322.00–323.00	1,644	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	414	384.60/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,592	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	462	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,594	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	593	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,737	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	340	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,418	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	559	274.00/cwt	272.00–276.00	1,532	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	446	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,561	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,474	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	260.70/cwt	240.00–267.00	1,846	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	244.29/cwt	236.00–247.00	1,874	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	602	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	1,737	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,659	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	242.07/cwt	236.00–243.00	1,978	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	308.60/cwt	302.00–318.00	1,654	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	323.51/cwt	311.00–355.00	1,543	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,548	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	309.06/cwt	302.00–315.00	1,641	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	686	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,804	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	261.37/cwt	246.00–275.00	1,519	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	713	234.60/cwt	231.00–237.00	1,673	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,347	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,038	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	294.90/cwt	276.00–297.00	1,687	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	355.82/cwt	342.00–360.00	1,551	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	266.88/cwt	252.00–272.00	1,641	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	343.29/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,462	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	313	392.96/cwt	367.00–407.00	1,230	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	293.51/cwt	272.00–300.00	1,550	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	252.70/cwt	252.00–253.00	1,731	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	253.80/cwt	246.00–257.00	1,548	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	266.84/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,945	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,071	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,292	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,436	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,442	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	229.90/cwt	222.00–232.00	2,122	14

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 →

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Receipts 2,053Last week 2,829Year ago 2,800

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	317	452.00	452.00
14	350–400	376	425.00–457.00	452.60
2	400–450	440	372.00	372.00
4	450–500	451	342.00	342.00
94	500–550	528	327.00–346.00	335.65
34	550–600	584	297.00–320.00	311.99
125	600–650	621	292.00–317.00	308.28
18	650–700	679	260.00–277.00	268.30
92	700–750	729	260.00–277.00	266.84
63	750–800	769	263.00–266.00	264.77
69	800–850	826	248.00–267.00	262.30
18	850–900	880	245.00	245.00
14	900–950	923	222.00–232.00	229.90
20	950–1000	977	232.00–233.00	232.44
2	1050–1100	1,071	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	385	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	436	357.00	357.00
10	450–500	455	317.00	317.00
8	500–550	536	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	537	369.00	369.00
85	600–650	624	320.00–323.00	321.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	387	400.00	400.00
10	400–450	409	380.00	380.00
11	450–500	480	345.00–367.00	353.33
18	500–550	510	322.00–323.00	322.44
14	600–650	616	266.00–279.00	274.92
13	650–700	668	273.00–274.00	273.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	335	402.00	402.00
42	400–450	436	342.00–360.00	355.82
58	450–500	477	311.00–355.00	323.51
67	500–550	536	302.00–318.00	308.60
93	550–600	572	276.00–297.00	294.90
20	600–650	610	246.00–257.00	253.80
20	650–700	685	252.00–253.00	252.70
89	700–750	708	240.00–267.00	260.70
71	750–800	767	236.00–247.00	244.29
129	800–850	817	236.00–243.00	242.07
4	850–900	865	224.00	224.00
15	900–950	908	224.50	224.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	416	335.00	335.00
10	450–500	480	307.00	307.00
67	500–550	528	272.00–300.00	293.51
2	550–600	550	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	313	367.00–407.00	392.96
11	350–400	393	321.00–352.00	334.46
21	400–450	426	325.00–355.00	343.29
42	450–500	491	287.00–327.00	307.64
10	500–550	517	272.00–315.00	295.47
18	550–600	581	246.00–275.00	261.37
32	600–650	615	252.00–272.00	266.88
5	700–750	713	231.00–237.00	234.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	600–650	602	288.50	288.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	340	417.00	417.00
15	400–450	414	370.00–415.00	384.60
7	450–500	462	345.00	345.00
14	500–550	531	302.00–315.00	309.06
5	550–600	593	293.00	293.00
7	650–700	686	263.00	263.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	446	350.00	350.00
10	550–600	559	272.00–276.00	274.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	342.00	342.00
3	650–700	693	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	567	273.00	273.00

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