Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Steer calves 10.00 to 15.00 higher with instances of 20.00 higher. Heifer calves unevenly steady. 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 $354.14/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −107.46 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$354.14

102 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,009

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$677

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

$125.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.47

vs OK average

+4.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	370.39	2,076	68
Medium and Large 1-2	584	345.23	2,016	26
Medium and Large 2	571	245.00	1,399	8thin

One grade step is worth $125.39/cwt here — about $677 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale102 hd

354.14

—

OK average6 barns · 505 hd

351.68

+2.47

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+4.86

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−107.46

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

61 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	414	459.07/cwt	450.00–467.00	1,901	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	380.58/cwt	378.00–383.00	2,036	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	385.65/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,855	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	251.78/cwt	251.00–254.00	2,047	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	476.09/cwt	475.00–477.00	1,742	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	267.56/cwt	265.50–271.00	2,218	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	277.76/cwt	273.50–285.00	2,161	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	296.27/cwt	289.00–310.00	1,982	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,040	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,319	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,323	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	284.21/cwt	277.00–287.00	1,975	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	286.87/cwt	282.00–294.00	2,097	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	329.68/cwt	320.00–334.00	2,011	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	266.77/cwt	264.00–267.00	2,110	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	353.49/cwt	340.00–357.00	2,174	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,706	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	258.99/cwt	258.00–269.00	2,274	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	404	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,656	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	569	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,935	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,060	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	655	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,135	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,776	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,399	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	542	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,924	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,742	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,310	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	405	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,547	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	738	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,834	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	501	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	240.76/cwt	240.00–241.50	2,003	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	244.33/cwt	241.00–247.00	1,984	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,823	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	325.08/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,677	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	301	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,300	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	276.47/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,811	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,721	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	413.15/cwt	397.00–430.00	1,541	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	253.45/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,985	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	249.94/cwt	243.00–258.00	1,685	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	259.26/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,906	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,552	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	306.30/cwt	301.00–314.00	1,636	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,718	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,087	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	839	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,812	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	310.70/cwt	297.00–318.00	1,765	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	497	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,551	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,218	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	246.09/cwt	244.00–248.00	1,747	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	970	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,274	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	276.81/cwt	276.00–277.00	1,769	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	308.42/cwt	307.00–309.00	1,625	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	451	334.98/cwt	324.00–357.00	1,511	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	357	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	366.09/cwt	362.00–372.00	1,563	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,572	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	283.59/cwt	282.00–286.00	1,656	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	364.54/cwt	359.00–370.00	2,107	40

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 1,642Last week 3,234Year ago 3,768

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	331	475.00	475.00
9	350–400	366	475.00–477.00	476.09
28	400–450	414	450.00–467.00	459.07
18	450–500	481	375.00–390.00	385.65
26	500–550	535	378.00–383.00	380.58
40	550–600	578	359.00–370.00	364.54
50	600–650	615	340.00–357.00	353.49
41	650–700	669	289.00–310.00	296.27
84	700–750	731	282.00–294.00	286.87
134	750–800	778	273.50–285.00	277.76
58	800–850	829	265.50–271.00	267.56
108	850–900	878	258.00–269.00	258.99
9	900–950	917	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	592	348.00	348.00
20	600–650	610	320.00–334.00	329.68
36	650–700	695	277.00–287.00	284.21
74	750–800	791	264.00–267.00	266.77
8	800–850	813	251.00–254.00	251.78
27	950–1000	980	237.00	237.00
5	1000–1050	1,040	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	415.00	415.00
3	450–500	478	357.00	357.00
2	500–550	542	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	404	410.00	410.00
9	550–600	569	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	655	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	571	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	520	252.00	252.00
9	600–650	638	273.00	273.00
2	650–700	657	277.00	277.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	382.00	382.00
3	500–550	501	342.00	342.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	738	248.50	248.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	450.00	450.00
3	500–550	515	332.00	332.00
16	800–850	812	241.00–247.00	244.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	301	432.00	432.00
6	350–400	373	397.00–430.00	413.15
11	400–450	409	420.00	420.00
20	450–500	465	370.00	370.00
9	500–550	516	320.00–327.00	325.08
77	550–600	568	297.00–318.00	310.70
21	600–650	639	276.00–277.00	276.81
27	650–700	655	275.00–277.00	276.47
124	700–750	735	255.00–270.00	259.26
90	750–800	783	248.00–255.00	253.45
41	800–850	832	240.00–241.50	240.76
3	950–1000	966	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	367.00	367.00
47	500–550	534	301.00–314.00	306.30
15	550–600	584	282.00–286.00	283.59
17	650–700	674	243.00–258.00	249.94
25	700–750	710	244.00–248.00	246.09
5	800–850	839	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	497	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	431	225.00	225.00
5	500–550	514	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	357	350.00	350.00
7	400–450	427	362.00–372.00	366.09
6	450–500	451	324.00–357.00	334.98
14	500–550	527	307.00–309.00	308.42

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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