Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: To few feeder steers for an accurate test. Feeder heifers unevenly steady, Steer calves 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifer calves mostly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.30/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −65.44 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.

Average price

$328.30

35 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$27.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.05

vs OK average

+6.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	334.67	1,825	27
Medium and Large 1-2	522	306.79	1,601	8thin

One grade step is worth $27.88/cwt here — about $224 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale35 hd

328.30

—

OK average6 barns · 525 hd

330.34

−2.05

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

+6.92

This barn, trailing median32 sales

393.73

−65.44

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

38 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,556	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,224	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,114	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	504	346.97/cwt	337.00–380.00	1,749	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	554	351.72/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,949	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	364.39/cwt	352.00–372.00	2,092	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	349.58/cwt	349.00–352.00	2,174	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	274.77/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,706	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	380.74/cwt	372.00–385.00	1,649	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,180	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	637	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,115	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	365.28/cwt	352.00–392.00	1,757	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	315.81/cwt	314.00–317.00	1,955	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	284.32/cwt	282.00–291.00	2,235	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,020	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	306.79/cwt	287.00–318.00	1,601	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	557	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,682	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	448	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,577	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	978	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,029	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,056	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	214.84/cwt	211.00–216.00	1,983	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,956	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	747	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,144	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	438.56/cwt	437.00–440.00	1,645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	279.59/cwt	256.00–281.50	1,996	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	340	365.94/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,244	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	335.19/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,730	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,192	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	403.12/cwt	377.00–427.00	1,746	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,830	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,843	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,648	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	344	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,520	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

Thu Apr 3, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Oklahoma City, OK (LS-KO)

Receipts 448Last week 1,930Year ago 1,031

Compared to last week: To few feeder steers for an accurate test. Feeder heifers unevenly steady, Steer calves 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifer calves mostly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	415.00	415.00
6	800–850	810	261.00	261.00
2	850–900	862	258.00	258.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	344	442.00	442.00
6	350–400	375	437.00–440.00	438.56
3	400–450	400	412.00	412.00
2	450–500	477	357.00	357.00
14	500–550	504	337.00–380.00	346.97
12	550–600	554	335.00–375.00	351.72
2	700–750	747	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	452.00	452.00
6	500–550	518	390.00	390.00
8	550–600	574	352.00–372.00	364.39
21	600–650	622	349.00–352.00	349.58
34	750–800	786	282.00–291.00	284.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	586	372.00	372.00
11	600–650	637	332.00	332.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	357.00	357.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	340	360.00–370.00	365.94
12	400–450	433	372.00–385.00	380.74
16	500–550	516	320.00–348.00	335.19
2	550–600	557	302.00	302.00
4	600–650	621	265.00–285.00	274.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	433	377.00–427.00	403.12
20	450–500	481	352.00–392.00	365.28
9	550–600	595	341.00	341.00
20	600–650	619	314.00–317.00	315.81
15	650–700	693	266.00	266.00
41	700–750	714	256.00–281.50	279.59
12	750–800	756	272.00	272.00
3	850–900	863	254.00	254.00
14	900–950	923	211.00–216.00	214.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	522	287.00–318.00	306.79
4	700–750	732	250.00	250.00
4	750–800	781	232.00	232.00
2	850–900	885	221.00	221.00
3	950–1000	978	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	448	352.00	352.00

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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