Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady versus a light test last week. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality was average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $371.07/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −90.54 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$371.07

109 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,117

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$56.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.82

vs OK average

+16.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	387.75	2,195	77
Medium and Large 1-2	581	330.91	1,923	32

One grade step is worth $56.84/cwt here — about $273 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 sale109 hd

371.07

—

OK average6 barns · 342 hd

361.25

+9.82

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+16.77

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−90.54

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

45 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 1Unweaned	300–350	338	453.16/cwt	442.00–465.00	1,532	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	511	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,891	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	725	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,139	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	381.74/cwt	350.00–397.00	1,871	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	665	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,181	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,793	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	435.10/cwt	392.00–447.00	1,997	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	424.43/cwt	415.00–432.00	2,228	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,417	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	370.12/cwt	365.00–377.00	2,169	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,322	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,471	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	732	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	2,229	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	402.90/cwt	387.00–417.00	1,741	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	443	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,626	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	341.86/cwt	341.00–352.00	1,631	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	330.91/cwt	330.00–332.00	1,923	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,150	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,542	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	318.82/cwt	293.00–332.00	1,811	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	404.07/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,750	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	308.89/cwt	289.00–314.00	1,906	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	278.89/cwt	273.00–286.00	1,930	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	793	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,228	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,434	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	279.79/cwt	271.00–295.00	1,771	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	354	392.65/cwt	387.00–397.00	1,390	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,216	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,004	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,860	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	302.29/cwt	302.00–307.00	2,216	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,263	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	273.23/cwt	267.00–274.00	2,000	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	239.30/cwt	238.00–242.00	2,115	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,619	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	306.73/cwt	299.00–321.00	2,098	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,608	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,352	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	251.67/cwt	249.00–252.50	2,089	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	327.35/cwt	319.00–330.00	1,755	8

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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 747Last week 448Year ago 703

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady versus a light test last week. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality was average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	338	442.00–465.00	453.16
6	400–450	427	420.00	420.00
6	450–500	490	350.00–397.00	381.74
3	500–550	511	370.00	370.00
5	650–700	665	328.00	328.00
3	700–750	725	295.00	295.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	487	382.00	382.00
4	550–600	586	342.00	342.00
10	900–950	936	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	567	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	350.00	350.00
4	400–450	421	382.00	382.00
26	450–500	477	341.00–352.00	341.86
32	550–600	581	330.00–332.00	330.91
3	600–650	608	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	437	432.00	432.00
10	450–500	459	392.00–447.00	435.10
25	500–550	525	415.00–432.00	424.43
52	550–600	586	365.00–377.00	370.12
6	600–650	640	336.00	336.00
25	650–700	684	299.00–321.00	306.73
34	700–750	733	302.00–307.00	302.29
31	800–850	817	277.00	277.00
8	850–900	852	276.00	276.00
7	900–950	900	258.00	258.00
35	950–1000	959	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	732	304.50	304.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	354	387.00–397.00	392.65
11	400–450	432	387.00–417.00	402.90
2	450–500	482	352.00	352.00
4	500–550	515	331.00	331.00
8	600–650	633	271.00–295.00	279.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	367.00	367.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	352.00	352.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	433	375.00–415.00	404.07
3	450–500	495	327.00	327.00
8	500–550	536	319.00–330.00	327.35
20	550–600	568	293.00–332.00	318.82
46	600–650	617	289.00–314.00	308.89
25	650–700	692	273.00–286.00	278.89
46	700–750	732	267.00–274.00	273.23
29	800–850	830	249.00–252.50	251.67
9	850–900	884	238.00–242.00	239.30
34	900–950	931	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	750–800	793	281.00	281.00

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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