Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $347.87/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −113.73 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$347.87

36 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,945

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$28.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.77

vs OK average

−16.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	356.43	2,003	25
Medium and Large 1-2	552	328.43	1,814	11thin

One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about $189 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale36 hd

347.87

—

OK average6 barns · 603 hd

371.64

−23.77

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

−16.89

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−113.73

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

54 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	538	315.89/cwt	313.00–317.00	1,699	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	588	285.56/cwt	278.00–298.00	1,679	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	296.97/cwt	276.00–302.00	1,898	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	280.78/cwt	273.00–287.00	1,923	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,835	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	251.69/cwt	248.00–256.00	2,076	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,608	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	279.29/cwt	271.00–288.00	2,304	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	302.10/cwt	286.00–309.00	2,190	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,579	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	269.89/cwt	268.50–273.00	2,353	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	289.79/cwt	273.00–296.00	2,255	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,056	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	318.96/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,799	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,917	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	498	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,858	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	391	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,630	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	640	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,022	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	358.03/cwt	353.00–365.00	2,019	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	348.85/cwt	333.00–357.00	2,107	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	366	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,537	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	370.06/cwt	347.00–380.00	1,773	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,800	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,886	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,983	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	863	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,416	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,194	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,824	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	363	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,470	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	345	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,587	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	692	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,951	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,176	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,748	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	726	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,771	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	365	398.73/cwt	373.00–407.00	1,455	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,543	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	268.36/cwt	262.00–273.00	2,093	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	325.88/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,594	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,721	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	268.86/cwt	251.00–274.00	1,960	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	380.46/cwt	368.00–400.00	1,647	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	361.03/cwt	353.00–368.00	1,513	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,197	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	265.93/cwt	265.00–267.00	2,207	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	327.33/cwt	324.00–335.00	1,758	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	281.41/cwt	259.00–288.00	1,863	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,165	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,039	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,138	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,230	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	319.06/cwt	305.00–337.00	1,819	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,692	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	347.73/cwt	331.00–357.00	1,620	15

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 1,129Last week 747Year ago 1,170

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	365	373.00–407.00	398.73
15	450–500	466	331.00–357.00	347.73
11	500–550	538	313.00–317.00	315.89
8	550–600	588	278.00–298.00	285.56
4	700–750	726	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	363	425.00	425.00
25	400–450	433	368.00–400.00	380.46
7	450–500	474	357.00	357.00
24	500–550	537	324.00–335.00	327.33
9	550–600	570	305.00–337.00	319.06
31	600–650	639	276.00–302.00	296.97
10	650–700	662	259.00–288.00	281.41
29	700–750	729	251.00–274.00	268.86
65	750–800	780	262.00–273.00	268.36
30	800–850	830	265.00–267.00	265.93
3	850–900	888	245.00	245.00
30	950–1000	985	223.00	223.00
4	1100–1150	1,138	196.00	196.00
6	1150–1200	1,165	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	850–900	863	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	419	353.00–368.00	361.03
13	450–500	489	322.00–327.00	325.88
4	550–600	573	294.00	294.00
5	650–700	699	250.00	250.00
8	700–750	745	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	451	425.00	425.00
23	550–600	564	353.00–365.00	358.03
17	600–650	604	333.00–357.00	348.85
9	650–700	685	273.00–287.00	280.78
76	700–750	725	286.00–309.00	302.10
23	750–800	778	273.00–296.00	289.79
217	800–850	825	271.00–288.00	279.29
69	850–900	872	268.50–273.00	269.89
5	950–1000	988	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	374	430.00	430.00
4	500–550	532	345.00	345.00
7	550–600	564	311.00–325.00	318.96
14	750–800	770	267.00	267.00
22	800–850	825	248.00–256.00	251.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	391	417.00	417.00
9	450–500	498	373.00	373.00
2	500–550	540	338.00	338.00
5	600–650	640	316.00	316.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	460.00	460.00
12	350–400	366	420.00	420.00
10	450–500	479	347.00–380.00	370.06
3	500–550	521	362.00	362.00
3	600–650	600	300.00	300.00
2	650–700	692	282.00	282.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	452	382.00	382.00
3	550–600	551	331.00	331.00
5	800–850	816	243.00	243.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	975	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	405.00	405.00

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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