Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. 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 $385.72/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −75.88 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$385.72

36 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,072

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$53.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.02

vs OK average

+11.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	394.67	2,091	30
Medium and Large 1-2	575	341.00	1,961	6thin

One grade step is worth $53.67/cwt here — about $130 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 sale36 hd

385.72

—

OK average6 barns · 294 hd

371.71

+14.02

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+11.70

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−75.88

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

42 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	450–500	451	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,836	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,046	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	285.60/cwt	280.00–289.00	2,231	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	261.60/cwt	260.50–262.50	2,538	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	369	454.51/cwt	452.00–457.00	1,677	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,246	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	359.60/cwt	346.00–366.00	1,909	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	324.69/cwt	297.00–332.00	2,013	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	286.58/cwt	286.00–287.00	2,083	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,242	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,108	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,904	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,064	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	365.89/cwt	362.00–367.00	2,038	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	330.26/cwt	326.00–331.00	1,892	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	393.50/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,476	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	262.49/cwt	259.00–269.00	2,034	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	289.02/cwt	287.00–290.50	1,968	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,147	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	276.96/cwt	272.00–279.00	2,404	82
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,655	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	320	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	1,526	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,316	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,254	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,883	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	347	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,336	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,637	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,817	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	380	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,433	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,599	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,343	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,961	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,207	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,108	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,866	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	326.82/cwt	314.00–344.00	1,696	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,414	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,123	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,130	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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 632Last week 1,129Year ago 1,162

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves unevenly 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
3	450–500	451	407.00	407.00
4	550–600	553	370.00	370.00
7	700–750	727	286.00–287.00	286.58
5	800–850	804	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	477.00	477.00
8	350–400	369	452.00–457.00	454.51
2	400–450	417	397.00	397.00
6	450–500	470	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	405	465.00	465.00
21	500–550	518	407.00	407.00
9	550–600	557	362.00–367.00	365.89
26	600–650	635	369.00	369.00
10	650–700	667	338.00	338.00
14	700–750	728	308.00	308.00
31	750–800	781	280.00–289.00	285.60
9	800–850	804	288.00	288.00
82	850–900	868	272.00–279.00	276.96
46	950–1000	970	260.50–262.50	261.60
25	1050–1100	1,065	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	326	340.00	340.00
3	350–400	396	357.00	357.00
6	550–600	575	341.00	341.00
7	650–700	655	337.00	337.00
3	700–750	745	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	375	365.00–405.00	393.50
4	450–500	477	349.00	349.00
19	500–550	531	346.00–366.00	359.60
13	550–600	573	326.00–331.00	330.26
19	600–650	620	297.00–332.00	324.69
31	650–700	681	287.00–290.50	289.02
4	700–750	700	272.00	272.00
23	750–800	775	259.00–269.00	262.49
4	800–850	846	244.00	244.00
11	900–950	926	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	347	385.00	385.00
7	350–400	380	377.00	377.00
4	450–500	465	352.00	352.00
5	600–650	616	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	500–550	519	314.00–344.00	326.82
6	600–650	648	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	387	292.00	292.00
3	500–550	546	270.00	270.00

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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