Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady. Feeder heifers 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $329.37/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −64.36 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.

Average price

$329.37

62 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,789

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

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

$38.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.10

vs OK average

+0.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	331.88	1,791	58
Medium and Large 1-2	597	293.00	1,749	4thin

One grade step is worth $38.88/cwt here — about $42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale62 hd

329.37

—

OK average6 barns · 501 hd

330.47

−1.10

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

+0.03

This barn, trailing median32 sales

393.73

−64.36

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

35 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 1	550–600	577	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,916	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	706	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,949	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	292.34/cwt	283.00–296.50	1,956	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,698	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,974	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,109	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	340.57/cwt	335.00–357.00	2,159	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,625	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	278.38/cwt	278.00–278.50	2,505	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,950	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	241.15/cwt	236.00–242.50	2,127	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,413	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	348.18/cwt	346.00–351.00	1,992	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,428	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	262.52/cwt	246.00–263.25	2,166	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,145	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	284.42/cwt	279.00–287.00	2,022	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,826	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	317.51/cwt	315.00–319.00	2,188	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,874	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	280.97/cwt	275.00–289.00	2,225	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	377	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,214	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	269.72/cwt	264.50–276.00	2,093	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,676	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	330.97/cwt	329.00–335.00	1,688	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	387	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,529	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,618	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	412	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,772	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	368.77/cwt	360.00–392.00	2,098	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	643	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,032	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	382.58/cwt	367.00–390.00	2,001	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,749	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	844	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,380	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	332.08/cwt	329.00–336.00	1,723	27

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 May 1, 2025

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

Receipts 590Last week 632Year ago 2,664

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady. Feeder heifers 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	389	367.00	367.00
27	500–550	519	329.00–336.00	332.08
22	550–600	577	332.00	332.00
6	600–650	621	314.00	314.00
20	650–700	669	283.00–296.50	292.34
53	700–750	711	279.00–287.00	284.42
44	750–800	776	264.50–276.00	269.72
78	800–850	825	246.00–263.25	262.52
19	850–900	882	236.00–242.50	241.15
17	900–950	909	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	377	322.00	322.00
8	400–450	435	372.00	372.00
4	450–500	476	352.00	352.00
9	500–550	510	329.00–335.00	330.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	597	293.00	293.00
2	600–650	632	252.00	252.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	387	395.00	395.00
5	400–450	412	430.00	430.00
4	700–750	706	276.00	276.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	359.00	359.00
3	500–550	538	367.00	367.00
4	650–700	651	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	523	367.00–390.00	382.58
25	550–600	569	360.00–392.00	368.77
9	600–650	634	335.00–357.00	340.57
8	650–700	689	315.00–319.00	317.51
7	750–800	792	275.00–289.00	280.97
5	800–850	844	282.00	282.00
10	850–900	868	278.00	278.00
21	900–950	900	278.00–278.50	278.38
14	950–1000	965	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	460	397.00	397.00
13	500–550	522	359.00	359.00
14	550–600	572	346.00–351.00	348.18
15	600–650	643	316.00	316.00

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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