Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady on a light test. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $350.24/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −111.37 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$350.24

32 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,989

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$44.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.32

vs OK average

−28.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	357.13	2,016	27
Medium and Large 1-2	586	313.00	1,834	5thin

One grade step is worth $44.13/cwt here — about $182 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 sale32 hd

350.24

—

OK average6 barns · 459 hd

387.56

−37.32

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−28.55

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−111.37

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

48 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	500–550	543	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,890	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	343.01/cwt	341.00–345.00	2,007	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	312.81/cwt	302.00–316.00	2,240	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	770	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,071	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	284.01/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,769	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	322.11/cwt	313.00–325.00	1,665	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,261	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,162	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,208	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,279	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	340.03/cwt	337.00–352.00	1,602	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	264.38/cwt	262.00–268.00	1,919	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,003	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	314.56/cwt	306.00–318.00	1,891	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	264.24/cwt	264.00–265.00	2,204	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,736	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	345.97/cwt	338.00–355.00	2,038	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	269.74/cwt	267.00–275.00	2,490	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	340.31/cwt	334.00–343.00	2,093	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,263	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,836	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,066	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,689	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,834	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,910	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,819	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,561	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,894	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,718	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,863	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,127	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	542	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,033	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	702	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,169	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	442	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	377.30/cwt	357.00–387.00	2,026	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,051	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,096	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	260.79/cwt	256.50–264.00	2,660	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,146	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,865	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	278.17/cwt	263.00–285.00	2,309	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	661	317.38/cwt	295.00–328.00	2,098	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	406	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,553	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,303	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,633	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,729	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 May 8, 2025

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

Receipts 842Last week 590Year ago 1,588

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady on a light test. 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
6	500–550	543	348.00	348.00
6	550–600	585	341.00–345.00	343.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	442.00	442.00
9	500–550	537	357.00–387.00	377.30
3	550–600	556	377.00	377.00
5	600–650	633	324.00	324.00
16	650–700	661	295.00–328.00	317.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	542	317.00	317.00
3	600–650	625	298.00	298.00
2	750–800	782	272.00	272.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	485.00	485.00
2	400–450	407	415.00	415.00
8	450–500	471	367.00	367.00
3	500–550	540	340.00	340.00
13	550–600	589	338.00–355.00	345.97
19	600–650	615	334.00–343.00	340.31
18	700–750	716	302.00–316.00	312.81
9	750–800	778	296.00	296.00
40	800–850	830	263.00–285.00	278.17
13	850–900	859	263.50	263.50
123	900–950	923	267.00–275.00	269.74
8	950–1000	975	270.00	270.00
104	1000–1050	1,020	256.50–264.00	260.79
92	1100–1150	1,146	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	586	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	442	400.00	400.00
11	500–550	542	375.00	375.00
5	700–750	702	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	406	380.00	380.00
2	450–500	490	317.00	317.00
25	500–550	517	313.00–325.00	322.11
6	600–650	623	283.00–285.00	284.01
3	750–800	770	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	471	337.00–352.00	340.03
3	500–550	515	337.00	337.00
21	600–650	601	306.00–318.00	314.56
17	650–700	698	287.00	287.00
10	700–750	726	262.00–268.00	264.38
8	750–800	784	263.50	263.50
29	800–850	834	264.00–265.00	264.24
7	850–900	855	264.50	264.50
30	900–950	908	251.00	251.00
7	1150–1200	1,162	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	327.00	327.00
3	500–550	531	294.00	294.00
10	600–650	645	282.00	282.00
19	650–700	682	280.00	280.00
2	700–750	740	256.00	256.00

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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