Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower on a lighter test. Steer calves mostly steady. Heifer calves 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality was average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $370.27/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −91.34 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$370.27

62 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,081

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

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

$64.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.05

vs OK average

−7.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	376.50	2,106	56
Medium and Large 1-2	585	312.10	1,826	6thin

One grade step is worth $64.40/cwt here — about $281 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 sale62 hd

370.27

—

OK average6 barns · 828 hd

376.32

−6.05

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−7.78

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−91.34

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,068	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	289.46/cwt	286.00–292.00	2,507	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	295.58/cwt	282.00–301.00	2,314	222
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,512	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	293.34/cwt	292.00–298.00	2,373	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,763	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	327.97/cwt	320.00–331.00	1,597	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	287.07/cwt	275.00–307.00	1,926	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	269.58/cwt	261.00–271.50	2,116	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	367.28/cwt	360.00–377.00	2,112	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	318.16/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,278	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,401	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,212	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	298.07/cwt	282.00–314.00	1,881	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	260.13/cwt	257.00–261.00	2,180	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	242.50/cwt	240.00–246.00	2,083	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	332.53/cwt	330.00–334.00	1,716	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,104	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,076	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,244	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	267.31/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,973	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	448	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,590	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,988	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	397.26/cwt	395.00–402.00	1,649	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	327.49/cwt	327.00–328.00	2,093	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,138	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,964	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,681	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,592	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,041	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,038	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	319.42/cwt	319.00–319.50	1,945	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	964	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	2,521	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,670	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	260.88/cwt	234.00–272.00	1,753	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,002	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,565	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	312.10/cwt	277.00–329.00	1,826	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	565	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	277.49/cwt	273.00–278.00	2,456	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	281.11/cwt	279.00–287.00	2,330	69
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	497	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,899	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	607	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,985	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,640	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	557	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,766	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	324.24/cwt	312.00–332.00	1,560	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	738	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,882	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,088	255.25/cwt	255.25–255.25	2,777	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,543	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,838	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,104	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,986	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,839	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	324.02/cwt	317.00–330.00	2,142	13

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 →

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Receipts 1,375Last week 1,841Year ago 2,761

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	415	395.00–402.00	397.26
8	450–500	463	397.00	397.00
13	500–550	508	407.00	407.00
43	550–600	575	360.00–377.00	367.28
4	600–650	639	327.00–328.00	327.49
13	650–700	661	317.00–330.00	324.02
15	700–750	716	315.00–320.00	318.16
222	750–800	783	282.00–301.00	295.58
71	800–850	809	292.00–298.00	293.34
12	850–900	866	286.00–292.00	289.46
75	900–950	922	272.50	272.50
11	950–1000	967	263.00	263.00
52	1050–1100	1,088	255.25	255.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	585	277.00–329.00	312.10
20	600–650	609	319.00–319.50	319.42
23	700–750	728	280.00	280.00
69	800–850	829	279.00–287.00	281.11
146	850–900	885	273.00–278.00	277.49
10	950–1000	964	261.50	261.50
8	1000–1050	1,002	256.00	256.00
4	1050–1100	1,055	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	615	323.00	323.00
18	650–700	668	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	427.00	427.00
6	400–450	435	357.00	357.00
7	450–500	487	320.00–331.00	327.97
16	500–550	516	330.00–334.00	332.53
10	550–600	556	317.00	317.00
41	600–650	631	282.00–314.00	298.07
56	650–700	671	275.00–307.00	287.07
6	700–750	738	262.00–270.00	267.31
44	750–800	785	261.00–271.50	269.58
36	800–850	838	257.00–261.00	260.13
19	850–900	859	240.00–246.00	242.50
6	900–950	912	246.00	246.00
3	950–1000	966	229.00	229.00
6	1100–1150	1,104	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	448	355.00	355.00
8	450–500	481	312.00–332.00	324.24
10	550–600	557	317.00	317.00
14	600–650	629	316.00	316.00
7	700–750	738	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	517	308.00	308.00
16	550–600	584	286.00	286.00
12	600–650	609	276.00	276.00
12	650–700	672	234.00–272.00	260.88
6	750–800	791	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	565	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	608	323.00	323.00
9	750–800	750	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	400	410.00	410.00
4	450–500	497	382.00	382.00
6	500–550	530	347.00	347.00
2	600–650	607	327.00	327.00

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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