Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to active. Quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $364.62/cwt on 112 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −96.99 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$364.62

112 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,036

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$28.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.15

vs OK average

−13.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	372.48	2,072	81
Medium and Large 1-2	563	344.08	1,939	31

One grade step is worth $28.41/cwt here — about $134 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 sale112 hd

364.62

—

OK average6 barns · 955 hd

362.47

+2.15

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−13.96

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−96.99

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

38 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	750–800	774	302.88/cwt	290.00–311.00	2,344	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	359.79/cwt	347.00–370.00	1,741	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	325.67/cwt	325.00–326.00	2,153	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	324.75/cwt	321.00–325.00	2,322	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	445	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,669	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	371	437.16/cwt	432.00–450.00	1,622	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	286.13/cwt	275.00–293.00	2,163	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	338.23/cwt	319.00–352.00	1,759	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,749	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	379.56/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,000	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	320.33/cwt	312.00–330.00	1,909	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	414.80/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,539	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	343.68/cwt	341.00–350.00	2,151	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	297.93/cwt	292.00–299.00	2,148	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	302.70/cwt	302.50–308.00	2,479	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	371.13/cwt	352.00–377.00	2,086	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	303.80/cwt	300.00–307.00	2,032	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,761	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	401.33/cwt	385.00–412.00	1,854	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	325.71/cwt	320.00–328.00	2,156	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	735	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,168	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	316.90/cwt	298.00–324.00	2,000	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	264.06/cwt	260.00–268.00	2,321	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	356	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,258	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,125	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,233	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	307.22/cwt	302.00–312.00	2,424	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	291.44/cwt	290.50–305.00	2,582	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	346.13/cwt	341.00–352.00	2,014	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,836	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	628	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,959	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,754	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,471	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	357.48/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,762	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	338.17/cwt	327.00–351.00	1,725	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,798	2

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

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

Receipts 976Last week 906Year ago 1,358

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady. Demand was moderate to active. Quality average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	484	347.00–370.00	359.79
18	650–700	661	325.00–326.00	325.67
8	750–800	774	290.00–311.00	302.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	371	432.00–450.00	437.16
6	400–450	445	375.00	375.00
14	450–500	493	355.00–360.00	357.48
2	700–750	735	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	462	385.00–412.00	401.33
13	500–550	527	375.00–385.00	379.56
68	550–600	562	352.00–377.00	371.13
39	600–650	626	341.00–350.00	343.68
40	650–700	662	320.00–328.00	325.71
31	700–750	715	321.00–325.00	324.75
76	750–800	789	302.00–312.00	307.22
55	800–850	819	302.50–308.00	302.70
145	850–900	886	290.50–305.00	291.44
8	900–950	948	290.00	290.00
4	950–1000	962	287.00	287.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	510	327.00–351.00	338.17
23	550–600	582	341.00–352.00	346.13
9	600–650	646	329.00	329.00
9	700–750	732	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	628	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	371	405.00–425.00	414.80
3	450–500	496	320.00	320.00
27	500–550	520	319.00–352.00	338.23
13	550–600	596	312.00–330.00	320.33
30	600–650	631	298.00–324.00	316.90
11	650–700	669	300.00–307.00	303.80
79	700–750	721	292.00–299.00	297.93
26	750–800	756	275.00–293.00	286.13
46	800–850	805	280.50	280.50
12	850–900	879	260.00–268.00	264.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	631	278.00	278.00
4	650–700	680	270.00	270.00
2	700–750	722	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	352.00	352.00

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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