Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: With significant amounts of rainfall in the general area this week Limiting receipts, there were not enough feeder cattle or calves for an accurate trend but a stronger undertone was noted. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $413.89/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 22 of 32 comparable sales and sits +20.15 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.

Average price

$413.89

35 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,305

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

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

$33.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.00

vs OK average

+44.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	418.70	2,311	30
Medium and Large 1-2	587	385.00	2,260	5thin

One grade step is worth $33.70/cwt here — about $51 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale35 hd

413.89

—

OK average7 barns · 1,148 hd

391.89

+22.00

National average160 barns · 10,603 hd

369.81

+44.08

This barn, trailing median32 sales

393.73

+20.15

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

37 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	800–850	805	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,657	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,925	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,992	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	1,716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	362	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,583	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	458.62/cwt	447.00–475.00	2,146	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,338	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	722	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,606	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	349.62/cwt	337.00–357.00	2,503	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,705	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	406	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,888	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,364	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	390	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,970	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,972	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	328.41/cwt	326.00–330.00	2,811	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	3,039	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,240	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,464	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	430.26/cwt	405.00–437.00	2,418	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,074	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	496	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,143	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,198	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	451.89/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,902	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,233	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	648	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,203	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	683	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,336	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	587	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,260	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	552	418.70/cwt	417.00–420.00	2,311	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,200	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,944	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,587	3

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 Aug 28, 2025

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

Receipts 380Last week 1,037Year ago 2,033

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	500.00	500.00
4	400–450	446	465.00	465.00
2	800–850	805	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	517.00	517.00
3	350–400	385	505.00	505.00
5	400–450	406	465.00	465.00
15	450–500	468	447.00–475.00	458.62
3	500–550	515	435.00	435.00
24	550–600	562	405.00–437.00	430.26
4	600–650	617	410.00	410.00
8	650–700	671	385.00	385.00
4	700–750	722	361.00	361.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	816	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	757	346.00	346.00
10	850–900	856	326.00–330.00	328.41
14	1000–1050	1,030	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	505.00	505.00
10	450–500	487	480.00	480.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	472	422.00	422.00
3	600–650	603	392.00	392.00
5	650–700	657	375.00	375.00
14	700–750	716	337.00–357.00	349.62
65	750–800	791	342.00	342.00
2	800–850	815	314.00	314.00
3	900–950	945	292.00	292.00
3	950–1000	965	297.00	297.00
17	1000–1050	1,041	285.50	285.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	362	440.00	440.00
17	400–450	421	445.00–470.00	451.89
4	450–500	496	432.00	432.00
30	550–600	552	417.00–420.00	418.70
5	600–650	648	340.00	340.00
6	650–700	683	342.00	342.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	353	340.00	340.00
4	650–700	656	335.00	335.00
8	750–800	752	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	587	385.00	385.00

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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