Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last calf and feeder sale two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers10.00 to 20.00 higher with instances up to 40.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves easily 30.00 to 40.00 higher. Demand was moderate to active on the calves and moderate on the feeders. Quality average to plain.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $423.29/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −38.31 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$423.29

110 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,382

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$35.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.11

vs OK average

−5.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	429.77	2,402	90
Medium and Large 1-2	581	394.17	2,288	20

One grade step is worth $35.60/cwt here — about $114 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

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 sale110 hd

423.29

—

OK average6 barns · 836 hd

424.41

−1.11

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−5.86

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−38.31

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

62 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 1Unweaned	500–550	533	376.75/cwt	368.00–392.00	2,008	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,088	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	357.32/cwt	352.00–366.00	2,648	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,901	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	431.67/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,439	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,726	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	548.24/cwt	530.00–555.00	1,869	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	475.97/cwt	462.00–490.00	2,028	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,640	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	454.83/cwt	435.00–475.00	2,415	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	529.82/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,321	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,401	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,765	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	1,737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	325.80/cwt	320.00–339.00	2,297	119
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,566	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	312.01/cwt	310.50–330.00	2,449	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,233	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	1,607	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	456.41/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,159	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,237	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,613	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,994	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,372	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	603	403.68/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,434	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,327	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	687	349.93/cwt	349.00–352.00	2,404	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	637	326.95/cwt	300.00–333.00	2,083	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	705	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,460	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,504	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	564	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,985	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	495.44/cwt	460.00–515.00	2,244	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,937	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	594	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,942	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	460	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	598	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,266	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	706	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,238	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	903	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,664	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	315.39/cwt	313.00–322.00	2,495	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	440.69/cwt	437.00–442.00	2,027	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,306	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	355.13/cwt	347.00–357.00	1,985	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	405.11/cwt	400.00–442.00	1,746	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,195	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	437.67/cwt	425.00–462.00	2,324	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	648	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,294	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,524	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	400.67/cwt	385.00–409.00	2,296	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,673	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	358.64/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,055	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	681	309.89/cwt	306.00–317.00	2,110	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	459	428.24/cwt	427.00–432.00	1,966	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	407	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	412.31/cwt	403.00–428.00	2,387	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	493.56/cwt	492.00–497.00	2,394	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	683	337.80/cwt	337.00–340.00	2,307	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	720	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,333	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	380	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	1,927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	400.80/cwt	390.00–416.00	2,553	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	826	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,561	7

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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Receipts 1,359Last week 1,371Year ago 1,954

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	407	425.00	425.00
8	450–500	459	427.00–432.00	428.24
37	500–550	533	368.00–392.00	376.75
22	550–600	573	345.00–360.00	358.64
41	600–650	637	300.00–333.00	326.95
14	650–700	681	306.00–317.00	309.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	317	507.00	507.00
3	350–400	368	472.00	472.00
4	400–450	426	462.00–490.00	475.97
15	450–500	473	445.00–485.00	456.41
14	550–600	572	365.00	365.00
14	600–650	613	365.00	365.00
11	650–700	651	343.00	343.00
119	700–750	705	320.00–339.00	325.80
106	750–800	785	310.50–330.00	312.01
5	800–850	805	328.00	328.00
8	850–900	868	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	431	400.00–442.00	405.11
12	450–500	460	437.00–442.00	440.69
18	500–550	535	362.00	362.00
60	550–600	559	347.00–357.00	355.13
20	700–750	744	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	460	375.00	375.00
7	550–600	594	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	341	530.00–555.00	548.24
6	400–450	438	520.00–540.00	529.82
5	450–500	453	530.00	530.00
8	500–550	531	435.00–475.00	454.83
40	550–600	565	425.00–445.00	431.67
62	600–650	637	390.00–416.00	400.80
4	650–700	666	385.00	385.00
39	700–750	741	352.00–366.00	357.32
31	750–800	751	363.00	363.00
65	850–900	875	316.00	316.00
45	900–950	915	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	435	535.00	535.00
16	450–500	485	492.00–497.00	493.56
18	500–550	531	425.00–462.00	437.67
24	550–600	579	403.00–428.00	412.31
19	600–650	603	370.00–410.00	403.68
29	650–700	687	349.00–352.00	349.93
17	700–750	705	349.00	349.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	500.00	500.00
14	450–500	453	460.00–515.00	495.44
14	550–600	573	385.00–409.00	400.67
53	700–750	749	337.00	337.00
11	750–800	791	313.00–322.00	315.39
10	800–850	830	322.00	322.00
4	900–950	903	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	598	379.00	379.00
12	600–650	648	354.00	354.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	356	560.00	560.00
5	500–550	510	465.00	465.00
16	750–800	785	319.00	319.00
19	950–1000	954	269.00	269.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	564	352.00	352.00
5	700–750	706	317.00	317.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	507.00	507.00
9	450–500	470	467.00	467.00
11	650–700	683	337.00–340.00	337.80
3	700–750	720	324.00	324.00
7	800–850	826	310.00	310.00

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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