Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady. Demand was moderate for the feeder cattle and active for the calves. Quality average to plain.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $375.44/cwt on 174 head. That ranks 6 of 32 comparable sales and sits −18.30 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.

Average price

$375.44

174 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,048

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$20.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.75

vs OK average

−14.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	377.80	2,063	154
Medium and Large 1-2	540	357.26	1,930	20

One grade step is worth $20.54/cwt here — about $133 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale174 hd

375.44

—

OK average6 barns · 1,418 hd

398.19

−22.75

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−14.47

This barn, trailing median32 sales

393.73

−18.30

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,010	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	545	402.98/cwt	400.00–407.00	2,196	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,319	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	769	310.76/cwt	310.00–311.00	2,390	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	496	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,746	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	702	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,282	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	535	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,087	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,263	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	567	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,126	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,907	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	381	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,134	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	456.02/cwt	432.00–465.00	2,380	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,237	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	448	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,949	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	338.98/cwt	333.00–341.00	2,651	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	496.21/cwt	482.00–504.00	2,422	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	729	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	2,548	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	445	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,158	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,958	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	363.13/cwt	355.00–373.00	2,615	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	409.39/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,936	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,239	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,421	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	401.92/cwt	372.00–410.00	2,532	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,733	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,849	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	593	350.49/cwt	335.00–352.00	2,078	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	513	393.66/cwt	375.00–396.00	2,019	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	350.21/cwt	350.00–354.00	2,732	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	396.84/cwt	393.00–400.00	2,611	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	344.98/cwt	337.00–347.00	2,087	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	339.27/cwt	322.00–345.00	2,256	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,084	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	452.86/cwt	452.00–455.00	1,843	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	371.85/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,082	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	425.86/cwt	425.00–427.00	1,989	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	383.40/cwt	372.00–395.00	2,247	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,754	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,178	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	379.76/cwt	379.00–382.00	2,009	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,780	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,910	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	327	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,733	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	312.85/cwt	307.00–321.00	2,090	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,152	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	445.17/cwt	422.00–455.00	2,057	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	770	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,171	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	353.13/cwt	349.00–355.00	2,189	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	306.87/cwt	306.00–314.00	2,403	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	324.70/cwt	318.00–336.00	2,205	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	299.13/cwt	291.00–299.50	2,650	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	717	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,259	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	431.20/cwt	430.00–432.00	1,789	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,060	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,141	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	578	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,688	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	536	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,903	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	3,091	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,662	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	460	382.71/cwt	377.00–385.00	1,760	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	335.28/cwt	330.00–335.50	2,424	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	394	441.97/cwt	432.00–445.00	1,741	29

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 Dec 18, 2025

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

Receipts 1,543Last week 2,082Year ago 1,591

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady. Demand was moderate for the feeder cattle and active for the calves. Quality average to plain.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	482	417.00	417.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	327	530.00	530.00
4	350–400	382	500.00	500.00
7	450–500	467	425.00–427.00	425.86
14	500–550	545	400.00–407.00	402.98
6	550–600	586	372.00–395.00	383.40
9	600–650	632	367.00	367.00
8	650–700	670	325.00	325.00
13	750–800	769	310.00–311.00	310.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	496	352.00	352.00
4	700–750	702	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	431	407.00	407.00
8	550–600	579	360.00	360.00
12	650–700	665	322.00–345.00	339.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	448	435.00	435.00
11	500–550	535	390.00	390.00
9	550–600	567	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	381	560.00	560.00
2	400–450	445	485.00	485.00
16	450–500	466	480.00	480.00
77	500–550	522	432.00–465.00	456.02
3	550–600	570	397.00	397.00
67	600–650	630	372.00–410.00	401.92
34	700–750	729	349.50	349.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	450–500	488	482.00–504.00	496.21
14	500–550	532	455.00	455.00
39	650–700	658	393.00–400.00	396.84
100	700–750	720	355.00–373.00	363.13
37	750–800	780	350.00–354.00	350.21
4	800–850	841	325.00	325.00
45	850–900	855	346.00	346.00
8	900–950	920	316.00	316.00
42	1050–1100	1,055	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	425.00	425.00
4	550–600	597	375.00	375.00
24	750–800	782	333.00–341.00	338.98
6	800–850	845	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	394	432.00–445.00	441.97
13	400–450	415	430.00–432.00	431.20
11	450–500	473	395.00–415.00	409.39
69	500–550	513	375.00–396.00	393.66
44	550–600	593	335.00–352.00	350.49
35	600–650	605	337.00–347.00	344.98
14	650–700	668	307.00–321.00	312.85
20	700–750	717	315.00	315.00
3	750–800	770	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	407	452.00–455.00	452.86
35	450–500	462	422.00–455.00	445.17
7	500–550	510	422.00	422.00
34	550–600	560	350.00–385.00	371.85
13	600–650	620	349.00–355.00	353.13
53	650–700	679	318.00–336.00	324.70
97	700–750	723	330.00–335.50	335.28
45	750–800	783	306.00–314.00	306.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	367.00	367.00
12	500–550	529	379.00–382.00	379.76
7	600–650	639	335.00	335.00
9	650–700	652	316.00	316.00
66	850–900	886	291.00–299.50	299.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	460	377.00–385.00	382.71
4	500–550	536	355.00	355.00
4	550–600	578	292.00	292.00

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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