Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale December 18th: Feeder steers 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady. Demand moderate to active. Quality average to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $378.50/cwt on 182 head, up $3.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 32 comparable sales and sits −15.23 against this barn's trailing median of $393.73.

Average price

$378.50

▲ 3.06 vs prior sale

182 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,095

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$23.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.58

vs OK average

−31.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	384.33	2,151	137
Medium and Large 1-2	535	360.74	1,929	45

One grade step is worth $23.59/cwt here — about $222 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale182 hd

378.50

—

OK average6 barns · 1,802 hd

401.09

−22.58

National average199 barns · 28,725 hd

410.10

−31.60

This barn, trailing median32 sales

393.73

−15.23

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

70 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 1Fancy	550–600	553	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,649	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,573	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	419.66/cwt	419.00–422.00	2,396	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	331	496.17/cwt	490.00–540.00	1,642	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,972	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	434.18/cwt	420.00–515.00	1,828	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,589	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	947	335.14/cwt	316.50–336.00	3,174	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	310.10/cwt	309.50–310.25	3,197	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,775	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,356	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	377.41/cwt	364.00–387.00	2,540	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	409.39/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,555	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	594	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,459	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	385.96/cwt	385.00–389.00	2,432	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	462.71/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,397	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,542	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	353.73/cwt	346.00–360.00	2,748	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	849	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,861	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	698	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,506	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	438	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,037	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,912	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	419.23/cwt	395.00–462.00	2,004	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	407	539.11/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,194	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	373.92/cwt	361.00–379.50	2,737	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	384	490.54/cwt	472.00–545.00	1,884	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	454.00/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,374	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	468.62/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,231	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	328	602.00/cwt	602.00–602.00	1,975	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	390	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,833	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	430.22/cwt	427.00–442.00	2,310	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	434	471.35/cwt	460.00–487.00	2,046	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	566.90/cwt	550.00–595.00	1,882	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,373	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,037	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	429.48/cwt	417.00–440.00	2,311	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	439.86/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,274	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	346.07/cwt	339.00–354.00	2,346	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	415.41/cwt	402.00–419.00	2,418	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	548.00/cwt	530.00–565.00	2,389	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	389	447.11/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,739	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	363.90/cwt	342.00–377.00	1,932	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	364.61/cwt	356.50–375.00	2,315	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,211	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	601	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,043	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	617	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,709	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	459.07/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,901	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	324.47/cwt	324.00–326.00	2,609	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	342.13/cwt	330.00–356.00	2,131	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,978	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	706	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,054	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	684	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,189	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	426.43/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,851	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	364.22/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,912	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	558	403.07/cwt	402.00–404.00	2,249	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	601	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,308	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	344.61/cwt	329.00–347.50	2,502	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	364.93/cwt	352.00–369.00	2,128	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,796	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	390.11/cwt	380.00–407.00	1,908	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,499	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	716	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,520	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,627	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,730	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	460.52/cwt	457.00–465.00	2,270	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	403.54/cwt	397.00–407.00	2,349	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	362.31/cwt	357.00–375.00	2,482	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	420.68/cwt	416.00–422.00	2,263	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,912	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	463	407.50/cwt	382.00–430.00	1,887	37

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 1,748Last week 1,543Year ago 1,150

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	553	479.00	479.00
22	600–650	617	439.00	439.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	436	530.00–565.00	548.00
27	450–500	481	535.00	535.00
14	500–550	518	455.00–495.00	462.71
9	550–600	571	419.00–422.00	419.66
51	600–650	624	390.00–425.00	409.39
38	650–700	673	364.00–387.00	377.41
85	700–750	732	361.00–379.50	373.92
47	750–800	777	346.00–360.00	353.73
6	800–850	849	337.00	337.00
22	850–900	864	337.00	337.00
67	900–950	947	316.50–336.00	335.14
25	1000–1050	1,031	309.50–310.25	310.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	345	447.00	447.00
21	350–400	390	455.00	455.00
14	400–450	421	420.00–515.00	434.18
11	450–500	478	395.00–462.00	419.23
11	500–550	538	417.00–440.00	429.48
21	550–600	582	402.00–419.00	415.41
6	600–650	635	371.00	371.00
7	750–800	787	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	602.00	602.00
18	400–450	407	530.00–560.00	539.11
7	450–500	476	445.00–485.00	468.62
9	500–550	523	445.00–465.00	454.00
5	550–600	594	414.00	414.00
8	600–650	630	385.00–389.00	385.96
3	650–700	698	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	384	472.00–545.00	490.54
4	400–450	438	465.00	465.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	331	490.00–540.00	496.17
20	350–400	389	435.00–460.00	447.11
11	400–450	423	452.00	452.00
37	450–500	463	382.00–430.00	407.50
14	500–550	531	342.00–377.00	363.90
17	550–600	580	340.00	340.00
9	600–650	601	340.00	340.00
8	650–700	684	320.00	320.00
3	700–750	706	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	342	525.00	525.00
32	400–450	414	445.00–475.00	459.07
9	450–500	489	380.00–407.00	390.11
23	500–550	517	425.00–445.00	439.86
47	550–600	583	352.00–369.00	364.93
97	600–650	635	356.50–375.00	364.61
23	650–700	678	339.00–354.00	346.07
40	700–750	726	329.00–347.50	344.61
17	800–850	804	324.00–326.00	324.47
7	850–900	895	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	434	420.00–435.00	426.43
34	500–550	525	355.00–395.00	364.22
11	550–600	565	350.00	350.00
29	600–650	623	330.00–356.00	342.13
7	700–750	742	298.00	298.00
50	800–850	846	310.50	310.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	550–600	558	402.00–404.00	403.07
15	600–650	601	384.00	384.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	390	470.00	470.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	332	550.00–595.00	566.90
16	400–450	434	460.00–487.00	471.35
9	450–500	493	457.00–465.00	460.52
27	500–550	537	427.00–442.00	430.22
21	550–600	582	397.00–407.00	403.54
4	600–650	628	398.00	398.00
23	650–700	685	357.00–375.00	362.31
5	700–750	716	352.00	352.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	525.00	525.00
23	500–550	538	416.00–422.00	420.68
5	550–600	586	405.00	405.00

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