Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves steady on a light test. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $517.82/cwt on 82 head, up $33.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 33 of 33 comparable sales and sits +56.21 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$517.82

▲ 33.94 vs prior sale

82 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,772

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$135

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

$44.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.19

vs OK average

+30.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	523.75	2,789	71
Medium and Large 1-2	553	479.55	2,654	11thin

One grade step is worth $44.21/cwt here — about $135 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale82 hd

517.82

—

OK average6 barns · 745 hd

499.63

+18.19

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+30.47

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

+56.21

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

41 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	600–650	610	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,605	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	632.00/cwt	632.00–632.00	2,427	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	310	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,969	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	420	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,415	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,446	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,757	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,111	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	537.43/cwt	530.00–550.00	2,757	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	392.89/cwt	380.00–397.00	2,817	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	916	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,069	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,574	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	349.52/cwt	348.00–351.00	3,058	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	3,166	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	420.31/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,833	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	373.79/cwt	327.00–389.00	2,572	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	578.88/cwt	575.00–580.00	2,721	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	440.99/cwt	435.00–452.00	2,814	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	797	364.39/cwt	364.00–368.00	2,904	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,691	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	508.00/cwt	487.00–511.00	2,819	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	410.03/cwt	385.00–420.00	2,595	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	499	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,196	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	539.89/cwt	538.00–545.00	2,095	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	560	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,380	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,358	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	361.12/cwt	338.00–366.00	2,459	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	362.39/cwt	356.00–365.00	2,975	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,265	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	481.31/cwt	447.00–493.00	2,334	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	376.29/cwt	371.00–381.00	2,532	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	364.14/cwt	344.00–371.00	2,589	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	440.42/cwt	440.00–442.00	2,484	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	411	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,870	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	437.52/cwt	432.00–445.00	2,336	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,678	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,306	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	373	508.35/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,896	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,085	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,995	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	337.43/cwt	337.00–339.00	2,649	23

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 Feb 19, 2026

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Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves steady on a light test. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	384	632.00	632.00
3	600–650	610	427.00	427.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	635.00	635.00
2	400–450	420	575.00	575.00
3	550–600	556	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	388	538.00–545.00	539.89
34	450–500	485	447.00–493.00	481.31
24	500–550	534	432.00–445.00	437.52
19	550–600	564	440.00–442.00	440.42
57	600–650	633	385.00–420.00	410.03
41	650–700	673	371.00–381.00	376.29
51	700–750	711	344.00–371.00	364.14
34	800–850	824	325.00	325.00
11	850–900	878	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	373	490.00–520.00	508.35
5	400–450	411	455.00	455.00
8	450–500	499	440.00	440.00
6	500–550	530	435.00	435.00
3	550–600	560	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	631	359.00	359.00
23	650–700	681	338.00–366.00	361.12
23	750–800	785	337.00–339.00	337.43
5	1050–1100	1,085	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	440	585.00	585.00
18	450–500	470	575.00–580.00	578.88
38	500–550	513	530.00–550.00	537.43
33	550–600	555	487.00–511.00	508.00
77	600–650	638	435.00–452.00	440.99
114	650–700	674	410.00–425.00	420.31
57	700–750	717	380.00–397.00	392.89
20	750–800	797	364.00–368.00	364.39
38	800–850	821	356.00–365.00	362.39
60	850–900	875	348.00–351.00	349.52
19	900–950	902	351.00	351.00
22	1000–1050	1,030	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	630	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	410	575.00	575.00
5	500–550	500	515.00	515.00
6	550–600	598	450.00	450.00
26	650–700	688	327.00–389.00	373.79
29	900–950	916	335.00	335.00

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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