Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifers mostly steady. Steer and heifer calves steady. Quality average. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $482.46/cwt on 114 head, down $35.36 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 33 comparable sales and sits +20.85 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$482.46

▼ 35.36 vs prior sale

114 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,736

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

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

$18.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.21

vs OK average

−4.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	485.67	2,781	94
Medium and Large 1-2	541	467.38	2,529	20

One grade step is worth $18.29/cwt here — about $252 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

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 sale114 hd

482.46

—

OK average6 barns · 774 hd

498.67

−16.21

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

−4.56

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

+20.85

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

65 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 1-2	550–600	576	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,448	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	695.15/cwt	680.00–732.00	2,280	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	554.48/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,656	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,741	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,040	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	323.67/cwt	314.00–327.00	2,994	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	358.17/cwt	345.00–369.00	3,005	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	386.55/cwt	386.00–390.00	2,810	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	332.48/cwt	328.00–335.75	3,125	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	371.00/cwt	366.00–374.00	2,875	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	414.79/cwt	397.00–429.00	2,841	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	565.92/cwt	540.00–610.00	1,947	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	378.31/cwt	377.00–379.00	2,796	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	468.29/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,182	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	410.89/cwt	407.00–420.00	2,420	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	371	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	1,955	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	474.86/cwt	440.00–500.00	2,541	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	436	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,224	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	406.85/cwt	372.00–420.00	2,510	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	3,273	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	632.87/cwt	610.00–640.00	2,683	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	530.19/cwt	527.00–535.00	2,799	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	446.94/cwt	432.00–452.00	2,771	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	595	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,618	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	472.98/cwt	460.00–482.00	2,772	70
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	513.43/cwt	505.00–525.00	2,670	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	462	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,333	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	567.35/cwt	560.00–575.00	2,355	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	426.06/cwt	417.00–440.00	2,642	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	438.02/cwt	437.00–440.00	2,527	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	725	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,654	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	361.78/cwt	352.00–365.00	2,406	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	822	361.75/cwt	355.00–363.00	2,974	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	517.30/cwt	515.00–522.00	2,654	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	397.91/cwt	374.00–410.00	2,594	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	552.83/cwt	535.00–570.00	2,151	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,482	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,916	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	419.61/cwt	412.00–432.00	2,249	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,514	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	377.59/cwt	377.00–380.00	2,511	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,003	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	319.28/cwt	317.00–321.00	2,573	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	402.85/cwt	392.00–410.00	2,324	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	471.01/cwt	450.00–478.00	2,435	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	409.27/cwt	385.00–428.00	2,529	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,460	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,024	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	296.36/cwt	294.00–298.00	2,836	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	476.73/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,303	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	450.50/cwt	450.50–450.50	2,653	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	680.87/cwt	655.00–685.00	2,152	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	504	453.70/cwt	432.00–460.00	2,287	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,418	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,322	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	545	392.97/cwt	387.00–405.00	2,142	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	707	344.78/cwt	342.00–347.00	2,438	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	299.21/cwt	299.00–300.00	2,648	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,815	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	346.68/cwt	346.00–348.00	2,517	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	318	582.40/cwt	570.00–595.00	1,852	4

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 1,887Last week 1,072Year ago 3,234

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifers mostly steady. Steer and heifer calves steady. Quality average. Demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	344	540.00–610.00	565.92
4	400–450	425	480.00	480.00
17	500–550	535	440.00–500.00	474.86
3	550–600	576	425.00	425.00
11	600–650	617	372.00–420.00	406.85
35	700–750	739	377.00–379.00	378.31
21	750–800	755	363.00	363.00
109	900–950	925	314.00–327.00	323.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	328	680.00–732.00	695.15
29	400–450	424	610.00–640.00	632.87
9	450–500	479	550.00–560.00	554.48
22	500–550	528	527.00–535.00	530.19
70	550–600	586	460.00–482.00	472.98
51	600–650	620	432.00–452.00	446.94
102	650–700	685	397.00–429.00	414.79
43	700–750	727	386.00–390.00	386.55
89	750–800	775	366.00–374.00	371.00
218	800–850	839	345.00–369.00	358.17
16	850–900	853	330.00	330.00
105	900–950	940	328.00–335.75	332.48
38	1000–1050	1,034	316.50	316.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	600.00	600.00
2	550–600	595	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	318	570.00–595.00	582.40
9	350–400	371	527.00	527.00
4	400–450	436	510.00	510.00
23	450–500	466	465.00–475.00	468.29
9	500–550	504	432.00–460.00	453.70
10	550–600	589	407.00–420.00	410.89
2	600–650	600	387.00	387.00
9	700–750	707	342.00–347.00	344.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	421	455.00	455.00
6	450–500	460	440.00	440.00
8	500–550	536	412.00–432.00	419.61
18	550–600	577	392.00–410.00	402.85
4	600–650	638	379.00	379.00
17	650–700	665	352.00–365.00	361.78
2	700–750	745	333.00	333.00
7	750–800	788	319.00	319.00
12	800–850	811	306.00	306.00
4	1000–1050	1,003	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	800–850	822	355.00–363.00	361.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	316	655.00–685.00	680.87
28	350–400	389	535.00–570.00	552.83
28	450–500	483	465.00–485.00	476.73
48	500–550	517	450.00–478.00	471.01
24	550–600	589	450.50	450.50
28	600–650	618	385.00–428.00	409.27
20	650–700	665	377.00–380.00	377.59
23	700–750	726	346.00–348.00	346.68
7	750–800	750	328.00	328.00
7	800–850	806	317.00–321.00	319.28
14	850–900	885	299.00–300.00	299.21
28	950–1000	957	294.00–298.00	296.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	545	387.00–405.00	392.97
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	415	560.00–575.00	567.35
2	450–500	462	505.00	505.00
7	500–550	520	505.00–525.00	513.43
6	550–600	577	437.00–440.00	438.02
5	600–650	620	417.00–440.00	426.06
5	700–750	725	366.00	366.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	513	515.00–522.00	517.30
3	550–600	553	465.00	465.00
6	650–700	652	374.00–410.00	397.91
2	700–750	742	350.00	350.00

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