Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers up to 12.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average to plain.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $489.30/cwt on 111 head, up $9.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 33 comparable sales and sits +27.70 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$489.30

▲ 9.76 vs prior sale

111 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

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

$54.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.72

vs OK average

+0.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	490.28	2,714	109
Medium and Large 1-2	555	436.00	2,420	2thin

One grade step is worth $54.28/cwt here — about $294 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale111 hd

489.30

—

OK average6 barns · 611 hd

480.58

+8.72

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+0.95

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

+27.70

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 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,091	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,273	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	339.12/cwt	335.50–344.00	2,991	256
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,102	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	3,438	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	372.49/cwt	358.00–383.00	2,902	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	485.95/cwt	461.00–495.00	2,750	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,636	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	2,475	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	319.25/cwt	319.25–319.25	3,368	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	358.30/cwt	351.50–364.00	2,967	307
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	425.15/cwt	419.00–426.00	2,929	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	625	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,550	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	588.13/cwt	585.00–600.00	2,505	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	349.70/cwt	348.75–353.00	3,049	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,155	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	3,453	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,397	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	359	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,172	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	454.77/cwt	449.00–465.00	2,642	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,558	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	999	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,107	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,874	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,597	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	348.55/cwt	339.00–355.00	2,367	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,933	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	492.60/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,098	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	342	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,915	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	516.98/cwt	515.00–527.50	2,642	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,378	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	325.14/cwt	322.50–327.50	3,212	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	2,208	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	318.29/cwt	316.50–319.75	3,269	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,804	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,386	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	333	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,131	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	442.54/cwt	440.00–443.00	2,753	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,420	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	486.36/cwt	471.00–512.50	2,592	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,540	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	337.70/cwt	326.00–347.00	3,141	191
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	696	394.22/cwt	388.00–396.00	2,744	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	365	612.41/cwt	575.00–642.50	2,235	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	325.15/cwt	324.50–328.00	2,783	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,990	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	499.02/cwt	487.50–505.00	2,385	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,178	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	409.38/cwt	383.00–422.50	2,170	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	363.07/cwt	357.00–370.00	2,295	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	335.19/cwt	334.50–336.50	2,588	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	997	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,961	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,187	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	586	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,168	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,382	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	486.55/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,014	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	519	435.98/cwt	428.00–440.00	2,263	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	457	464.00/cwt	458.00–468.00	2,120	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	387.20/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,254	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	1,896	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	338.37/cwt	332.00–340.00	2,771	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	463	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,084	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,749	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,073	304.87/cwt	299.00–306.50	3,271	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	398.66/cwt	391.00–411.00	2,488	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,575	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,116	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	3,303	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	367.70/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,302	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	385.37/cwt	378.00–403.00	2,821	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,397	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	576	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,488	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	382.85/cwt	379.00–385.00	2,515	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,942	2

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 Apr 16, 2026

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

Receipts 3,029Last week 1,430Year ago 1,129

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers up to 12.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average to plain.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	1050–1100	1,091	300.00	300.00
4	1100–1150	1,116	296.00	296.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	562.50	562.50
2	450–500	470	510.00	510.00
2	550–600	555	436.00	436.00
6	650–700	659	400.00	400.00
2	700–750	747	340.00	340.00
103	750–800	770	357.00	357.00
256	850–900	882	335.50–344.00	339.12
2	900–950	925	318.00	318.00
14	1050–1100	1,073	299.00–306.50	304.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	276	800.00	800.00
5	350–400	367	650.00	650.00
35	400–450	426	585.00–600.00	588.13
10	450–500	453	525.00	525.00
15	500–550	511	515.00–527.50	516.98
78	550–600	566	461.00–495.00	485.95
6	600–650	646	434.00	434.00
24	650–700	689	419.00–426.00	425.15
89	700–750	732	378.00–403.00	385.37
47	750–800	779	358.00–383.00	372.49
307	800–850	828	351.50–364.00	358.30
120	850–900	872	348.75–353.00	349.70
191	900–950	930	326.00–347.00	337.70
146	950–1000	988	322.50–327.50	325.14
220	1000–1050	1,027	316.50–319.75	318.29
31	1050–1100	1,055	319.25	319.25
111	1100–1150	1,102	312.00	312.00
3	1150–1200	1,155	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	625	408.00	408.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	333	640.00	640.00
6	350–400	359	605.00	605.00
15	400–450	428	560.00	560.00
16	500–550	533	471.00–512.50	486.36
13	600–650	622	440.00–443.00	442.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	365	575.00–642.50	612.41
3	400–450	423	515.00	515.00
6	450–500	478	487.50–505.00	499.02
6	500–550	522	490.00	490.00
8	550–600	581	449.00–465.00	454.77
9	650–700	696	388.00–396.00	394.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	646	402.00	402.00
2	800–850	802	336.00	336.00
4	900–950	901	319.00	319.00
6	950–1000	999	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	413	459.00	459.00
18	500–550	530	383.00–422.50	409.38
9	550–600	582	385.00–390.00	387.20
13	600–650	632	357.00–370.00	363.07
10	650–700	679	339.00–355.00	348.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	358	540.00	540.00
10	400–450	414	485.00–490.00	486.55
5	500–550	511	428.00	428.00
10	550–600	554	430.00	430.00
21	600–650	624	391.00–411.00	398.66
23	650–700	657	379.00–385.00	382.85
19	700–750	742	347.00	347.00
64	750–800	772	334.50–336.50	335.19
70	800–850	819	332.00–340.00	338.37
59	850–900	856	324.50–328.00	325.15
29	950–1000	997	297.00	297.00
55	1000–1050	1,000	299.00	299.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	560.00	560.00
14	400–450	426	485.00–505.00	492.60
20	450–500	457	458.00–468.00	464.00
9	500–550	519	428.00–440.00	435.98
26	550–600	576	432.00	432.00
20	600–650	626	350.00–380.00	367.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	463	450.00	450.00
7	550–600	586	370.00	370.00

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