Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable trades from the previous week to trend. A higher undertone was noted with several large groups. Hot and dry conditions continued this week with temperatures exceeding the 100-degree mark.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $420.04/cwt on 72 head, down $14.91 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 33 comparable sales and sits −41.57 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$420.04

▼ 14.91 vs prior sale

72 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,362

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$47.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.76

vs OK average

+20.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	422.00	2,371	69
Medium and Large 1-2	573	375.00	2,149	3thin

One grade step is worth $47.00/cwt here — about $222 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 sale72 hd

420.04

—

OK average8 barns · 567 hd

415.28

+4.76

National average142 barns · 3,877 hd

399.29

+20.75

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−41.57

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

43 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	1000–1050	1,019	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,191	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	317.99/cwt	307.50–325.00	2,423	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,978	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,343	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,201	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,593	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,066	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	658	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,007	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,149	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	372.85/cwt	365.00–388.00	2,323	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	370.08/cwt	345.00–390.00	1,936	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	402.23/cwt	394.00–414.00	1,927	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	466.82/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,003	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	547	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,338	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,931	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	368.71/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,234	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	271	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,260	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	318	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,590	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	334.22/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,942	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	723	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	457	456.35/cwt	440.00–462.00	2,086	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	320.42/cwt	310.00–333.00	1,987	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,310	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,397	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,776	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	346.65/cwt	338.75–364.00	2,704	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	393	411.50/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,617	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	756	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,608	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	339.47/cwt	321.00–353.00	2,794	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,172	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,222	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	329.65/cwt	316.00–330.10	2,940	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	335.65/cwt	330.00–354.00	1,886	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	379.44/cwt	365.00–382.00	1,965	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	344.17/cwt	331.00–356.75	2,137	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	225	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	311.76/cwt	308.00–332.00	2,893	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	346.12/cwt	330.00–383.00	2,406	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	405.53/cwt	402.00–455.00	1,874	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	416.45/cwt	416.00–416.50	2,403	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,078	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	353.08/cwt	351.00–379.00	2,228	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	273	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	5

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

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

Receipts 1,630Last week 706Year ago 875

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,019	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	500.00	500.00
10	400–450	429	455.00–480.00	466.82
7	500–550	505	430.00	430.00
12	600–650	606	360.00–380.00	368.71
3	700–750	723	330.00	330.00
4	750–800	756	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	412.00	412.00
52	500–550	518	365.00–382.00	379.44
46	550–600	562	330.00–354.00	335.65
197	600–650	621	331.00–356.75	344.17
4	650–700	667	330.00	330.00
118	700–750	700	330.00	330.00
58	750–800	762	307.50–325.00	317.99
28	850–900	891	291.00	291.00
3	900–950	901	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	271	465.00	465.00
5	250–300	273	1,150.00	1,150.00
17	350–400	393	400.00–415.00	411.50
23	450–500	479	394.00–414.00	402.23
7	500–550	523	345.00–390.00	370.08
31	550–600	581	327.00–335.00	334.22
17	600–650	620	310.00–333.00	320.42
3	650–700	658	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	452.00	452.00
6	400–450	433	480.00	480.00
45	450–500	462	402.00–455.00	405.53
11	500–550	505	440.00	440.00
45	550–600	577	416.00–416.50	416.45
54	600–650	631	351.00–379.00	353.08
170	650–700	695	330.00–383.00	346.12
211	750–800	780	338.75–364.00	346.65
49	800–850	823	321.00–353.00	339.47
157	850–900	892	316.00–330.10	329.65
25	900–950	928	308.00–332.00	311.76
21	950–1000	958	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	492	392.50	392.50
3	550–600	573	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	1,475.00	1,475.00
12	450–500	457	440.00–462.00	456.35
5	500–550	547	427.50	427.50
8	550–600	564	425.00	425.00
27	600–650	623	365.00–388.00	372.85

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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