Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady on average to plain quality cattle. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady with most of the offering on unweaned calves. Demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $389.49/cwt on 74 head, down $7.12 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −72.07 against this barn's trailing median of $461.56.

Average price

$389.49

▼ 7.12 vs prior sale

74 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$16.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.03

vs OK average

−13.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	391.76	2,155	64
Medium and Large 1-2	504	375.00	1,890	10thin

One grade step is worth $16.76/cwt here — about $265 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $517.82, low $364.84, median $461.56 across 34 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 sale74 hd

389.49

—

OK average8 barns · 1,597 hd

393.52

−4.03

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

−13.87

This barn, trailing median34 sales

461.56

−72.07

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

56 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	450–500	483	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,004	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,012	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,771	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	341.54/cwt	339.00–346.00	2,551	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	375.47/cwt	369.00–386.00	2,185	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	403.28/cwt	396.00–422.00	2,129	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,288	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	312.91/cwt	312.50–313.00	2,256	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,038	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,844	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,071	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	345.54/cwt	333.00–355.00	2,153	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,340	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,855	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	706	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,266	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,846	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,534	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	354.21/cwt	341.00–369.00	2,203	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	328.20/cwt	321.00–331.00	2,005	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,827	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	328	518.00/cwt	518.00–518.00	1,699	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,998	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,063	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	384	454.76/cwt	447.00–470.00	1,746	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	347.85/cwt	336.00–357.00	1,955	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	764	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,200	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	348	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,688	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,079	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,303	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	378	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	366.06/cwt	350.00–367.00	2,500	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	523	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,783	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	413	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,169	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	778	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,342	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	796	322.00/cwt	320.00–323.00	2,563	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	653	336.08/cwt	328.00–341.00	2,195	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,150	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	483	367.68/cwt	363.00–373.00	1,776	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	504	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,890	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	631	332.00/cwt	327.00–337.00	2,095	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	357.11/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,914	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	423.38/cwt	407.00–432.50	2,015	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,711	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	746	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,417	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	340	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	390	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,921	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,830	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,012	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	398.32/cwt	381.00–426.00	1,888	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	341.57/cwt	331.00–349.00	2,107	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	353.86/cwt	344.00–359.00	2,378	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	439.96/cwt	432.50–460.00	1,879	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	440.45/cwt	423.00–460.00	1,907	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	379.64/cwt	377.50–381.00	1,959	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

Thu Sep 17, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	483	415.00	415.00
5	550–600	570	353.00	353.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	328	518.00	518.00
13	400–450	427	432.50–460.00	439.96
2	450–500	470	425.00	425.00
5	500–550	516	377.50–381.00	379.64
7	550–600	570	353.00	353.00
22	600–650	611	321.00–331.00	328.20
2	650–700	655	315.00	315.00
4	700–750	706	321.00	321.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	778	301.00	301.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	687	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	505	410.00	410.00
11	700–750	747	339.00–346.00	341.54
6	750–800	775	327.00	327.00
43	800–850	810	349.00	349.00
10	850–900	877	316.00	316.00
5	900–950	918	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	500.00	500.00
10	350–400	390	492.50	492.50
16	400–450	433	423.00–460.00	440.45
12	450–500	476	407.00–432.50	423.38
35	500–550	528	396.00–422.00	403.28
27	550–600	582	369.00–386.00	375.47
18	600–650	622	341.00–369.00	354.21
51	650–700	672	344.00–359.00	353.86
6	700–750	746	324.00	324.00
6	750–800	796	320.00–323.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	638	340.00	340.00
55	650–700	683	350.00–367.00	366.06
30	800–850	834	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	504	375.00	375.00
8	600–650	631	327.00–337.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	493	369.00	369.00
9	500–550	500	371.00	371.00
17	600–650	623	333.00–355.00	345.54
16	650–700	687	333.00	333.00
12	700–750	721	312.50–313.00	312.91
7	800–850	821	285.00	285.00
2	850–900	852	293.00	293.00
14	1000–1050	1,038	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	485.00	485.00
22	350–400	384	447.00–470.00	454.76
6	400–450	400	457.50	457.50
28	450–500	474	381.00–426.00	398.32
17	500–550	536	350.00–367.50	357.11
24	550–600	562	336.00–357.00	347.85
61	600–650	617	331.00–349.00	341.57
33	650–700	653	328.00–341.00	336.08
7	750–800	764	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	617	337.00	337.00
2	750–800	750	307.00	307.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	427.00	427.00
3	400–450	413	400.00	400.00
24	450–500	483	363.00–373.00	367.68
9	500–550	523	341.00	341.00

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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