Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2023-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand moderate for the slaughter cattle and active for the good quality replacement cows.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,768	119.70	2,116	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,548	113.36	1,755	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,285	104.62	1,344	98
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,098	90.12	990	77

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,207	$2,150	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,170	$2,125	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,307	$1,984	43
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,320	$1,850	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,183	$1,717	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,051	$1,658	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,266	$1,655	30
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,025	$2,389	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,115	$3,026	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,340	$2,625	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	932	$2,400	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,290	$1,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · Woodward Livestock Auction Slaughter/Replacement 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	95.02/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,082	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,109	76.38/cwt	75.00–77.00	847	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	118.09/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,762	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	112.07/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,752	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	104.60/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,357	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,001	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,021	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	962	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	111.62/cwt	111.00–112.00	1,298	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	96.80/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,210	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	924	68.96/cwt	65.00–70.00	637	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	980	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	911	1
Bulls	—	—	1,837	122.48/cwt	120.00–125.50	2,250	21
Bulls	—	—	1,671	115.80/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,935	15
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	2,388.55/head	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,389	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,183	1,716.81/head	1,600.00–1,850.00	1,717	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	957	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,290	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,320	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,327	1,850.60/head	1,600.00–2,085.00	1,851	31
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,266	1,654.70/head	1,425.00–1,975.00	1,655	30
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	980	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,166	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,340	2,625.00/head	2,625.00–2,625.00	2,625	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	3,026.40/head	3,000.00–3,060.00	3,026	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	932	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,254	2,328.93/head	2,275.00–2,425.00	2,329	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	2,125.00/head	2,125.00–2,125.00	2,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,207	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	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.

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Woodward Livestock Auction Slaughter/Replacement Cattle - Woodward, OK

Tue Sep 26, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 338Last week 556Year ago 1,094

Replacement CattleReceipts 116Last week 40Year ago 338

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand moderate for the slaughter cattle and active for the good quality replacement cows.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,139	90.00–99.00	95.02
6	—	1,109	75.00–77.00	76.38
3	—	1,001	102.00	102.00
4	—	1,081	89.00	89.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,492	117.00–119.00	118.09
11	—	1,563	110.00–116.00	112.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,297	100.00–109.00	104.60
7	—	1,163	111.00–112.00	111.62
6	—	1,250	96.00–99.00	96.80
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	924	65.00–70.00	68.96
1	—	980	93.00	93.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,837	120.00–125.50	122.48
15	—	1,671	110.00–120.00	115.80

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	1,025	2,300.00–2,500.00	2,388.55
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,183	1,600.00–1,850.00	1,716.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,170	2,125.00	2,125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,320	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	31	—	1,327	1,600.00–2,085.00	1,850.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	1,266	1,425.00–1,975.00	1,654.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,240	2,125.00	2,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,207	2,150.00	2,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	957	1,425.00	1,425.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,254	2,275.00–2,425.00	2,328.93
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,290	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,340	2,625.00	2,625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,115	3,000.00–3,060.00	3,026.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	932	2,400.00	2,400.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	980	119.00	119.00

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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