Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2024-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Demand was moderate.

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	—	Average	1,798	130.37	2,344	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,553	118.02	1,832	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	116.71	1,415	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	983	96.27	946	16

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)	1,281	$2,875	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,240	$2,325	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,325	$2,142	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	987	$1,877	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,283	$1,589	31
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,195	$1,503	51
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,174	$2,762	6

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Bulls	—	—	1,739	132.97/cwt	130.00–138.00	2,312	13
Bulls	—	—	2,065	145.77/cwt	141.00–150.00	3,010	4
Bulls	—	—	1,761	118.46/cwt	105.00–129.00	2,086	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	956	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,013	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	907	98.04/cwt	94.00–100.00	889	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	822	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	477	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	987	1,876.78/head	1,500.00–2,325.00	1,877	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,224	2,967.70/head	2,400.00–3,100.00	2,968	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,283	1,589.42/head	1,505.00–1,830.00	1,589	31
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	1,502.73/head	1,400.00–1,635.00	1,503	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,100	116.01/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,276	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,641	120.34/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,975	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,005	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,095	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,260	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,210	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,281	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,325	2,142.23/head	1,825.00–2,525.00	2,142	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,345	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	115.70/cwt	113.00–118.00	1,694	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	115.69/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,410	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	121.92/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,547	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,403	103.42/cwt	98.00–108.00	1,451	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	967	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,083	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 Dec 10, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 239Last week 257Year ago 350

Replacement CattleReceipts 110Last week 67Year ago 91

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Demand was moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,739	130.00–138.00	132.97
4	—	2,065	141.00–150.00	145.77
8	—	1,761	105.00–129.00	118.46
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	956	106.00	106.00
6	—	907	94.00–100.00	98.04
2	—	822	58.00	58.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,100	115.00–117.00	116.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,641	118.00–124.00	120.34
10	—	1,464	113.00–118.00	115.70
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,005	109.00	109.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,260	96.00	96.00
1	—	1,245	108.00	108.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,219	110.00–118.00	115.69
14	—	1,269	120.00–127.00	121.92
2	—	1,403	98.00–108.00	103.42
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	967	112.00	112.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,240	2,325.00	2,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	987	1,500.00–2,325.00	1,876.78
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	31	—	1,283	1,505.00–1,830.00	1,589.42
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	51	—	1,195	1,400.00–1,635.00	1,502.73
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,281	2,875.00	2,875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,325	1,825.00–2,525.00	2,142.23
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,224	2,400.00–3,100.00	2,967.70
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,075	2,350.00	2,350.00

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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