Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers were 7.00 lower. Heifers were 2.00 lower both had an average to good quality and a good demand. Steer calves were to light to test but did show a low undertone. Heifer calves were 3.00 lower with a good quality and demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $440.74/cwt on 39 head, down $39.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 33 comparable sales and sits −20.87 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$440.74

▼ 39.19 vs prior sale

39 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,432

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$748

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

$126.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−39.10

vs OK average

−46.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	469.96	2,608	30
Medium and Large 2	542	343.33	1,860	9thin

One grade step is worth $126.62/cwt here — about $748 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale39 hd

440.74

—

OK average8 barns · 1,319 hd

479.84

−39.10

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

−46.81

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−20.87

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

120 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 1	800–850	832	365.93/cwt	340.00–376.00	3,045	122
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,850	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,829	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,340	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	384.20/cwt	375.00–394.00	2,782	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	360.46/cwt	354.00–372.00	2,819	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	900–950	930	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	950–1000	950	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	808	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,626	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,228	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	366.20/cwt	346.00–382.00	2,303	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	896	321.81/cwt	320.00–324.00	2,883	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	615	382.49/cwt	373.00–387.50	2,352	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	1000–1050	1,005	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	625	336.54/cwt	333.00–350.00	2,103	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	375	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	537	409.60/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,200	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	430	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	481	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	2,203	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	385.97/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,227	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	330	559.35/cwt	545.00–575.00	1,846	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	326.32/cwt	326.00–326.50	2,855	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	175	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	850–900	875	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	438.89/cwt	432.00–442.50	2,273	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	276	571.47/cwt	555.00–620.00	1,577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	487.94/cwt	486.00–490.00	2,088	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	517.66/cwt	507.00–520.00	2,614	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	507.75/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,437	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	344.49/cwt	339.00–345.10	3,183	192
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	354.68/cwt	337.00–361.50	3,068	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,120	302.32/cwt	297.00–306.00	3,386	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,210	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	3,436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,094	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,380	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	437.67/cwt	416.00–447.00	2,587	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	330.66/cwt	317.00–332.50	3,214	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	380.20/cwt	361.00–401.00	2,601	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	431.21/cwt	419.00–444.00	2,678	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	693	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,564	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	540	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	343	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,144	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	386	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,027	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,332	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	200	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	377	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,394	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	331	662.41/cwt	640.00–695.00	2,193	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	517.70/cwt	510.00–530.00	2,500	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	709	386.16/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,738	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	452.46/cwt	440.00–457.50	2,570	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	289	672.46/cwt	650.00–680.00	1,943	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	420.86/cwt	401.00–435.00	2,592	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	534	478.43/cwt	470.00–505.00	2,555	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	345.00/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,329	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	760	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,516	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	531.39/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,434	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	271	708.47/cwt	685.00–725.00	1,920	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,110	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,861	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	503	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,264	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	460	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,277	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	654.13/cwt	625.00–660.00	1,982	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	453.04/cwt	450.00–462.50	2,587	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,308	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	3,219	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,037	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,541	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	310.00/cwt	307.00–316.00	3,010	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	369.93/cwt	345.00–380.00	2,630	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	451	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,939	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	539	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,388	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,205	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	332.13/cwt	325.00–339.00	2,591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,744	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	720	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,322	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	560.70/cwt	536.00–579.00	2,327	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,467	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1300–1350	1,305	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,936	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	430	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,064	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	385	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	641	351.73/cwt	350.00–353.00	2,255	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	616	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,427	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	465	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,279	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	445.17/cwt	429.00–450.00	2,586	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	340	631.88/cwt	624.00–645.00	2,148	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	367	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,312	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,760	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	417.49/cwt	401.00–453.00	2,547	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	292.81/cwt	290.00–301.00	2,706	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	300–350	347	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,388	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,066	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	300.99/cwt	299.00–303.00	3,070	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	423.15/cwt	419.00–425.00	2,382	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	333.18/cwt	321.00–335.00	2,732	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,079	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,319	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	761	277.26/cwt	272.00–297.50	2,110	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	542.38/cwt	515.00–545.00	1,974	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	314.98/cwt	308.00–315.25	3,068	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	468.70/cwt	466.00–480.00	2,269	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	707	337.57/cwt	332.00–339.00	2,387	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	362.85/cwt	356.00–366.00	2,446	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	332.79/cwt	322.00–338.50	2,572	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	360.56/cwt	338.00–366.00	2,578	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	416.31/cwt	401.00–429.00	2,202	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	516.93/cwt	500.00–570.00	2,197	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	445	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	222	1,372.97/head	1,200.00–1,600.00	1,373	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	468.40/cwt	425.00–487.50	2,253	41

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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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	448	535.00	535.00
7	450–500	480	480.00–515.00	507.75
11	500–550	505	507.00–520.00	517.66
13	550–600	591	416.00–447.00	437.67
18	600–650	621	419.00–444.00	431.21
27	650–700	684	361.00–401.00	380.20
36	700–750	724	375.00–394.00	384.20
38	750–800	782	354.00–372.00	360.46
122	800–850	832	340.00–376.00	365.93
158	850–900	865	337.00–361.50	354.68
192	900–950	924	339.00–345.10	344.49
40	950–1000	972	317.00–332.50	330.66
27	1000–1050	1,034	323.00	323.00
14	1050–1100	1,094	309.00	309.00
38	1100–1150	1,120	297.00–306.00	302.32
1	1200–1250	1,210	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	445.00	445.00
5	450–500	490	377.50	377.50
8	500–550	542	337.50	337.50
3	800–850	808	325.00	325.00
1	850–900	860	275.00	275.00
1	900–950	910	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	625	333.00–350.00	336.54
1	900–950	930	315.00	315.00
1	950–1000	950	309.00	309.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	661	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	615	373.00–387.50	382.49
11	850–900	896	320.00–324.00	321.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	1,600.00	1,600.00
4	250–300	289	650.00–680.00	672.46
9	300–350	331	640.00–695.00	662.41
2	350–400	377	635.00	635.00
1	400–450	440	530.00	530.00
5	450–500	483	510.00–530.00	517.70
6	550–600	568	440.00–457.50	452.46
3	650–700	693	370.00	370.00
21	700–750	709	370.00–390.00	386.16
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	625.00	625.00
1	500–550	540	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	386	525.00	525.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	175	1,425.00	1,425.00
5	200–250	222	1,200.00–1,600.00	1,372.97
4	250–300	276	555.00–620.00	571.47
10	300–350	330	545.00–575.00	559.35
4	400–450	428	486.00–490.00	487.94
2	400–450	445	1,475.00	1,475.00
17	450–500	484	466.00–480.00	468.70
3	500–550	518	432.00–442.50	438.89
7	550–600	577	370.00–400.00	385.97
13	600–650	629	346.00–382.00	366.20
5	700–750	707	332.00–339.00	337.57
2	850–900	875	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	430.00	430.00
8	500–550	537	405.00–415.00	409.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	425.00	425.00
7	450–500	481	458.00	458.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	1,675.00	1,675.00
3	250–300	295	575.00	575.00
2	300–350	320	625.00	625.00
11	350–400	364	515.00–545.00	542.38
27	400–450	425	500.00–570.00	516.93
41	450–500	481	425.00–487.50	468.40
29	500–550	529	401.00–429.00	416.31
20	550–600	563	419.00–425.00	423.15
12	600–650	610	401.00–453.00	417.49
77	650–700	674	356.00–366.00	362.85
42	700–750	715	338.00–366.00	360.56
20	750–800	773	322.00–338.50	332.79
97	800–850	820	321.00–335.00	333.18
45	850–900	875	326.00–326.50	326.32
4	900–950	924	290.00–301.00	292.81
99	950–1000	974	308.00–315.25	314.98
2	1000–1050	1,020	299.00–303.00	300.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	641	350.00–353.00	351.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	616	394.00	394.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	650.00	650.00
3	300–350	330	520.00	520.00
7	500–550	510	345.00	345.00
4	550–600	552	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	625	371.00	371.00
1	650–700	695	329.00	329.00
5	750–800	761	272.00–297.50	277.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	540	385.00	385.00
5	600–650	626	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	271	685.00–725.00	708.47
8	300–350	340	624.00–645.00	631.88
5	350–400	367	630.00	630.00
13	400–450	415	536.00–579.00	560.70
14	450–500	458	520.00–540.00	531.39
30	500–550	534	470.00–505.00	478.43
10	550–600	581	429.00–450.00	445.17
10	600–650	616	401.00–435.00	420.86
3	650–700	675	340.00–355.00	345.00
1	700–750	720	322.50	322.50
2	750–800	760	331.00	331.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	303	625.00–660.00	654.13
1	350–400	355	650.00	650.00
3	400–450	422	522.50	522.50
4	550–600	571	450.00–462.50	453.04
5	650–700	651	379.00	379.00
7	700–750	711	345.00–380.00	369.93
2	750–800	780	325.00–339.00	332.13
1	800–850	815	315.00	315.00
1	850–900	885	310.00	310.00
1	900–950	920	311.00	311.00
4	950–1000	971	307.00–316.00	310.00
3	1000–1050	1,045	308.00	308.00
1	1100–1150	1,110	290.00	290.00
1	1300–1350	1,305	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	495.00	495.00
5	500–550	503	450.00	450.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	379.00	379.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1000–1050	1,037	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	560.00	560.00
1	400–450	430	480.00	480.00
5	450–500	451	430.00	430.00
4	500–550	539	443.00	443.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	490.00	490.00

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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