Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers were 5.00 to 9.00 lower. Heifers were 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Both had a moderate demand with an average quality. Steer and heifer calves were to light to test with few receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $440.83/cwt on 76 head, down $26.47 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 33 comparable sales and sits −20.78 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$440.83

▼ 26.47 vs prior sale

76 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,461

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$435

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

$94.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.04

vs OK average

−33.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	446.85	2,498	69
Medium and Large 1-2	508	420.00	2,134	3thin
Medium and Large 2	585	352.63	2,063	4thin

One grade step is worth $94.22/cwt here — about $435 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 sale76 hd

440.83

—

OK average8 barns · 1,483 hd

460.87

−20.04

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

−33.65

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−20.78

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

80 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	235.55/cwt	216.00–255.00	2,480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	420.15/cwt	405.00–444.00	2,000	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	560	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,160	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	780	310.45/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,422	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	475.86/cwt	475.00–477.50	2,451	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	470.94/cwt	455.00–487.00	2,477	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	304.80/cwt	286.00–311.50	2,664	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	489	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,122	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	404.29/cwt	392.00–417.00	2,531	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	305	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	696	341.67/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,378	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	300.28/cwt	292.00–305.25	2,763	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	349	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,164	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	353.05/cwt	351.00–364.00	2,252	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	354.97/cwt	330.00–383.00	2,055	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	610	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,135	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	508	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,134	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	422	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	1,912	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	710	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,464	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	407.59/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,903	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	361	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,814	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,891	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	850–900	898	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,874	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	384.19/cwt	370.00–407.00	2,424	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	700–750	745	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	352.63/cwt	300.00–369.00	2,063	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	1,888	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	403.35/cwt	385.00–414.00	2,126	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,423	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	832	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	657	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,089	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	880	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,570	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	613	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,962	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	996	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,968	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	370	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	773	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,744	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,294	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	275.10/cwt	250.00–280.00	2,806	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	358.08/cwt	325.00–373.00	2,259	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	543	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,253	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	342.42/cwt	338.00–344.50	2,332	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	381.51/cwt	367.00–411.00	2,224	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	410.42/cwt	407.00–419.00	2,540	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	320.99/cwt	320.50–323.00	3,065	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	494.97/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,821	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	369	537.65/cwt	520.00–547.00	1,984	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	379.39/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,572	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	338.69/cwt	321.00–345.00	2,967	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,051	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	3,195	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,741	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	329.66/cwt	300.00–335.00	2,403	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	313.02/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,598	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	449.30/cwt	439.00–467.00	2,601	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	383.31/cwt	372.00–403.00	2,028	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	217	1,288.58/head	1,175.00–1,350.00	1,289	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	253	1,313.61/head	1,200.00–1,425.00	1,314	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	314.41/cwt	295.00–323.00	2,402	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,203	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	399.23/cwt	398.00–404.00	2,499	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	355.42/cwt	329.00–369.00	2,914	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	377.98/cwt	348.00–397.00	2,744	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	577	427.53/cwt	420.00–429.00	2,467	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	506.99/cwt	503.00–508.00	2,449	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,185	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	3,081	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	339.47/cwt	329.50–349.00	2,617	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	297.89/cwt	291.00–305.00	2,919	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	329.59/cwt	310.00–336.50	3,022	131
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	478.52/cwt	462.50–493.00	2,436	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	635	353.33/cwt	345.00–356.00	2,244	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	240	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	4

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 May 21, 2026

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

Receipts 1,378Last week 1,672Year ago 1,375

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	490.00–500.00	494.97
1	400–450	445	423.00	423.00
14	450–500	476	405.00–444.00	420.15
17	500–550	529	372.00–403.00	383.31
55	550–600	583	367.00–411.00	381.51
54	600–650	631	325.00–373.00	358.08
39	650–700	681	338.00–344.50	342.42
43	700–750	729	300.00–335.00	329.66
6	750–800	764	295.00–323.00	314.41
122	800–850	830	300.00–320.00	313.02
28	850–900	874	286.00–311.50	304.80
93	900–950	920	292.00–305.25	300.28
12	1000–1050	1,020	250.00–280.00	275.10
2	1050–1100	1,053	216.00–255.00	235.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	217	1,175.00–1,350.00	1,288.58
1	300–350	305	550.00	550.00
3	350–400	361	502.50	502.50
4	400–450	431	438.00	438.00
4	450–500	467	400.00–410.00	407.59
5	500–550	527	385.00–414.00	403.35
9	550–600	579	330.00–383.00	354.97
12	600–650	638	351.00–364.00	353.05
3	650–700	696	335.00–345.00	341.67
8	750–800	780	305.00–320.00	310.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	457.50	457.50
2	450–500	455	295.00	295.00
1	500–550	535	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	565	310.00	310.00
2	600–650	620	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	613	320.00	320.00
9	650–700	657	318.00	318.00
6	850–900	880	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	240	1,550.00	1,550.00
5	300–350	349	620.00	620.00
1	350–400	370	455.00	455.00
8	450–500	489	434.00	434.00
12	500–550	515	475.00–477.50	475.86
1	550–600	560	420.00	420.00
5	600–650	631	370.00–407.00	384.19
7	750–800	773	355.00	355.00
5	850–900	898	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	550.00	550.00
5	450–500	483	503.00–508.00	506.99
10	500–550	526	455.00–487.00	470.94
15	550–600	579	439.00–467.00	449.30
7	600–650	619	407.00–419.00	410.42
7	650–700	678	375.00–385.00	379.39
46	700–750	726	348.00–397.00	377.98
42	750–800	771	329.50–349.00	339.47
109	800–850	820	329.00–369.00	355.42
63	850–900	876	321.00–345.00	338.69
131	900–950	917	310.00–336.50	329.59
46	950–1000	955	320.50–323.00	320.99
2	1000–1050	1,030	311.00	311.00
4	1050–1100	1,051	304.00	304.00
6	1150–1200	1,185	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	508	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	745	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	585	300.00–369.00	352.63
1	600–650	600	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
31	550–600	577	420.00–429.00	427.53
4	600–650	635	345.00–356.00	353.33
2	800–850	832	304.00	304.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	950–1000	996	298.00	298.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	450.00	450.00
7	400–450	432	500.00	500.00
1	450–500	475	490.00	490.00
18	500–550	509	462.50–493.00	478.52
24	600–650	626	398.00–404.00	399.23
1	850–900	890	308.00	308.00
2	950–1000	980	291.00–305.00	297.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	253	1,200.00–1,425.00	1,313.61
7	350–400	369	520.00–547.00	537.65
9	400–450	422	453.00	453.00
3	450–500	488	470.00	470.00
13	500–550	543	415.00	415.00
2	550–600	577	420.00	420.00
6	600–650	626	392.00–417.00	404.29
5	700–750	710	347.00	347.00

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