Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable trades to test trends but a low under was noted. Hot and dry conditions reduced receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $434.95/cwt on 193 head, down $15.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 33 comparable sales and sits −26.66 against this barn's trailing median of $461.61.

Average price

$434.95

▼ 15.31 vs prior sale

193 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,486

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$535

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

$72.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.12

vs OK average

+15.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	442.45	2,544	173
Medium and Large 2	543	370.00	2,009	20

One grade step is worth $72.45/cwt here — about $535 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale193 hd

434.95

—

OK average8 barns · 1,016 hd

425.82

+9.12

National average142 barns · 5,313 hd

419.04

+15.91

This barn, trailing median33 sales

461.61

−26.66

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

37 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	800–850	828	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,773	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,920	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	373	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	435.70/cwt	427.50–452.50	1,860	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	643	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,923	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,879	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,400	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,009	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	508	380.52/cwt	372.00–385.00	1,933	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	442.76/cwt	415.00–465.00	2,338	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	654	409.00/cwt	365.00–419.75	2,675	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	442	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,144	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	362.53/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,766	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	333	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,332	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	325	451.44/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,467	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	636	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,487	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	319	535.64/cwt	530.00–560.00	1,709	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	591	445.93/cwt	403.00–449.00	2,635	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	422	525.23/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,216	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	455	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,230	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,731	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	325	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,674	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	295	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,431	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	342.66/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,998	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	363	457.53/cwt	435.00–480.00	1,661	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	319.97/cwt	315.00–326.00	1,984	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	392.70/cwt	377.00–402.00	2,454	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,115	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	2,916	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,071	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	2,929	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	298.87/cwt	294.00–308.00	2,654	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	431.82/cwt	426.00–460.00	2,332	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,109	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,203	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	250	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	332.84/cwt	311.00–345.00	2,044	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	425.54/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,451	10

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 Jul 23, 2026

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

Receipts 706Last week 960Year ago 1,994

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable trades to test trends but a low under was noted. Hot and dry conditions reduced receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	402	477.50	477.50
15	600–650	614	311.00–345.00	332.84
3	800–850	828	313.00	313.00
35	850–900	888	294.00–308.00	298.87
4	950–1000	953	291.00	291.00
26	1050–1100	1,071	273.50	273.50
12	1100–1150	1,115	261.50	261.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	295	485.00	485.00
1	250–300	250	1,150.00	1,150.00
9	300–350	325	445.00–455.00	451.44
8	350–400	363	435.00–480.00	457.53
19	400–450	427	427.50–452.50	435.70
6	450–500	487	355.00–370.00	362.53
9	500–550	508	372.00–385.00	380.52
10	550–600	583	325.00–352.50	342.66
21	600–650	620	315.00–326.00	319.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	643	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	333	400.00	400.00
3	350–400	373	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	543	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	530.00–560.00	535.64
10	400–450	422	510.00–540.00	525.23
6	450–500	455	490.00	490.00
23	500–550	528	415.00–465.00	442.76
117	550–600	591	403.00–449.00	445.93
8	600–650	636	391.00	391.00
98	650–700	654	365.00–419.75	409.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	442	485.00	485.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	380	555.00	555.00
17	400–450	434	507.50	507.50
23	500–550	540	426.00–460.00	431.82
10	550–600	576	415.00–430.00	425.54
8	600–650	625	377.00–402.00	392.70
6	800–850	820	333.00	333.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	578	325.00	325.00
4	750–800	750	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	515.00	515.00

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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