Name: Woodward Livestock Inc livestock auction prices — 2026-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady with few comparable sales versus last week: Steer calves steady to 5.00 lower. Heifer calves 5.00 to 15.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality average to plain.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $393.77/cwt on 83 head, down $15.80 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 35 comparable sales and sits −67.74 against this barn's trailing median of $461.51.

Average price

$393.77

▼ 15.80 vs prior sale

83 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,163

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$62.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.94

vs OK average

+22.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	399.05	2,181	76
Medium and Large 1-2	579	336.43	1,948	7thin

One grade step is worth $62.62/cwt here — about $233 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

35 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $517.82, low $364.84, median $461.51 across 35 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 sale83 hd

393.77

—

OK average8 barns · 1,067 hd

380.83

+12.94

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

+22.77

This barn, trailing median35 sales

461.51

−67.74

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

57 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	787	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,337	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,571	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,939	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	398.11/cwt	385.00–427.50	1,700	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	319.40/cwt	318.00–321.00	2,833	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	347.68/cwt	343.00–353.00	2,517	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	343.10/cwt	339.00–348.00	1,993	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	377	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,819	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,081	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,661	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,953	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	398.44/cwt	388.00–402.00	2,247	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,965	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	332.06/cwt	327.00–333.50	2,749	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,634	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,968	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	450.86/cwt	447.00–453.00	2,137	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	378	514.74/cwt	490.00–525.00	1,946	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	364.46/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,735	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	812	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	2,473	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	378	414.64/cwt	409.00–430.00	1,567	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,176	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,118	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,031	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,513	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,169	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	567	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,172	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	326	518.74/cwt	490.00–532.50	1,691	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	347.35/cwt	332.50–353.00	2,015	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,277	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,129	250.34/cwt	242.00–256.00	2,826	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	708	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,011	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	588	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,882	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	499	335.88/cwt	309.00–340.00	1,676	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	308.55/cwt	302.00–310.00	2,675	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	399.50/cwt	399.50–399.50	2,061	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,698	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,848	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,083	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	429	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,622	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,103	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	347.56/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,186	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	297.76/cwt	297.50–298.00	2,510	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	321.88/cwt	300.00–328.75	2,337	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	482	398.13/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,919	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	319.94/cwt	305.00–323.00	2,480	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	977	285.54/cwt	280.00–286.00	2,790	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	666	329.80/cwt	326.00–336.00	2,196	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	308	464.50/cwt	461.00–470.00	1,431	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,966	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	580	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,821	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,006	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,131	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	509	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,123	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	426.99/cwt	417.00–430.00	2,041	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	338.72/cwt	327.00–350.00	1,785	26

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

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Receipts 1,282Last week 717Year ago 380

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	326	490.00–532.50	518.74
4	350–400	377	482.50	482.50
12	400–450	417	465.00	465.00
9	450–500	478	417.00–430.00	426.99
8	500–550	509	417.00	417.00
20	550–600	580	332.50–353.00	347.35
2	650–700	667	312.00	312.00
13	750–800	787	297.00	297.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	716	303.00	303.00
6	800–850	835	301.00	301.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	656	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	353	445.00	445.00
6	400–450	420	389.00	389.00
7	500–550	509	363.00	363.00
3	550–600	578	340.00	340.00
108	700–750	726	300.00–328.75	321.88
8	750–800	792	287.50	287.50
47	800–850	843	297.50–298.00	297.76
2	850–900	890	280.00	280.00
6	950–1000	950	284.00	284.00
15	1100–1150	1,129	242.00–256.00	250.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	308	461.00–470.00	464.50
14	350–400	378	409.00–430.00	414.64
29	400–450	427	385.00–427.50	398.11
34	450–500	476	350.00–375.00	364.46
26	500–550	527	327.00–350.00	338.72
27	550–600	581	339.00–348.00	343.10
4	600–650	600	328.00	328.00
3	700–750	708	284.00	284.00
19	800–850	812	304.50	304.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	567	383.00	383.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	378.00	378.00
15	450–500	499	309.00–340.00	335.88
2	550–600	580	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	625	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	432	455.00	455.00
2	450–500	475	427.50	427.50
3	500–550	523	405.00	405.00
6	600–650	606	359.00	359.00
27	700–750	724	343.00–353.00	347.68
38	750–800	756	352.00	352.00
77	800–850	828	327.00–333.50	332.06
30	850–900	887	318.00–321.00	319.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	378	490.00–525.00	514.74
3	400–450	433	451.00	451.00
22	450–500	474	447.00–453.00	450.86
25	500–550	516	399.50	399.50
48	550–600	564	388.00–402.00	398.44
6	600–650	629	345.00–350.00	347.56
37	650–700	666	326.00–336.00	329.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	385.00–405.00	398.13
5	550–600	588	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	557	377.50	377.50
6	600–650	614	347.00	347.00
24	750–800	775	305.00–323.00	319.94
106	850–900	867	302.00–310.00	308.55
67	950–1000	977	280.00–286.00	285.54

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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