Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2024-05-21

Woodward Livestock Inc

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Tue, May 21
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1824
Slaughter Cattle receipts
290 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 218▼ 263 vs year ago 553 · −47.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 132 vs last sale 144▼ 36 vs year ago 48 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls mostly steady. Demand was moderate.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,872156.942,93820
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,406137.751,93633
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,292133.081,720104
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,139124.431,41745

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,340$1,8751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)980$2,7007

Every lot

17 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,846164.13/cwt161.00–166.003,0305
Bulls——1,881154.54/cwt145.00–160.002,90715
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91695.00/cwt95.00–95.008703
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,023124.26/cwt122.00–128.001,27112
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,041110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1454
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,141125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,4263
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,149132.80/cwt131.00–134.001,5265
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,211132.91/cwt129.00–136.001,61019
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275133.15/cwt128.00–138.001,69868
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,295122.57/cwt118.00–128.001,5877
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,348151.45/cwt146.00–158.002,0422
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,376139.66/cwt138.00–144.001,92218
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,377123.28/cwt120.00–127.001,69810
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,397134.29/cwt130.50–137.001,87612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,417138.50/cwt138.00–141.001,96319
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19802,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7007
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3401,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751

This sale against other markets

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.