Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2024-03-21

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Mar 21
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,555 head
▼ 1,359 vs last sale 2,914▼ 370 vs year ago 1,925 · −19.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Steer calves 8.oo to 12.00 lower. Heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality plain to average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $310.61/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −130.22 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$310.61
79 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,723
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$340
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$76.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.43
vs OK average
−7.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551320.251,76469
Medium and Large 1-2583244.131,42310thin
One grade step is worth $76.12/cwt here — about $340 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale79 hd
310.61
—
OK average5 barns · 433 hd
318.04
−7.43
National average173 barns · 12,551 hd
318.29
−7.68
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−130.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

35 sales
520464407351median 440.8303/0504/3007/0209/0310/29
Steers 500–600 lb: high $506.48, low $364.84, median $440.83 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

56 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned347353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,2252
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,5093
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2446255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1373
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,71712
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530330.67/cwt321.00–343.001,75337
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned540299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,6152
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577308.81/cwt297.00–322.001,78230
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583244.13/cwt231.00–263.001,42310
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626277.61/cwt266.00–295.001,73831
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned631266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,67810
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690279.78/cwt275.00–286.001,93070
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2698255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,78023
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,94530
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1781250.14/cwt240.00–252.001,95452
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1821244.12/cwt230.00–249.502,00491
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2826216.50/cwt216.50–216.501,78812
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1871236.57/cwt235.00–238.002,06131
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2906226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,04820
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1918232.44/cwt230.50–242.002,13441
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1999217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,17373
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,016194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,9713
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,068192.50/cwt192.50–192.502,05624
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,1283
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned384323.25/cwt315.00–327.001,2419
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned407304.42/cwt285.00–311.001,2398
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433312.94/cwt311.00–315.001,35532
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned459249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,1435
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned468237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1093
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480302.29/cwt291.00–325.001,45113
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515227.94/cwt217.00–230.001,17413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528279.63/cwt264.00–298.001,47685
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned532267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,4202
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned562266.60/cwt261.00–283.001,4988
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572271.37/cwt245.00–288.001,55265
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618231.48/cwt223.00–242.001,43124
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619218.00/cwt216.00–219.001,34920
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned627229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4362
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662213.35/cwt205.00–218.001,41223
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664240.51/cwt236.00–243.001,59751
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724220.32/cwt200.00–231.001,59541
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1742233.99/cwt233.50–240.001,73638
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1756231.53/cwt226.00–236.001,75078
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2787214.71/cwt195.00–218.001,69020
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1811222.77/cwt217.00–224.501,80740
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2837182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,52313
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2925178.02/cwt155.00–191.001,64711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned316361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,1413
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1421327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,3774
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472324.19/cwt317.00–333.001,5307
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned476325.48/cwt309.00–355.001,5498
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515309.49/cwt305.00–316.001,59412
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1595273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,6243
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,6522
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned648269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,7439
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned657267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,7542
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1684249.39/cwt245.00–261.001,70614

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.