Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2024-04-04

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Apr 4
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,031 head
▲ 236 vs last sale 795▼ 851 vs year ago 1,882 · −45.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week:: Feeder steers mostly steady. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $302.89/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −137.94 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$302.89
45 head · 579 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,755
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$220
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.03
vs OK average
−7.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1589305.611,80036
Medium and Large 1-2541292.001,5809thin
One grade step is worth $13.61/cwt here — about $220 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 sale45 hd
302.89
—
OK average5 barns · 232 hd
300.86
+2.03
National average173 barns · 11,586 hd
310.76
−7.87
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−137.94
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

50 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned362361.65/cwt359.00–363.001,3096
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1394345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3595
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned400344.00/cwt329.00–359.001,3764
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1402317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,2742
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned453327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,4813
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,4492
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473355.88/cwt345.00–363.001,68356
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,5809
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1589305.61/cwt293.00–308.001,80036
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623272.69/cwt263.00–279.001,69914
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722255.68/cwt252.00–256.501,84656
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766239.63/cwt234.00–244.001,83627
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825222.60/cwt219.00–228.001,83624
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2873225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9647
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920219.91/cwt213.50–225.002,02389
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1960214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,05410
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,042202.75/cwt202.75–202.752,113115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned307239.00/cwt239.00–239.007342
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1346325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1253
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366327.13/cwt326.00–329.001,1977
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned382309.18/cwt305.00–316.001,1819
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2401265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0635
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430308.24/cwt301.00–313.001,32515
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned431293.33/cwt282.00–309.001,26423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned455283.63/cwt283.00–284.001,2918
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3015
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1487277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,3492
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520273.37/cwt257.00–287.001,42255
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned533258.75/cwt251.00–273.001,37911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588249.66/cwt249.00–251.001,4686
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned597267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,5946
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620248.55/cwt238.00–251.001,54123
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5116
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669233.53/cwt224.00–236.501,56216
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1707229.80/cwt229.00–231.001,62525
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774218.65/cwt212.00–224.001,69250
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885205.76/cwt198.00–206.501,82158
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned355305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0836
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,3402
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1466355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6543
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned485339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,6442
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1516333.57/cwt331.00–336.001,7218
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned519305.22/cwt304.00–307.001,58415
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned560271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,5184
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1582269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,5668
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,6424
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned632253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,5992
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,7163
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned720249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,7932
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1763220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6793

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.