Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2024-04-25

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Apr 25
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,162 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 1,170▲ 51 vs year ago 1,111 · +4.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves were lightly tested but a stronger undertone was noted. Demand was moderate. Quality was average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $299.91/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −140.92 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$299.91
36 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$314
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$48.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.09
vs OK average
−9.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539321.441,73420
Medium and Large 1-2520273.001,42016thin
One grade step is worth $48.44/cwt here — about $314 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale36 hd
299.91
—
OK average5 barns · 455 hd
293.82
+6.09
National average173 barns · 10,802 hd
309.55
−9.64
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−140.92
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

52 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1352379.00/cwt379.00–379.001,3342
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned422327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,3802
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5682
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned500326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,6305
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,42016
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1546330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8026
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557313.19/cwt302.00–319.001,7449
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614243.33/cwt236.00–244.501,49423
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned626283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,77212
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628282.29/cwt275.00–285.001,77348
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1696251.94/cwt251.00–253.001,75415
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736250.04/cwt249.00–253.001,84037
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764249.79/cwt238.00–252.001,90837
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2798230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8358
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,95714
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,79811
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,93638
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2895195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,7453
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1968212.08/cwt204.50–213.002,053190
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned410300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2302
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned441245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0804
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,4747
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned485284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,3774
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned520282.10/cwt276.00–288.001,4676
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522285.18/cwt282.00–295.001,48912
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,41218
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,61314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5105
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2609235.36/cwt229.00–236.001,43323
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627252.36/cwt247.00–253.001,58237
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658248.32/cwt236.50–250.001,63442
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned662228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5094
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,63334
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6668
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5582
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1763237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,80870
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788214.59/cwt213.50–216.001,69125
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1812211.70/cwt208.00–213.501,71959
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1867202.37/cwt193.00–207.001,75569
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2929187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,7375
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,102184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,02817
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1352381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,3412
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned395277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,0943
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,1773
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned493272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,3415
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned500310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5503
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,55411
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4902
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1650243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5804
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned657252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,6562
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1748227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6985
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,031191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,9693

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.