Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2024-05-09

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, May 9
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,588 head
▼ 1,076 vs last sale 2,664▼ 725 vs year ago 2,313 · −31.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady on a light test. 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 $301.23/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −139.60 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$301.23
81 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,653
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$41.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.45
vs OK average
−8.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544307.401,67469
Medium and Large 1-2574265.771,52612thin
One grade step is worth $41.63/cwt here — about $148 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 sale81 hd
301.23
—
OK average5 barns · 341 hd
309.67
−8.45
National average167 barns · 10,730 hd
309.71
−8.48
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−139.60
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

62 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 1302387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,1692
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3313
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422325.48/cwt320.00–339.001,37416
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457326.60/cwt315.00–338.001,4936
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515313.32/cwt306.00–320.001,61434
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573301.64/cwt291.00–319.001,72835
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574265.77/cwt250.00–275.001,52612
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned617256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,58025
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623295.04/cwt289.00–298.001,83818
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2644251.83/cwt244.00–261.001,62213
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5827
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned735216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5887
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736246.04/cwt239.00–251.001,81133
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned766242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,8544
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769243.61/cwt238.00–246.001,87377
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1879231.04/cwt229.00–242.002,031179
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1934217.87/cwt217.00–219.502,03581
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1969209.41/cwt207.00–216.002,02967
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,026202.75/cwt200.50–206.752,08082
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,072195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,09018
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,106194.07/cwt193.50–195.502,14646
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,195182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,1755
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2297288.00/cwt288.00–288.008552
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned315311.00/cwt311.00–311.009807
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332330.29/cwt328.00–331.001,09716
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned377300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1312
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned390253.00/cwt253.00–253.009874
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1392322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,2627
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned405270.33/cwt269.00–273.001,0956
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426283.05/cwt273.00–288.001,20615
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1441319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,4077
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465261.40/cwt257.00–266.001,2164
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned468309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,4464
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482276.90/cwt274.00–291.001,33518
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545281.88/cwt281.00–293.001,53639
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566251.14/cwt249.00–254.001,42148
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622259.90/cwt254.00–266.001,61724
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2648224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4526
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned653232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,5153
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673237.15/cwt233.00–243.001,59654
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1707233.88/cwt220.00–249.001,65425
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725207.64/cwt205.00–215.001,50511
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773225.83/cwt218.00–239.001,746149
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2816184.55/cwt184.00–185.001,5069
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830209.58/cwt209.00–210.001,74019
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1863208.44/cwt206.00–209.001,79965
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1941196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,84433
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,3362
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned440314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,3825
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1452312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,4107
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned457242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,1064
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned515295.33/cwt294.00–296.001,5216
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570270.92/cwt264.00–289.001,5447
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned586263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,5413
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1604265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6018
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned641240.64/cwt235.00–249.001,5435
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,6033
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned675240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6202
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1737226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6662
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1797212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6902
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1Unweaned802180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,44420
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1852208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,7722

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.