Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2024-08-08

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Aug 8
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
943 head
▲ 109 vs last sale 834▼ 2,418 vs year ago 3,361 · −71.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Feeders heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower. To few steer and heifer calves for an accurate trend but a weaker 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 $277.04/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −163.79 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$277.04
67 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,554
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$52.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.46
vs OK average
+1.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559279.391,56364
Medium and Large 1-2591227.001,3423thin
One grade step is worth $52.39/cwt here — about $221 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 sale67 hd
277.04
—
OK average5 barns · 341 hd
284.50
−7.46
National average145 barns · 4,636 hd
275.08
+1.96
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−163.79
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

39 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed312430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,34225
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned431340.39/cwt335.00–342.001,4679
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510303.76/cwt290.00–310.001,54913
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned537290.03/cwt287.00–291.001,55716
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4639
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned589270.82/cwt267.00–271.501,59526
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned591227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3423
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626267.29/cwt266.00–269.001,67314
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned632262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,6564
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned657252.19/cwt251.00–254.001,65733
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6612
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,7785
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned747230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7182
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned755237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,7896
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790245.49/cwt240.00–247.001,93994
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2795224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,7813
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1882232.12/cwt227.00–234.002,047109
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1904231.35/cwt223.00–232.002,09198
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2920203.50/cwt199.00–211.501,87211
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,071196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,09917
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned427297.32/cwt295.00–302.001,2706
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1441291.83/cwt287.00–295.001,28715
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned453311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,40912
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2457259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,18410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458300.65/cwt298.00–302.001,3779
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned527257.10/cwt252.00–263.001,35513
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2646
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1546260.70/cwt252.00–262.001,42315
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560249.00/cwt246.00–252.001,3948
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned577250.33/cwt249.00–256.001,44437
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2601236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4183
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618250.87/cwt243.00–256.001,55069
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned672228.50/cwt223.00–232.001,5368
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,68963
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1814224.75/cwt221.00–227.001,82915
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned442312.71/cwt305.00–321.001,38210
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned469316.96/cwt307.00–322.001,4879
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned519284.46/cwt272.00–287.001,47618
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6513

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.