Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2024-09-26

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Sep 26
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,612 head
▼ 545 vs last sale 2,157▼ 439 vs year ago 2,051 · −21.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Steer and heifer calves unevely steady with mostly unweaned calves in the offering. Demand was moderate, Quality average to plain.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $260.28/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −180.55 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$260.28
144 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,406
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$232
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$37.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.21
vs OK average
−14.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542264.151,431129
Medium and Large 1-2528227.001,19915thin
One grade step is worth $37.15/cwt here — about $232 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 sale144 hd
260.28
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OK average6 barns · 1,090 hd
269.49
−9.21
National average169 barns · 10,664 hd
274.29
−14.01
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−180.55
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

60 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 1-2321265.00/cwt265.00–265.008514
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned400305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2202
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned447227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,01510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned478281.28/cwt281.00–282.001,34566
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned528227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,19915
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned536265.20/cwt253.00–292.001,421106
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560273.01/cwt270.00–285.001,52910
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned573248.82/cwt245.00–262.001,42613
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622264.73/cwt264.00–265.001,64711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned626247.49/cwt245.00–256.001,54997
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633231.47/cwt217.00–251.001,46523
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,6676
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned663233.43/cwt232.00–237.001,54814
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned686213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,46115
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720251.31/cwt248.00–252.001,80990
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned724223.95/cwt222.00–226.001,6218
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned768225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,7329
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810229.51/cwt229.00–231.001,85920
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1818241.07/cwt237.00–242.501,97287
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2827209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,7287
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1886236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,09160
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1931234.50/cwt234.50–234.502,1838
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned306245.00/cwt245.00–245.007505
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned363261.26/cwt261.00–262.0094812
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned407276.46/cwt262.00–280.001,12523
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned409218.40/cwt212.00–248.0089311
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1451275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,24016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473249.75/cwt231.00–260.001,18183
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2504245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2357
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned520237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2323
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned528246.52/cwt241.00–253.001,302120
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned582240.46/cwt234.00–256.001,39939
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned596227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,35311
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned622210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3065
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned623228.79/cwt225.00–230.001,42533
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631236.86/cwt232.00–240.001,49515
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1653243.72/cwt243.00–244.001,59155
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4197
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned676222.30/cwt219.00–228.001,50316
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1711241.45/cwt229.00–242.001,71770
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned714210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4997
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1776226.92/cwt220.00–227.501,76160
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1803225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8075
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1867219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,89926
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1977195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,9054
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned350345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2082
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned380272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,0344
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned437259.51/cwt237.00–275.001,1345
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned446308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,3746
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned493285.96/cwt282.00–314.001,41015
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4422
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned520241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,2533
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned534270.31/cwt267.00–275.001,4437
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned591236.93/cwt233.00–238.001,40020
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned626231.86/cwt229.00–237.001,45118
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned650219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4247
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680211.06/cwt207.00–219.001,4356
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned729221.39/cwt217.00–224.501,61419
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1802211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,6922
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1967193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,8665

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.