Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2024-10-03

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Oct 3
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,795 head
▲ 183 vs last sale 1,612▲ 23 vs year ago 1,772 · +1.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable trades of feeder cattle or calves this week for a trend, however, a lower undertone was noted. Demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.97/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −151.97 against this barn's trailing median of $380.94.
Average price
$228.97
102 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,298
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.95
vs OK average
−17.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568239.181,35937
Medium and Large 1-2566223.161,26365
One grade step is worth $16.02/cwt here — about $96 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale102 hd
228.97
—
OK average6 barns · 1,772 hd
243.92
−14.95
National average172 barns · 12,740 hd
246.78
−17.81
This barn, trailing median34 sales
380.94
−151.97
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

34 sales
446401356311median 380.9403/0504/3007/0209/0310/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $432.46, low $325.21, median $380.94 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,0476
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425291.33/cwt287.00–300.001,23824
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,44418
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532287.11/cwt266.00–292.001,52748
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,42711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630255.92/cwt254.00–261.001,61240
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned630242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5259
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661253.15/cwt247.00–266.001,673102
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735244.56/cwt238.00–259.501,79841
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,63928
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,97246
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2787243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,91214
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1821250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,05330
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1911237.45/cwt233.00–239.002,16361
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2413240.00/cwt240.00–240.009918
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,27913
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned493237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,1685
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned503236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1878
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566223.16/cwt217.00–227.001,26365
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586240.06/cwt236.00–251.001,40729
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2603234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,41140
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned633228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,44313
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636237.47/cwt227.00–250.001,510105
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1659234.17/cwt229.00–237.001,54328
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2677228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,54460
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,64910
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1724238.79/cwt235.00–240.501,729108
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2752222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,66929
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1759235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,78410
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,76822
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1853222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,89419
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1925226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,0918
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned496268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,32914

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.