Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2024-12-05

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Dec 5
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,954 head
▲ 505 vs last sale 1,449▼ 565 vs year ago 2,519 · −22.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago: Feeder steers 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Steer calves mostly steady. Heifer calves 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Quality was average to plain with a few fancier sets of heifer calves. Demand was moderate for the feeders and active for the calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $302.24/cwt on 118 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −138.59 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$302.24
118 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$4.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.34
vs OK average
−23.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549303.241,66593
Medium and Large 1-2524298.541,56425
One grade step is worth $4.69/cwt here — about $101 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale118 hd
302.24
—
OK average6 barns · 1,920 hd
327.59
−25.34
National average187 barns · 33,494 hd
325.37
−23.13
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−138.59
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

77 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned320400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2805
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1334405.41/cwt405.00–407.001,35410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned376347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,3054
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380399.02/cwt385.00–417.001,51652
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2396353.42/cwt337.00–357.001,40011
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned415335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3902
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429341.91/cwt340.00–345.001,46721
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477312.53/cwt310.00–320.001,49116
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned482341.88/cwt324.00–352.001,64862
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486353.73/cwt337.00–359.001,71993
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514304.93/cwt297.00–315.001,56720
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned517314.92/cwt300.00–327.001,62818
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519337.89/cwt333.00–340.001,75416
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned563292.51/cwt287.00–300.001,64726
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,5375
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570288.52/cwt281.00–295.001,64533
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612291.78/cwt278.00–301.001,78685
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1659269.46/cwt266.00–280.001,7768
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned670237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5883
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2691258.27/cwt256.00–259.001,78533
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716257.60/cwt251.00–261.001,84415
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned717243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7422
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,81334
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790253.60/cwt251.00–254.002,00351
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830257.49/cwt248.00–258.002,13788
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1884245.30/cwt232.00–249.002,16845
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1936235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,20029
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337369.18/cwt366.00–382.001,24418
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2342340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1632
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned345352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,2143
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned346272.00/cwt272.00–272.009414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379342.38/cwt336.00–350.001,29816
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned382337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,2872
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned388267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,0363
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned422320.04/cwt310.00–327.001,35121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427322.92/cwt300.00–337.001,37936
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned463279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,2923
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477319.66/cwt305.00–326.001,52541
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned481309.05/cwt306.00–311.001,48721
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,3482
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514302.39/cwt285.00–313.001,55419
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned518296.66/cwt280.00–308.001,53766
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523270.82/cwt240.00–282.001,41621
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned523270.57/cwt263.00–277.001,4159
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned550242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3316
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2557255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4202
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned582264.04/cwt260.00–276.001,53712
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1587267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,5677
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615255.40/cwt243.00–270.001,57115
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned627252.90/cwt235.00–266.001,58637
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631241.37/cwt234.00–243.001,52311
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676250.83/cwt240.00–260.001,696175
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned676234.31/cwt227.00–239.001,5845
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned703223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5685
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6292
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1739244.96/cwt233.00–246.251,81072
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned752212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5945
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760245.62/cwt235.00–251.001,86729
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1841233.81/cwt231.00–234.251,96681
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned329390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,28318
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned368370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3625
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned424290.98/cwt286.00–297.001,2349
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned483306.21/cwt302.00–320.001,47912
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned508311.37/cwt280.00–332.001,58226
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1532295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5695
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1559297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,6607
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2559288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,6105
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned580279.24/cwt270.00–295.001,62032
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned605260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5732
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6465
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned642261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,67611
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2646247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,5964
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1661255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6869
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned736235.08/cwt234.00–239.001,73014
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned753228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7174
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1757225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7032
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1871216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,8814

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.