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

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Dec 12
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,670 head
▼ 284 vs last sale 1,954▲ 433 vs year ago 1,237 · +35.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady. Steer calves steady to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves steady. Demand was moderate to active. 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 $314.18/cwt on 207 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −126.66 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$314.18
207 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,718
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$250
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$41.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.68
vs OK average
−10.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547316.371,731196
Medium and Large 1-2539275.091,48111thin
One grade step is worth $41.28/cwt here — about $250 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 sale207 hd
314.18
—
OK average6 barns · 2,191 hd
319.86
−5.68
National average185 barns · 29,268 hd
324.35
−10.17
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−126.66
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

72 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned315440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,3862
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4082
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5092
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4993
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426407.44/cwt407.00–415.001,73634
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned440391.12/cwt387.00–410.001,72136
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy462390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8024
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned465377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,7537
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,37419
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495351.18/cwt350.00–352.001,73817
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2501277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,3884
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534326.83/cwt317.00–347.001,74584
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned538314.75/cwt307.00–340.001,69350
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,5347
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571311.72/cwt295.00–327.001,78034
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned575293.52/cwt292.00–296.001,68828
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614289.34/cwt283.00–296.001,77735
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620271.08/cwt270.00–274.001,68119
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629264.59/cwt263.00–266.001,66450
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned641261.90/cwt257.00–264.001,67910
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670271.17/cwt248.00–276.001,81733
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned682264.22/cwt245.00–268.001,80243
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722265.12/cwt257.00–270.001,91482
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771261.61/cwt254.00–264.002,01757
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned794240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,90610
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825259.06/cwt246.00–263.002,13785
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,1192
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1900239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,1513
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1972229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,2262
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,026214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,1964
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned331369.61/cwt355.00–400.001,2236
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374340.91/cwt327.00–357.001,2759
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,1103
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned389345.71/cwt344.00–352.001,34530
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned392315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2352
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned413265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0943
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1033
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned433324.62/cwt312.00–352.001,4069
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1444322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,43013
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,29916
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned481314.48/cwt310.00–332.001,51317
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1489308.69/cwt307.00–317.001,50911
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned513245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2577
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned517289.27/cwt280.00–306.001,496100
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526290.33/cwt273.00–307.001,52730
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533240.83/cwt232.00–261.001,28410
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned566267.98/cwt266.00–272.001,51715
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576239.05/cwt222.00–246.001,37729
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1591256.78/cwt253.00–282.001,51830
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned637248.11/cwt240.00–250.001,58045
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned647223.64/cwt223.00–224.001,44711
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665250.99/cwt250.00–253.001,66915
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned676225.64/cwt215.00–241.001,52527
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2693228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5805
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728221.35/cwt217.00–225.001,6119
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1825231.19/cwt231.00–232.001,90731
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1855208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,7783
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1961213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,0474
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2991193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,91322
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,023209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,1389
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned305440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,3428
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned331359.97/cwt340.00–380.001,1926
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned384396.56/cwt390.00–400.001,5236
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned422392.09/cwt380.00–410.001,65515
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned467355.42/cwt330.00–367.001,66024
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned534312.50/cwt310.00–314.001,6698
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned598280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,67412
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned633262.64/cwt261.00–267.001,66315
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1643242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5563
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned658262.06/cwt260.00–263.001,72419
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1689248.15/cwt245.00–255.001,71019
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1Unweaned860211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,8154

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.