Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2025-01-16

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Jan 16
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
2,691 head
▲ 1,541 vs last sale 1,150▲ 2,053 vs year ago 638 · +321.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Steer calves under 550 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, over 550 lbs steady. Heifer calves 5.00 to 15.00 higher. 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 $321.65/cwt on 202 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −119.18 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$321.65
202 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,771
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.62
vs OK average
−20.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550322.181,773199
Medium and Large 1-2568287.001,6303thin
One grade step is worth $35.18/cwt here — about $143 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 sale202 hd
321.65
—
OK average6 barns · 1,309 hd
328.27
−6.62
National average190 barns · 32,836 hd
342.45
−20.80
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−119.18
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

80 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1321462.19/cwt445.00–475.001,48439
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned364455.01/cwt440.00–460.001,65617
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390415.27/cwt406.00–422.001,62012
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434412.05/cwt390.00–425.001,78864
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436369.71/cwt365.00–377.001,61216
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned449382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,71510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465376.01/cwt370.00–380.001,74816
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned476362.34/cwt360.00–364.001,72538
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484335.60/cwt297.00–345.001,62426
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516341.26/cwt322.00–349.001,7617
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527332.09/cwt322.00–339.001,750100
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,6303
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576311.92/cwt301.00–327.001,79767
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned584304.67/cwt302.00–320.001,77925
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619297.92/cwt276.00–303.001,84445
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned635293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,8613
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,6766
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677281.16/cwt267.00–298.001,90368
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned680277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,8842
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,7075
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717275.78/cwt272.00–286.001,97744
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720252.45/cwt250.00–256.001,81810
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778270.54/cwt267.00–277.002,10570
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,8099
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2801248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,98615
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825264.00/cwt252.00–265.502,17853
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Unweaned836256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,14010
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1864254.78/cwt239.00–264.002,201210
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1937252.32/cwt249.00–257.502,364177
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1961244.50/cwt244.50–244.502,35030
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,36012
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323440.46/cwt435.00–452.001,42329
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2331386.84/cwt340.00–392.001,28019
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned340367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,2482
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2361321.27/cwt305.00–337.001,1604
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned373370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,38018
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1388372.22/cwt352.00–382.001,44432
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424317.71/cwt309.00–327.001,34712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned437325.34/cwt309.00–329.001,42210
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2454272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,23510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474311.77/cwt288.00–333.001,47881
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned477326.09/cwt300.00–332.001,55516
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517305.04/cwt294.00–344.001,577128
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517274.74/cwt262.00–285.001,42012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned536288.46/cwt269.00–297.001,54619
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned565266.85/cwt250.00–275.001,50835
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581271.96/cwt258.00–284.001,58061
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,49415
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612243.58/cwt232.00–257.001,49113
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618266.53/cwt260.00–275.001,64719
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned633233.60/cwt227.00–250.001,47935
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680257.71/cwt244.00–265.001,752122
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,2817
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726251.84/cwt235.00–256.001,82854
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned769226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,7385
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773245.10/cwt232.00–250.001,89590
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1819242.34/cwt226.00–250.001,98533
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885225.52/cwt223.00–231.001,99619
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1908218.00/cwt215.00–228.001,97913
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned336407.51/cwt377.00–420.001,3697
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned374424.28/cwt417.00–432.001,5878
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1386425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6413
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned402390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5682
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned440315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3862
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2441295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3013
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned465363.78/cwt362.00–367.001,69214
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478351.14/cwt330.00–367.001,6787
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned498316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,5743
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1501315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5783
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned526314.80/cwt305.00–331.001,65638
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2555263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,4603
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned575297.93/cwt287.00–302.501,71317
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578275.59/cwt262.00–298.001,59317
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,6887
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned629275.69/cwt270.00–279.001,73419
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned670240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6082
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1724253.62/cwt250.00–258.001,8366
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned736252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,85837
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned750249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,8682
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1782237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,8532

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.