Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2025-01-23

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Jan 23
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
838 head
▼ 1,853 vs last sale 2,691▼ 504 vs year ago 1,342 · −37.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Steer calves 10.00 to 12.00 higher. 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 $331.45/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −109.38 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$331.45
89 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,828
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$268
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$68.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.07
vs OK average
−9.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548337.621,84981
Medium and Large 1-2588269.001,5828thin
One grade step is worth $68.62/cwt here — about $268 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 sale89 hd
331.45
—
OK average6 barns · 632 hd
332.53
−1.07
National average147 barns · 15,667 hd
340.94
−9.49
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−109.38
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

50 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1296490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,4503
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6173
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435423.61/cwt412.00–430.001,84329
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned461387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,7844
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8333
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486332.27/cwt331.00–336.001,61511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540341.03/cwt336.00–357.001,84266
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582322.62/cwt320.00–328.001,87815
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,5828
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615312.11/cwt308.00–317.501,91926
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned652276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,80015
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661302.15/cwt288.00–307.001,997124
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,7879
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1711279.84/cwt271.00–282.001,99024
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775263.67/cwt262.00–265.002,04313
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,1527
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1953244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,3254
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1312418.52/cwt407.00–430.001,3068
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377415.50/cwt395.00–442.001,56615
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2399288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,14911
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424375.47/cwt360.00–395.001,59240
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432301.31/cwt285.00–327.001,30213
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned440360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5842
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned463325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5053
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473314.55/cwt294.00–322.001,48820
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481332.41/cwt327.00–355.001,59929
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522301.47/cwt281.00–316.001,57433
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned535292.22/cwt290.00–295.001,5639
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned557258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4372
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578283.82/cwt278.00–295.001,64024
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned590266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,5694
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned617257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,5864
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625264.82/cwt264.00–266.001,65514
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668260.57/cwt257.00–262.001,74114
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned695228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5852
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned709238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,68714
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718255.41/cwt254.00–258.001,83454
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,9434
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1926223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,0653
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned311435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3533
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned431373.45/cwt365.00–392.001,6107
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2534304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,6237
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned556261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4513
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565307.39/cwt302.00–315.001,7375
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned602291.20/cwt290.00–293.001,75325
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned663271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,7976
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned717263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,8866
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2748237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,7737
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2756243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,8375
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1912230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0982

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.