Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2025-04-03

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Apr 3
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
448 head
▼ 1,482 vs last sale 1,930▼ 583 vs year ago 1,031 · −56.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: To few feeder steers for an accurate test. Feeder heifers unevenly steady, Steer calves 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifer calves mostly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.30/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −52.65 against this barn's trailing median of $380.94.
Average price
$328.30
35 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,773
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.05
vs OK average
+6.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545334.671,82527
Medium and Large 1-2522306.791,6018thin
One grade step is worth $27.88/cwt here — about $224 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale35 hd
328.30
—
OK average6 barns · 525 hd
330.34
−2.05
National average178 barns · 12,751 hd
321.38
+6.92
This barn, trailing median34 sales
380.94
−52.65
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

38 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,9212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,6962
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0206
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574364.39/cwt352.00–372.002,0928
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned586372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,1803
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622349.58/cwt349.00–352.002,17421
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned637332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,11511
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1786284.32/cwt282.00–291.002,23534
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned340365.94/cwt360.00–370.001,2445
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433403.12/cwt377.00–427.001,74613
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned433380.74/cwt372.00–385.001,64912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned448352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,5775
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481365.28/cwt352.00–392.001,75720
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516335.19/cwt320.00–348.001,73016
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522306.79/cwt287.00–318.001,6018
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned557302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,6822
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1595341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,0299
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619315.81/cwt314.00–317.001,95520
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned621274.77/cwt265.00–285.001,7064
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1693266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,84315
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1714279.59/cwt256.00–281.501,99641
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8304
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1756272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,05612
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2781232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,8124
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1863254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,1923
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,9562
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1923214.84/cwt211.00–216.001,98314
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2978171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,6723
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned344442.00/cwt442.00–442.001,5204
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned375438.56/cwt437.00–440.001,6456
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5562
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned400412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,6483
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned477357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,7032
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned504346.97/cwt337.00–380.001,74914
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned554351.72/cwt335.00–375.001,94912
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned747287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,1442
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1810261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,1146
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1862258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,2242

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.