Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2025-04-10

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Apr 10
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
747 head
▲ 299 vs last sale 448▲ 44 vs year ago 703 · +6.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady versus a light test last week. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady. Demand was moderate. 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 $371.07/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 3 of 35 comparable sales and sits −69.77 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$371.07
109 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,117
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$273
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$56.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.82
vs OK average
+16.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566387.752,19577
Medium and Large 1-2581330.911,92332
One grade step is worth $56.84/cwt here — about $273 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 sale109 hd
371.07
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OK average6 barns · 342 hd
361.25
+9.82
National average175 barns · 9,187 hd
354.30
+16.77
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−69.77
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

45 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2602
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,6084
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,8884
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459435.10/cwt392.00–447.001,99710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477341.86/cwt341.00–352.001,63126
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525424.43/cwt415.00–432.002,22825
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581330.91/cwt330.00–332.001,92332
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586370.12/cwt365.00–377.002,16952
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4713
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,1506
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1684306.73/cwt299.00–321.002,09825
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned732304.50/cwt304.50–304.502,22915
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733302.29/cwt302.00–307.002,21634
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,26331
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1852276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,3528
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1900258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,3227
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1959252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,41735
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned354392.65/cwt387.00–397.001,3907
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned432402.90/cwt387.00–417.001,74111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433404.07/cwt375.00–415.001,75018
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,5424
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned443367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,6263
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned482352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,6972
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1495327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,6193
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned515331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,7054
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536327.35/cwt319.00–330.001,7558
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568318.82/cwt293.00–332.001,81120
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617308.89/cwt289.00–314.001,90646
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned633279.79/cwt271.00–295.001,7718
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1692278.89/cwt273.00–286.001,93025
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1732273.23/cwt267.00–274.002,00046
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy793281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,22819
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830251.67/cwt249.00–252.502,08929
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1884239.30/cwt238.00–242.002,1159
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1931238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,21634
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned338453.16/cwt442.00–465.001,5326
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned427420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7936
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1487382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,8602
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned490381.74/cwt350.00–397.001,8716
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned511370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8913
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2567275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5594
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1586342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,0044
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned665328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,1815
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned725295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1393
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1936260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,43410

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.