Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2025-04-17

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Apr 17
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,129 head
▲ 382 vs last sale 747▼ 41 vs year ago 1,170 · −3.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $347.87/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −92.96 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$347.87
36 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,945
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.77
vs OK average
−16.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562356.432,00325
Medium and Large 1-2552328.431,81411thin
One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about $189 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale36 hd
347.87
—
OK average6 barns · 603 hd
371.64
−23.77
National average169 barns · 11,281 hd
364.76
−16.89
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−92.96
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

54 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6087
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned391417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,6309
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1451425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,91717
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned498373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,8589
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8354
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned540338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,8252
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564358.03/cwt353.00–365.002,01923
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564318.96/cwt311.00–325.001,7997
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1604348.85/cwt333.00–357.002,10717
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned640316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,0225
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685280.78/cwt273.00–287.001,9239
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725302.10/cwt286.00–309.002,19076
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,05614
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778289.79/cwt273.00–296.002,25523
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825279.29/cwt271.00–288.002,304217
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825251.69/cwt248.00–256.002,07622
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872269.89/cwt268.50–273.002,35369
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1988261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,5795
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,54315
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned365398.73/cwt373.00–407.001,45526
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419361.03/cwt353.00–368.001,51315
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433380.46/cwt368.00–400.001,64725
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned466347.73/cwt331.00–357.001,62015
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,6927
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489325.88/cwt322.00–327.001,59413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537327.33/cwt324.00–335.001,75824
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned538315.89/cwt313.00–317.001,69911
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570319.06/cwt305.00–337.001,8199
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,6854
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned588285.56/cwt278.00–298.001,6798
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1639296.97/cwt276.00–302.001,89831
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662281.41/cwt259.00–288.001,86310
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2699250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7485
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned726244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,7714
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729268.86/cwt251.00–274.001,96029
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,7218
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780268.36/cwt262.00–273.002,09365
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830265.93/cwt265.00–267.002,20730
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy863280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,41611
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1888245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1763
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1985223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,19730
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,138196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,2304
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,165175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,0396
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned345460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5873
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned363405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4703
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned366420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,53712
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1452382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,7272
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned479370.06/cwt347.00–380.001,77310
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned521362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,8863
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1551331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,8243
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned600300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8003
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned692282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,9512
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1816243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,9835
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2975225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1942

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.