Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2025-04-24

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Apr 24
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
632 head
▼ 497 vs last sale 1,129▼ 530 vs year ago 1,162 · −45.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. 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 $385.72/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 4 of 35 comparable sales and sits −55.11 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$385.72
36 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,072
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$53.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.02
vs OK average
+11.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530394.672,09130
Medium and Large 1-2575341.001,9616thin
One grade step is worth $53.67/cwt here — about $130 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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
385.72
—
OK average6 barns · 294 hd
371.71
+14.02
National average172 barns · 11,123 hd
374.02
+11.70
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−55.11
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

42 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1083
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2396357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,4143
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,8836
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,10821
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557365.89/cwt362.00–367.002,0389
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,9616
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,34326
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,2077
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,25410
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,24214
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1233
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1781285.60/cwt280.00–289.002,23131
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1804288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,3169
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1868276.96/cwt272.00–279.002,40482
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1970261.60/cwt260.50–262.502,53846
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,065244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,59925
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned347385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3362
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375393.50/cwt365.00–405.001,47619
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned380377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,4337
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2387292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,1304
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned465352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,6374
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,6654
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519326.82/cwt314.00–344.001,69647
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531359.60/cwt346.00–366.001,90919
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2546270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4743
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573330.26/cwt326.00–331.001,89213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned616295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8175
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620324.69/cwt297.00–332.002,01319
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2648288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,8666
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1681289.02/cwt287.00–290.501,96831
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,9044
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775262.49/cwt259.00–269.002,03423
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1846244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,0644
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1926242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,24611
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned320477.00/cwt477.00–477.001,5263
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned369454.51/cwt452.00–457.001,6778
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned417397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,6552
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1451407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,8363
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned470400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8806
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0464
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1727286.58/cwt286.00–287.002,0837
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1804267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,1475

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.