Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2025-05-15

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, May 15
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,841 head
▲ 999 vs last sale 842▼ 373 vs year ago 2,214 · −16.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Steer and heifer calves steady. Demand was moderate. Quality plain to average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.41/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −60.53 against this barn's trailing median of $380.94.
Average price
$320.41
92 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,722
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$192
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.42
vs OK average
−19.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538324.001,74382
Medium and Large 1-2533291.001,55110thin
One grade step is worth $33.00/cwt here — about $192 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 sale92 hd
320.41
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OK average6 barns · 991 hd
334.83
−14.42
National average164 barns · 12,891 hd
339.88
−19.47
This barn, trailing median34 sales
380.94
−60.53
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

64 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330462.00/cwt462.00–462.001,5253
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377447.00/cwt447.00–447.001,6852
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned386415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6023
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8453
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6779
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518384.01/cwt380.00–385.001,98920
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned536373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,9994
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570373.77/cwt360.00–376.002,13014
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587325.50/cwt325.50–325.501,91114
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608345.32/cwt344.00–346.002,1009
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9068
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656327.24/cwt324.00–332.002,14722
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2693266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,84330
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733286.58/cwt256.00–299.002,10178
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740306.38/cwt304.00–322.002,26773
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,2852
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810292.20/cwt288.00–293.502,36734
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1862279.83/cwt279.00–285.002,41293
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2875260.50/cwt260.50–260.502,27917
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2933260.55/cwt256.00–261.002,43122
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1939275.71/cwt264.00–281.002,58998
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1989260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,57123
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,004267.75/cwt267.75–267.752,68864
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned332382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,2682
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1399385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5365
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned410364.87/cwt350.00–380.001,4966
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431360.57/cwt346.00–362.001,55442
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned437335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4645
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6547
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,4167
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned481353.99/cwt351.00–367.001,70320
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533332.77/cwt312.00–337.001,77468
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,55110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned535315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6853
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned569272.23/cwt269.00–275.001,54911
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612293.53/cwt285.00–296.001,79628
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2612263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,61022
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2660259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,70914
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned665267.97/cwt265.00–271.001,7824
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9528
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2698281.50/cwt281.50–281.501,96533
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710284.22/cwt278.00–285.002,01867
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725275.50/cwt275.50–275.501,99711
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1777273.42/cwt258.00–277.502,124156
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828264.27/cwt264.00–267.002,18865
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1867264.51/cwt241.00–269.252,293162
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,35556
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,023234.14/cwt228.00–235.502,39562
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5213
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned424377.33/cwt369.00–390.001,60013
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned434415.78/cwt410.00–427.001,80414
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6943
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned485392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,9017
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523379.25/cwt375.00–397.001,98310
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned543320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,73811
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned545376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,0496
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned568370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1024
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1587318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,8672
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1607328.65/cwt327.00–333.001,99511
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned630318.76/cwt308.00–325.002,00813
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1660320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1122
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned690284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,9602
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned745271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,0192
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1826262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,1648

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.