Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2025-08-07

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Aug 7
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
755 head
▼ 120 vs last sale 875▼ 188 vs year ago 943 · −19.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 7.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 10.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves very uneven depending on weaning status and condition. Demand was moderate. Quality average to plain.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $371.68/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 3 of 35 comparable sales and sits −69.15 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$371.68
30 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,004
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−38.40
vs OK average
−18.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549375.462,06020
Medium and Large 1-2520364.121,89310thin
One grade step is worth $11.34/cwt here — about $167 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 sale30 hd
371.68
—
OK average6 barns · 856 hd
410.08
−38.40
National average145 barns · 8,057 hd
390.02
−18.34
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−69.15
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

51 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,7084
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2450381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,7156
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned455402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,8292
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9852
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned505388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,9593
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1507390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9774
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520364.12/cwt352.00–367.001,89310
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned571362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,0674
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572370.79/cwt370.00–372.002,1219
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned625312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,9502
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned628357.52/cwt342.00–363.002,24529
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,4127
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned660352.31/cwt342.00–355.002,32525
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1689365.45/cwt365.00–365.502,51829
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,5669
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777353.41/cwt348.50–357.502,74629
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2777281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,1832
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1834339.10/cwt319.00–344.002,82834
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1942312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,93916
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2945291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,7503
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2962296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,8482
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1982301.33/cwt298.00–311.002,95919
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3322
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned365375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3692
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned387410.61/cwt397.00–432.001,5899
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned425360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,5306
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430410.19/cwt407.00–425.001,76421
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned488365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7813
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned505341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,7224
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517367.78/cwt364.00–371.001,90122
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned537348.76/cwt343.00–362.001,87315
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569323.73/cwt322.00–329.001,84212
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned600334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,00415
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned629313.37/cwt305.00–321.001,97113
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637337.43/cwt318.00–345.002,14946
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663310.21/cwt303.00–312.002,05718
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned677310.60/cwt310.00–311.002,10310
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1753329.33/cwt320.50–332.502,48023
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1812311.62/cwt311.00–312.002,53019
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1912260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,3714
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned438415.72/cwt402.00–430.001,8218
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned520376.75/cwt368.00–387.001,95925
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1546372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,0313
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned597350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0909
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,1102
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1657329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,1622
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned689326.06/cwt321.00–331.002,24712
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned717328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,3526
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1752329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,47410
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned759312.30/cwt303.00–315.002,3709
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1887289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,5638

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.