Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2025-08-28

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Aug 28
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
380 head
▼ 657 vs last sale 1,037▼ 1,653 vs year ago 2,033 · −81.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: With significant amounts of rainfall in the general area this week Limiting receipts, there were not enough feeder cattle or calves for an accurate trend but a stronger undertone was noted. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $413.89/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 28 of 34 comparable sales and sits +32.94 against this barn's trailing median of $380.94.
Average price
$413.89
35 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,305
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.00
vs OK average
+44.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552418.702,31130
Medium and Large 1-2587385.002,2605thin
One grade step is worth $33.70/cwt here — about $51 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale35 hd
413.89
—
OK average7 barns · 1,148 hd
391.89
+22.00
National average160 barns · 10,603 hd
369.81
+44.08
This barn, trailing median34 sales
380.94
+32.94
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

37 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned390505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,9703
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned487480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,33810
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1757346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,6192
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1856328.41/cwt326.00–330.002,81110
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,030295.00/cwt295.00–295.003,03914
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2353340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2003
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned362440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5932
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned421451.89/cwt445.00–470.001,90217
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,9926
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned496432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,1434
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned552418.70/cwt417.00–420.002,31130
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned587385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2605
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1603392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,3643
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned648340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2035
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2656335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1984
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1657375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4645
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned683342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,3366
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716349.62/cwt337.00–357.002,50314
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2752297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,2338
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1791342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,70565
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,5592
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1945292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,7593
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1965297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,8663
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,041285.50/cwt285.50–285.502,97217
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned332517.00/cwt517.00–517.001,7162
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned385505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,9443
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9253
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned406465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,8885
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1446465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0744
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned468458.62/cwt447.00–475.002,14615
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned515435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,2403
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned562430.26/cwt405.00–437.002,41824
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned617410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,5304
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned671385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,5838
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned722361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,6064
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1805330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,6572
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2816317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,5873

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.