Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2025-09-18

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Sep 18
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,251 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 1,243▼ 906 vs year ago 2,157 · −42.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 12.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady with very few weaned calves in the offering. 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 $411.64/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 13 of 35 comparable sales and sits −29.19 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$411.64
81 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,253
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.64
vs OK average
+7.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544416.742,26762
Medium and Large 1-2559395.002,20819thin
One grade step is worth $21.74/cwt here — about $58 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 sale81 hd
411.64
—
OK average6 barns · 1,437 hd
414.28
−2.64
National average165 barns · 10,728 hd
404.64
+7.00
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−29.19
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

58 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305566.83/cwt547.00–570.001,72915
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned337547.48/cwt540.00–560.001,84514
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370497.00/cwt497.00–497.001,8397
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned374508.96/cwt502.00–515.001,9049
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned380437.00/cwt437.00–437.001,6613
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned445489.02/cwt480.00–490.002,17619
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,26213
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned480471.73/cwt460.00–477.002,26410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned494418.13/cwt417.00–425.002,06614
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned535419.55/cwt390.00–443.002,24537
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1537427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,2935
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned559395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,20819
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned562408.98/cwt396.00–422.002,29820
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned613383.25/cwt365.00–391.002,34938
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620390.89/cwt386.00–396.002,42429
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned651337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,1943
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned665365.17/cwt351.00–373.002,42846
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,4462
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned708359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,54230
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710372.28/cwt368.00–376.002,64315
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned767350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6854
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785357.91/cwt355.00–362.002,81034
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815351.85/cwt350.00–352.002,86827
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2886334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,95952
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1893353.55/cwt353.00–360.003,157196
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1919343.00/cwt343.00–343.003,15243
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1975315.00/cwt315.00–315.003,07130
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,003323.00/cwt323.00–323.003,24017
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,134275.00/cwt275.00–275.003,11934
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320477.00/cwt477.00–477.001,5262
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned323425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3734
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned367465.27/cwt445.00–497.001,70818
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned393431.27/cwt425.00–435.001,6958
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1407442.00/cwt442.00–442.001,7992
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned433422.83/cwt417.00–432.001,8315
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8432
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned466411.34/cwt403.00–430.001,91720
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned467383.46/cwt380.00–387.001,7918
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516386.31/cwt381.00–390.001,99333
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned518353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,8293
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned578341.61/cwt327.00–352.001,97540
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned607330.58/cwt319.00–342.002,0078
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625352.78/cwt339.00–367.002,2056
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned661326.61/cwt303.00–336.002,15910
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663324.86/cwt315.00–333.002,1549
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726341.27/cwt327.00–346.002,47816
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783328.95/cwt324.50–335.002,57614
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1942289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,7229
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned300575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,7252
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned346482.00/cwt482.00–482.001,6684
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned372515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,9162
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned416462.33/cwt435.00–470.001,92310
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned481397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,9103
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525410.54/cwt375.00–430.002,15510
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned561402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,2553
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned581327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,9007
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned637337.63/cwt330.00–342.002,1518
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned656340.60/cwt327.00–346.002,2347

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.