Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2025-12-04

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Dec 4
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,359 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 1,371▼ 595 vs year ago 1,954 · −30.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last calf and feeder sale two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers10.00 to 20.00 higher with instances up to 40.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves easily 30.00 to 40.00 higher. Demand was moderate to active on the calves and moderate on the feeders. 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 $423.29/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 14 of 35 comparable sales and sits −17.54 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$423.29
110 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,382
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.11
vs OK average
−5.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559429.772,40290
Medium and Large 1-2581394.172,28820
One grade step is worth $35.60/cwt here — about $114 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 sale110 hd
423.29
—
OK average6 barns · 836 hd
424.41
−1.11
National average190 barns · 23,426 hd
429.15
−5.86
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−17.54
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

62 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1341548.24/cwt530.00–555.001,86911
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2352500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7602
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned435535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,3276
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438529.82/cwt520.00–540.002,3216
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,4015
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2453495.44/cwt460.00–515.002,24414
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned485493.56/cwt492.00–497.002,39416
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531454.83/cwt435.00–475.002,4158
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned531437.67/cwt425.00–462.002,32418
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565431.67/cwt425.00–445.002,43940
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573400.67/cwt385.00–409.002,29614
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned579412.31/cwt403.00–428.002,38724
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned598379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,2666
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned603403.68/cwt370.00–410.002,43419
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637400.80/cwt390.00–416.002,55362
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned648354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,29412
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,5644
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned687349.93/cwt349.00–352.002,40429
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned705349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,46017
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1741357.32/cwt352.00–366.002,64839
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2749337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,52453
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1751363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,72631
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2791315.39/cwt313.00–322.002,49511
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,67310
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,76565
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2903295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,6644
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1915317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,90145
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1317507.00/cwt507.00–507.001,6074
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368472.00/cwt472.00–472.001,7373
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned407425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7302
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426475.97/cwt462.00–490.002,0284
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431405.11/cwt400.00–442.001,74616
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned459428.24/cwt427.00–432.001,9668
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460440.69/cwt437.00–442.002,02712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned460375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7254
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473456.41/cwt445.00–485.002,15915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned533376.75/cwt368.00–392.002,00837
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,93718
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2559355.13/cwt347.00–357.001,98560
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,08814
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned573358.64/cwt345.00–360.002,05522
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned594327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,9427
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,23714
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned637326.95/cwt300.00–333.002,08341
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1651343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,23311
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned681309.89/cwt306.00–317.002,11014
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705325.80/cwt320.00–339.002,297119
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2744310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,30620
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785312.01/cwt310.50–330.002,449106
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,6405
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1868301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,6138
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1356560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,9948
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned380507.00/cwt507.00–507.001,9272
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned470467.00/cwt467.00–467.002,1959
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,3725
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned564352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,9856
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned683337.80/cwt337.00–340.002,30711
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned706317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,2385
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned720324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,3333
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1785319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,50416
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1Unweaned826310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,5617
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1954269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,56619

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.