Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2025-12-18

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Dec 18
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,543 head
▼ 539 vs last sale 2,082▼ 48 vs year ago 1,591 · −3.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady. Demand was moderate for the feeder cattle and active for the calves. Quality average to plain.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $375.44/cwt on 174 head. That ranks 15 of 34 comparable sales and sits −5.51 against this barn's trailing median of $380.94.
Average price
$375.44
174 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,048
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−22.75
vs OK average
−14.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546377.802,063154
Medium and Large 1-2540357.261,93020
One grade step is worth $20.54/cwt here — about $133 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 sale174 hd
375.44
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OK average6 barns · 1,418 hd
398.19
−22.75
National average175 barns · 15,310 hd
389.91
−14.47
This barn, trailing median34 sales
380.94
−5.51
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

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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned381560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,13426
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8494
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned445485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1582
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned448435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,94910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned466480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,23716
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488496.21/cwt482.00–504.002,42241
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned522456.02/cwt432.00–465.002,38077
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,42114
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,08711
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned567375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1269
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned570397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,2633
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2597375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2394
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned630401.92/cwt372.00–410.002,53267
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658396.84/cwt393.00–400.002,61139
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720363.13/cwt355.00–373.002,615100
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned729349.50/cwt349.50–349.502,54834
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780350.21/cwt350.00–354.002,73237
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2782338.98/cwt333.00–341.002,65124
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1841325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,7334
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2845315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,6626
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,95845
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,9078
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,055293.00/cwt293.00–293.003,09142
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned394441.97/cwt432.00–445.001,74129
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1407452.86/cwt452.00–455.001,8437
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned415431.20/cwt430.00–432.001,78913
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned460382.71/cwt377.00–385.001,7607
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462445.17/cwt422.00–455.002,05735
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473409.39/cwt395.00–415.001,93611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,7805
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,1527
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned513393.66/cwt375.00–396.002,01969
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529379.76/cwt379.00–382.002,00912
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned536355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9034
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560371.85/cwt350.00–385.002,08234
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned578292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,6884
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned593350.49/cwt335.00–352.002,07844
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned605344.98/cwt337.00–347.002,08735
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620353.13/cwt349.00–355.002,18913
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1417
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2652316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,0609
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned668312.85/cwt307.00–321.002,09014
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679324.70/cwt318.00–336.002,20553
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned717315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,25920
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723335.28/cwt330.00–335.502,42497
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned770282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,1713
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783306.87/cwt306.00–314.002,40345
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2886299.13/cwt291.00–299.502,65066
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned327530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,7332
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned382500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9104
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2431407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,7544
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned467425.86/cwt425.00–427.001,9897
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1482417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,0103
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned496352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,7463
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned545402.98/cwt400.00–407.002,19614
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2579360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0848
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned586383.40/cwt372.00–395.002,2476
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned632367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,3199
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2665339.27/cwt322.00–345.002,25612
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned670325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1788
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned702325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2824
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned769310.76/cwt310.00–311.002,39013

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.