Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2026-01-08

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Jan 8
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,748 head
▲ 205 vs last sale 1,543▲ 598 vs year ago 1,150 · +52.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale December 18th: Feeder steers 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady. Demand moderate to active. Quality average to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $378.50/cwt on 182 head. That ranks 17 of 34 comparable sales and sits −2.44 against this barn's trailing median of $380.94.
Average price
$378.50
182 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,095
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$222
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−22.58
vs OK average
−31.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560384.332,151137
Medium and Large 1-2535360.741,92945
One grade step is worth $23.59/cwt here — about $222 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 sale182 hd
378.50
—
OK average6 barns · 1,802 hd
401.09
−22.58
National average199 barns · 28,725 hd
410.10
−31.60
This barn, trailing median34 sales
380.94
−2.44
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

70 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned328602.00/cwt602.00–602.001,9756
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345447.00/cwt447.00–447.001,54220
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned384490.54/cwt472.00–545.001,8848
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,77521
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned407539.11/cwt530.00–560.002,19418
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421434.18/cwt420.00–515.001,82814
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436548.00/cwt530.00–565.002,3898
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned438465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0374
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned476468.62/cwt445.00–485.002,2317
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478419.23/cwt395.00–462.002,00411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,57327
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518462.71/cwt455.00–495.002,39714
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned523454.00/cwt445.00–465.002,3749
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538429.48/cwt417.00–440.002,31111
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy553479.00/cwt479.00–479.002,64926
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571419.66/cwt419.00–422.002,3969
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582415.41/cwt402.00–419.002,41821
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned594414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,4595
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy617439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,70922
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624409.39/cwt390.00–425.002,55551
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned630385.96/cwt385.00–389.002,4328
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,3566
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673377.41/cwt364.00–387.002,54038
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned698359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,5063
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732373.92/cwt361.00–379.502,73785
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777353.73/cwt346.00–360.002,74847
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2787329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,5897
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1849337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,8616
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1864337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,91222
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1947335.14/cwt316.50–336.003,17467
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,031310.10/cwt309.50–310.253,19725
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned331496.17/cwt490.00–540.001,64222
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1342525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,7969
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned389447.11/cwt435.00–460.001,73920
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414459.07/cwt445.00–475.001,90132
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned423452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,91211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434426.43/cwt420.00–435.001,8518
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned463407.50/cwt382.00–430.001,88737
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1489390.11/cwt380.00–407.001,9089
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517439.86/cwt425.00–445.002,27423
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525364.22/cwt355.00–395.001,91234
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned531363.90/cwt342.00–377.001,93214
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy558403.07/cwt402.00–404.002,24936
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,97811
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned580340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,97217
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583364.93/cwt352.00–369.002,12847
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy601384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,30815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned601340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0439
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623342.13/cwt330.00–356.002,13129
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635364.61/cwt356.50–375.002,31597
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678346.07/cwt339.00–354.002,34623
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned684320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1898
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned706291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,0543
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726344.61/cwt329.00–347.502,50240
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,2117
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1804324.47/cwt324.00–326.002,60917
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2846310.50/cwt310.50–310.502,62750
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1895305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,7307
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned332566.90/cwt550.00–595.001,88210
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1388525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,0374
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned390470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,8339
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned434471.35/cwt460.00–487.002,04616
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned493460.52/cwt457.00–465.002,2709
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned537430.22/cwt427.00–442.002,31027
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1538420.68/cwt416.00–422.002,26323
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned582403.54/cwt397.00–407.002,34921
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1586405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,3735
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned628398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,4994
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned685362.31/cwt357.00–375.002,48223
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned716352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,5205

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.