Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2026-02-05

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Feb 5
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,598 head
▼ 674 vs last sale 2,272▼ 455 vs year ago 2,053 · −22.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago in front of a predicted winter storm: Feeder steers and heifers 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Steer calves easily 15.00 to 25.00 higher. Heifer calves 30.00 to 40.00 higher. Demand was moderate. Quality average with a few attractive.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $472.89/cwt on 127 head. That ranks 28 of 35 comparable sales and sits +32.06 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$472.89
127 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$423
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$63.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.13
vs OK average
−10.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554474.902,630123
Medium and Large 1-2537411.002,2074thin
One grade step is worth $63.90/cwt here — about $423 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale127 hd
472.89
—
OK average6 barns · 705 hd
472.76
+0.13
National average143 barns · 13,122 hd
483.03
−10.14
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
+32.06
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

57 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378616.28/cwt595.00–640.002,3304
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430569.98/cwt550.00–595.002,45121
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned477530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,5282
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481566.70/cwt550.00–575.002,72621
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493513.03/cwt485.00–518.002,52954
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned520470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,4442
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531517.14/cwt490.00–540.002,74659
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,2074
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned566462.00/cwt462.00–462.002,6153
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577433.49/cwt422.00–475.002,50159
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned617426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,6284
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned627372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,3326
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637424.57/cwt411.00–449.002,705123
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned660410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,7062
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669407.66/cwt395.00–430.002,72798
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,5824
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned709399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,8295
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715395.28/cwt382.00–404.002,82640
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775368.90/cwt359.00–379.002,85944
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2791342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,70510
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1837363.33/cwt345.00–367.503,041137
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1857359.46/cwt357.00–360.003,08128
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1969321.92/cwt320.00–328.003,11950
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,037314.00/cwt314.00–314.003,2565
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,8246
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345492.00/cwt492.00–492.001,6972
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1353585.00/cwt585.00–585.002,0654
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366498.30/cwt480.00–535.001,82412
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned379513.63/cwt470.00–525.001,94710
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned402530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,1312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428487.95/cwt465.00–525.002,08831
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2444422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,8746
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477481.00/cwt450.00–520.002,29437
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490397.02/cwt392.50–417.001,94510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned496452.17/cwt445.00–455.002,2437
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529429.03/cwt419.00–447.002,27097
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned534427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,2805
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576377.14/cwt359.00–395.002,17216
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577433.33/cwt422.00–435.002,50047
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned637352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,2422
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640375.73/cwt372.00–376.002,40575
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643349.87/cwt345.00–365.002,25012
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674377.92/cwt375.00–380.002,54722
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734349.54/cwt334.00–355.502,56665
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,3804
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,7035
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,7327
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy886339.00/cwt339.00–339.003,00447
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1888321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,85039
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1917314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,87917
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,003291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,91911
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned367595.00/cwt595.00–595.002,1845
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned427540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,3062
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1437565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,4692
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned532478.94/cwt462.00–490.002,5485
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned595405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,4102
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned670360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4123

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.