Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2026-02-26

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Feb 26
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,887 head
▲ 815 vs last sale 1,072▼ 1,347 vs year ago 3,234 · −41.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifers mostly steady. Steer and heifer calves steady. Quality average. Demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $482.46/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 33 of 35 comparable sales and sits +41.63 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$482.46
114 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,736
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$252
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.21
vs OK average
−4.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573485.672,78194
Medium and Large 1-2541467.382,52920
One grade step is worth $18.29/cwt here — about $252 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 sale114 hd
482.46
—
OK average6 barns · 774 hd
498.67
−16.21
National average172 barns · 11,832 hd
487.02
−4.56
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
+41.63
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

65 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328695.15/cwt680.00–732.002,28016
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2344565.92/cwt540.00–610.001,9478
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424632.87/cwt610.00–640.002,68329
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0404
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned440600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,6402
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1479554.48/cwt550.00–560.002,6569
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528530.19/cwt527.00–535.002,79922
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535474.86/cwt440.00–500.002,54117
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4483
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586472.98/cwt460.00–482.002,77270
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned595440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,6182
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617406.85/cwt372.00–420.002,51011
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620446.94/cwt432.00–452.002,77151
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685414.79/cwt397.00–429.002,841102
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727386.55/cwt386.00–390.002,81043
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2739378.31/cwt377.00–379.002,79635
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,74121
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775371.00/cwt366.00–374.002,87589
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1839358.17/cwt345.00–369.003,005218
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1853330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,81516
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2925323.67/cwt314.00–327.002,994109
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940332.48/cwt328.00–335.753,125105
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,034316.50/cwt316.50–316.503,27338
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316680.87/cwt655.00–685.002,15221
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned318582.40/cwt570.00–595.001,8524
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned371527.00/cwt527.00–527.001,9559
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1389552.83/cwt535.00–570.002,15128
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,9166
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned436510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,2244
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0246
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned466468.29/cwt465.00–475.002,18223
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483476.73/cwt465.00–485.002,30328
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned504453.70/cwt432.00–460.002,2879
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517471.01/cwt450.00–478.002,43548
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536419.61/cwt412.00–432.002,2498
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned545392.97/cwt387.00–405.002,1426
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577402.85/cwt392.00–410.002,32418
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1589450.50/cwt450.50–450.502,65324
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned589410.89/cwt407.00–420.002,42010
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned600387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,3222
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618409.27/cwt385.00–428.002,52928
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,4184
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665377.59/cwt377.00–380.002,51120
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665361.78/cwt352.00–365.002,40617
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned707344.78/cwt342.00–347.002,4389
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726346.68/cwt346.00–348.002,51723
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,4812
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,4607
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,5147
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1806319.28/cwt317.00–321.002,5737
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2811306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,48212
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy822361.75/cwt355.00–363.002,97425
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885299.21/cwt299.00–300.002,64814
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1957296.36/cwt294.00–298.002,83628
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,003285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,8594
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned415567.35/cwt560.00–575.002,3556
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned462505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,3332
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513517.30/cwt515.00–522.002,6546
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned520513.43/cwt505.00–525.002,6707
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,5713
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned577438.02/cwt437.00–440.002,5276
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620426.06/cwt417.00–440.002,6425
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1652397.91/cwt374.00–410.002,5946
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned725366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,6545
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1742350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,5972

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.