Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2026-03-05

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Mar 5
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
2,323 head
▲ 436 vs last sale 1,887▲ 681 vs year ago 1,642 · +41.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality average to plain 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 $506.48/cwt on 176 head. That ranks 35 of 35 comparable sales and sits +65.65 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$506.48
176 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,791
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$167
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$67.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.20
vs OK average
+30.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540524.132,829130
Medium and Large 1-2583456.592,66246
One grade step is worth $67.54/cwt here — about $167 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale176 hd
506.48
—
OK average6 barns · 644 hd
493.28
+13.20
National average177 barns · 11,580 hd
475.56
+30.92
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
+65.65
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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1272700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,9042
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1343668.19/cwt660.00–670.002,29216
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432626.46/cwt600.00–630.002,70625
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466563.17/cwt550.00–580.002,62413
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned479490.90/cwt487.00–495.002,3514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned490450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2056
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493517.95/cwt507.00–537.002,55322
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525533.60/cwt520.00–540.002,80178
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562509.93/cwt480.00–517.002,86652
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583456.59/cwt430.00–462.002,66246
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned635422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,6802
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1646417.59/cwt400.00–424.002,69821
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned658380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,5003
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2658327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,15210
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667398.92/cwt358.00–417.002,66142
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683422.25/cwt417.00–423.002,88491
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725386.46/cwt368.00–397.002,80244
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2766320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4517
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780371.02/cwt362.00–385.002,894140
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2786340.10/cwt339.00–341.002,6739
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1807359.60/cwt351.00–367.002,90284
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1886336.17/cwt328.00–341.002,978107
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1920330.59/cwt328.00–340.003,041303
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1955323.06/cwt322.00–326.003,08530
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Full972320.00/cwt320.00–320.003,11027
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,039311.00/cwt311.00–311.003,23111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned336547.00/cwt547.00–547.001,8385
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1344552.00/cwt552.00–552.001,89912
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,92713
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned428469.65/cwt465.00–475.002,01022
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9806
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2453457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,0703
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470472.90/cwt462.00–485.002,22337
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned483443.81/cwt440.00–452.002,1449
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned492400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9687
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520433.65/cwt427.00–447.002,25522
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,9119
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned543422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,29111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562377.61/cwt370.00–380.002,12217
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578414.69/cwt407.00–420.002,397103
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned600360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1603
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,11812
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620379.97/cwt360.00–388.002,35698
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned637341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,1722
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662365.74/cwt365.00–366.002,42128
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710355.57/cwt333.00–363.002,52565
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4216
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2762322.44/cwt320.00–323.502,45713
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1786331.57/cwt327.00–346.002,606120
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1807332.23/cwt322.00–337.002,68176
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy820344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,82172
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1859316.13/cwt310.00–323.002,71619
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2890306.50/cwt306.50–306.502,7286
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1908305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,76916
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2933287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,6784
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,005285.60/cwt270.00–294.002,87049
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,2085
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned366585.92/cwt560.00–597.002,14410
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned421560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,3583
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned463511.81/cwt485.00–515.002,37019
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned515480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,4722
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned582450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,61916
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1589445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,6216
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,7513
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1806332.87/cwt328.00–341.002,6838

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.