Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2026-03-12

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Mar 12
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
2,479 head
▲ 156 vs last sale 2,323▼ 174 vs year ago 2,653 · −6.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 8.00 to 12.00 lower. Steer calves up to 20 lower. Heifer calves unevenly steady. Demand moderate. Quality average to plain with few fancy.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $497.79/cwt on 47 head, down $8.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 34 of 35 comparable sales and sits +56.95 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$497.79
▼ 8.69 vs prior sale
47 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,671
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$262
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$45.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.80
vs OK average
+25.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537507.462,72737
Medium and Large 1-2534462.002,46510thin
One grade step is worth $45.46/cwt here — about $262 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 sale47 hd
497.79
—
OK average6 barns · 456 hd
486.99
+10.80
National average178 barns · 10,669 hd
472.20
+25.59
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
+56.95
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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned325625.00/cwt625.00–625.002,0315
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned385615.00/cwt615.00–615.002,3684
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1388645.00/cwt645.00–645.002,5035
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1403591.52/cwt570.00–620.002,38421
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned417565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,3567
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437528.81/cwt520.00–555.002,3118
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457553.69/cwt545.00–585.002,53032
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472527.49/cwt512.00–530.002,49015
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2472452.00/cwt452.00–452.002,1337
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523529.04/cwt522.00–535.002,76723
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,4898
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561472.00/cwt472.00–472.002,64814
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,3452
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621450.42/cwt432.00–467.002,79774
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632409.27/cwt377.00–424.002,58751
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1692402.04/cwt393.00–407.002,78217
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720382.48/cwt369.00–405.002,754101
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721362.81/cwt358.00–365.002,61620
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2758289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,19114
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2759317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,40616
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785358.90/cwt353.00–364.502,81787
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828343.17/cwt330.00–346.002,841220
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1878331.65/cwt318.00–332.502,912485
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2888306.50/cwt306.50–306.502,72225
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1913320.31/cwt318.50–322.002,924184
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2921318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,9293
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1981311.15/cwt307.00–317.003,052118
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,021303.10/cwt303.10–303.103,09524
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,101298.50/cwt298.50–298.503,28644
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned332560.12/cwt537.00–580.001,8609
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned366470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7203
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1377491.13/cwt477.00–500.001,8529
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419477.91/cwt455.00–505.002,00211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned424467.66/cwt442.00–495.001,9834
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2441445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9626
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471456.31/cwt437.00–475.002,14934
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned474443.42/cwt440.00–445.002,1029
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482415.96/cwt410.00–422.002,0058
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned519435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,2585
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531435.49/cwt400.00–445.002,31251
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578401.17/cwt377.00–415.002,31965
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638368.85/cwt368.50–370.002,35369
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672359.91/cwt347.00–383.002,41925
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2683285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,94720
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684343.69/cwt343.00–345.002,35137
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717344.55/cwt342.00–355.002,47082
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730329.29/cwt322.00–340.002,40438
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1759333.90/cwt326.00–345.252,534227
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828319.09/cwt313.00–320.502,64242
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2833308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,5668
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1873307.62/cwt305.00–317.002,68664
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1926301.54/cwt300.00–304.502,79223
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned331598.84/cwt590.00–605.001,9825
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned375582.28/cwt555.00–595.002,18420
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425557.00/cwt557.00–557.002,3676
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned485491.32/cwt482.00–522.002,38316
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,4505
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned507475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,4087
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned556457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,5418
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567449.15/cwt430.00–457.002,5477
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1645400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,5802
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned653390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,5474
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1692355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4572
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned700335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3452
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1711342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,4325

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.