Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2026-04-09

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Apr 9
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,430 head
▲ 354 vs last sale 1,076▲ 683 vs year ago 747 · +91.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher with most of the light calves being unweaned. Demand was moderate. Quality average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $479.54/cwt on 62 head, up $3.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 35 comparable sales and sits +38.71 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$479.54
▲ 3.59 vs prior sale
62 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,600
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.95
vs OK average
−11.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544480.522,61551
Medium and Large 1-2533475.002,53211thin
One grade step is worth $5.52/cwt here — about $83 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 sale62 hd
479.54
—
OK average6 barns · 504 hd
482.49
−2.95
National average167 barns · 10,529 hd
490.83
−11.29
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
+38.71
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

66 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 1Unweaned365622.61/cwt605.00–635.002,27310
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,3812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned406585.00/cwt585.00–585.002,3754
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410595.00/cwt595.00–595.002,4402
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453567.50/cwt567.50–567.502,5714
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned472542.87/cwt536.00–550.002,56214
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492529.00/cwt529.00–529.002,6032
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517504.57/cwt499.00–527.002,60917
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,53211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,61331
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned576453.00/cwt453.00–453.002,6093
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1607462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,8072
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2644395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,5446
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1657429.80/cwt422.00–437.002,82413
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned670409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,7402
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1737393.53/cwt387.00–403.002,90022
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned762339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,5832
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775384.71/cwt373.00–392.002,98249
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1864355.58/cwt352.00–361.003,07257
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1928342.86/cwt330.00–346.503,18277
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1967334.30/cwt329.00–339.003,233108
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020323.40/cwt313.25–328.003,29979
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,085307.09/cwt306.35–310.253,332110
Steers1200–1250Medium and Large 11,244278.00/cwt278.00–278.003,4588
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned296582.50/cwt582.50–582.501,7244
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned320563.91/cwt550.00–580.001,8057
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned323525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,6963
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned379529.03/cwt520.00–542.502,00513
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,9535
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned423509.26/cwt495.00–520.002,15412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9363
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned458463.41/cwt447.50–480.002,1229
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468462.85/cwt444.00–475.002,16628
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486434.01/cwt422.00–440.002,1096
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned493416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,0514
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500441.00/cwt441.00–441.002,2053
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned504424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,1375
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned513426.64/cwt415.00–443.002,18929
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,28311
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578413.71/cwt407.00–427.002,39144
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned614373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,2905
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624413.36/cwt412.00–414.002,57912
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3044
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665392.65/cwt373.00–400.002,61124
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2696364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,53318
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713358.44/cwt355.00–369.002,5568
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773351.69/cwt340.00–358.002,71954
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Replacement853351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,99425
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1869327.62/cwt327.50–328.002,84775
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1951309.50/cwt309.50–309.502,9439
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Replacement958328.50/cwt328.50–328.503,14730
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,024288.50/cwt288.50–288.502,95427
Heifers1200–1250Medium and Large 11,220263.00/cwt263.00–263.003,20910
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned329669.94/cwt645.00–725.002,20412
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned383605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,3173
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2396545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,1588
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned418576.57/cwt575.00–580.002,41013
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned439504.66/cwt470.00–525.002,21516
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned491524.87/cwt510.00–535.002,57714
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1492518.88/cwt515.00–527.502,55313
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned518483.59/cwt472.50–495.002,5054
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned557477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,6608
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2563420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,3653
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned630392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,4702
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1685398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,7267
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1808343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,7714

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.