Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2026-04-16

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Apr 16
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
3,029 head
▲ 1,599 vs last sale 1,430▲ 1,900 vs year ago 1,129 · +168.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers up to 12.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady. Demand was moderate. Quality average to plain.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $489.30/cwt on 111 head, up $9.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 34 of 35 comparable sales and sits +48.47 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$489.30
▲ 9.76 vs prior sale
111 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,709
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$294
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$54.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.72
vs OK average
+0.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554490.282,714109
Medium and Large 1-2555436.002,4202thin
One grade step is worth $54.28/cwt here — about $294 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 sale111 hd
489.30
—
OK average6 barns · 611 hd
480.58
+8.72
National average180 barns · 13,019 hd
488.35
+0.95
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
+48.47
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

70 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1276800.00/cwt800.00–800.002,20818
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned333640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,13114
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned359605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,1726
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367650.00/cwt650.00–650.002,3865
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426588.13/cwt585.00–600.002,50535
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned428560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,39715
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440562.50/cwt562.50–562.502,4753
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,37810
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,3972
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1511516.98/cwt515.00–527.502,64215
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned533486.36/cwt471.00–512.502,59216
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,4202
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566485.95/cwt461.00–495.002,75078
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned622442.54/cwt440.00–443.002,75313
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned625408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,5504
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1646434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,8046
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6366
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1689425.15/cwt419.00–426.002,92924
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732385.37/cwt378.00–403.002,82189
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2747340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5402
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,749103
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779372.49/cwt358.00–383.002,90247
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828358.30/cwt351.50–364.002,967307
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872349.70/cwt348.75–353.003,049120
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2882339.12/cwt335.50–344.002,991256
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2925318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,9422
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930337.70/cwt326.00–347.003,141191
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1988325.14/cwt322.50–327.503,212146
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,027318.29/cwt316.50–319.753,269220
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,055319.25/cwt319.25–319.253,36831
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,073304.87/cwt299.00–306.503,27114
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,091300.00/cwt300.00–300.003,27338
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,102312.00/cwt312.00–312.003,438111
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,116296.00/cwt296.00–296.003,3034
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,155299.00/cwt299.00–299.003,4533
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned342560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,9155
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1358540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,93310
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413459.00/cwt459.00–459.001,8968
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414486.55/cwt485.00–490.002,01410
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned426492.60/cwt485.00–505.002,09814
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned457464.00/cwt458.00–468.002,12020
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned463450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0847
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,1875
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned519435.98/cwt428.00–440.002,2639
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530409.38/cwt383.00–422.502,17018
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,38210
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned576432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,48826
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582387.20/cwt385.00–390.002,2549
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned586370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1687
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624398.66/cwt391.00–411.002,48821
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned626367.70/cwt350.00–380.002,30220
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632363.07/cwt357.00–370.002,29513
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1657382.85/cwt379.00–385.002,51523
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679348.55/cwt339.00–355.002,36710
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1742347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,57519
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772335.19/cwt334.50–336.502,58864
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1819338.37/cwt332.00–340.002,77170
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1856325.15/cwt324.50–328.002,78359
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1997297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,96129
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,99055
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned365612.41/cwt575.00–642.502,23526
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned423515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,1783
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned478499.02/cwt487.50–505.002,3856
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned522490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,5586
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned581454.77/cwt449.00–465.002,6428
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1646402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,5973
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned696394.22/cwt388.00–396.002,7449
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1802336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,6952
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1901319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,8744
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1999311.00/cwt311.00–311.003,1076

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.