Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2026-04-23

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Apr 23
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
2,573 head
▼ 456 vs last sale 3,029▲ 1,941 vs year ago 632 · +307.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher except steers over 1000 pounds 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers mostly steady except 7 weight heifers 6.00 to 8.00 higher on better quality. Steer and heifer calves 10.00 to 15.00 lower. 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 $461.61/cwt on 42 head, down $27.70 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 35 comparable sales and sits +20.78 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$461.61
▼ 27.70 vs prior sale
42 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,552
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$65
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.41
vs OK average
−17.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546470.522,56930
Medium and Large 1-2570439.322,50412thin
One grade step is worth $31.20/cwt here — about $65 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale42 hd
461.61
—
OK average6 barns · 630 hd
483.02
−21.41
National average158 barns · 12,009 hd
479.03
−17.42
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
+20.78
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

76 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned356590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,1005
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned385610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,3493
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2394425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6757
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413555.64/cwt540.00–575.002,2957
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,2843
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487441.22/cwt438.00–450.002,1497
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,5625
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned493524.00/cwt524.00–524.002,5833
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515499.42/cwt480.00–520.002,5726
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned534470.60/cwt467.50–473.002,5137
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562460.29/cwt459.00–461.002,58717
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570439.32/cwt438.00–440.002,50412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned608413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,51110
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613426.98/cwt392.50–430.002,61726
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned617446.00/cwt446.00–446.002,7524
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619442.50/cwt432.00–452.002,73937
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full623422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,6326
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2667320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1344
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672419.21/cwt410.00–435.002,81720
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned680404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,7473
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1706397.81/cwt395.00–399.002,80910
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721384.08/cwt353.00–395.002,76929
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764383.85/cwt363.00–389.002,93391
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2793330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,6173
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830348.79/cwt345.00–349.502,89519
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1835359.35/cwt353.00–361.003,00153
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1856361.12/cwt358.00–367.003,091195
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2878340.32/cwt336.00–343.002,98833
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1921336.77/cwt335.50–338.503,102322
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1969330.66/cwt328.50–335.253,20465
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Full1,045293.00/cwt293.00–293.003,0624
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,046309.96/cwt300.00–321.003,242145
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375499.65/cwt480.00–520.001,8746
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned421465.12/cwt438.00–482.501,95813
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned426414.49/cwt400.00–424.001,7665
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0092
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned474428.58/cwt410.00–445.002,03116
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477426.50/cwt410.00–437.002,03419
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,0152
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned509400.28/cwt385.00–421.002,03718
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518417.07/cwt415.00–419.002,1608
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2536340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8228
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned577355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,04813
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581413.72/cwt402.50–420.002,40417
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583385.03/cwt374.00–395.002,2458
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned606362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,1979
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,4859
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629381.71/cwt365.00–388.002,40153
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1653372.14/cwt371.00–373.002,4307
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671351.52/cwt345.00–368.002,35928
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,4255
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned716330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3638
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719354.77/cwt353.00–363.002,551132
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1765342.40/cwt334.50–357.002,619159
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788328.38/cwt326.00–329.502,58837
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825314.24/cwt311.00–317.002,59211
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1842328.08/cwt328.00–329.002,76235
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1886318.08/cwt304.00–323.502,818164
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2898295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,6493
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1910316.53/cwt309.00–333.002,88096
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1956300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,8684
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2959279.95/cwt275.00–289.002,68535
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,034261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,69927
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,036292.40/cwt290.00–297.003,029103
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1331570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,8873
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned373505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,8843
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned403567.50/cwt567.50–567.502,2873
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425554.81/cwt530.00–560.002,35811
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467529.25/cwt525.00–530.002,47221
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned467489.00/cwt489.00–489.002,28412
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned515486.09/cwt472.00–495.002,50313
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1518451.00/cwt451.00–451.002,3365
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550440.00/cwt435.00–445.002,4204
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned567440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,4952
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615426.42/cwt405.00–434.002,62212
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1853325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,7723

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.