Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2026-05-14

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, May 14
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,672 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 1,762▼ 169 vs year ago 1,841 · −9.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers were steady to 5.00 higher with a good quality and high demand. Heifers were steady with instances of 7.00 lower. Steer calves under 500 lbs. were to light to test. Steer calves over 500 lbs. steady to 5.00 higher. Heifer calves under 550 lbs. to light to test. Heifer calves over 550 lbs. were steady both with a light to moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $467.30/cwt on 126 head, up $26.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 35 comparable sales and sits +26.47 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$467.30
▲ 26.57 vs prior sale
126 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$52.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.44
vs OK average
−6.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563469.792,643120
Medium and Large 2593417.652,4786thin
One grade step is worth $52.14/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale126 hd
467.30
—
OK average8 barns · 1,298 hd
452.87
+14.44
National average167 barns · 12,191 hd
473.70
−6.40
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
+26.47
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

91 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned2501,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275665.00/cwt665.00–665.001,8291
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned295715.00/cwt715.00–715.002,1092
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1345600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,0701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned351605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,1243
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425562.71/cwt525.00–572.002,3925
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned486524.40/cwt455.00–528.002,54966
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned513487.29/cwt453.00–511.002,50018
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529501.43/cwt485.00–517.002,65326
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full580422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,4515
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585457.33/cwt451.00–465.002,67540
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned588456.78/cwt424.00–460.002,68631
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,4901
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned594416.78/cwt416.00–420.002,4765
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617443.58/cwt434.00–450.002,73713
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned630407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,56711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full635413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,6234
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2650375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4381
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665424.28/cwt410.00–432.002,82131
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned687391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,6862
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,5656
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned715386.25/cwt350.00–391.002,7629
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2715334.20/cwt305.00–363.002,3902
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731396.74/cwt375.00–403.002,90058
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810370.30/cwt344.00–375.002,99992
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875353.78/cwt342.00–357.003,09639
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1925335.90/cwt329.00–339.003,107173
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1980327.90/cwt323.00–330.003,213126
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,024313.00/cwt313.00–313.003,20584
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,088306.23/cwt302.00–308.503,33282
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,119302.00/cwt302.00–302.003,37947
Steers1250–1300Medium and Large 11,280275.00/cwt275.00–275.003,5202
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 2Unweaned163825.38/head800.00–850.008252
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned1751,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2101,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4502
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 12321,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5752
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2Unweaned240900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,5682
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1315560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,7644
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned322550.77/cwt540.00–570.001,7738
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned369503.47/cwt462.50–525.001,85815
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378483.26/cwt480.00–485.001,8273
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424494.45/cwt480.00–505.002,0965
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned431469.27/cwt461.00–485.002,02325
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3Unweaned465270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2562
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned476405.34/cwt400.00–425.001,92910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476405.04/cwt400.00–410.001,9284
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned521400.99/cwt380.00–411.002,08921
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full530395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0941
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1544417.28/cwt386.00–425.002,27015
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557412.30/cwt373.00–451.002,29720
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned565371.65/cwt365.00–385.002,10013
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned580310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7981
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Full590245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4461
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615389.06/cwt361.00–397.502,393132
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620374.16/cwt342.50–381.002,32020
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned650352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,2911
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1657354.29/cwt350.00–358.002,32824
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Full695282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,9631
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719349.34/cwt339.00–353.502,51284
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned760326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,4781
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780334.96/cwt325.00–341.502,61332
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Full800224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,7921
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828320.99/cwt318.00–327.002,65876
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Unweaned832318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,6462
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Unweaned865300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,5951
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1888312.15/cwt290.00–319.002,7729
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1902323.40/cwt313.00–326.002,9175
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2930272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,5341
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2975306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,9841
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1996326.00/cwt326.00–326.003,24721
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,031304.00/cwt304.00–304.003,1345
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,115263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,9321
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,157240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,7774
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 2Unweaned135825.00/head825.00–825.008251
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2351,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1297685.00/cwt685.00–685.002,0342
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned345607.93/cwt600.00–620.002,09715
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned372540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,0092
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,0711
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned436528.80/cwt425.00–545.002,30614
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned445480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,1361
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1446530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,3643
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned484508.91/cwt507.50–520.002,4639
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505467.37/cwt442.50–480.002,3603
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned541451.98/cwt430.00–456.002,4458
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Full547355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9421
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned574400.73/cwt395.00–409.002,3005
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned705330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3271
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,4811
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1920315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,8981

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.