Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2026-05-21

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, May 21
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,378 head
▼ 294 vs last sale 1,672▲ 3 vs year ago 1,375 · +0.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers were 5.00 to 9.00 lower. Heifers were 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Both had a moderate demand with an average quality. Steer and heifer calves were to light to test with few receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $440.83/cwt on 76 head, down $26.47 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 35 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$440.83
▼ 26.47 vs prior sale
76 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,461
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$435
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$94.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.04
vs OK average
−33.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559446.852,49869
Medium and Large 1-2508420.002,1343thin
Medium and Large 2585352.632,0634thin
One grade step is worth $94.22/cwt here — about $435 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 sale76 hd
440.83
—
OK average8 barns · 1,483 hd
460.87
−20.04
National average171 barns · 13,387 hd
474.48
−33.65
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
+0.00
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

80 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2401,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5504
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,7051
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned349620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,1645
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned370455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6841
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483506.99/cwt503.00–508.002,4495
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned489434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,1228
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned508420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1343
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned515475.86/cwt475.00–477.502,45112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526470.94/cwt455.00–487.002,47710
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned560420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,3521
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full577427.53/cwt420.00–429.002,46731
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579449.30/cwt439.00–467.002,60115
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585352.63/cwt300.00–369.002,0634
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0101
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy610350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1351
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619410.42/cwt407.00–419.002,5407
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned631384.19/cwt370.00–407.002,4245
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full635353.33/cwt345.00–356.002,2444
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678379.39/cwt375.00–385.002,5727
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726377.98/cwt348.00–397.002,74446
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Unweaned745272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,0301
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771339.47/cwt329.50–349.002,61742
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned773355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,7447
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820355.42/cwt329.00–369.002,914109
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Full832304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,5292
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1876338.69/cwt321.00–345.002,96763
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Unweaned898320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,8745
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1917329.59/cwt310.00–336.503,022131
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1955320.99/cwt320.50–323.003,06546
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy996298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,9684
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,030311.00/cwt311.00–311.003,2032
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,051304.00/cwt304.00–304.003,1954
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,185260.00/cwt260.00–260.003,0816
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2171,288.58/head1,175.00–1,350.001,2894
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned305550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,6781
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned361502.50/cwt502.50–502.501,8143
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368494.97/cwt490.00–500.001,8212
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2390457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,7841
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned431438.00/cwt438.00–438.001,8884
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445423.00/cwt423.00–423.001,8821
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3422
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned467407.59/cwt400.00–410.001,9034
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476420.15/cwt405.00–444.002,00014
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned527403.35/cwt385.00–414.002,1265
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529383.31/cwt372.00–403.002,02817
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4451
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7521
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned579354.97/cwt330.00–383.002,0559
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583381.51/cwt367.00–411.002,22455
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Full613320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9625
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8912
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631358.08/cwt325.00–373.002,25954
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned638353.05/cwt351.00–364.002,25212
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Full657318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,0899
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1681342.42/cwt338.00–344.502,33239
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned696341.67/cwt335.00–345.002,3783
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729329.66/cwt300.00–335.002,40343
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1764314.41/cwt295.00–323.002,4026
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned780310.45/cwt305.00–320.002,4228
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830313.02/cwt300.00–320.002,598122
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1874304.80/cwt286.00–311.502,66428
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Full880292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,5706
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920300.28/cwt292.00–305.252,76393
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020275.10/cwt250.00–280.002,80612
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,053235.55/cwt216.00–255.002,4802
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned2531,313.61/head1,200.00–1,425.001,3142
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned369537.65/cwt520.00–547.001,9847
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7101
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned422453.00/cwt453.00–453.001,9129
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1432500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,1607
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,3281
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned488470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,2943
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1509478.52/cwt462.50–493.002,43618
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned543415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,25313
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned577420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,4232
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned626404.29/cwt392.00–417.002,5316
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1626399.23/cwt398.00–404.002,49924
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned710347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,4645
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1890308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,7411
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1980297.89/cwt291.00–305.002,9192

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.