Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2026-07-30

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Jul 30
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,630 head
▲ 924 vs last sale 706▲ 755 vs year ago 875 · +86.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable trades from the previous week to trend. A higher undertone was noted with several large groups. Hot and dry conditions continued this week with temperatures exceeding the 100-degree mark.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $420.04/cwt on 72 head, down $14.91 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 35 comparable sales and sits −20.79 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$420.04
▼ 14.91 vs prior sale
72 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,362
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$222
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$47.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.76
vs OK average
+20.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562422.002,37169
Medium and Large 1-2573375.002,1493thin
One grade step is worth $47.00/cwt here — about $222 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 sale72 hd
420.04
—
OK average8 barns · 567 hd
415.28
+4.76
National average142 barns · 3,877 hd
399.29
+20.75
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−20.79
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

43 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2251,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1393452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,7763
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0786
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned457456.35/cwt440.00–462.002,08612
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462405.53/cwt402.00–455.001,87445
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,9315
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,22211
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned547427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,3385
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned564425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,3978
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1493
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577416.45/cwt416.00–416.502,40345
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned623372.85/cwt365.00–388.002,32327
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631353.08/cwt351.00–379.002,22854
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695346.12/cwt330.00–383.002,406170
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780346.65/cwt338.75–364.002,704211
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823339.47/cwt321.00–353.002,79449
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1892329.65/cwt316.00–330.102,940157
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1928311.76/cwt308.00–332.002,89325
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1958320.00/cwt320.00–320.003,06621
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned271465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,2603
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned2731,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1505
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned393411.50/cwt400.00–415.001,61717
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned479402.23/cwt394.00–414.001,92723
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,9783
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518379.44/cwt365.00–382.001,96552
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned523370.08/cwt345.00–390.001,9367
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562335.65/cwt330.00–354.001,88646
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned581334.22/cwt327.00–335.001,94231
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620320.42/cwt310.00–333.001,98717
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621344.17/cwt331.00–356.752,137197
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned658305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0073
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,2014
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1700330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,310118
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1762317.99/cwt307.50–325.002,42358
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1891291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,59328
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1901260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,3433
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned318500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5905
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned429466.82/cwt455.00–480.002,00310
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned505430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1727
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned606368.71/cwt360.00–380.002,23412
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned723330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3863
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned756345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6084
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 11,019215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,1914

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.