Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2026-08-20

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Aug 20
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
717 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 697▼ 320 vs year ago 1,037 · −30.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady on a light test. Steer and heifer calves were mostly unweaned with a stronger undertone noted. Demand was moderate to active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $409.57/cwt on 18 head, up $11.07 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 35 comparable sales and sits −31.26 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$409.57
▲ 11.07 vs prior sale
18 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,181
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+8.46
vs OK average
+12.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532409.572,18118thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale18 hd
409.57
—
OK average8 barns · 933 hd
401.11
+8.46
National average147 barns · 5,729 hd
396.78
+12.79
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−31.26
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

45 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned373515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,9214
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned446453.00/cwt453.00–453.002,02010
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned462437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,01922
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478439.46/cwt429.00–450.002,1016
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned526414.59/cwt412.00–423.002,18114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned555392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,1764
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,2062
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned623371.95/cwt370.00–374.002,31743
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned624344.74/cwt343.00–350.002,1518
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627375.69/cwt368.00–381.002,35620
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned678359.14/cwt356.00–372.002,43510
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,47739
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned698316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,2064
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1741352.96/cwt341.00–355.002,61526
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned746328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,44714
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned773349.50/cwt349.50–349.502,70214
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,69114
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1866322.28/cwt310.00–325.002,79138
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned376461.34/cwt455.00–475.001,73511
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379438.77/cwt425.00–446.001,66312
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned396430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7033
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned446423.02/cwt419.00–427.501,88721
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned474403.96/cwt390.00–417.001,91514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,9363
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned486374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,8188
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned529356.95/cwt353.00–359.001,8886
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned559353.57/cwt348.00–359.001,9768
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,0832
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned582330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,92110
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned611335.65/cwt325.00–348.002,05130
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,12710
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned658341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,2446
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,19211
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned721304.79/cwt302.50–306.002,1986
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1776309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,3988
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned342542.50/cwt542.50–542.501,8554
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned370520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,92415
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned443450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9946
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned486422.77/cwt410.00–450.002,0556
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned514416.78/cwt389.00–425.002,14232
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned580360.44/cwt357.00–365.002,09111
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0152
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned672331.09/cwt325.00–337.002,22523
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned723318.55/cwt309.00–321.002,30320
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned788303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,3886

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.