Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2026-08-27

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Aug 27
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,282 head
▲ 565 vs last sale 717▲ 902 vs year ago 380 · +237.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady with few comparable sales versus last week: Steer calves steady to 5.00 lower. Heifer calves 5.00 to 15.00 lower. Demand was moderate. Quality average to plain.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $393.77/cwt on 83 head, down $15.80 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 35 comparable sales and sits −47.06 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$393.77
▼ 15.80 vs prior sale
83 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,163
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$233
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$62.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.94
vs OK average
+22.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547399.052,18176
Medium and Large 1-2579336.431,9487thin
One grade step is worth $62.62/cwt here — about $233 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 sale83 hd
393.77
—
OK average8 barns · 1,067 hd
380.83
+12.94
National average153 barns · 5,891 hd
371.00
+22.77
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−47.06
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

57 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned378514.74/cwt490.00–525.001,94618
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,9662
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned433451.00/cwt451.00–451.001,9533
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned474450.86/cwt447.00–453.002,13722
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,0312
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned482398.13/cwt385.00–405.001,9196
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516399.50/cwt399.50–399.502,06125
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1183
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2557377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,1032
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned564398.44/cwt388.00–402.002,24748
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned588320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8825
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1606359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,1766
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,1316
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned629347.56/cwt345.00–350.002,1866
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned666329.80/cwt326.00–336.002,19637
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724347.68/cwt343.00–353.002,51727
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1756352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,66138
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775319.94/cwt305.00–323.002,48024
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828332.06/cwt327.00–333.502,74977
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2867308.55/cwt302.00–310.002,675106
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1887319.40/cwt318.00–321.002,83330
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2977285.54/cwt280.00–286.002,79067
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned308464.50/cwt461.00–470.001,43113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1353445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5715
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned378414.64/cwt409.00–430.001,56714
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,6346
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned427398.11/cwt385.00–427.501,70029
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned429378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,6225
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned476364.46/cwt350.00–375.001,73534
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned499335.88/cwt309.00–340.001,67615
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,8487
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned527338.72/cwt327.00–350.001,78526
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy567383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,1726
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9653
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned580314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,8212
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned581343.10/cwt339.00–348.001,99327
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned600328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,9684
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,0063
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned708284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,0113
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1726321.88/cwt300.00–328.752,337108
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1792287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,2778
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Unweaned812304.50/cwt304.50–304.502,47319
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1843297.76/cwt297.50–298.002,51047
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1890280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,4922
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1950284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,6986
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,129250.34/cwt242.00–256.002,82615
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned326518.74/cwt490.00–532.501,69119
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned377482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,8194
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned417465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,93912
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned478426.99/cwt417.00–430.002,0419
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned509417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,1238
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned580347.35/cwt332.50–353.002,01520
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2656317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,0833
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned667312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,0812
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1716303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,1696
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned787297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,33713
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1835301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,5136

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.