Sale reports / Oklahoma / Woodward Livestock Inc / 2026-09-17

Woodward Livestock Inc

Feeder Cattle · Woodward, Oklahoma · Thu, Sep 17
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1828
Receipts
1,006 head
▲ 398 vs last sale 608▼ 245 vs year ago 1,251 · −19.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady on average to plain quality cattle. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady with most of the offering on unweaned calves. Demand was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $389.49/cwt on 74 head, down $7.12 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 35 comparable sales and sits −51.34 against this barn's trailing median of $440.83.
Average price
$389.49
▼ 7.12 vs prior sale
74 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,118
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$265
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.03
vs OK average
−13.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550391.762,15564
Medium and Large 1-2504375.001,89010thin
One grade step is worth $16.76/cwt here — about $265 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale74 hd
389.49
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OK average8 barns · 1,597 hd
393.52
−4.03
National average167 barns · 12,243 hd
403.36
−13.87
This barn, trailing median35 sales
440.83
−51.34
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

56 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned340500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7002
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned390492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,92110
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned433440.45/cwt423.00–460.001,90716
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned476423.38/cwt407.00–432.502,01512
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned504375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,89010
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0712
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned528403.28/cwt396.00–422.002,12935
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned582375.47/cwt369.00–386.002,18527
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned622354.21/cwt341.00–369.002,20318
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned631332.00/cwt327.00–337.002,0958
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,16914
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned672353.86/cwt344.00–359.002,37851
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683366.06/cwt350.00–367.002,50055
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned746324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,4176
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1747341.54/cwt339.00–346.002,55111
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,5346
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned796322.00/cwt320.00–323.002,5636
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,82743
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2834325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,71130
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1877316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,77110
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1918310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,8465
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned348485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6884
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned378427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,6143
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned384454.76/cwt447.00–470.001,74622
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned400457.50/cwt457.50–457.501,8306
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned413400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6523
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned474398.32/cwt381.00–426.001,88828
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned483367.68/cwt363.00–373.001,77624
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1493369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,8193
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500371.00/cwt371.00–371.001,8559
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned523341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,7839
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned536357.11/cwt350.00–367.501,91417
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned562347.85/cwt336.00–357.001,95524
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned617341.57/cwt331.00–349.002,10761
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,0794
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623345.54/cwt333.00–355.002,15317
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned653336.08/cwt328.00–341.002,19533
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1687333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,28816
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721312.91/cwt312.50–313.002,25612
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,3032
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned764288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,2007
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1821285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3407
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1852293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,4962
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,038274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,84414
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned328518.00/cwt518.00–518.001,6997
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned427439.96/cwt432.50–460.001,87913
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned470425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9982
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1483415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,0044
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516379.64/cwt377.50–381.001,9595
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,0125
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned570353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,0127
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned611328.20/cwt321.00–331.002,00522
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned655315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0632
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2687313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,1507
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned706321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,2664
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned778301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,3424

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.