Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers over 800lbs steady to 3.00 higher, under 800lbs 2.00-8.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves steady versus a light test last week. Demand was moderate. Quality average. The weather remains highly variable with highs in the 50s today, dropping into the 40s tomorrow, before surging into the mid-90s by Saturday. CME futures traded sharply higher today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $502.37/cwt on 206 head, up $48.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 32 of 33 comparable sales and sits +34.68 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$502.37

▲ 48.31 vs prior sale

206 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,671

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$36.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.46

vs OK average

+14.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	517.70	2,707	120
Medium and Large 1-2	544	480.99	2,616	86

One grade step is worth $36.72/cwt here — about $91 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.48, low $402.30, median $467.69 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale206 hd

502.37

—

OK average8 barns · 1,511 hd

476.91

+25.46

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+14.82

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

+34.68

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

72 lots · USDA AMS · Beaver Livestock Auction Feeder Cattle - Beaver, OK

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	858	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	3,072	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	325.71/cwt	318.50–329.00	3,345	760
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	349.17/cwt	334.00–355.85	3,240	841
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	711	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,595	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	406.51/cwt	405.00–411.00	2,614	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,817	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	421	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,198	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	437.18/cwt	432.00–457.00	2,326	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	444	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,224	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	318	658.00/cwt	658.00–658.00	2,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,253	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,246	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	552.15/cwt	550.00–552.50	2,115	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	813	387.52/cwt	382.00–391.00	3,151	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	917	330.88/cwt	324.00–336.00	3,034	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	302.71/cwt	297.00–302.85	3,073	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	780	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,800	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	950–1000	955	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,999	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	458.65/cwt	456.00–468.00	2,252	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	320.34/cwt	315.00–328.50	2,825	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	332.73/cwt	332.25–339.00	2,775	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	359.05/cwt	356.50–375.00	2,668	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	404.61/cwt	395.00–430.00	2,549	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,981	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	321.77/cwt	318.00–324.00	2,536	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	375.83/cwt	372.50–378.00	2,304	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	343.21/cwt	334.00–353.00	2,485	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,248	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	308.93/cwt	307.50–312.00	2,901	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	389.88/cwt	381.00–399.00	2,643	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,307	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	392.09/cwt	385.00–402.00	2,313	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	353.02/cwt	344.00–356.50	2,672	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	330.00/cwt	329.50–332.00	2,736	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	449.64/cwt	445.00–454.00	2,095	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,950	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	312.73/cwt	310.00–316.00	2,915	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,068	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,311	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	832	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,845	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	767	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,708	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	368.91/cwt	363.00–371.00	2,900	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	437.02/cwt	433.00–440.00	2,456	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	321.31/cwt	319.00–324.00	3,197	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	355.48/cwt	351.00–361.00	2,950	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	376.16/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,738	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	344.01/cwt	331.00–345.00	3,041	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,381	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	382.78/cwt	379.00–390.00	2,626	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	378.21/cwt	371.50–383.00	3,101	624
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	331.95/cwt	324.50–333.25	3,230	534
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,123	310.44/cwt	303.00–317.00	3,486	422
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	321.05/cwt	320.00–321.50	3,387	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	531.26/cwt	525.00–532.50	2,747	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,047	313.97/cwt	313.50–314.00	3,287	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	542.69/cwt	530.00–552.50	2,513	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	427.27/cwt	417.50–432.50	2,858	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	604.17/cwt	602.50–620.00	2,459	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	495.19/cwt	492.00–500.00	2,664	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	362.90/cwt	356.00–367.00	3,172	643
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	456.12/cwt	455.00–457.00	2,618	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,575	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,434	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,644	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	415.51/cwt	407.00–421.00	2,988	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	456.99/cwt	444.00–467.00	2,847	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	389.26/cwt	385.00–399.00	3,032	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,828	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	455.19/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,126	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	429.12/cwt	420.00–444.00	2,493	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,059	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1000–1050	1,049	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	3,000	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,033	3

How this sale compares

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.

Oklahoma feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →