Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison of trends as this the first reported market for this sale. Demand moderate to good for feeder cattle. Moderate for calves. Several loads of nice ranch raised feeder cattle available.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $280.29/cwt on 167 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −187.40 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$280.29

167 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,544

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$11.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.54

vs OK average

+11.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	280.71	1,548	161
Medium and Large 1-2	531	269.00	1,428	6thin

One grade step is worth $11.71/cwt here — about $120 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.

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 sale167 hd

280.29

—

OK average6 barns · 798 hd

273.75

+6.54

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

+11.74

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

−187.40

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

65 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,500	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,832	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	235.85/cwt	235.85–235.85	2,031	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	268.89/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,694	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	228.58/cwt	221.00–229.50	2,233	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,070	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,290	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	235.40/cwt	224.00–239.85	2,180	1,268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	267.85/cwt	259.00–270.00	1,819	156
Steers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,109	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,351	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	809	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,047	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	245.22/cwt	236.50–247.00	1,996	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	622	272.34/cwt	269.00–280.00	1,694	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	700–750	702	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,860	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	244.05/cwt	243.50–244.50	1,816	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,940	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	286.78/cwt	279.00–291.00	1,508	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,428	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	721	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,666	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	244.83/cwt	235.50–251.00	1,635	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	260.73/cwt	244.50–265.00	1,617	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	420	317.38/cwt	308.00–327.00	1,333	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	900–950	934	245.10/cwt	245.10–245.10	2,289	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	448	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,362	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	302.86/cwt	286.00–315.00	1,429	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	365	328.86/cwt	328.00–330.00	1,200	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	274.47/cwt	262.00–288.00	1,554	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	217.75/cwt	217.75–217.75	2,019	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,385	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	274	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	918	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,464	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	249.16/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,433	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,603	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	285.10/cwt	273.00–299.00	1,599	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	635	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,435	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	250.90/cwt	247.50–251.50	1,924	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	245.32/cwt	237.00–255.00	1,278	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	438	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,991	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,036	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	632	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,561	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	225.40/cwt	220.00–227.00	2,331	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	409	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,080	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	238.57/cwt	234.00–248.00	1,391	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	553	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,305	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	360	291.03/cwt	260.00–299.00	1,048	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	242.01/cwt	237.00–250.00	1,346	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	258.20/cwt	248.00–267.00	1,221	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,552	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	660	244.35/cwt	244.35–244.35	1,613	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	490	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,142	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	227.28/cwt	209.00–236.00	1,421	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	225.93/cwt	225.00–227.50	1,880	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	271	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	835	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	582	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,455	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	249.26/cwt	242.50–256.00	1,107	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	237.25/cwt	230.00–237.75	1,741	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	243.98/cwt	235.50–245.10	1,637	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	570	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,436	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,247	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	385	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,070	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	229.26/cwt	224.50–232.75	1,795	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,384	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	298	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	858	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,534	7

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

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