Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and steer calves steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 7.00-8.00 higher. Heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher. Demand very good for all classes. Quality average to many attractive.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.58/cwt on 415 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −166.59 against this barn's trailing median of $414.17.

Average price

$247.58

415 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,340

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

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

$14.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.99

vs OK average

+6.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	249.02	1,352	317
Medium and Large 1-2	535	244.71	1,308	80
Medium and Large 2	543	235.00	1,276	18thin

One grade step is worth $14.02/cwt here — about $76 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $455.00, low $347.84, median $414.17 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 sale415 hd

247.58

—

OK average5 barns · 761 hd

249.57

−1.99

National average148 barns · 7,025 hd

240.69

+6.89

This barn, trailing median33 sales

414.17

−166.59

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

85 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	414	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,399	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	249.38/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,314	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,082	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	250.38/cwt	248.00–251.50	1,935	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,996	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,494	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	238.66/cwt	229.00–239.00	1,921	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,061	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,175	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	560	303.02/cwt	299.00–307.00	1,697	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	482	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,097	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	560	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,394	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,120	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	239.75/cwt	239.75–239.75	2,199	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,523	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,607	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	288.72/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,510	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	319.76/cwt	296.00–326.00	1,209	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	304.57/cwt	295.00–319.00	1,447	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,068	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,232	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,750	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	268.54/cwt	263.00–270.00	1,797	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	710	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,761	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	241.88/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,713	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	258.91/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,735	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	322.94/cwt	300.00–341.00	1,360	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	263.42/cwt	256.00–274.00	1,628	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	274.98/cwt	262.50–291.00	1,587	179
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	519	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,388	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	800–850	837	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,084	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	468	297.96/cwt	275.00–307.50	1,394	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	386	337.98/cwt	328.00–341.00	1,305	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	758	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,736	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	802	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,813	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	506	262.34/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,327	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	271.89/cwt	258.00–278.00	1,612	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	448	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,232	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	790	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,572	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	447	302.21/cwt	293.00–307.50	1,351	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	333	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,082	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	498	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,370	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	251.99/cwt	251.00–253.00	1,341	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	649	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,421	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	219.71/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,382	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,101	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,322	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	226.58/cwt	214.00–228.50	1,495	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,032	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	576	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,426	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	313.08/cwt	312.00–315.00	1,174	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	296.18/cwt	292.50–300.00	1,365	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,354	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	237.16/cwt	229.00–241.00	1,463	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	244.26/cwt	240.35–246.25	1,727	129
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	395	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,149	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	226.86/cwt	221.00–227.60	1,847	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	252.63/cwt	246.00–253.60	1,665	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	236.28/cwt	233.50–239.50	1,824	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	301.38/cwt	301.00–303.00	1,115	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,188	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,276	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,602	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	253.39/cwt	252.00–257.00	1,424	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	297.80/cwt	292.00–300.00	935	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	281.75/cwt	281.00–282.50	1,096	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	258.68/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,332	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	726	223.44/cwt	217.00–236.00	1,622	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	342	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,094	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	750–800	791	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,815	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	334	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	810	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	409	286.90/cwt	260.00–293.00	1,173	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	245.89/cwt	241.00–251.00	1,529	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	378	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,032	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	302.69/cwt	280.00–312.00	1,156	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	236.73/cwt	228.00–239.00	1,487	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	258.84/cwt	254.00–269.00	1,253	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	315	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	816	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	224.69/cwt	214.00–226.00	1,472	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	464	253.35/cwt	248.00–258.00	1,176	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	384	292.14/cwt	280.00–307.00	1,122	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	424	244.95/cwt	237.00–255.00	1,039	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	525	243.08/cwt	234.00–245.50	1,276	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,496	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	246.17/cwt	229.00–249.50	1,393	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	511	322.44/cwt	317.50–334.00	1,648	38

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

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