Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 800lbs., 1.00-5.00 lower and over 800lbs. 1.00-3.00 higher. Steer calves steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 750lbs., steady to 5.00 higher and over 750lbs., 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifer calves were lightly tested. Unweaned heifer calves sharply higher. Demand was moderate to good. Quality average to attractive with many nice loads of feeder cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $278.98/cwt on 210 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −188.71 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$278.98

210 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$45.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.28

vs OK average

+12.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	282.65	1,550	174
Medium and Large 1-2	579	270.54	1,567	26
Medium and Large 2	538	237.00	1,275	10thin

One grade step is worth $45.65/cwt here — about $275 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 sale210 hd

278.98

—

OK average6 barns · 1,168 hd

265.70

+13.28

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

+12.34

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

−188.71

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

82 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 1Unweaned	700–750	712	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,534	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,038	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	669	237.29/cwt	234.00–243.00	1,587	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	293.38/cwt	292.00–303.00	1,247	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	388	311.86/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,210	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	509	251.77/cwt	249.00–256.50	1,282	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	433	271.76/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,177	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,006	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,163	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,128	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,177	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	226.10/cwt	221.00–249.00	1,397	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	661	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,705	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	219.76/cwt	218.00–221.00	1,938	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	251.72/cwt	242.00–258.00	1,193	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	309	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,190	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,839	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	471	255.60/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,204	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	607	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,329	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	306	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	727	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,557	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	385	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,109	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	573	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,484	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,773	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	279.48/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,353	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	648	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,633	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,602	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	694	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,409	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	450	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,229	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,416	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	480	286.85/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,377	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	527	234.18/cwt	231.00–238.00	1,234	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,324	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	536	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,517	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	436	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,325	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,170	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,275	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	707	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,902	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	442	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,454	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	950–1000	982	230.10/cwt	230.00–230.50	2,260	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	853	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,060	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	513	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,539	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	781	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,011	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	247.92/cwt	241.00–251.50	1,664	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	262.17/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,355	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	245.22/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,918	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	251.70/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,792	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	250.37/cwt	248.00–252.00	1,365	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	239.72/cwt	228.00–245.00	1,702	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	209.79/cwt	194.00–212.50	1,859	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	230.68/cwt	222.50–235.00	2,115	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,141	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,349	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	246.83/cwt	246.75–248.00	1,595	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	282.34/cwt	281.00–287.00	1,652	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	309.51/cwt	307.50–310.00	1,464	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	303.07/cwt	301.00–312.50	1,300	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	234.52/cwt	228.00–236.50	2,078	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,343	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,181	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,241	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	371	345.74/cwt	342.00–350.00	1,283	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,164	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,281	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,697	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	224.84/cwt	223.00–226.00	2,289	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	228.58/cwt	224.00–234.00	1,778	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	251.76/cwt	244.00–256.00	1,435	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	714	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,692	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	507	291.51/cwt	288.00–301.00	1,478	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	212.77/cwt	200.00–214.25	1,994	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	259.60/cwt	259.00–260.00	1,763	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	273.22/cwt	266.00–278.00	1,688	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	278.61/cwt	274.00–282.00	1,588	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	506	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,442	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	584	248.19/cwt	238.00–252.50	1,449	76
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	464	273.63/cwt	273.00–274.00	1,270	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	234.24/cwt	232.00–235.00	1,330	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	273.04/cwt	266.00–277.00	1,275	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	314.49/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,362	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	388	288.92/cwt	287.50–292.00	1,121	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	342	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,094	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	720	209.21/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,506	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	544	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,355	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	761	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,781	24

How this sale compares

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