Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Yearlings steers and heifers were mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $271.66/cwt on 667 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −196.03 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$271.66

667 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,515

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

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

$53.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.96

vs OK average

−15.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	278.93	1,551	568
Medium and Large 1-2	596	243.76	1,453	26
Medium and Large 2	557	225.00	1,253	73

One grade step is worth $53.93/cwt here — about $298 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale667 hd

271.66

—

OK average6 barns · 1,696 hd

268.70

+2.96

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−15.16

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

−196.03

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

77 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	600–650	620	237.37/cwt	226.00–241.00	1,472	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,968	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	896	234.93/cwt	226.00–235.35	2,105	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	431	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,241	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	594	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,408	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,850	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,365	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	596	243.76/cwt	243.00–248.00	1,453	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	466	264.26/cwt	262.00–274.00	1,231	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	531	238.03/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,264	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	235.06/cwt	228.00–235.50	2,151	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,069	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,309	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	557	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,253	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	520	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,170	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	948	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	849	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,859	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	494	296.24/cwt	279.00–310.00	1,463	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	230.24/cwt	228.00–234.00	1,777	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	328.65/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,374	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	268.06/cwt	257.00–271.00	1,257	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	275.98/cwt	265.00–286.00	1,201	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	234.64/cwt	232.00–239.00	1,359	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	614	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,424	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	764	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,635	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	607	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,590	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	587	220.30/cwt	206.00–225.00	1,293	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	287.61/cwt	278.00–305.00	1,519	211
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	256.19/cwt	240.00–261.50	1,332	337
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	242.72/cwt	240.50–245.00	2,012	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	244.14/cwt	233.00–249.00	1,394	400
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,193	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	511	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,211	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,460	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,209	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,490	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,194	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	583	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,492	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	887	214.65/cwt	214.00–214.75	1,904	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	256.81/cwt	255.00–257.00	2,003	90
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	282.85/cwt	282.00–283.00	1,352	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	298.55/cwt	289.00–305.00	1,230	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	233.63/cwt	233.25–234.00	2,234	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	323.90/cwt	316.00–335.00	1,509	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	221.75/cwt	221.75–221.75	2,384	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	356.61/cwt	356.00–357.00	1,148	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	267.32/cwt	260.00–273.00	1,379	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	360.81/cwt	344.00–364.00	1,407	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	250.11/cwt	248.00–250.50	2,056	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	271.82/cwt	265.00–274.00	1,683	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	237.39/cwt	231.75–239.10	2,198	232
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	244.04/cwt	240.50–245.10	2,150	367
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	225.20/cwt	218.00–225.50	2,302	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,614	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,396	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	899	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	266.74/cwt	264.50–275.00	1,787	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,535	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,857	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	261.02/cwt	253.50–270.00	1,498	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,339	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	337.12/cwt	331.00–350.00	1,440	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	665	248.45/cwt	237.50–254.00	1,652	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	304.52/cwt	297.00–310.00	999	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	217.64/cwt	214.00–218.50	1,961	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	250.51/cwt	246.50–256.00	1,576	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	240.41/cwt	237.00–241.25	1,769	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	280.80/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,606	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	299.42/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,129	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	682	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	659	215.73/cwt	213.00–220.00	1,422	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	850–900	851	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,813	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	258.76/cwt	246.00–264.00	1,602	387
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	224.75/cwt	224.75–224.75	1,924	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	713	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,533	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	541	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,342	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	271.55/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,578	266

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

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