Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00-4.00 higher. Steer calves 7.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Heifer calves 4.00-6.00 higher. Unweaned calves up to 20.00 higher. Demand good. Quality average. With an increase in the number of calf buyers this week, the market on unweaned calves was extremely good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $288.17/cwt on 816 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −179.52 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$288.17

816 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$341

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

$37.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.51

vs OK average

−11.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	293.05	1,651	618
Medium and Large 1-2	551	281.05	1,547	135
Medium and Large 2	513	255.59	1,310	63

One grade step is worth $37.46/cwt here — about $341 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale816 hd

288.17

—

OK average6 barns · 1,573 hd

278.66

+9.51

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−11.16

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

−179.52

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

104 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 1-2Unweaned	400–450	443	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,147	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	521	239.90/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,250	163
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	516	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,140	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,172	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,441	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,463	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	544	283.22/cwt	271.00–288.00	1,541	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	389	322.22/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,253	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,473	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,038	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,365	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,878	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	482	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,412	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	671	245.47/cwt	237.00–249.00	1,647	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	569	271.28/cwt	269.00–272.00	1,544	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	388	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,277	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,126	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,872	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	679	235.19/cwt	228.00–238.00	1,597	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	413	260.97/cwt	254.00–274.00	1,078	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	257.09/cwt	243.00–264.00	1,728	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	284.85/cwt	284.00–285.00	1,550	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	220.05/cwt	213.00–220.25	1,855	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	251.60/cwt	251.60–251.60	2,171	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	261.67/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,494	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	462	291.72/cwt	285.75–299.00	1,348	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	561	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,565	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	590	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,322	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	467	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,219	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	505	258.61/cwt	239.00–262.50	1,306	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	483	295.89/cwt	292.00–305.00	1,429	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	634	256.87/cwt	254.00–260.50	1,629	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	730	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,672	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	342	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,129	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	797	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,618	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	565	242.78/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,372	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	468	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,282	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	300	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	675	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	566	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,302	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,333	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	792	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,766	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	617	245.38/cwt	237.50–252.00	1,514	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	472	258.26/cwt	258.00–259.00	1,219	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,638	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	221.82/cwt	219.00–229.00	1,482	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	368	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,299	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	456	287.88/cwt	286.00–292.50	1,313	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	597	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,654	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	748	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,788	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	619	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,591	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	434	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,302	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,342	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	287.26/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,683	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	240.74/cwt	232.00–243.25	2,205	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	260.33/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,898	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,404	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,765	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,048	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	238.75/cwt	238.75–238.75	2,144	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	328.46/cwt	325.00–332.50	1,117	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,381	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	280.25/cwt	273.00–285.50	1,721	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	304.11/cwt	303.50–306.00	1,551	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	232.25/cwt	232.25–232.25	1,907	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	264.63/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,477	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	270.00/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,399	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	723	213.34/cwt	213.00–214.00	1,542	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,043	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,352	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	237.70/cwt	236.50–238.00	2,284	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	255.90/cwt	254.00–257.25	1,671	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	238.30/cwt	238.00–238.50	1,849	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	292.63/cwt	281.00–296.00	1,674	327
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	339	309.82/cwt	302.50–312.50	1,050	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	258.67/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,994	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	318.86/cwt	309.00–328.00	1,492	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	249.01/cwt	245.00–250.50	1,516	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	273.63/cwt	269.00–280.00	1,278	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	272.86/cwt	268.00–279.00	1,678	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	282.92/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,214	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	289.03/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,199	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,035	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	651	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,732	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	229.84/cwt	226.00–233.50	1,427	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	559	250.75/cwt	247.50–253.00	1,402	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	224.80/cwt	221.00–228.00	1,517	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	234.30/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,664	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	619	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,560	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	369	354.55/cwt	348.00–362.50	1,308	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	752	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,948	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,978	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,302	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	319.66/cwt	307.00–327.00	1,490	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	507	297.24/cwt	292.00–305.00	1,507	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	260.22/cwt	247.00–265.00	1,348	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	422	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,274	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	238.92/cwt	236.00–241.00	1,660	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	251.49/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,592	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	372	305.20/cwt	301.00–317.50	1,135	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	446	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,400	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	334	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,052	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	379	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,122	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,100	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	241.80/cwt	239.00–242.00	1,816	91

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.

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