Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady except 850-900lbs 6.00 higher and 950-1000lbs 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Steer and heifer calves over 400lbs unevenly steady. Steer and heifer calves under 400lbs lightly tested but a stronger undertone noted. Demand good. Quality average. Some of Northwestern Oklahoma received rain yesterday but 70% of Oklahoma is in at least moderate drought conditions. The end of October is nearing and much of Oklahoma is still in the 90s for high temperatures with no rain changes in the 10 day forecast.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $279.23/cwt on 319 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −188.46 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$279.23

319 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,520

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$32.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.15

vs OK average

−19.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	283.29	1,538	265
Medium and Large 1-2	558	262.98	1,468	38
Medium and Large 2	535	250.53	1,340	16thin

One grade step is worth $32.76/cwt here — about $197 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

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 sale319 hd

279.23

—

OK average6 barns · 1,188 hd

265.07

+14.15

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−19.81

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

−188.46

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

95 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 1-2	1000–1050	1,036	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,238	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,393	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,572	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,305	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	245.83/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,748	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,792	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	939	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,117	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	740	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,746	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,574	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	384	319.98/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,229	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	576	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,319	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	331	324.35/cwt	318.00–327.50	1,074	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	435	271.30/cwt	268.00–279.00	1,180	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	228.34/cwt	223.00–231.00	1,313	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,551	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,505	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	363	340.82/cwt	337.50–348.00	1,237	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	701	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,570	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	305	353.70/cwt	336.00–360.00	1,079	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	270.55/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,280	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	800–850	823	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,844	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	560	272.49/cwt	265.00–282.00	1,526	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	705	246.25/cwt	246.25–246.25	1,736	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	434	333.84/cwt	323.00–344.00	1,449	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	271.93/cwt	256.00–280.00	1,661	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	303.96/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,468	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	270.20/cwt	267.00–271.00	1,378	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	242.35/cwt	241.00–244.00	1,745	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	246.55/cwt	245.00–249.00	1,620	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	211.35/cwt	210.00–211.50	2,052	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	287.06/cwt	278.00–297.00	1,501	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	365	367.24/cwt	362.50–373.00	1,340	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	343	379.28/cwt	369.00–382.00	1,301	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	382.64/cwt	380.00–383.00	1,508	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,202	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	251.10/cwt	251.00–251.50	1,833	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	244.88/cwt	243.50–245.85	2,189	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	354.49/cwt	351.00–365.00	1,535	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	312.87/cwt	302.00–315.00	1,373	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	280.09/cwt	280.00–280.10	1,661	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,275	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	273.71/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,845	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	243.73/cwt	242.00–244.00	2,045	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	232.12/cwt	230.00–234.75	2,265	523
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	356.48/cwt	355.00–358.00	1,219	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	276.81/cwt	266.00–280.00	1,345	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	258.66/cwt	249.00–260.00	1,987	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	270.88/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,723	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	315.73/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,503	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	262.45/cwt	257.50–267.00	1,373	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	353.78/cwt	345.00–356.00	1,295	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,842	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	247.04/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,554	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	235.74/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,624	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	438	290.06/cwt	288.00–300.00	1,270	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	634	239.07/cwt	234.00–240.10	1,516	178
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	623	241.04/cwt	228.00–247.00	1,502	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	601	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,382	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	561	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,279	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	371	301.57/cwt	296.00–308.00	1,119	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	796	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,680	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	842	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	674	235.21/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,585	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	700–750	719	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,438	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	492	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,274	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	692	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,405	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	532	219.96/cwt	203.00–225.00	1,170	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	700–750	700	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,330	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	678	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	535	250.53/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,340	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	394	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,359	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	580	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	611	225.82/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,380	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	516	251.42/cwt	242.00–253.00	1,297	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	402	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,206	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	497	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,382	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	745	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,717	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	408	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	938	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	736	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,524	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	345	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,221	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	532	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,303	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	615	257.85/cwt	256.00–262.00	1,586	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	678	233.71/cwt	229.00–235.00	1,585	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	475	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,207	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,647	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	664	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,594	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	253.81/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,505	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	241.28/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,385	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,572	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	532	269.63/cwt	266.00–271.00	1,434	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,684	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,226	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,060	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,306	12

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

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