Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers over 750lbs 3.00-8.00 higher. Feeder steers under 750lbs steady. Steer calves 10.00-15.00 higher in a light test. Feeder heifers and heifer calves unevenly steady in a light test. Most of Oklahoma received beneficial rainfall this weekend helping to ease drought conditions across the state.

At the video auction had 1 draft of 140 heifers weighing 725lbs bring 236. Those heifers are included in the total receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $288.39/cwt on 140 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −179.30 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$288.39

140 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$25

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

$8.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.43

vs OK average

−13.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	296.00	1,592	8thin
Medium and Large 1	562	287.93	1,617	132

One grade step is worth $8.07/cwt here — about −$25 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 sale140 hd

288.39

—

OK average6 barns · 687 hd

274.96

+13.43

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−13.46

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

−179.30

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

73 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 2	950–1000	999	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,118	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,937	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	378	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,191	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,188	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	511	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,283	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	245.02/cwt	244.10–246.50	2,291	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,583	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	265.38/cwt	254.00–268.00	2,046	266
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	927	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,993	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,813	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,696	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	281.11/cwt	278.00–284.00	1,749	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,592	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	252.82/cwt	250.25–254.85	2,207	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	381.15/cwt	352.50–395.00	1,410	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	607	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,675	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,664	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	494	311.05/cwt	304.00–321.00	1,537	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	358.13/cwt	328.00–370.00	1,343	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	268.77/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,688	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,851	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	365	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,241	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	240.75/cwt	240.75–240.75	2,335	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	449	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,403	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	723	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,714	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	283.56/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,645	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	692	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	287.46/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,486	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	322	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,183	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,476	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	755	212.03/cwt	208.00–219.00	1,601	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	619	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,448	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	532	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,410	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	327.50/cwt	322.00–334.00	1,438	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,432	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,289	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	285.92/cwt	283.00–291.00	1,490	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	739	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,589	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,462	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	248.19/cwt	223.00–251.00	1,636	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	818	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,440	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	550–600	585	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	857	210.60/cwt	209.50–211.75	1,805	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,675	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	270.16/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,429	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	241.69/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,859	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	215.10/cwt	215.10–215.10	1,833	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	893	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,342	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	291.32/cwt	291.00–295.00	1,448	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,778	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	602	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,583	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,557	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	264.59/cwt	258.00–274.00	1,386	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	253.00/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,462	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	690	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,780	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,199	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	672	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,458	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	494	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,289	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,339	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	716	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,482	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	393	316.74/cwt	315.00–321.00	1,245	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,427	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	414	300.45/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,244	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,786	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	225.91/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,396	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	601	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,478	4

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

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