Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00-4.00 lower on limited numbers and lower quality. Feeder heifers steady. Steer and heifer calves that were weaned, fully steady. Steer and heifer calves unweaned 6.00-10.00 higher. Quality average to attractive on calves. Demand good to very good. Many areas in the panhandle received 2-4 inches of rain in the past week. All calves with the description fancy are unweaned cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $308.38/cwt on 485 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −159.31 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$308.38

485 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$513

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

$73.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.39

vs OK average

+2.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	312.16	1,744	451
Medium and Large 1-2	571	260.75	1,490	30
Medium and Large 2	515	239.00	1,231	4thin

One grade step is worth $73.16/cwt here — about $513 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 sale485 hd

308.38

—

OK average6 barns · 1,124 hd

292.99

+15.39

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

+2.94

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

−159.31

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	650–700	668	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,065	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,318	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	437	303.90/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,328	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	250.32/cwt	236.00–260.00	1,429	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,997	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	270.21/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,694	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,534	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,423	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	793	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,634	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	747	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,576	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	459	281.71/cwt	268.00–286.00	1,293	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	435	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,218	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	529	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,280	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	698	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,633	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	251.05/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,680	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	341	334.96/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,142	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	243.25/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,484	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	284.39/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,351	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	559	257.98/cwt	245.50–264.00	1,442	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	394.71/cwt	375.00–404.00	1,310	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	675	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,418	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	764	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,666	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1200–1250	1,244	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,202	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,886	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	246.25/cwt	238.00–250.00	1,460	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	481	303.73/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,461	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,873	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	255.83/cwt	254.00–264.00	1,479	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	396	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,085	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	249.61/cwt	241.00–254.00	1,350	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	477	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,169	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	448	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,035	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,156	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	598	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,357	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	638	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,640	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,231	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,118	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	403	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	947	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	605	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,422	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	531	311.94/cwt	307.00–319.00	1,656	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	441	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,689	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	469	311.93/cwt	311.00–315.00	1,463	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	559	270.60/cwt	270.50–272.50	1,513	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	419	340.25/cwt	331.00–360.00	1,426	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	322	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,224	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	253.94/cwt	250.00–254.50	1,993	69
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,485	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	300.95/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,845	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	249.48/cwt	247.25–251.25	2,185	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	317.83/cwt	316.00–320.00	1,672	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,153	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	277.88/cwt	262.50–285.00	1,353	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	248.84/cwt	248.00–256.00	1,829	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	351.16/cwt	341.00–360.00	1,629	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	243.40/cwt	240.00–246.50	1,490	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	242.01/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,953	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	825	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,436	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,459	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	238.06/cwt	237.70–239.00	1,705	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	363.71/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,538	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,877	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,067	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,273	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	242.29/cwt	233.00–244.50	1,669	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	566	330.40/cwt	320.00–331.00	1,870	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	267.60/cwt	255.00–274.00	1,774	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	318.27/cwt	308.00–327.50	1,349	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	947	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,989	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,850	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	373	336.57/cwt	332.00–343.00	1,255	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	464	352.93/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,638	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	419	342.32/cwt	331.00–344.00	1,434	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	658	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,546	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	250.02/cwt	246.00–252.25	1,465	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,553	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	281.43/cwt	264.00–288.00	1,734	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	369	333.31/cwt	330.00–336.00	1,230	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,501	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	225.15/cwt	222.00–228.00	1,511	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,244	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	519	278.52/cwt	268.00–289.00	1,446	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	270.83/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,425	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	307.09/cwt	304.00–314.00	1,351	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	413	357.73/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,477	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,071	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	379.67/cwt	379.00–385.00	1,469	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,487	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	506	326.61/cwt	282.00–335.00	1,653	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	335.26/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,244	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	270.67/cwt	263.00–285.00	1,535	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	330	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,172	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	303.82/cwt	298.00–316.00	1,777	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	260.62/cwt	254.00–266.00	1,360	82

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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