Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00-4.00 higher with better quality. Steer and heifer calves 10.00-15.00 higher. Demand very good for all classes of cattle. Quality average. More rain moved through the panhandle Sunday and Monday. The wheat is looking very good. Cattle futures moved higher again today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $314.75/cwt on 279 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −152.94 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$314.75

279 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$30.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.77

vs OK average

+5.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	318.64	1,737	243
Medium and Large 1-2	568	288.53	1,640	36

One grade step is worth $30.11/cwt here — about $97 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale279 hd

314.75

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OK average6 barns · 1,486 hd

294.99

+19.77

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+5.49

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

−152.94

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

79 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	850–900	860	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,918	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	254.33/cwt	244.00–266.00	1,450	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	275.88/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,738	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	308	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,158	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,616	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	246.97/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,546	180
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	659	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,516	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	287.15/cwt	262.00–289.00	1,866	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	563	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,396	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,406	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	576	293.52/cwt	277.00–298.00	1,691	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	336.41/cwt	332.00–342.50	1,722	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,064	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,610	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	731	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,637	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,665	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	487	286.91/cwt	277.00–288.00	1,397	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	798	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,764	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,261	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	693	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,566	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	546	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,671	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	235.42/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,874	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,674	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	227.89/cwt	226.00–237.00	2,233	65
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,967	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,558	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	992	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,885	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,315	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	597	268.80/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,605	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	670	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	350–400	365	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	545	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,493	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	910	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	391	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,417	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	271.66/cwt	264.00–280.00	1,423	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,604	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,465	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,775	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	471	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,818	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	262.64/cwt	259.00–272.00	1,518	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	258.59/cwt	256.00–263.00	1,627	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	253.47/cwt	251.00–255.50	2,122	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	996	246.06/cwt	244.75–246.60	2,451	353
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,060	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	408.63/cwt	395.00–426.00	1,541	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,343	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	336.56/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,774	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,268	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	289.76/cwt	281.00–292.50	1,857	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,079	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	259.96/cwt	255.75–264.25	2,256	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,930	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	280.28/cwt	275.00–292.00	1,897	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,798	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	245.76/cwt	239.00–252.00	1,632	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	386.28/cwt	373.00–409.00	1,661	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	256.24/cwt	254.00–264.50	2,006	228
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	235.35/cwt	232.00–249.50	1,669	92
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	653	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,698	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	314.18/cwt	307.00–327.50	1,505	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	292.66/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,683	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	333.75/cwt	331.00–337.00	1,415	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	337.58/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,631	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,072	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	382.77/cwt	357.00–396.00	1,650	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	711	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,742	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,477	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	284.20/cwt	272.50–291.00	1,512	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,923	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	308.98/cwt	307.50–312.50	1,631	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	313.95/cwt	312.50–316.00	1,488	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	361.43/cwt	341.50–370.00	1,384	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	339.92/cwt	332.00–358.00	1,615	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	390	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,303	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	300	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	1,374	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	320	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,325	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	419	321.75/cwt	314.00–330.00	1,348	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	731	246.28/cwt	235.00–253.00	1,800	42

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

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