Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00-7.00 higher. Steer calves 4.00-10.00 lower except for calves under 400lbs 5.00 higher. Heifer calves 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Demand moderate to good. Weigh up conditions average to fleshy.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $315.48/cwt on 469 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −152.21 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$315.48

469 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,782

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$37.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.59

vs OK average

−11.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	317.82	1,799	407
Medium and Large 1-2	557	304.36	1,695	51
Medium and Large 2	559	280.82	1,570	11thin

One grade step is worth $37.00/cwt here — about $228 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 sale469 hd

315.48

—

OK average6 barns · 1,163 hd

312.90

+2.59

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−11.15

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

−152.21

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

98 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 1Full	600–650	639	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,933	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,013	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	324.98/cwt	307.00–336.00	1,898	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	577	309.80/cwt	307.00–316.00	1,788	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	594	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,639	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	562	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,630	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	263.14/cwt	257.50–267.25	2,184	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	416.10/cwt	404.50–428.00	1,827	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	279.64/cwt	271.00–283.50	2,005	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	615	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,593	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	892	244.39/cwt	244.00–247.00	2,180	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	242.81/cwt	235.00–249.00	2,246	110
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	597	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,642	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	315.41/cwt	300.00–333.00	1,637	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	325.89/cwt	319.00–334.00	1,744	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	264.82/cwt	250.00–267.00	2,074	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	235.82/cwt	224.00–240.50	2,415	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	297.63/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,872	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	262.27/cwt	256.85–264.00	2,279	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	279.85/cwt	278.50–290.00	1,808	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	345.43/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,648	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	441.64/cwt	430.00–444.00	1,638	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	285.18/cwt	275.50–287.00	1,919	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	245.77/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,998	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,943	86
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	602	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,692	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	303.40/cwt	287.00–307.00	1,899	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	1,479	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	371.13/cwt	364.00–385.00	1,715	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	306.49/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,781	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,423	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	410.33/cwt	405.00–412.50	1,539	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	347.21/cwt	335.00–362.50	1,691	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	899	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,077	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	906	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,138	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,840	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	266.53/cwt	265.00–268.00	1,831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	725	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	319.95/cwt	303.00–330.00	1,651	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,542	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,856	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	347	451.60/cwt	447.00–454.00	1,567	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	554	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,745	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	602	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,649	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	307.76/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,588	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	333.02/cwt	327.50–334.00	1,572	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	711	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,749	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	368	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,380	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	412	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,524	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	331	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,304	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,523	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	381	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,448	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	241.70/cwt	239.00–243.00	1,540	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	271.85/cwt	268.00–277.50	1,588	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	614	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,498	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	618	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,774	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	252.73/cwt	247.00–254.50	1,802	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	232.31/cwt	227.50–239.60	2,070	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	315.45/cwt	315.00–316.00	1,681	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,763	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,927	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	548	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,644	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	260.56/cwt	258.00–263.25	1,613	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,009	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	686	239.36/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,642	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	834	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,927	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	241.90/cwt	238.75–246.85	1,875	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	325.33/cwt	322.00–331.75	1,545	288
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	257.53/cwt	254.00–262.00	1,489	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,333	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	379.59/cwt	370.00–387.00	1,412	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	383.96/cwt	372.50–386.00	1,244	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	256.52/cwt	245.00–259.50	1,706	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	341.26/cwt	338.00–351.00	1,430	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	284.13/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,500	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	302.41/cwt	297.00–323.00	1,452	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	275.06/cwt	263.00–287.00	1,582	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	267.78/cwt	255.00–279.00	1,532	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	332.58/cwt	325.00–338.00	1,423	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	445	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,121	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	485	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,370	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	268.81/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,457	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	307.77/cwt	299.00–317.00	1,603	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	377	356.55/cwt	350.00–358.00	1,344	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	381.30/cwt	340.00–389.00	1,266	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	650–700	694	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,804	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	543	323.64/cwt	320.00–326.00	1,757	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	369	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,421	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	570	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,379	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	613	321.23/cwt	321.10–322.00	1,969	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	527	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,265	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,494	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	663	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	437	329.87/cwt	319.00–340.00	1,442	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	313.25/cwt	302.50–319.00	1,504	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	540	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,598	8

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

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