Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steer and steer calves 2.00-7.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00-7.00 higher. Heifer calves 6.00-8.00 higher with instances up to 15.00 higher. Demand good. Quality much better compared to last sale. A cold front came through Saturday dropping ice and snow on the region bringing temperatures down into the single digits.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $330.54/cwt on 319 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −137.15 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$330.54

319 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,836

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$60

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

$24.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.88

vs OK average

−11.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	333.70	1,844	277
Medium and Large 1-2	576	309.66	1,784	42

One grade step is worth $24.04/cwt here — about $60 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 sale319 hd

330.54

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OK average3 barns · 502 hd

326.66

+3.88

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−11.54

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

−137.15

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

71 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 1Unweaned	400–450	400	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,720	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,610	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	349.05/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,794	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	248.03/cwt	240.00–253.25	1,907	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	273.67/cwt	266.00–278.00	2,105	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	429.81/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,792	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	410.16/cwt	407.00–420.00	1,370	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	254.76/cwt	250.50–262.75	2,341	270
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	344.11/cwt	341.00–346.00	1,573	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	368.08/cwt	356.00–377.50	1,759	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,499	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	269.57/cwt	255.00–274.50	2,219	254
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	240.19/cwt	238.50–241.50	2,008	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	310.40/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,921	87
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	254.21/cwt	238.00–257.00	1,818	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,186	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,597	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	265.94/cwt	257.50–271.00	1,678	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,549	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	264.50/cwt	247.50–271.00	1,770	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	285.73/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,943	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	429	451.23/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,936	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	280.14/cwt	266.00–285.75	2,020	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	420	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	282.96/cwt	274.00–295.00	1,644	158
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	515	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	263.23/cwt	259.50–270.25	2,303	318
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	739	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,936	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	475	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,520	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,549	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	336	500.97/cwt	500.00–503.00	1,683	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	329.95/cwt	320.00–342.00	1,894	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	249.61/cwt	245.50–250.50	2,424	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	376	365.67/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,375	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,539	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	593	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,631	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	308.30/cwt	304.00–316.00	1,779	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	314.69/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,624	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	380	415.75/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,580	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	237.52/cwt	236.00–239.00	2,057	218
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,683	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	306	381.72/cwt	380.00–382.00	1,168	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	386	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,490	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	351.70/cwt	343.00–360.00	1,537	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	338.53/cwt	334.00–342.00	1,635	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	315.68/cwt	302.00–320.00	1,477	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	276.52/cwt	268.00–278.00	1,576	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,835	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	414	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,449	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	869	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,051	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	434	335.72/cwt	310.00–337.50	1,457	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	287.55/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,515	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	328.07/cwt	313.00–334.00	1,368	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	258.24/cwt	248.00–260.00	1,823	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,842	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,789	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	244.71/cwt	241.00–250.00	2,019	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,863	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	698	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,459	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	592	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,332	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	308.70/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,639	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,696	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	458	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,832	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	429	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,609	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	554	308.10/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,707	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	608	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,715	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	335	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,357	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	376	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,560	4

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

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