Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00-6.00 higher. Steer calves steady. Feeder heifers steady. Heifer calves 2.00-4.00 lower. An artic front moved into the area over the weekend bringing up to 5.00 inches of snow and sub-zero temperatures. Several buyers were unable to attend today's sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $337.58/cwt on 138 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −130.11 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$337.58

138 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,847

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$27.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.28

vs OK average

−3.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	345.28	1,889	99
Medium and Large 1-2	547	318.03	1,740	39

One grade step is worth $27.25/cwt here — about $149 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 sale138 hd

337.58

—

OK average6 barns · 1,043 hd

330.30

+7.28

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−3.36

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

−130.11

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

55 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	550–600	589	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,955	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,375	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	285.37/cwt	278.50–291.00	1,778	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	256.98/cwt	253.00–266.00	1,904	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	412	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,421	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	539	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,833	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	269.69/cwt	269.50–270.00	2,327	274
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	317.26/cwt	313.00–328.00	1,678	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	331	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,350	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	372.75/cwt	366.00–374.50	1,826	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	332.42/cwt	320.00–337.00	1,602	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	354.88/cwt	340.00–373.00	1,845	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	294.58/cwt	278.00–298.00	1,697	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	300.28/cwt	299.00–306.00	1,994	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	238.15/cwt	236.50–241.50	2,070	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	281.64/cwt	280.00–289.00	2,056	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	249.25/cwt	249.25–249.25	1,924	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,027	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,347	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,402	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	320.79/cwt	313.00–323.00	1,995	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	279.33/cwt	276.00–280.00	2,159	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,530	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	265.94/cwt	264.00–269.00	2,173	163
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,987	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	250.58/cwt	250.50–250.75	2,320	78
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,817	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	572	305.56/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,748	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	479	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,677	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	637	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,764	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	712	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	476	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,590	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	641	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,897	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,738	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	250.29/cwt	229.00–304.00	1,196	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	799	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,133	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,717	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,031	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,185	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,048	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,384	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	253.34/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,677	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	252.34/cwt	246.00–258.00	2,077	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	323.91/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,746	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,753	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	273.29/cwt	268.00–275.00	1,998	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	275.68/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,839	343
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,813	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	335.87/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,458	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,584	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,285	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,750	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	411.47/cwt	407.00–425.00	1,712	24

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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