Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-8.00 higher spots to 10.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher. Demand good. Quality good with a few fancy drafts. CME live and feeder cattle traded in the green today. The Cattle Inventory comes out on Friday. Rain is forecasted for tomorrow in the Oklahoma panhandle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $341.45/cwt on 437 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −126.24 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$341.45

437 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$334

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

$47.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.16

vs OK average

−7.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	344.60	1,913	394
Medium and Large 1-2	557	316.56	1,763	34
Medium and Large 2	531	297.50	1,580	9thin

One grade step is worth $47.10/cwt here — about $334 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 sale437 hd

341.45

—

OK average6 barns · 1,052 hd

338.29

+3.16

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−7.21

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

−126.24

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

94 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	600–650	616	302.36/cwt	296.00–311.00	1,863	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	431.34/cwt	426.00–444.00	1,656	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	338.01/cwt	326.00–343.00	1,964	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	260.45/cwt	258.25–262.60	2,391	376
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	306.12/cwt	293.00–310.50	2,112	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	299.33/cwt	287.00–306.00	1,724	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,376	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	279.98/cwt	271.00–285.50	2,282	805
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	292.41/cwt	284.00–300.00	2,149	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,142	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	258.10/cwt	249.00–262.00	2,016	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,327	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,440	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	521	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,834	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	708	302.37/cwt	301.00–304.00	2,141	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,142	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,455	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,160	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	256.60/cwt	256.60–256.60	2,504	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,520	111
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,676	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,773	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,216	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	265.63/cwt	254.50–269.50	1,944	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	324.56/cwt	315.00–337.50	2,025	272
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	359.32/cwt	336.00–380.00	1,872	133
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,918	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	464	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,861	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	385.14/cwt	366.00–400.00	1,802	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	281.41/cwt	274.50–287.00	2,198	644
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	315.18/cwt	308.00–318.00	1,815	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	253.23/cwt	246.00–257.00	2,107	282
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,962	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	272.00/cwt	271.00–273.00	1,659	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,486	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	394.59/cwt	394.00–395.00	1,432	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	241.36/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,960	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	342	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,224	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	695	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,765	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	352.69/cwt	351.00–358.00	1,732	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,634	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,998	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	700–750	747	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,950	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	268.81/cwt	261.00–279.00	1,798	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	351	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,229	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	268.61/cwt	261.00–274.00	2,098	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	381.80/cwt	370.00–391.00	1,634	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,382	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,242	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	257.03/cwt	250.00–266.00	2,272	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	292.17/cwt	284.00–296.00	2,019	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	304.62/cwt	302.00–308.50	1,621	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	318.80/cwt	309.00–321.00	1,575	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,532	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	318.31/cwt	315.00–329.00	1,697	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	298.60/cwt	291.00–310.00	1,848	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	766	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,907	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,404	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,702	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,580	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	223.87/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,990	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	256.45/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,852	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	266.11/cwt	256.00–280.00	1,666	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,702	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	945	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,947	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	297.81/cwt	295.00–299.00	1,569	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	979	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,384	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,452	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	668	325.06/cwt	322.50–327.00	2,171	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	707	275.44/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,947	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	1,771	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	780	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,106	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	452	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,632	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	413	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,611	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,005	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	333.23/cwt	327.50–339.00	1,733	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	318.08/cwt	309.00–322.50	1,816	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	332.98/cwt	324.00–341.00	1,595	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	322.55/cwt	306.00–330.00	1,680	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	542	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,572	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	397	347.53/cwt	347.53–347.53	1,380	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,523	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	342.92/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,636	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	385.77/cwt	385.00–386.00	1,312	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	359.42/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,517	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	282.99/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,627	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	318	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,304	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	391	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,478	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	289.07/cwt	271.00–293.00	1,798	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	268.01/cwt	264.00–274.00	2,348	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	411.84/cwt	407.50–426.00	1,721	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	307.32/cwt	306.00–310.00	1,567	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	454	329.98/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,498	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	278.63/cwt	257.00–287.00	1,881	278

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

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