Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers over 850 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, under 850 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Steer calves lightly tested but a higher undertone was noted over 500 lbs. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Heifer calves over 500 lbs 3.00 higher, under 500 lbs lightly tested but a lower undertone noted. CME live and feeder cattle traded in the red today. The Oklahoma panhandle is expecting a cold front overnight bringing snow and temperatures near zero degrees.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $341.17/cwt on 179 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −126.52 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$341.17

179 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,881

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$462

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

$82.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.11

vs OK average

+2.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	353.38	1,923	116
Medium and Large 1-2	568	324.64	1,844	56
Medium and Large 2	539	271.00	1,461	7thin

One grade step is worth $82.38/cwt here — about $462 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale179 hd

341.17

—

OK average6 barns · 724 hd

338.06

+3.11

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

+2.50

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

−126.52

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

77 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 1Fancy	750–800	752	281.89/cwt	281.00–287.00	2,120	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	706	305.43/cwt	305.00–307.00	2,156	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,082	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	2,196	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,592	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,726	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,461	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,481	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,627	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,972	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	335.90/cwt	332.00–346.00	1,797	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	241.74/cwt	237.00–242.00	1,917	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	224.16/cwt	221.00–226.00	1,852	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	264.60/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,834	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,483	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,007	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,236	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	266.48/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,697	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,313	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	289.48/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,696	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	869	246.61/cwt	246.25–251.50	2,143	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,847	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	634	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,851	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	579	272.45/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,577	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,923	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	292.53/cwt	283.00–308.00	1,869	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	321.24/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,857	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	254.75/cwt	245.00–262.50	2,104	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	355.40/cwt	349.00–366.00	1,830	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	243.05/cwt	236.00–250.00	2,008	149
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,808	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,668	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	441	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,429	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,432	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	324	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,400	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,742	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	601	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,755	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,946	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,955	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	423.83/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,806	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,436	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	286.31/cwt	270.00–295.00	2,070	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	255.24/cwt	247.50–255.85	2,335	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	267.48/cwt	256.00–277.75	2,311	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	245.75/cwt	245.75–245.75	2,472	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	266.62/cwt	264.00–268.25	2,216	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	316.37/cwt	313.00–328.00	2,006	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	284.75/cwt	274.00–292.00	1,794	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	377.08/cwt	369.00–398.00	1,810	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	295.73/cwt	280.00–307.00	2,014	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	313.19/cwt	306.00–314.00	1,701	109
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,631	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	339.39/cwt	332.00–352.00	1,429	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	226.89/cwt	221.00–228.00	1,956	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,166	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	274.70/cwt	269.00–277.00	2,151	119
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,979	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	443.48/cwt	442.00–446.00	1,512	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	338	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,217	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	441	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,627	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	319.76/cwt	303.00–330.00	1,516	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	270.26/cwt	267.00–276.00	1,827	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,364	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	352.99/cwt	346.00–359.00	1,963	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	259.96/cwt	248.00–266.00	1,908	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	561	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,913	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,792	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	303.02/cwt	295.00–309.00	1,712	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	253.99/cwt	249.50–258.00	1,958	126
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	333	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,505	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	504	313.50/cwt	308.00–315.00	1,580	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	462	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,685	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	368	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	486	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,482	10

How this sale compares

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