Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers and steer calves 2.00-7.00 lower with instances of 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers 4.00-7.00 lower except for 600-700 pounds 7.00 higher. Heifer calves steady to 5.00 lower, except for 300-400 pounds 15.00 higher on better quality cattle. With the arrival of feeder cattle coming off of wheat, demand was strong.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $338.39/cwt on 132 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −129.30 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$338.39

132 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$551

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

$97.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.74

vs OK average

−10.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	356.67	1,940	101
Medium and Large 1-2	552	315.23	1,739	11thin
Medium and Large 2	537	258.78	1,389	20

One grade step is worth $97.90/cwt here — about $551 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 sale132 hd

338.39

—

OK average6 barns · 753 hd

347.13

−8.74

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

−10.89

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

−129.30

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	312.68/cwt	260.00–328.00	1,773	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	256.84/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,603	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,325	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	233.77/cwt	233.00–235.00	2,139	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,372	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	538	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,539	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	429	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,369	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	334.89/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,366	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	282.11/cwt	275.00–287.50	1,611	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	584	296.46/cwt	294.00–299.00	1,731	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	471	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,896	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,886	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	258.33/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,795	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,105	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,254	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,427	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	711	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,642	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,150	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,751	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	909	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,954	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	378.95/cwt	367.50–387.50	1,410	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	234.72/cwt	230.00–235.00	2,134	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	311.04/cwt	302.50–334.00	1,499	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,628	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	312.02/cwt	305.00–319.00	1,779	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	242.97/cwt	238.00–244.00	1,970	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	278.65/cwt	275.50–283.00	1,903	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	257.80/cwt	252.00–259.00	1,905	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,309	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,902	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	251.61/cwt	245.00–259.50	1,960	678
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	345.76/cwt	344.00–352.50	1,656	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	719	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,956	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	681	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,111	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	319.77/cwt	317.00–327.50	1,679	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	336.09/cwt	334.00–338.00	1,459	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	236.91/cwt	234.50–239.00	2,073	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	303.12/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,870	320
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,957	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	329.82/cwt	325.00–333.00	1,923	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	394.32/cwt	382.00–400.00	1,313	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	862	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,090	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	547	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,983	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,579	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	554	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,801	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	832	248.75/cwt	248.75–248.75	2,070	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	435	360.56/cwt	357.50–367.50	1,568	75
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	367.04/cwt	332.50–390.00	1,707	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,196	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	328	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,287	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,419	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,542	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	275.31/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,767	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	482	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,615	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	832	232.83/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,937	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	369.14/cwt	350.00–387.50	1,584	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	403	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	967	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	376	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,598	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	423	391.26/cwt	362.00–406.00	1,655	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,077	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	579	298.98/cwt	298.00–300.00	1,731	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	304.43/cwt	304.00–306.00	1,897	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	283.22/cwt	259.00–297.00	1,926	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	620	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	553	334.39/cwt	332.00–336.00	1,849	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	980	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,215	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	270.76/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,679	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	252.08/cwt	249.00–259.00	2,317	472
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,331	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	251.96/cwt	250.00–253.50	1,927	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	629	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,780	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	243.06/cwt	237.00–246.00	2,110	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,091	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	297.57/cwt	292.00–300.00	2,181	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	326.25/cwt	275.00–340.00	2,026	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	964	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,265	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	279.54/cwt	276.00–283.00	2,150	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	257.29/cwt	256.00–259.00	2,166	360
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	413.50/cwt	403.00–417.50	1,778	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	351.64/cwt	345.00–356.00	1,976	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	324.52/cwt	320.00–336.00	1,739	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	931	244.45/cwt	240.00–248.75	2,276	568
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	360.72/cwt	350.00–382.50	1,944	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	253.11/cwt	250.00–260.00	2,220	750
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	858	264.22/cwt	264.00–266.00	2,267	292
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	823	266.95/cwt	264.00–269.25	2,197	329
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	307.83/cwt	299.00–321.00	2,106	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	265.72/cwt	260.00–273.00	2,086	185
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,395	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	386.52/cwt	382.00–388.00	1,840	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	695	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,529	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,565	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	241.90/cwt	238.75–247.00	2,329	622
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	234.59/cwt	229.00–236.00	2,400	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	326	494.51/cwt	485.00–495.00	1,612	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	377	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,693	22

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

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