Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers and heifers 5.00-10.00 higher with instances of up to 20.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves 3.00-8.00 higher with a light comparison. Demand good with several fancy drafts. Many cattle coming off of wheat.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.26/cwt on 320 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −107.43 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$360.26

320 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,947

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$37.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.86

vs OK average

+1.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	366.54	1,974	266
Medium and Large 1-2	549	329.29	1,809	54

One grade step is worth $37.25/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale320 hd

360.26

—

OK average6 barns · 753 hd

354.40

+5.86

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

+1.59

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

−107.43

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

110 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	450–500	482	411.10/cwt	406.00–447.50	1,982	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	290.46/cwt	285.00–298.00	1,725	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	706	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,047	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	792	310.39/cwt	294.00–318.00	2,458	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	808	254.18/cwt	254.00–254.25	2,054	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	409	381.58/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,561	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	552	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,811	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	367.52/cwt	361.00–377.50	1,452	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	387.26/cwt	380.00–388.00	1,491	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	403	390.98/cwt	384.00–424.00	1,576	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,841	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	374.52/cwt	369.00–381.50	1,955	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	306.52/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,931	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	328.25/cwt	321.00–332.00	1,766	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	350.16/cwt	350.00–352.00	1,611	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	561	339.50/cwt	335.00–353.00	1,905	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	797	278.58/cwt	277.00–278.75	2,220	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	770	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,137	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	267.53/cwt	264.75–270.00	2,023	303
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	292.64/cwt	288.50–297.50	1,958	155
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	299.37/cwt	282.50–317.00	1,706	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	376	369.19/cwt	367.50–370.00	1,388	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,132	221.71/cwt	221.00–222.50	2,510	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,100	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	511	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,988	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	960	237.25/cwt	232.00–239.00	2,278	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,006	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,680	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	320	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,293	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	702	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,959	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	366.16/cwt	356.00–370.00	1,725	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,654	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	437	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,431	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	572	275.79/cwt	273.00–281.00	1,578	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,794	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	444	394.74/cwt	393.00–400.00	1,753	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	320.00/cwt	319.00–323.00	2,016	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	355.78/cwt	354.00–360.00	1,886	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	490	301.99/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,480	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	564	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,613	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	731	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,828	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	639	283.38/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,811	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	404	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,361	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	541	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,802	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,986	77
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,605	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	502	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,468	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	387	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,403	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	232.69/cwt	230.00–234.00	2,071	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	283.60/cwt	278.00–287.00	2,045	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	320.48/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,824	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	261.59/cwt	261.00–264.00	2,022	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	284.07/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,906	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	272.91/cwt	255.00–276.50	1,880	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,153	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	255.40/cwt	253.00–257.50	1,969	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,607	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,670	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,185	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,477	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,504	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,453	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,391	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,593	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	404	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,454	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	341.46/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,653	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	712	311.20/cwt	308.50–313.00	2,216	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	655	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,155	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	679	311.87/cwt	310.00–312.50	2,118	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	835	267.63/cwt	264.00–268.00	2,235	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1050–1100	1,064	246.75/cwt	246.75–246.75	2,625	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	274	536.00/cwt	536.00–536.00	1,469	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	775	261.12/cwt	259.00–262.00	2,024	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	278.66/cwt	277.00–283.00	1,895	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	898	254.91/cwt	254.50–256.00	2,289	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	485	380.74/cwt	380.00–381.00	1,847	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	940	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,341	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	438	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,809	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	521	396.03/cwt	394.00–402.50	2,063	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	369.84/cwt	369.00–370.00	2,053	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,542	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,699	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	635	296.67/cwt	295.00–298.00	1,884	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	714	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,856	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	278.38/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,291	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	267.59/cwt	266.00–269.00	2,365	216
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	565	309.61/cwt	309.00–311.00	1,749	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	497	327.01/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,625	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,783	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	336.19/cwt	331.00–339.00	2,041	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	246.80/cwt	246.00–247.00	2,039	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,225	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	2,799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	298.44/cwt	296.50–303.00	2,205	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	250.39/cwt	248.25–255.00	2,464	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,074	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	387.64/cwt	387.50–388.00	1,818	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	361.88/cwt	355.00–369.00	1,585	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	479.93/cwt	427.00–490.00	1,761	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	230.67/cwt	230.00–232.00	2,316	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	323.75/cwt	322.50–324.00	2,195	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	246.43/cwt	246.00–246.50	2,531	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	417.18/cwt	417.00–417.50	1,823	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	271.36/cwt	270.00–276.00	1,973	410
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	259.10/cwt	256.10–261.75	2,425	516
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	290.42/cwt	285.00–295.00	2,233	357
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	322.05/cwt	321.00–324.00	1,816	44

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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