Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steer and heifers 5.00-10.00 higher. Steer calves 3.00-7.00 higher. Heifer calves 6.00-9.00 higher. Strong demand persists, coupled with exceptionally nice cattle. While cooler temperatures bring temporary heat relief, the need for adequate precipitation persists.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $376.74/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −90.95 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$376.74

66 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,094

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$33.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.50

vs OK average

+2.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	385.40	2,117	49
Medium and Large 1-2	575	351.77	2,022	17thin

One grade step is worth $33.64/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 1100–1200 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 sale66 hd

376.74

—

OK average6 barns · 377 hd

379.24

−2.50

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

+2.31

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

−90.95

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

93 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	854	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,280	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,085	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,506	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,826	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,007	246.01/cwt	243.00–248.00	2,477	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	313.93/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,846	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	334	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	331	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,332	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	587	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,878	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,782	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,176	253.09/cwt	252.25–254.50	2,976	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	420	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,607	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	271.20/cwt	266.50–283.00	2,609	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	377.46/cwt	372.50–380.00	1,744	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,193	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	388.80/cwt	386.00–392.00	1,979	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1350–1400	1,378	201.66/cwt	196.00–205.00	2,779	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	354.74/cwt	310.00–365.00	2,210	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	264.95/cwt	262.50–265.00	2,035	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,004	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,099	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	345.42/cwt	335.00–358.00	2,028	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	316.74/cwt	311.00–321.00	2,109	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	491	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,532	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1150–1200	1,165	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,034	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,171	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,781	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,857	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	179.53/cwt	150.00–270.00	1,031	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	372.80/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,633	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	934	258.39/cwt	236.00–262.00	2,413	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	297.59/cwt	277.50–301.00	2,339	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,691	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,015	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	287.06/cwt	286.00–290.00	1,972	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	481	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,659	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	727	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,406	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	373	503.48/cwt	495.00–505.00	1,878	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	812	304.50/cwt	304.00–305.00	2,473	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	814	288.65/cwt	288.00–289.00	2,350	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	501	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,004	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	316	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,462	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	253.26/cwt	251.25–256.00	2,355	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	266.36/cwt	257.00–268.00	2,232	130
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,896	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,997	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	334.33/cwt	332.00–347.00	2,220	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	767	299.74/cwt	297.50–302.00	2,299	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	329.58/cwt	326.00–335.00	1,832	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,988	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	297.26/cwt	294.00–299.00	1,914	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	273.15/cwt	269.00–275.00	2,139	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	316.22/cwt	268.00–326.00	2,448	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	292.44/cwt	290.50–305.00	2,386	355
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,165	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	259.56/cwt	254.00–261.00	2,276	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	294.03/cwt	293.00–301.00	1,970	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	464.48/cwt	456.00–482.00	1,830	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,368	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	575	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,041	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	276.77/cwt	271.25–282.00	2,419	172
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,772	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	310.13/cwt	305.00–316.00	2,186	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	400.38/cwt	400.00–402.00	1,914	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	275.17/cwt	262.00–282.00	2,537	439
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,002	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	375.45/cwt	362.50–377.50	2,042	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	394.41/cwt	392.50–405.00	1,708	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	257.06/cwt	253.75–258.25	2,645	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	806	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,233	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,159	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,515	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,365	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	237.87/cwt	237.00–240.00	2,198	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,079	262.16/cwt	241.00–263.50	2,829	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	392	406.32/cwt	406.00–410.00	1,593	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	538	345.40/cwt	342.40–346.00	1,858	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	448.50/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,893	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	285.87/cwt	280.00–287.00	2,058	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	250.53/cwt	244.00–250.75	2,385	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	382.01/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,189	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,206	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	3,027	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	505	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,083	3

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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