Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers 600 and 800 pound weight classes 2.00-10.00 lower, while 700 and 900 pound weight classes 2.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher, except for 700 pound heifers 5.00 lower. Steer calves mostly steady. Heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher. Demand robust. Quality and condition ranged from plain to fancy. Several drafts of replacement heifers also made their way into the barn today. Many of today's cattle are coming straight off the wheat, even if it may be a few weeks early. Warm temperatures and dry conditions forecasted for the remainder of this week. Burn bans remain in effect.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $499.07/cwt on 289 head, up $6.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 33 comparable sales and sits +31.38 against this barn's trailing median of $467.69.

Average price

$499.07

▲ 6.48 vs prior sale

289 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$393

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

$85.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.91

vs OK average

+12.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	526.61	2,825	193
Medium and Large 2	543	446.76	2,427	46
Medium and Large 1-2	552	440.87	2,432	50

One grade step is worth $85.75/cwt here — about $393 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 sale289 hd

499.07

—

OK average6 barns · 721 hd

500.98

−1.91

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+12.05

This barn, trailing median33 sales

467.69

+31.38

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

116 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 1	700–750	705	412.06/cwt	405.00–416.00	2,905	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	931	326.88/cwt	326.25–329.50	3,043	402
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	983	319.55/cwt	314.00–324.50	3,141	457
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,582	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	341.06/cwt	336.00–346.00	3,012	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	352.60/cwt	347.00–363.00	3,082	731
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	423.15/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,860	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	436.38/cwt	425.00–438.00	2,352	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	410.52/cwt	400.00–418.00	2,779	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,155	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	448.84/cwt	447.50–451.00	2,576	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	397.69/cwt	390.00–402.50	2,951	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	333.09/cwt	331.00–334.00	3,254	320
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	375.83/cwt	370.00–377.00	2,928	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	516.00/cwt	516.00–516.00	2,528	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	396.33/cwt	395.00–408.00	2,485	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	355.89/cwt	343.00–361.00	2,950	194
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,496	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	796	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,587	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	578	578.00/cwt	578.00–578.00	3,341	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	404	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,545	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	385.23/cwt	384.00–400.00	2,223	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	344.39/cwt	343.00–360.00	2,528	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	891	322.25/cwt	322.00–323.00	2,871	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,933	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	544	410.37/cwt	405.00–416.00	2,232	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	676	365.66/cwt	360.00–366.00	2,472	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	554.48/cwt	552.50–585.00	2,700	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	425.40/cwt	422.00–432.50	2,735	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	541.72/cwt	540.00–545.00	2,844	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	348.36/cwt	345.00–350.75	3,201	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	670.99/cwt	667.00–672.00	2,234	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	695	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	424	586.87/cwt	586.00–588.00	2,488	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	369.36/cwt	365.00–373.50	3,003	567
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,044	314.77/cwt	314.75–316.00	3,286	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	389.54/cwt	383.00–394.50	2,961	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	448.61/cwt	445.00–452.50	2,750	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	620	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	455	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,280	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	677.50/cwt	677.50–677.50	2,398	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	489.38/cwt	482.50–518.00	2,834	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	638	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	470	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,889	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	367	598.79/cwt	592.00–615.00	2,198	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	307	601.18/cwt	600.00–602.50	1,846	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	474.97/cwt	472.50–477.50	2,769	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	448	546.00/cwt	546.00–546.00	2,446	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	510.86/cwt	508.00–518.00	2,718	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	540.92/cwt	532.50–542.00	2,651	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,486	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	441.57/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,464	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,204	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,499	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,373	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	665	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,062	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	427	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,018	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	895	319.04/cwt	317.00–319.25	2,855	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	505	492.19/cwt	490.00–492.50	2,486	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	376	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	2,077	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	488	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,391	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	414	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,101	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	327.08/cwt	325.85–330.00	2,855	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	765	401.23/cwt	400.00–402.50	3,069	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	749	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,989	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	483.17/cwt	476.00–497.50	2,024	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	358.61/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,578	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	767	323.83/cwt	322.00–327.50	2,484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	688	372.60/cwt	372.50–379.50	2,563	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	658	426.55/cwt	406.00–434.00	2,807	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,607	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	374.31/cwt	373.00–391.00	2,003	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	349.20/cwt	348.00–352.50	2,577	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	361.94/cwt	330.00–366.00	2,501	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	339.34/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,810	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	422.50/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,417	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,156	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	998	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,914	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	454.95/cwt	450.00–479.00	1,733	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,441	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,211	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	569	415.33/cwt	410.00–418.00	2,363	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	423	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,861	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,592	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	647	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	3,397	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	603.08/cwt	600.00–612.50	2,569	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	792	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	3,516	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	947	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	3,400	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	355.81/cwt	351.00–359.00	2,718	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	450.72/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,159	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	436	462.73/cwt	460.00–464.00	2,018	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,958	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,889	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	836	422.91/cwt	420.00–427.00	3,536	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	475.97/cwt	472.50–480.00	2,470	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	327.04/cwt	325.00–334.75	2,718	303
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	642	383.66/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,463	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	950–1000	955	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	3,677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	412.34/cwt	402.50–418.00	2,515	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	527.96/cwt	522.50–540.00	1,943	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	344.88/cwt	338.00–349.00	2,659	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,168	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	439.86/cwt	431.00–450.00	2,349	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	3,321	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	702	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,211	9

How this sale compares

Oklahoma weighted averages

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