Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2026-07-21

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Jul 21
● Final101 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
2,535 head
▼ 3,124 vs last sale 5,659▼ 558 vs year ago 3,093 · −18.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers 7.00-10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 5.00 lower. Steer calves 7.00-11.00 higher. Heifer calves, in a light test, 4.00 higher. Demand good overall and strong for calves weaned or unweaned in good condition, quality genetics, and at least 1 round of vaccinations. Quality average to attractive with a few drafts of fancy calves. After sharp declines in the CME Feeder Futures boards over the last few weeks, the boards closed steady today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $426.81/cwt on 54 head, down $7.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 35 comparable sales and sits −16.27 against this barn's trailing median of $443.08.
Average price
$426.81
▼ 7.76 vs prior sale
54 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,406
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$359
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$62.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.28
vs OK average
+7.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562444.472,49814thin
Medium and Large 1-2564421.632,38039
Medium and Large 2560382.002,1391thin
One grade step is worth $62.47/cwt here — about $359 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale54 hd
426.81
—
OK average8 barns · 954 hd
427.10
−0.28
National average142 barns · 5,313 hd
419.04
+7.77
This barn, trailing median35 sales
443.08
−16.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

35 sales
519463407351median 443.0803/0304/2806/3009/0811/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.48, low $365.18, median $443.08 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

101 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers47 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy305656.00/cwt656.00–656.002,00114
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1308638.00/cwt638.00–638.001,96513
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned329621.26/cwt617.00–624.002,044104
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1350605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,1185
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6101
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376552.00/cwt552.00–552.002,07610
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned396536.00/cwt536.00–536.002,12329
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,9641
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned407542.00/cwt542.00–542.002,2065
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2413450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,85910
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,407147
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned432467.28/cwt462.00–470.002,0193
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned437420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,8353
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482492.00/cwt492.00–492.002,3717
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned484456.58/cwt450.00–472.502,21035
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2492435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,1402
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned510510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,6011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516446.11/cwt439.00–448.002,30210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned544422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,2964
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,1391
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned566439.43/cwt437.50–450.002,48713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned581405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,3536
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589413.91/cwt410.00–416.002,43819
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630416.07/cwt411.00–426.002,62135
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2642375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,4083
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned648396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,56669
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned661376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,4854
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674389.76/cwt386.50–400.002,627197
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2688328.40/cwt320.00–330.002,2596
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned694404.21/cwt404.00–406.002,8059
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,5634
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,5561
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1784368.16/cwt360.00–370.002,88650
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2837320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,6783
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1842359.12/cwt356.00–360.503,02471
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2849344.50/cwt344.50–344.502,92534
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2853320.02/cwt312.00–328.002,7304
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872350.14/cwt345.00–354.253,053282
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2885272.47/cwt270.00–275.002,4112
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2908305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,7696
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2921317.52/cwt317.00–326.002,92469
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Full930297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,7621
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1944341.23/cwt340.00–342.253,221285
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2971297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,8844
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1980323.65/cwt321.00–325.003,1723
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 2Full1,004244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,4509
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,030278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,8631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy320540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,72831
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325525.79/cwt520.00–528.001,70966
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2328432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,4176
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned330465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,5352
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,61223
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned348500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7404
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,8233
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned382410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5668
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2399432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,72414
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned400437.00/cwt437.00–437.001,7482
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy419483.40/cwt477.00–485.502,025151
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422453.04/cwt452.00–454.001,9129
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9592
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4663
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned476423.32/cwt420.00–430.002,01570
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1500450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned507368.34/cwt365.00–370.001,8673
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515393.08/cwt391.00–395.002,02415
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned515302.43/cwt295.00–310.001,5582
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned535406.43/cwt406.00–409.002,17420
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,9241
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned566389.81/cwt387.00–392.002,20617
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,1574
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned580320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8561
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2584322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,8835
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1607381.51/cwt381.00–383.002,316115
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620334.54/cwt325.00–342.002,0746
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,9011
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,3845
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660315.00/cwt310.00–320.002,0792
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned680334.90/cwt330.00–340.002,27710
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,0951
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722332.77/cwt330.00–334.002,40310
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723349.81/cwt344.00–355.002,529155
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5131
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2782320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5029
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2835287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,3961
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2842308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,5933
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,67018
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2850265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,2531
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1851316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,68920
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2988280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,7662
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned310455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4111
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned360505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,8183
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,1531
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned470455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,1392
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2510405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,0661
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned520413.49/cwt412.00–415.002,1506
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530429.30/cwt427.50–435.002,2754
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned577377.32/cwt370.00–382.002,1773
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned615380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,3371
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned688356.37/cwt353.00–358.002,45212
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1702370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,5972
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2985253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,4921

This sale against other markets

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.