Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2024-08-27

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Aug 27
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
← earliestAug 27Sep 3 →
Receipts
4,099 head
▲ 4,099 vs last sale 0▲ 4,099 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison of trends as this the first reported market for this sale. Demand moderate to good for feeder cattle. Moderate for calves. Several loads of nice ranch raised feeder cattle available.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $280.29/cwt on 167 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −162.79 against this barn's trailing median of $443.08.
Average price
$280.29
167 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,544
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.54
vs OK average
+11.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552280.711,548161
Medium and Large 1-2531269.001,4286thin
One grade step is worth $11.71/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale167 hd
280.29
—
OK average6 barns · 798 hd
273.75
+6.54
National average155 barns · 6,455 hd
268.55
+11.74
This barn, trailing median35 sales
443.08
−162.79
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

65 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned365328.86/cwt328.00–330.001,20027
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned420317.38/cwt308.00–327.001,33318
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,5007
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned448304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,3629
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned472302.86/cwt286.00–315.001,42967
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned526286.78/cwt279.00–291.001,50854
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4286
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561285.10/cwt273.00–299.001,59932
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned566274.47/cwt262.00–288.001,55475
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620260.73/cwt244.50–265.001,61745
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed622272.34/cwt269.00–280.001,69416
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630268.89/cwt260.00–275.001,69410
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned668244.83/cwt235.50–251.001,63566
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679267.85/cwt259.00–270.001,819156
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed702265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,86016
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned721231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,66635
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,83218
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2744244.05/cwt243.50–244.501,81631
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767250.90/cwt247.50–251.501,92455
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed809253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,047110
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1814245.22/cwt236.50–247.001,996103
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,9919
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1861235.85/cwt235.85–235.852,03176
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2886219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,94014
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2905225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,03617
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1926235.40/cwt224.00–239.852,1801,268
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed934245.10/cwt245.10–245.102,28971
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1977228.58/cwt221.00–229.502,233240
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,034225.40/cwt220.00–227.002,331182
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,070214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,2907
Steers1100–1150Large 1-21,109212.00/cwt212.00–212.002,3515
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned271308.00/cwt308.00–308.008358
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1298288.00/cwt288.00–288.008582
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned360291.03/cwt260.00–299.001,04814
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned385278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,07014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned409264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,0806
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned438260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1392
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2444249.26/cwt242.50–256.001,10710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473258.20/cwt248.00–267.001,22160
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned490233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,1428
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,38411
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned521245.32/cwt237.00–255.001,27856
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned553236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3053
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2554225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2474
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2556242.01/cwt237.00–250.001,34626
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural570252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,43628
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed582250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4556
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned583238.57/cwt234.00–248.001,39137
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned625227.28/cwt209.00–236.001,42151
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5347
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed632247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,56118
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned635226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,43517
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed660244.35/cwt244.35–244.351,61371
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671243.98/cwt235.50–245.101,63776
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,55214
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734237.25/cwt230.00–237.751,741163
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783229.26/cwt224.50–232.751,79577
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,6862
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1832225.93/cwt225.00–227.501,880153
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1927217.75/cwt217.75–217.752,01916
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned274335.00/cwt335.00–335.009187
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned575249.16/cwt240.00–253.001,4337
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned610240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,46410
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2613226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,38511
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1742216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6036

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.