Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2024-09-17

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Sep 17
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
3,386 head
▼ 1,651 vs last sale 5,037▲ 3,386 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 800lbs., 1.00-5.00 lower and over 800lbs. 1.00-3.00 higher. Steer calves steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 750lbs., steady to 5.00 higher and over 750lbs., 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Heifer calves were lightly tested. Unweaned heifer calves sharply higher. Demand was moderate to good. Quality average to attractive with many nice loads of feeder cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $278.98/cwt on 210 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −164.10 against this barn's trailing median of $443.08.
Average price
$278.98
210 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,539
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$275
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$45.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.28
vs OK average
+12.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548282.651,550174
Medium and Large 1-2579270.541,56726
Medium and Large 2538237.001,27510thin
One grade step is worth $45.65/cwt here — about $275 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale210 hd
278.98
—
OK average6 barns · 1,168 hd
265.70
+13.28
National average174 barns · 10,991 hd
266.64
+12.34
This barn, trailing median35 sales
443.08
−164.10
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

82 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 · Steers45 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2309385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1906
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,18111
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned371345.74/cwt342.00–350.001,28330
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned385288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,10924
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned433314.49/cwt310.00–322.501,36221
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned436304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,3257
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2441353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,5579
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy442329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,45471
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned450273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,2294
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473309.51/cwt307.50–310.001,46455
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned480286.85/cwt280.00–290.001,37725
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484279.48/cwt277.50–280.001,3539
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned507291.51/cwt288.00–301.001,47852
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy513300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5396
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517262.17/cwt260.00–270.001,35519
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned536283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,5174
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,27510
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned570278.61/cwt274.00–282.001,58839
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned573259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4845
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585282.34/cwt281.00–287.001,65258
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,60217
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1606280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,697100
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned618273.22/cwt266.00–278.001,68862
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned648252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,63343
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned661258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,70525
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned669237.29/cwt234.00–243.001,58711
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679259.60/cwt259.00–260.001,76317
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2694203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4096
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy707269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,90279
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712251.70/cwt245.00–256.001,79243
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,7738
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned714237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,6924
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned761234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,78124
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1782245.22/cwt242.00–250.001,91881
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2821224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,83913
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy853241.50/cwt241.50–241.502,06039
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2882219.76/cwt218.00–221.001,93832
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1886234.52/cwt228.00–236.502,07872
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1917230.68/cwt222.50–235.002,115152
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fancy982230.10/cwt230.00–230.502,260254
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,006215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,1636
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,018224.84/cwt223.00–226.002,28988
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,060221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,343150
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,128193.00/cwt193.00–193.002,17712
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,164196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,2819
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned306237.50/cwt237.50–237.507275
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned342320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,09419
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,14111
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,03811
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned388311.86/cwt300.00–317.001,21027
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned388288.92/cwt287.50–292.001,12115
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425293.38/cwt292.00–303.001,24769
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned433271.76/cwt267.00–277.001,17719
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1448277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,2416
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned467273.04/cwt266.00–277.001,27517
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned471255.60/cwt250.00–259.001,20413
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474251.72/cwt242.00–258.001,19313
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned506285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4427
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned509251.77/cwt249.00–256.501,28257
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1704
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned527234.18/cwt231.00–238.001,23411
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545250.37/cwt248.00–252.001,36584
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2554239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3244
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570251.76/cwt244.00–256.001,43533
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned584248.19/cwt238.00–252.501,44976
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned607219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3298
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned618226.10/cwt221.00–249.001,39718
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1646246.83/cwt246.75–248.001,59589
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671247.92/cwt241.00–251.501,664149
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4165
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710239.72/cwt228.00–245.001,70232
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned712215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,53416
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1778228.58/cwt224.00–234.001,77852
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy781257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,01136
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1886209.79/cwt194.00–212.501,859122
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1937212.77/cwt200.00–214.251,99469
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned429303.07/cwt301.00–312.501,30021
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned464273.63/cwt273.00–274.001,27014
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned544249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3556
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned568234.24/cwt232.00–235.001,33042
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1609221.50/cwt221.50–221.501,3499
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned720209.21/cwt208.00–210.001,50613

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.