Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2024-09-24

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Sep 24
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
3,085 head
▼ 301 vs last sale 3,386▲ 3,085 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Steer and heifer calves weaned sharply higher and unweaned calves sharply lower in a light test. Demand was good for weaned and feeder cattle. Unweaned calves with no shots were discounted heavily. Quality average to attractive.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $287.94/cwt on 288 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −155.13 against this barn's trailing median of $443.08.
Average price
$287.94
288 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,555
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$433
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$81.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.00
vs OK average
+13.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539291.671,572266
Medium and Large 1-2560265.771,48813thin
Medium and Large 2542210.001,1389thin
One grade step is worth $81.67/cwt here — about $433 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale288 hd
287.94
—
OK average6 barns · 1,086 hd
270.94
+17.00
National average169 barns · 10,664 hd
274.29
+13.65
This barn, trailing median35 sales
443.08
−155.13
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

73 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1338347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,1755
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379333.88/cwt329.00–340.001,26536
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2417215.00/cwt215.00–215.008976
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned436296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,29110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5056
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475294.51/cwt293.00–296.001,39935
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1503322.79/cwt314.00–327.001,62456
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned533286.01/cwt280.00–294.001,524139
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2542210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1389
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5355
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned561260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4598
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,72529
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned581263.13/cwt258.00–265.001,52942
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,54415
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned634294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,86414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned638240.88/cwt237.00–244.001,53718
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned656243.30/cwt231.00–247.001,59622
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed658268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,76316
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1687265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,82115
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned711233.79/cwt228.00–236.501,66261
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714246.56/cwt236.00–249.001,76070
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,88244
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764254.10/cwt249.50–257.001,941114
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,7937
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Unweaned802212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,7009
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828233.45/cwt230.00–242.001,93333
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2848209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,7724
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1870241.36/cwt236.00–243.852,100458
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2950193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,8348
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1972226.80/cwt224.75–230.002,20471
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2990211.91/cwt210.00–218.002,09825
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,028224.36/cwt223.60–225.002,306134
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,057223.50/cwt223.50–223.502,36246
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323291.86/cwt285.00–297.5094311
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned346265.00/cwt265.00–265.009176
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned379272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0339
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380297.55/cwt287.50–303.001,13120
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,0637
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2396248.00/cwt248.00–248.0098213
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned439266.66/cwt260.00–270.001,1719
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,25045
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned461282.39/cwt279.00–293.001,30234
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned486255.53/cwt251.00–262.001,24232
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2499248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2387
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2504241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,2158
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520260.71/cwt257.00–267.501,35634
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned522249.90/cwt242.00–253.001,30456
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned542240.78/cwt239.50–244.001,30524
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565246.12/cwt237.00–255.001,39112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned566220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2454
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned573239.42/cwt236.00–244.001,37222
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned603231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,3939
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3428
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,56920
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned682211.96/cwt207.00–213.001,44629
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2717201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,44128
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722235.65/cwt229.50–239.751,701112
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1794228.62/cwt228.00–231.001,81534
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828231.06/cwt223.00–233.751,913361
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2831209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,7376
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1853230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,96661
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8663
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1978215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,10334
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned354330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1684
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned441306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,3499
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned472302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,42825
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned483257.99/cwt252.00–267.501,24616
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2488269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,3135
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned564254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,4339
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1603245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4773
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2609226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3767
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned655219.19/cwt218.00–223.001,43621
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2729205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4948

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.