Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2024-10-08

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Oct 8
● Final107 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
4,160 head
▼ 1,799 vs last sale 5,959▲ 4,160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 4.00 lower except 900lbs 6.00 higher with excellent quality. Steer calves 3.00-7.00 lower. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Heifer calves lightly tested but a lower undertone noted. Demand moderate. Quality average. Cattle health is starting to decline, lows are dipping into the 40s at night.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $273.35/cwt on 701 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −169.73 against this barn's trailing median of $443.08.
Average price
$273.35
701 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,493
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$49.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.40
vs OK average
−20.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548276.771,516634
Medium and Large 1-2541256.251,38631
Medium and Large 2-3509228.001,16131
Medium and Large 2581227.001,3195thin
One grade step is worth $49.77/cwt here — about $197 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale701 hd
273.35
—
OK average6 barns · 1,562 hd
271.94
+1.40
National average177 barns · 23,944 hd
294.31
−20.96
This barn, trailing median35 sales
443.08
−169.73
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

107 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 · Steers52 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,1652
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2344296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,0187
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned372290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0792
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned378273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,0328
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385314.39/cwt306.00–322.501,21021
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned426300.56/cwt292.50–315.001,28082
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned431287.26/cwt287.00–287.501,2388
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned441269.34/cwt257.50–275.001,1886
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2454291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,32113
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned458274.98/cwt273.00–280.001,25943
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned470257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,2108
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473310.78/cwt310.00–311.001,47014
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned481294.06/cwt290.50–304.001,41456
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2486253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,2304
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3643
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3509228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,16131
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned518255.85/cwt253.00–260.001,32516
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525274.20/cwt262.50–280.001,440269
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539281.88/cwt281.00–288.001,51979
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5684
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4442
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy569293.57/cwt288.00–294.251,670105
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned574268.34/cwt261.00–277.001,540177
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2912
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned582230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3393
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned584252.60/cwt252.50–253.001,47510
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625270.29/cwt268.00–275.001,68936
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned629245.07/cwt240.00–249.001,54144
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2629234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,47512
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned632258.82/cwt249.00–264.501,63660
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641255.67/cwt250.00–260.001,6397
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned672244.05/cwt235.00–249.001,640101
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680257.42/cwt257.00–258.001,75014
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1697266.74/cwt259.00–267.251,85962
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned717243.56/cwt237.00–247.501,74643
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719271.25/cwt267.00–274.001,950117
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed725259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,87819
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Full725257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,8632
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727236.99/cwt234.00–240.001,7234
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy765264.50/cwt264.50–264.502,02333
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned770230.18/cwt230.00–233.001,77233
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2779222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,7298
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1789253.37/cwt244.00–257.751,999126
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,97710
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2843220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,85519
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2848236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,0014
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2924232.67/cwt232.00–234.002,1506
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1925243.39/cwt239.00–244.502,251363
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2952220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0948
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1981229.39/cwt225.00–230.502,250170
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,042221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,3032
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,045223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,3302
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372298.62/cwt292.50–303.001,11121
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373267.32/cwt265.00–268.009979
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned375270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0133
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382280.76/cwt280.00–281.001,0738
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425288.25/cwt280.00–295.001,22564
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0842
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned429273.16/cwt268.00–276.001,17226
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned434262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,1397
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437284.78/cwt280.00–297.001,24464
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471266.93/cwt261.00–270.001,25710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned473239.87/cwt239.00–242.001,13530
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned476268.30/cwt265.00–271.001,27771
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned485250.39/cwt245.00–260.001,21440
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2494230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,13610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2497252.29/cwt250.00–254.001,2547
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned526250.65/cwt239.00–257.001,318181
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538241.61/cwt241.00–243.001,30016
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned538233.24/cwt229.00–235.001,25526
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,29717
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned568229.39/cwt221.00–230.001,30329
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned571239.18/cwt231.00–250.001,366130
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582264.17/cwt263.00–264.501,53731
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned585221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2932
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2597250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,49337
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned619230.91/cwt226.00–232.001,42996
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622256.05/cwt253.75–258.501,59346
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned639225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4387
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,47215
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,66068
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned665234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,55610
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned698216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5085
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned705224.63/cwt223.00–225.001,58444
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715238.76/cwt233.50–240.001,70738
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5552
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned769211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,6234
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,84026
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1832223.46/cwt223.00–225.001,85921
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1934215.51/cwt215.00–217.002,01344
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned360326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,1743
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned372235.00/cwt235.00–235.008744
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376300.74/cwt290.00–307.501,1318
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned426260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,10810
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned481270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2996
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned483258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,24619
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1499262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,3074
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned504211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,06314
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned510268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,3677
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,4117
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned548243.55/cwt243.00–244.001,33529
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned561240.87/cwt239.00–244.001,35139
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned613234.66/cwt233.00–236.001,43836
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned622221.50/cwt218.00–225.001,3788
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned670219.65/cwt219.00–221.001,4726
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned678230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5592
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1812226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,8352

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.