Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2024-10-15

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Oct 15
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
4,500 head
▲ 340 vs last sale 4,160▲ 4,500 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00-4.00 higher. Steer calves 7.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Heifer calves 4.00-6.00 higher. Unweaned calves up to 20.00 higher. Demand good. Quality average. With an increase in the number of calf buyers this week, the market on unweaned calves was extremely good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $288.17/cwt on 816 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −154.91 against this barn's trailing median of $443.08.
Average price
$288.17
816 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,606
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$341
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$37.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.51
vs OK average
−11.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563293.051,651618
Medium and Large 1-2551281.051,547135
Medium and Large 2513255.591,31063
One grade step is worth $37.46/cwt here — about $341 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 sale816 hd
288.17
—
OK average6 barns · 1,573 hd
278.66
+9.51
National average188 barns · 32,793 hd
299.33
−11.16
This barn, trailing median35 sales
443.08
−154.91
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

104 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 · Steers53 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340328.46/cwt325.00–332.501,11711
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned342330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1292
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2352320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1263
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned369354.55/cwt348.00–362.501,30812
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed388329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,2773
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,40419
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3656
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned446314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,40017
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned466319.66/cwt307.00–327.001,490108
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned467261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,2198
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468318.86/cwt309.00–328.001,49224
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed482293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,41223
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned483295.89/cwt292.00–305.001,42932
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,4739
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2503265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3336
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned505258.61/cwt239.00–262.501,30649
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned507297.24/cwt292.00–305.001,50729
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510304.11/cwt303.50–306.001,55194
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544284.85/cwt284.00–285.001,55033
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned544283.22/cwt271.00–288.001,54160
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed561279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,56520
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned566230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3028
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned569271.28/cwt269.00–272.001,54422
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned572292.63/cwt281.00–296.001,674327
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586287.26/cwt280.00–291.001,683163
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full597277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,6545
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614280.25/cwt273.00–285.501,72197
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned615272.86/cwt268.00–279.001,67870
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Unweaned617245.38/cwt237.50–252.001,51414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633251.49/cwt248.00–255.001,5928
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned634256.87/cwt254.00–260.501,629108
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned651266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,73267
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,76512
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned671245.47/cwt237.00–249.001,6477
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672257.09/cwt243.00–264.001,72832
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2682237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,6163
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,8786
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729260.33/cwt260.00–261.001,89871
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned730229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6722
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Full748239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,7886
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned752259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,9488
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8726
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771258.67/cwt258.00–260.001,99435
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2792223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,7663
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1803255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,04867
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,03820
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2863251.60/cwt251.60–251.602,171107
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1898238.75/cwt238.75–238.752,14464
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1916240.74/cwt232.00–243.252,20588
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1961237.70/cwt236.50–238.002,284121
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,043225.50/cwt225.50–225.502,352137
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,050223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,342195
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,100220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,4202
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned334315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0526
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0357
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned339309.82/cwt302.50–312.501,05018
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned372305.20/cwt301.00–317.501,13516
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned379296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,1224
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415289.03/cwt285.00–290.001,19910
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,17210
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned429282.92/cwt270.00–292.501,21433
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy434300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3024
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned443259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,14713
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned462291.72/cwt285.75–299.001,348150
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467273.63/cwt269.00–280.001,27834
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned468274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,28214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned472258.26/cwt258.00–259.001,21915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned518260.22/cwt247.00–265.001,34853
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned521239.90/cwt237.00–240.001,250163
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,38117
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558264.63/cwt262.00–266.001,47750
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned565242.78/cwt235.00–245.001,37235
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned571261.67/cwt250.00–265.001,494134
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4413
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1609249.01/cwt245.00–250.501,51634
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy619257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,59162
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed619252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,56015
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned621229.84/cwt226.00–233.501,42734
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4634
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1653255.90/cwt254.00–257.251,67141
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2668221.82/cwt219.00–229.001,4827
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned675224.80/cwt221.00–228.001,51715
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned679235.19/cwt228.00–238.001,5977
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695238.92/cwt236.00–241.001,66024
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710234.30/cwt230.00–240.001,66414
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2751241.80/cwt239.00–242.001,81691
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1776238.30/cwt238.00–238.501,84935
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2797203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,6186
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1821232.25/cwt232.25–232.251,90772
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2840195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6384
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2843220.05/cwt213.00–220.251,85569
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2965205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,97812
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned300225.00/cwt225.00–225.0067512
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned368353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,2995
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned389322.22/cwt305.00–330.001,25312
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned413260.97/cwt254.00–274.001,0786
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned422302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,2746
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned456287.88/cwt286.00–292.501,3137
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2460283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,3022
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned516221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,14028
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned518270.00/cwt267.00–277.001,39913
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned559250.75/cwt247.50–253.001,4025
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned590224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,32223
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned723213.34/cwt213.00–214.001,5429

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.