Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2024-11-05

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Nov 5
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
2,240 head
▼ 1,960 vs last sale 4,200▲ 2,240 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers over 750lbs 3.00-8.00 higher. Feeder steers under 750lbs steady. Steer calves 10.00-15.00 higher in a light test. Feeder heifers and heifer calves unevenly steady in a light test. Most of Oklahoma received beneficial rainfall this weekend helping to ease drought conditions across the state.

At the video auction had 1 draft of 140 heifers weighing 725lbs bring 236. Those heifers are included in the total receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $288.39/cwt on 140 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −154.69 against this barn's trailing median of $443.08.
Average price
$288.39
140 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$25
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.43
vs OK average
−13.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538296.001,5928thin
Medium and Large 1562287.931,617132
One grade step is worth $8.07/cwt here — about −$25 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale140 hd
288.39
—
OK average6 barns · 687 hd
274.96
+13.43
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
−13.46
This barn, trailing median35 sales
443.08
−154.69
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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned322367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,1832
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned365340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2413
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370381.15/cwt352.50–395.001,41049
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned375358.13/cwt328.00–370.001,34314
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned400352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,4101
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned449312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,40319
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1491322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,58321
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned494311.05/cwt304.00–321.001,53754
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned517287.46/cwt280.00–290.001,48628
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,66410
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,5928
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6969
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned580283.56/cwt270.00–289.001,64585
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned601246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,4784
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned607276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,6759
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622281.11/cwt278.00–284.001,74933
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628268.77/cwt268.00–270.001,68810
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,8519
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned692233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,6122
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1706253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,7864
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned723237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,71414
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2740245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8134
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771265.38/cwt254.00–268.002,046266
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2846229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,9378
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1848258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,18822
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873252.82/cwt250.25–254.852,20771
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2927215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9938
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935245.02/cwt244.10–246.502,291205
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1970240.75/cwt240.75–240.752,335106
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2999212.00/cwt212.00–212.002,1185
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,1991
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,33920
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned378315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,19110
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned393316.74/cwt315.00–321.001,24510
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned414300.45/cwt300.00–302.001,24413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,34220
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned494261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,2896
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned495280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3863
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1497291.32/cwt291.00–295.001,44812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned511251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,2837
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned524264.59/cwt258.00–274.001,38620
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529270.16/cwt265.00–277.501,42944
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned562254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,4276
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578253.00/cwt251.00–256.001,46210
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Full585238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3922
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed602263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,5838
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2602249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,4993
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned618225.91/cwt225.00–229.001,3969
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,55716
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1659248.19/cwt223.00–251.001,63641
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned672217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4585
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed690258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,78081
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,67512
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned716207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4824
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5754
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769241.69/cwt240.00–244.001,85920
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2800180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4403
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1823216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,77848
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1852215.10/cwt215.10–215.101,83349
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy857210.60/cwt209.50–211.751,805142
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2893189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,6885
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned439327.50/cwt322.00–334.001,43811
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1462310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4324
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2474272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,2898
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned521285.92/cwt283.00–291.001,4908
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned532265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,41020
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4712
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned572258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4763
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned604242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4626
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned619234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,4485
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned739215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5897
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned755212.03/cwt208.00–219.001,60111
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1Unweaned818210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7182

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.