Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2024-11-12

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Nov 12
● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
3,013 head
▲ 773 vs last sale 2,240▲ 3,013 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 lower on limited numbers and lower quality. Feeder heifers steady. Steer and heifer calves that were weaned, fully steady. Steer and heifer calves unweaned 6.00-10.00 higher. Quality average to attractive on calves. Demand good to very good. Many areas in the panhandle received 2-4 inches of rain in the past week. All calves with the description fancy are unweaned cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $308.38/cwt on 485 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −135.98 against this barn's trailing median of $444.36.
Average price
$308.38
485 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,724
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$513
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$73.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.39
vs OK average
+2.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559312.161,744451
Medium and Large 1-2571260.751,49030
Medium and Large 2515239.001,2314thin
One grade step is worth $73.16/cwt here — about $513 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 sale485 hd
308.38
—
OK average6 barns · 1,124 hd
292.99
+15.39
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
+2.94
This barn, trailing median34 sales
444.36
−135.98
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

34 sales
519463407351median 444.3603/0304/2806/3009/0110/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.48, low $365.18, median $444.36 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

95 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1311400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2449
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned332394.71/cwt375.00–404.001,31016
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1387379.67/cwt379.00–385.001,46926
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2403235.00/cwt235.00–235.009473
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned419342.32/cwt331.00–344.001,43433
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423363.71/cwt360.00–368.001,53838
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned437303.90/cwt300.00–315.001,32811
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy441383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,68925
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned464352.93/cwt350.00–362.501,63834
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464351.16/cwt341.00–360.001,62931
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5342
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned477245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,16911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned481303.73/cwt300.00–315.001,46121
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned506326.61/cwt282.00–335.001,65350
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5623
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,2314
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526317.83/cwt316.00–320.001,67245
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy531311.94/cwt307.00–319.001,65627
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy566330.40/cwt320.00–331.001,870144
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned567270.67/cwt263.00–285.001,53562
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578255.83/cwt254.00–264.001,47927
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585303.82/cwt298.00–316.001,777123
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Unweaned605235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4225
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613300.95/cwt285.00–305.001,845252
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned616281.43/cwt264.00–288.001,73485
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627270.21/cwt255.00–280.001,69441
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned638257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,6408
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663267.60/cwt255.00–274.001,77444
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6772
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned669251.05/cwt246.00–255.001,68054
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned698234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6335
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,87313
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735248.84/cwt248.00–256.001,82938
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy764218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,6666
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785253.94/cwt250.00–254.501,99369
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1807242.01/cwt241.00–245.001,95312
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8864
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2872229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,9978
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1876249.48/cwt247.25–251.252,185103
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,067213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,27313
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1291368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,07120
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,1533
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy322380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,22417
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2337316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,0655
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned341334.96/cwt330.00–342.501,1425
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned369333.31/cwt330.00–336.001,23033
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371335.26/cwt330.00–337.501,24425
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,15614
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy419340.25/cwt331.00–360.001,42624
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424318.27/cwt308.00–327.501,34978
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,1187
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned435280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2186
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned440307.09/cwt304.00–314.001,35128
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned448231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,03514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned459281.71/cwt268.00–286.001,29321
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy469311.93/cwt311.00–315.001,46347
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475284.39/cwt280.00–286.001,35161
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1487277.88/cwt262.50–285.001,35326
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3183
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned522260.62/cwt254.00–266.001,36082
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526270.83/cwt250.00–277.001,42543
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned529242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2809
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541249.61/cwt241.00–254.001,3509
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy559270.60/cwt270.50–272.501,51383
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned559257.98/cwt245.50–264.001,442120
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571250.32/cwt236.00–260.001,42945
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586250.02/cwt246.00–252.251,46529
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned593246.25/cwt238.00–250.001,46035
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned610243.25/cwt242.00–245.001,48424
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612243.40/cwt240.00–246.501,49027
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned671225.15/cwt222.00–228.001,51113
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned675210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4182
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1689242.29/cwt233.00–244.501,66952
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716238.06/cwt237.70–239.001,70519
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy747211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5765
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1822225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8505
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1857219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,8775
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1947210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9895
Heifers1200–1250Medium and Large 1-21,244177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,2026
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned330355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1722
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned373336.57/cwt332.00–343.001,2557
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned396274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,0855
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned413357.73/cwt330.00–360.001,47740
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1438339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,4852
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2459310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,42317
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned493315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,55312
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned519278.52/cwt268.00–289.001,4466
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,5502
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned556270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5014
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned598227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3574
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned630236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,4875
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned658235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5465
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1698209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,4592
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned793206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,6345
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1Unweaned825174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,4364

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.