Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2024-12-10

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Dec 10
● Final124 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
8,600 head
▲ 2,277 vs last sale 6,323▲ 8,600 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 4.00-8.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Steer calves over 450lbs 2.00-7.00 lower, except for 550lbs-600lbs sharply higher. Steer calves under 450lbs 3.00-6.00 higher. Heifer calves over 450lbs 3.00-8.00 higher. Heifer calves under 450lbs 5.00 lower. Demand moderate to good. Quality plain to average.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $327.07/cwt on 1,021 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −116.01 against this barn's trailing median of $443.08.
Average price
$327.07
1,021 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$338
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$52.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.65
vs OK average
+2.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562339.531,909682
Medium and Large 1-2549307.301,686251
Medium and Large 2548286.901,57188
One grade step is worth $52.63/cwt here — about $338 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 sale1,021 hd
327.07
—
OK average6 barns · 2,288 hd
319.42
+7.65
National average185 barns · 29,268 hd
324.35
+2.72
This barn, trailing median35 sales
443.08
−116.01
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

124 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 1-2Unweaned311380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1829
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323445.72/cwt432.50–456.001,4408
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned344415.95/cwt410.00–420.001,43110
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377335.88/cwt327.50–340.001,2666
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380422.51/cwt412.00–442.001,60673
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned383407.23/cwt399.00–416.001,56022
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2405350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4182
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421422.47/cwt407.00–440.001,77964
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425391.75/cwt386.00–402.001,66579
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned433422.49/cwt402.00–432.501,829112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned460314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,4444
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy469397.74/cwt397.50–400.001,86550
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned476378.66/cwt371.00–383.001,80267
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477351.42/cwt325.00–360.001,67643
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2479297.52/cwt284.00–310.001,4254
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484375.61/cwt364.00–390.001,818212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned493348.21/cwt338.00–355.001,71720
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned517300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,55128
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526358.23/cwt340.00–370.001,884143
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532316.65/cwt306.00–337.501,685102
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned535349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,86719
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2537281.45/cwt276.00–306.001,51133
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560300.75/cwt295.00–310.001,684146
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned563308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,7343
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565343.17/cwt317.50–350.001,939268
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned582324.97/cwt300.00–333.001,891236
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full584315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,84016
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590277.21/cwt273.00–288.001,63616
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned596284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,69311
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2602250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5053
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy610325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,98374
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned612305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,86716
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625302.37/cwt290.00–314.001,89030
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned627277.42/cwt273.00–281.001,7399
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637271.30/cwt268.50–285.001,728405
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666260.70/cwt240.00–265.001,73627
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned669272.32/cwt250.00–284.001,82214
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671271.53/cwt268.00–282.001,822288
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2703232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6313
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned708254.59/cwt248.00–265.001,80218
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731266.51/cwt260.00–275.001,948416
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2732240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7574
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770262.50/cwt257.00–271.002,021703
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2779245.37/cwt241.00–247.001,91131
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned779234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,82363
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2828243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,01262
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1831261.06/cwt254.00–264.502,169332
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Full861235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,02367
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1878253.28/cwt248.00–257.252,224227
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2879225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9787
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1912245.64/cwt238.50–250.252,240279
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1975238.75/cwt226.00–249.002,328129
Feeder Cattle · Heifers45 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,0385
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned330365.77/cwt359.00–372.501,20728
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363399.27/cwt387.00–412.001,44912
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385359.14/cwt352.00–367.001,38346
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3281
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned392339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,32912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2409309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,26429
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422352.53/cwt342.50–358.001,48860
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned429327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4054
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned430350.11/cwt340.00–357.501,505109
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434324.43/cwt307.50–336.001,40857
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned460280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,28832
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469296.48/cwt290.00–300.001,39045
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475324.43/cwt316.00–330.001,541171
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned479304.10/cwt302.00–310.001,45766
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned489278.46/cwt275.00–279.001,36221
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2496247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,22825
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2510258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,31615
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523313.89/cwt298.50–322.501,642399
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524289.80/cwt284.00–292.501,51976
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned534274.92/cwt271.00–276.001,46822
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full542268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,4532
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned571262.58/cwt258.00–267.501,49916
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned573255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4615
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574254.43/cwt242.00–258.001,46013
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586277.40/cwt269.00–298.001,626153
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned599262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,5696
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616261.36/cwt256.00–269.001,610100
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623247.72/cwt245.00–250.001,54311
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned624246.41/cwt232.00–248.001,53810
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Unweaned633232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,46910
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Unweaned663210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,39246
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676255.27/cwt244.25–260.001,726258
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned680250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7002
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690232.13/cwt229.00–240.001,60214
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6121
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned710221.55/cwt214.00–226.001,57322
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1732245.24/cwt238.00–249.001,795146
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned744221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6447
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774239.22/cwt236.00–242.001,852162
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1804234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,88112
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8481
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1853221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,8856
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,7891
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1918227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,08432
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned320428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,3701
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1327410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,3413
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned355424.00/cwt424.00–424.001,50511
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned355375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3311
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1395395.43/cwt395.00–400.001,56211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned414402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,6664
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned425357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,5192
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,1755
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1460352.84/cwt352.50–353.001,6233
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2492312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,5383
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned505277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,3993
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned544307.60/cwt306.00–316.001,67370
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1548302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6589
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2548282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,5482
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2548274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,5025
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2574277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,5937
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned578262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,5144
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned587290.57/cwt280.00–292.001,7068
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2589257.54/cwt255.00–258.001,51713
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1605281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,7007
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5383
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned644264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,7008
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,6461
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2Unweaned731225.25/cwt223.00–226.001,64712
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1776230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7855
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2788216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,7026
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1Unweaned816231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,88515

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.