Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2024-12-17

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Dec 17
● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
5,247 head
▼ 3,353 vs last sale 8,600▲ 5,247 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00-7.00 higher. Steer calves 4.00-10.00 lower except for calves under 400lbs 5.00 higher. Heifer calves 5.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Demand moderate to good. Weigh up conditions average to fleshy.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $315.48/cwt on 469 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −128.88 against this barn's trailing median of $444.36.
Average price
$315.48
469 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,782
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$37.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.59
vs OK average
−11.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566317.821,799407
Medium and Large 1-2557304.361,69551
Medium and Large 2559280.821,57011thin
One grade step is worth $37.00/cwt here — about $228 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 sale469 hd
315.48
—
OK average6 barns · 1,163 hd
312.90
+2.59
National average173 barns · 17,754 hd
326.63
−11.15
This barn, trailing median34 sales
444.36
−128.88
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

98 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 · Steers49 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1314471.00/cwt471.00–471.001,4794
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned347451.60/cwt447.00–454.001,56732
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1371441.64/cwt430.00–444.001,63812
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,42312
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned375410.33/cwt405.00–412.501,5397
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1439416.10/cwt404.50–428.001,827130
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462371.13/cwt364.00–385.001,71579
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477345.43/cwt340.00–360.001,64843
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,4948
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned487347.21/cwt335.00–362.501,69199
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516319.95/cwt303.00–330.001,65140
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519315.41/cwt300.00–333.001,63722
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535325.89/cwt319.00–334.001,74442
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full540296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,5988
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy543323.64/cwt320.00–326.001,75718
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,5428
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned554315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7459
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full562290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,63015
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy577309.80/cwt307.00–316.001,788124
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581306.49/cwt300.00–313.001,78119
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584324.98/cwt307.00–336.001,898151
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy594276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,63910
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2597275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6423
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2602281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,6924
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy613321.23/cwt321.10–322.001,969100
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy615259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,5933
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned626303.40/cwt287.00–307.001,89948
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629297.63/cwt290.00–315.001,87274
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full639302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,93332
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2646279.85/cwt278.50–290.001,80880
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy663260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7243
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673285.18/cwt275.50–287.001,919151
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2687266.53/cwt265.00–268.001,8314
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Full694260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,80419
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2697264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,84011
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,85621
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717279.64/cwt271.00–283.502,00580
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned725250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8132
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2756257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,94386
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1783264.82/cwt250.00–267.002,07446
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813245.77/cwt240.00–251.001,99813
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2815247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,0132
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830263.14/cwt257.50–267.252,184171
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869262.27/cwt256.85–264.002,279131
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy892244.39/cwt244.00–247.002,18069
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2899231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,0776
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2906236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,13813
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1925242.81/cwt235.00–249.002,246110
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,024235.82/cwt224.00–240.502,41525
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324383.96/cwt372.50–386.001,24413
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned332381.30/cwt340.00–389.001,26631
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2353377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,3336
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned369385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,42112
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372379.59/cwt370.00–387.001,41214
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned377356.55/cwt350.00–358.001,34411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Full381380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,44819
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419341.26/cwt338.00–351.001,43081
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428332.58/cwt325.00–338.001,42341
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned437329.87/cwt319.00–340.001,44285
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned445252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,1212
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475325.33/cwt322.00–331.751,545288
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned480313.25/cwt302.50–319.001,50476
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480302.41/cwt297.00–323.001,45229
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned485282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,3707
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521307.77/cwt299.00–317.001,603162
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned527240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2655
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned528284.13/cwt280.00–295.001,50029
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542268.81/cwt260.00–270.001,45717
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full548300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,64425
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned570242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3792
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned572267.78/cwt255.00–279.001,532164
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575275.06/cwt263.00–287.001,582230
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578257.53/cwt254.00–262.001,48918
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy614244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,4987
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy618287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,7743
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619260.56/cwt258.00–263.251,61366
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned630271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,7072
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637241.70/cwt239.00–243.001,54014
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665256.52/cwt245.00–259.501,706153
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy686239.36/cwt235.00–245.001,64225
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713252.73/cwt247.00–254.501,802218
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775241.90/cwt238.75–246.851,87558
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy834231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,92710
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2838230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,92712
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1891232.31/cwt227.50–239.602,07072
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1913220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,00923
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned331394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,3044
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned368375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3806
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned412370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5245
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned472333.02/cwt327.50–334.001,57214
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516307.76/cwt285.00–320.001,58815
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1533315.45/cwt315.00–316.001,68113
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned566269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,5237
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1584271.85/cwt268.00–277.501,5885
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned602274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,6496
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1653270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,76315
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned711246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,74918
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1757229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,7343

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.