Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2025-01-21

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Jan 21
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
2,640 head
▼ 2,337 vs last sale 4,977▲ 2,640 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00-6.00 higher. Steer calves steady. Feeder heifers steady. Heifer calves 2.00-4.00 lower. An artic front moved into the area over the weekend bringing up to 5.00 inches of snow and sub-zero temperatures. Several buyers were unable to attend today's sale.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $337.58/cwt on 138 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −106.78 against this barn's trailing median of $444.36.
Average price
$337.58
138 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,847
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.28
vs OK average
−3.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547345.281,88999
Medium and Large 1-2547318.031,74039
One grade step is worth $27.25/cwt here — about $149 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale138 hd
337.58
—
OK average6 barns · 1,043 hd
330.30
+7.28
National average147 barns · 15,667 hd
340.94
−3.36
This barn, trailing median34 sales
444.36
−106.78
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

55 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned331408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,3504
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416411.47/cwt407.00–425.001,71224
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,7538
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full476334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,5907
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490372.75/cwt366.00–374.501,826126
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520354.88/cwt340.00–373.001,84555
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned539340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8337
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539323.91/cwt310.00–330.001,74610
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,73829
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1589332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,95537
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622320.79/cwt313.00–323.001,99584
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full641296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,8977
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2648265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,71710
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664300.28/cwt299.00–306.001,99463
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Full712264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,8802
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730281.64/cwt280.00–289.002,05679
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731273.29/cwt268.00–275.001,99812
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773279.33/cwt276.00–280.002,159112
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2799267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,13358
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817265.94/cwt264.00–269.002,173163
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823252.34/cwt246.00–258.002,07715
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1863269.69/cwt269.50–270.002,327274
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2881248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,18510
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1926250.58/cwt250.50–250.752,32078
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1958245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,3477
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,048227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,3847
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,2855
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,40211
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,3756
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned412345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,42116
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,0581
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434335.87/cwt325.00–340.001,45811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1441347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,53011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2478250.29/cwt229.00–304.001,19611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy479350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,67791
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482332.42/cwt320.00–337.001,60247
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5842
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529317.26/cwt313.00–328.001,67880
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned550299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,6452
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy572305.56/cwt301.00–310.001,74884
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576294.58/cwt278.00–298.001,69718
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623285.37/cwt278.50–291.001,77863
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,75012
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Full637277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,76447
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2662253.34/cwt240.00–255.001,67781
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667275.68/cwt260.00–277.001,839343
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8132
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1741256.98/cwt253.00–266.001,904148
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772249.25/cwt249.25–249.251,92452
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1814249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,0278
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2836243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,03125
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1869238.15/cwt236.50–241.502,07053
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1915228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,0861
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1691263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,81757
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1920216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,9871

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.