Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2025-02-25

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Feb 25
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
5,185 head
▲ 2,211 vs last sale 2,974▲ 5,185 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers 5.00-10.00 higher with instances of up to 14.00 higher. Steer calves 3.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00-10.00 higher. Heifer calves 7.00-10.00 higher with instances of up to 20.00 higher. Demand good. Quality much better compared to last sale. The temperatures have risen from negative digits to the high 70's.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $355.44/cwt on 223 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −88.92 against this barn's trailing median of $444.36.
Average price
$355.44
223 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,955
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$437
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$51.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.76
vs OK average
+7.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557361.802,015158
Medium and Large 1-2536343.611,84358
Medium and Large 2509310.001,5787thin
One grade step is worth $51.80/cwt here — about $437 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 sale223 hd
355.44
—
OK average3 barns · 312 hd
357.20
−1.76
National average180 barns · 14,929 hd
348.24
+7.20
This barn, trailing median34 sales
444.36
−88.92
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

104 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 1344447.03/cwt440.00–454.001,5384
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360425.47/cwt417.50–438.001,5325
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2392378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,48237
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2398312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,2426
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1449426.00/cwt426.00–426.001,9134
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464380.78/cwt377.50–382.501,76724
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned480361.03/cwt357.50–367.501,73316
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482355.18/cwt350.00–367.001,71210
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned495340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6832
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Fleshy509310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5787
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy511389.19/cwt388.00–392.001,98923
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned520366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,9037
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned520335.69/cwt335.00–336.001,74610
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526350.83/cwt342.00–352.501,84535
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531367.23/cwt365.00–367.501,95035
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568364.08/cwt345.00–367.002,06847
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned568330.40/cwt327.50–334.001,8779
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Full594341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,02646
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2598330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9734
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy609342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,08310
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613304.30/cwt299.00–315.001,8653
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614326.77/cwt322.00–330.002,00648
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664310.69/cwt310.00–313.002,06310
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned671308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,0678
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy678318.10/cwt316.00–321.002,15743
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690296.18/cwt295.00–296.502,04490
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned695281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,9532
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2697263.37/cwt254.00–269.001,8368
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714283.82/cwt278.00–287.002,0268
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy719310.08/cwt307.00–310.502,22968
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Full725280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0303
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735297.95/cwt290.00–302.102,190169
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy756293.50/cwt293.50–293.502,21942
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,1399
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1787285.54/cwt282.00–288.252,247311
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Full790238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,8803
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy809284.50/cwt284.50–284.502,30298
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823274.93/cwt271.00–277.002,26376
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2834257.01/cwt253.00–269.002,14323
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2872254.91/cwt248.00–262.502,223182
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880271.67/cwt267.00–276.002,391296
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Full891257.72/cwt257.25–260.002,29683
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1922265.74/cwt258.50–269.002,450267
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1983248.61/cwt239.75–259.502,444321
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,021249.38/cwt238.00–250.502,546203
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,075228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,4511
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,098225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,4714
Steers1300–1350Medium and Large 11,320200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,6401
Steers1550–1600Medium and Large 11,550188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,9141
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2327357.37/cwt320.00–364.001,1697
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1345380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy350402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,4075
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1891
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned355332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,1793
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1392357.51/cwt356.00–370.001,40138
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy408377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,5403
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,4735
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2418260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0873
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned420318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,3362
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,3851
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned440339.83/cwt330.00–342.001,49511
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned462330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5257
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned474329.11/cwt287.50–340.001,56030
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy476361.68/cwt355.00–369.001,72253
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480349.25/cwt349.00–350.001,67634
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,2273
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488311.72/cwt270.00–332.001,52130
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned516293.06/cwt261.00–310.001,51213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,56712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy520328.43/cwt327.00–331.001,70865
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy521344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,79224
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523320.19/cwt318.00–322.001,67551
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned530250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3253
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full534309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,65014
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569304.23/cwt293.00–310.001,73189
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy576280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,61316
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy624310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,93486
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626288.10/cwt285.00–300.001,80468
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,73514
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669272.96/cwt258.00–279.001,826138
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy676291.60/cwt291.60–291.601,971129
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,85427
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716270.48/cwt250.00–278.001,937407
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770258.99/cwt245.00–273.001,994254
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2793251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,99016
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815250.23/cwt242.00–257.502,039127
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1868239.46/cwt234.50–244.002,079191
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1365410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4971
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned389351.61/cwt347.00–370.001,36810
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned409384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,5714
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1445395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,7582
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned461335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5445
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned488272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,3273
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2495314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,5541
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1516330.49/cwt330.00–332.001,7058
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525270.23/cwt262.00–282.001,4195
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned620227.17/cwt224.00–230.001,40811
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1649274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,7785
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,7821
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2765244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,8671
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned808208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,6812
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2905217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,9641
Bulls1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,190198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,3561
Bulls1200–1250Medium and Large 11,220171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,0861

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.