Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2025-03-04

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Mar 4
● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
7,622 head
▲ 2,437 vs last sale 5,185▲ 7,622 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers and steer calves 2.00-7.00 lower with instances of 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers 4.00-7.00 lower except for 600-700 pounds 7.00 higher. Heifer calves steady to 5.00 lower, except for 300-400 pounds 15.00 higher on better quality cattle. With the arrival of feeder cattle coming off of wheat, demand was strong.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $338.39/cwt on 132 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −104.69 against this barn's trailing median of $443.08.
Average price
$338.39
132 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,839
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$551
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$97.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.74
vs OK average
−10.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544356.671,940101
Medium and Large 1-2552315.231,73911thin
Medium and Large 2537258.781,38920
One grade step is worth $97.90/cwt here — about $551 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 sale132 hd
338.39
—
OK average6 barns · 753 hd
347.13
−8.74
National average172 barns · 12,998 hd
349.28
−10.89
This barn, trailing median35 sales
443.08
−104.69
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

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 · Steers45 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy326494.51/cwt485.00–495.001,61219
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2337395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,33112
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned376425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,59820
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy377449.00/cwt449.00–449.001,69322
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2403240.00/cwt240.00–240.0096711
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned423391.26/cwt362.00–406.001,6556
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429369.14/cwt350.00–387.501,5848
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430413.50/cwt403.00–417.501,77815
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy471402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,89615
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476386.52/cwt382.00–388.001,84012
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned482335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6158
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2512272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,39511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536324.52/cwt320.00–336.001,7397
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539360.72/cwt350.00–382.501,94475
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned553334.39/cwt332.00–336.001,84910
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562351.64/cwt345.00–356.001,97616
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2567242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3729
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned579298.98/cwt298.00–300.001,7314
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned620295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,8291
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620270.76/cwt270.00–271.001,67913
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621326.25/cwt275.00–340.002,02656
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623304.43/cwt304.00–306.001,89733
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Unweaned629283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,7808
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680283.22/cwt259.00–297.001,92653
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1684307.83/cwt299.00–321.002,10685
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0777
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733297.57/cwt292.00–300.002,181123
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8381
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765251.96/cwt250.00–253.501,92739
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769279.54/cwt276.00–283.002,150129
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785265.72/cwt260.00–273.002,086185
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy823266.95/cwt264.00–269.252,197329
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825253.50/cwt253.50–253.502,09120
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2832232.83/cwt230.00–244.001,9375
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1842257.29/cwt256.00–259.002,166360
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy858264.22/cwt264.00–266.002,267292
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868243.06/cwt237.00–246.002,11094
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1877253.11/cwt250.00–260.002,220750
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2915233.77/cwt233.00–235.002,1398
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1919252.08/cwt249.00–259.002,317472
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2931244.45/cwt240.00–248.752,276568
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1963241.90/cwt238.75–247.002,329622
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2964235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,2658
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2980226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,2155
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,023234.59/cwt229.00–236.002,40068
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333394.32/cwt382.00–400.001,3133
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372378.95/cwt367.50–387.501,41067
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,3091
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2408334.89/cwt325.00–345.001,3666
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,15023
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned429319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,3698
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434336.09/cwt334.00–338.001,45948
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy435360.56/cwt357.50–367.501,56875
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479345.76/cwt344.00–352.501,65651
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482311.04/cwt302.50–334.001,49924
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned483324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,56511
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525319.77/cwt317.00–327.501,67937
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned538286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,53910
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy547362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,9838
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy554325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8017
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570312.02/cwt305.00–319.001,779125
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571282.11/cwt275.00–287.501,6117
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned584296.46/cwt294.00–299.001,73181
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2608218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,32532
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617303.12/cwt270.00–310.001,870320
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624256.84/cwt255.00–270.001,60322
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2654249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6285
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy681310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,11127
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683278.65/cwt275.50–283.001,903122
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695258.33/cwt258.00–261.001,79544
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned695220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5291
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2709247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,7517
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2711231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,64214
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy719272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,95610
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1739257.80/cwt252.00–259.001,905166
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1779251.61/cwt245.00–259.501,960678
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2789239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,88611
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1811242.97/cwt238.00–244.001,970146
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy832248.75/cwt248.75–248.752,07068
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,9021
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy862242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,09097
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1875236.91/cwt234.50–239.002,073195
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1909234.72/cwt230.00–235.002,13418
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2909215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,9544
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1990210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,0791
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,055230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,4275
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,105204.00/cwt204.00–204.002,2542
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned328392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,2874
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,57917
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2410376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,5421
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned430372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,6002
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465367.04/cwt332.50–390.001,70713
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2469302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,4199
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned567312.68/cwt260.00–328.001,7739
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1583329.82/cwt325.00–333.001,92356
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1642275.31/cwt270.00–277.001,76712
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1717273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,9573
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1875251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,1961

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.