Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2025-04-08

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Apr 8
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
1,396 head
▼ 1,920 vs last sale 3,316▲ 1,396 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 lower. Steer calves unevenly steady. Feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 5.00 lower. Receipts lighter this week due to the sharply lower futures. Quality average to attractive. Buyers still giving top dollar for front end cattle. Panhandle weather is in full effect this week with light snow falling last Saturday and this Saturday temperatures will be in the upper 90s.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $356.40/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 35 comparable sales and sits −86.68 against this barn's trailing median of $443.08.
Average price
$356.40
46 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,988
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$314
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$46.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.77
vs OK average
+2.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557366.072,03936
Medium and Large 1-2594324.001,9254thin
Medium and Large 2539320.001,7256thin
One grade step is worth $46.07/cwt here — about $314 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 sale46 hd
356.40
—
OK average6 barns · 203 hd
362.18
−5.77
National average175 barns · 9,187 hd
354.30
+2.10
This barn, trailing median35 sales
443.08
−86.68
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

68 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1349481.75/cwt480.00–482.001,6818
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1357478.00/cwt478.00–478.001,70615
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370436.00/cwt436.00–436.001,6131
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3Unweaned390282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,1002
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7144
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned430362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,5571
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned432460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9875
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3452252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,1392
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3462313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,44612
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5981
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473390.59/cwt368.00–394.001,84722
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,7481
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned497367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,8263
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned509392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,9987
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9685
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2539320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7256
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579355.46/cwt339.00–357.002,05824
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,9254
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0102
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7413
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635354.50/cwt343.00–356.002,25135
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned661313.86/cwt304.00–319.002,0753
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Full665297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,9782
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,6091
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683308.38/cwt298.00–316.002,10650
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1737301.78/cwt300.00–304.002,2249
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1781288.11/cwt284.00–293.002,250199
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy794308.66/cwt308.00–309.002,451207
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2795246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,9563
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy816303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,47276
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1829287.87/cwt278.50–294.002,38641
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1857265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,27115
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2899257.37/cwt250.00–257.502,31457
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,21810
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,3281
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1363416.09/cwt402.00–430.001,51041
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1400376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,5041
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2430300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2902
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned449341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,5314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned461330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5217
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1023
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476345.41/cwt330.00–349.001,64413
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,3771
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2508274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,3922
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5081
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned526328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,7257
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534331.00/cwt310.00–342.001,76836
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577312.61/cwt310.00–316.001,8049
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2578272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,5722
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned594292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,7345
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned595262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,5592
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1601305.56/cwt297.00–307.001,83628
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned630259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,6322
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680283.74/cwt280.00–286.001,9298
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1732272.39/cwt264.00–275.001,99443
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement747295.75/cwt295.75–295.752,20952
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1808253.72/cwt246.00–264.002,05090
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1852249.50/cwt249.50–249.502,1263
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1384430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,65114
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned400428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,7122
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned408320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3063
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7582
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479378.55/cwt373.00–395.001,81312
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5751
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned585316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,8491
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned615330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0301
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned655308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,0171
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned700238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,6661

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.