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Beaver Livestock Auction

Name: Beaver Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-20

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, May 20

● Final120 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794

← May 13May 20May 27 →

Receipts

5,599 head

▲ 502 vs last sale 5,097▲ 5,599 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Nov 2, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifers showed uneven steadiness. Steer and heifer calved were 3.00 lower on lesser quality. Demand good. Quality ranged from plain to attractive. Major storms impacted our area overnight, resulting in some consignments postponing to next week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $376.35/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −68.01 against this barn's trailing median of $444.36.

Average price

$376.35

145 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,110

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$44.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.41

vs OK average

−1.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	407.21	2,150	45
Medium and Large 1-2	575	362.47	2,086	100

One grade step is worth $44.74/cwt here — about $65 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale145 hd

376.35

—

OK average6 barns · 869 hd

376.76

−0.41

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−1.70

This barn, trailing median34 sales

444.36

−68.01

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

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

120 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers54 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	294	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	835	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	484.94/cwt	478.00–494.00	1,751	27
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,582	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,845	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	430	419.54/cwt	415.00–455.00	1,804	25
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,797	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,398	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	408.27/cwt	406.00–409.00	1,980	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	491	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,013	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	367.85/cwt	287.00–390.00	1,920	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	408.01/cwt	395.00–412.00	2,154	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	530	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,067	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	361.80/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,106	89
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	605	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,045	41
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	316.21/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,998	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	350.33/cwt	345.00–351.00	2,253	36
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	653	331.32/cwt	320.00–331.50	2,164	68
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,842	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	311.07/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,118	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	347.40/cwt	337.00–350.00	2,387	116
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	280.62/cwt	279.00–300.00	2,015	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	723	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,446	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	323.04/cwt	317.00–330.00	2,361	122
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,460	82
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	764	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,521	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,853	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	791	298.12/cwt	297.00–299.25	2,358	233
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	793	284.05/cwt	274.00–291.00	2,253	21
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	810	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,187	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	299.15/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,447	319
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	280.56/cwt	280.00–281.00	2,301	20
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	837	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,436	32
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	852	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,917	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	281.09/cwt	278.00–287.50	2,468	185
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	882	269.38/cwt	264.00–270.00	2,376	29
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	892	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,275	8
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	906	281.52/cwt	281.00–283.50	2,551	71
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	910	266.58/cwt	266.50–267.00	2,426	75
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	274.15/cwt	274.00–274.50	2,525	95
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fancy	925	293.75/cwt	293.25–294.00	2,717	176
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	938	263.27/cwt	263.00–264.00	2,469	22
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	958	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,299	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	971	276.61/cwt	269.50–284.00	2,686	259
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	971	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,563	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	988	250.13/cwt	250.00–252.00	2,471	15
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,022	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,739	30
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,044	260.11/cwt	260.00–260.25	2,716	305
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,045	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,978	2
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,055	258.55/cwt	258.10–259.00	2,728	198
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,061	239.17/cwt	239.00–242.50	2,538	20
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,112	269.06/cwt	268.50–269.50	2,992	398
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,114	246.32/cwt	245.00–247.00	2,744	144
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,160	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,726	3
Steers	1350–1400	Medium and Large 1	1,355	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	3,089	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers53 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	297	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,271	19
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,419	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	348	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,434	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,475	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	403.22/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,653	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	345.22/cwt	344.00–350.00	1,495	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	444	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,590	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	468	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,743	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,689	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	502	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,626	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	370.15/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,873	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	335.75/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,719	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	512	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,679	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	519	342.71/cwt	342.00–343.00	1,779	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Gaunt	555	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,604	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	322.15/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,833	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	576	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,832	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,047	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	593	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,010	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	598	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,842	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	604	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,150	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	327.54/cwt	326.00–329.00	2,001	33
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	618	340.53/cwt	340.00–341.00	2,104	56
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	316.29/cwt	310.00–317.50	2,002	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Gaunt	638	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,940	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,806	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	663	322.55/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,139	115
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,839	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	297.55/cwt	297.50–298.00	2,023	80
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	686	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,983	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	296.18/cwt	295.00–297.00	2,112	30
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	275.47/cwt	274.00–277.00	2,005	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	734	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,872	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	740	281.38/cwt	281.25–285.00	2,082	28
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	751	292.64/cwt	291.00–295.00	2,198	188
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	759	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,300	80
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	760	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,014	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	278.73/cwt	275.00–279.50	2,180	69
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	790	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,864	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	254.00/cwt	250.00–262.00	2,012	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	804	274.61/cwt	267.00–276.60	2,208	203
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	817	261.99/cwt	246.00–265.50	2,140	32
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	258.51/cwt	254.00–263.00	2,254	107
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	880	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,121	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	888	242.20/cwt	238.00–244.00	2,151	14
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	253.81/cwt	250.00–259.00	2,340	391
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	945	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,249	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	951	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,216	4
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	960	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,237	1
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,326	2
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,033	236.40/cwt	236.00–238.00	2,442	5
Heifers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,192	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,682	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	207	572.00/cwt	572.00–572.00	1,184	21
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	328	444.51/cwt	444.00–445.00	1,458	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	1,595	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	380	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	1,740	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	440	397.78/cwt	395.00–412.50	1,750	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2Full	470	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	940	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,128	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,624	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,766	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,151	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,104	3
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	942	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,002	2
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,340	1

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.

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Receipts 5,599Last week 5,097Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	222.50	222.50
1	750–800	785	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	200–250	207	572.00	572.00
2	300–350	328	444.00–445.00	444.51
3	350–400	380	458.00	458.00
6	400–450	440	395.00–412.50	397.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	942	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	331	482.00	482.00
2	650–700	665	320.00	320.00
1	850–900	885	243.00	243.00
3	900–950	923	228.00	228.00
1	950–1000	975	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	512	328.00	328.00
6	550–600	598	308.00	308.00
1	600–650	645	280.00	280.00
5	700–750	734	255.00	255.00
1	750–800	790	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	600–650	604	356.00	356.00
115	650–700	663	320.00–325.00	322.55
80	750–800	759	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	519	342.00–343.00	342.71
15	550–600	593	339.00	339.00
1	850–900	880	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	412.00	412.00
13	500–550	535	350.00	350.00
28	700–750	740	281.25–285.00	281.38
7	750–800	760	265.00	265.00
1	950–1000	960	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	444	358.00	358.00
33	550–600	576	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	502	324.00	324.00
4	600–650	638	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	404.00	404.00
10	400–450	433	344.00–350.00	345.22
13	450–500	468	361.00	361.00
9	500–550	512	330.00–337.50	335.75
11	550–600	569	320.00–327.00	322.15
28	600–650	633	310.00–317.50	316.29
1	650–700	675	272.50	272.50
13	700–750	728	274.00–277.00	275.47
9	750–800	792	250.00–262.00	254.00
32	800–850	817	246.00–265.50	261.99
14	850–900	888	238.00–244.00	242.20
2	900–950	945	238.00	238.00
4	950–1000	951	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	555	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	468	372.50	372.50
10	650–700	686	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	250–300	297	428.00	428.00
2	300–350	328	432.50	432.50
11	400–450	410	385.00–410.00	403.22
41	500–550	506	362.50–375.00	370.15
12	550–600	590	347.00	347.00
33	600–650	611	326.00–329.00	327.54
80	650–700	680	297.50–298.00	297.55
30	700–750	713	295.00–297.00	296.18
69	750–800	782	275.00–279.50	278.73
203	800–850	804	267.00–276.60	274.61
107	850–900	872	254.00–263.00	258.51
391	900–950	922	250.00–259.00	253.81
2	950–1000	965	241.00	241.00
5	1000–1050	1,033	236.00–238.00	236.40
3	1150–1200	1,192	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
56	600–650	618	340.00–341.00	340.53
188	750–800	751	291.00–295.00	292.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
176	900–950	925	293.25–294.00	293.75
2	1000–1050	1,045	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
68	650–700	653	320.00–331.50	331.32
233	750–800	791	297.00–299.25	298.12
32	800–850	837	291.00	291.00
75	900–950	910	266.50–267.00	266.58
7	950–1000	971	264.00	264.00
144	1100–1150	1,114	245.00–247.00	246.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	764	330.00	330.00
71	900–950	906	281.00–283.50	281.52
30	1000–1050	1,022	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	400–450	430	415.00–455.00	419.54
17	450–500	491	410.00	410.00
2	500–550	530	390.00	390.00
41	600–650	605	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	810	270.00	270.00
8	850–900	892	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	294	284.00	284.00
5	350–400	368	430.00	430.00
1	400–450	430	418.00	418.00
11	500–550	522	287.00–390.00	367.85
89	550–600	582	340.00–370.00	361.80
8	600–650	632	315.00–320.00	316.21
26	650–700	681	300.00–320.00	311.07
26	700–750	718	279.00–300.00	280.62
21	750–800	793	274.00–291.00	284.05
20	800–850	820	280.00–281.00	280.56
29	850–900	882	264.00–270.00	269.38
22	900–950	938	263.00–264.00	263.27
15	950–1000	988	250.00–252.00	250.13
20	1050–1100	1,061	239.00–242.50	239.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	437	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	665	277.00	277.00
21	700–750	723	200.00	200.00
3	750–800	780	237.50	237.50
2	850–900	852	225.00	225.00
7	950–1000	958	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	361	478.00–494.00	484.94
5	400–450	410	450.00	450.00
8	450–500	485	406.00–409.00	408.27
43	500–550	528	395.00–412.00	408.01
36	600–650	643	345.00–351.00	350.33
116	650–700	687	337.00–350.00	347.40
122	700–750	731	317.00–330.00	323.04
82	750–800	758	324.50	324.50
319	800–850	818	295.00–310.00	299.15
185	850–900	878	278.00–287.50	281.09
95	900–950	921	274.00–274.50	274.15
259	950–1000	971	269.50–284.00	276.61
305	1000–1050	1,044	260.00–260.25	260.11
198	1050–1100	1,055	258.10–259.00	258.55
398	1100–1150	1,112	268.50–269.50	269.06
3	1150–1200	1,160	235.00	235.00
1	1350–1400	1,355	228.00	228.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.