Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2025-07-15

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Jul 15
● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
3,785 head
▲ 1,728 vs last sale 2,057▲ 3,785 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steer 11.00-16.00 higher. Steer calves 3.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 7.00-13.00 higher. Heifer calves lightly tested with instances of 13.00-18.00 higher. Demand strong. Quality attractive with a few fancy drafts. Northern buyers have played a key role in higher prices and demand. Recent precipitation is sustaining lush pastures as temperatures climb. Feeder cattle futures posted a 3 point gain today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $390.37/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 3 of 35 comparable sales and sits −52.71 against this barn's trailing median of $443.08.
Average price
$390.37
123 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,177
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.57
vs OK average
+17.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557393.222,189107
Medium and Large 1-2565371.322,09816thin
One grade step is worth $21.90/cwt here — about $91 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 sale123 hd
390.37
—
OK average6 barns · 359 hd
379.80
+10.57
National average147 barns · 7,194 hd
372.43
+17.94
This barn, trailing median35 sales
443.08
−52.71
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

99 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned315542.60/cwt530.00–548.001,70910
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,8631
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned380495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,8817
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned397460.50/cwt460.00–462.001,8284
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400503.00/cwt503.00–503.002,01214
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned423481.50/cwt476.00–484.002,03723
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned463439.70/cwt422.50–443.002,03642
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470450.94/cwt450.00–459.002,11919
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478353.65/cwt351.00–375.001,6909
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,1532
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned515368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,8952
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,11512
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned531387.31/cwt383.00–391.002,05717
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned563361.23/cwt360.00–365.002,0348
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned565379.36/cwt370.00–387.502,1439
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568394.26/cwt390.00–407.502,23969
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584385.89/cwt380.00–387.002,2546
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,0726
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624382.43/cwt374.00–390.002,38650
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned634362.41/cwt352.50–368.002,29830
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy653369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,4103
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned664330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1914
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680324.44/cwt321.00–327.002,20612
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681356.76/cwt352.50–363.002,43094
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned687328.62/cwt326.00–344.002,25820
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned700328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,29613
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,2907
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719345.66/cwt342.00–358.002,48580
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2791320.56/cwt310.00–324.002,53694
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817327.43/cwt311.75–333.002,675345
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1877317.80/cwt307.50–328.252,787709
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2910305.83/cwt286.00–307.502,78326
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1923313.17/cwt312.00–316.002,891260
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2962282.18/cwt280.00–284.002,71523
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1967304.49/cwt298.50–310.252,944225
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,025274.16/cwt274.00–275.002,81026
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,039293.48/cwt291.00–295.003,04988
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,070289.00/cwt289.00–289.003,09228
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,165252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,9363
Feeder Cattle · Heifers43 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy310515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,5976
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3072
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned325477.00/cwt477.00–477.001,5501
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy385436.00/cwt436.00–436.001,6793
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1390429.67/cwt420.00–442.501,67644
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned390420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6383
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added418420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7564
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428411.59/cwt411.00–412.501,7625
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy430441.00/cwt441.00–441.001,89626
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned430395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6991
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3976
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned461380.56/cwt371.00–391.001,75414
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy467419.77/cwt417.00–422.501,960183
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned467380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7753
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481402.65/cwt394.00–407.501,93743
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508371.15/cwt371.00–374.001,88529
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned520365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,89812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy528385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0334
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned538351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,8882
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,8975
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564361.87/cwt352.00–372.502,04158
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577333.38/cwt325.00–338.001,92413
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned579344.02/cwt342.50–348.001,99210
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2588280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6466
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619350.98/cwt349.00–355.002,17346
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned622313.65/cwt309.00–318.001,9517
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7444
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2658290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9084
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,24812
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676306.00/cwt305.00–307.002,0698
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned688314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,16037
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned710298.50/cwt298.00–300.002,1194
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2711297.50/cwt295.00–300.002,1156
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735319.20/cwt318.50–324.002,34678
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy749330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,47211
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772314.93/cwt312.75–317.502,43168
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2774270.62/cwt265.00–277.502,0958
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy806307.40/cwt307.00–307.502,478188
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1817292.93/cwt292.00–296.002,39326
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Full840265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,2262
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1884288.48/cwt283.50–292.002,55077
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1985250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,4632
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,102259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,85429
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned284541.00/cwt541.00–541.001,5367
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,6966
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned374475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7774
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2395417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,6471
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned445417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,8565
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy455422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,9201
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned474400.50/cwt400.00–401.001,8984
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,9501
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned497373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,8543
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned510342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,7471
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1532362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,9265
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2585335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9601
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1600361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,1662
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned622316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,9662
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added625337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,1091
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned665310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0621
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned670292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,9561

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.