Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2025-10-21

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Oct 21
● Final140 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
5,075 head
▼ 637 vs last sale 5,712▲ 1,414 vs year ago 3,661 · +38.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steer 3.00-8.00 lower conservatively. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Steer and heifer calves 5.00-10.00 higher. Demand strong. Quality average to attractive. Temperatures dropped close to freezing overnight making a slow start for the cattle and salebarn alike. As temperatures rose throughout the day so did the quality and appeal of both weaned and unweaned calves, setting several new barn and state records.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $459.26/cwt on 476 head. That ranks 21 of 34 comparable sales and sits +14.90 against this barn's trailing median of $444.36.
Average price
$459.26
476 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,558
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$739
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$123.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.91
vs OK average
+1.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556473.062,628377
Medium and Large 1-2565414.622,34487
Medium and Large 2541349.381,89012thin
One grade step is worth $123.68/cwt here — about $739 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 sale476 hd
459.26
—
OK average6 barns · 1,289 hd
441.35
+17.91
National average182 barns · 38,495 hd
458.14
+1.12
This barn, trailing median34 sales
444.36
+14.90
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

140 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 · Steers59 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned295593.00/cwt593.00–593.001,7491
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned320360.95/cwt349.00–367.501,1553
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1329611.50/cwt610.00–612.002,01241
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned331493.00/cwt493.00–493.001,6325
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned333558.83/cwt555.00–577.501,86112
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,7477
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2359475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7054
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370597.72/cwt595.00–615.002,2129
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned396560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,2184
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned411450.94/cwt442.50–452.501,85313
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420576.42/cwt564.00–595.002,42176
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426501.80/cwt498.00–505.002,13822
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned427383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,63512
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned442542.64/cwt535.00–547.002,39811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1451532.00/cwt532.00–532.002,39934
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned477446.95/cwt430.00–460.002,13211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned478510.68/cwt493.00–515.002,44176
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483481.09/cwt470.00–495.002,32437
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned485385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,86712
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2509416.50/cwt415.00–420.002,12010
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy512520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,66266
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2515355.92/cwt352.00–372.001,8335
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533485.39/cwt484.00–498.002,58775
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned533444.11/cwt432.50–450.002,3676
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2553353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,9525
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572416.26/cwt406.00–428.002,38173
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned575324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,8632
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576460.93/cwt456.00–472.502,655181
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned576439.34/cwt439.00–440.002,53149
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned584380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2194
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2602351.25/cwt340.00–362.502,1154
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Unweaned612322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,9742
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629433.85/cwt430.00–437.502,72957
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned634362.82/cwt347.50–368.002,30042
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635402.08/cwt390.00–415.002,55352
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned636423.75/cwt423.00–425.002,69513
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned650400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,60070
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672390.52/cwt378.00–396.002,62497
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673328.95/cwt321.00–333.002,21421
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned679357.83/cwt345.00–365.002,43054
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Unweaned685273.84/cwt255.00–287.001,8765
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688410.60/cwt409.00–415.002,825117
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2706318.31/cwt317.50–324.002,2478
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733400.68/cwt400.50–401.002,937137
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2748373.76/cwt367.50–380.002,79610
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1756392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,96416
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2757374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,8313
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2770313.32/cwt309.00–320.002,41315
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2817340.35/cwt320.00–342.002,78149
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827375.46/cwt368.00–387.003,105207
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2836357.76/cwt354.00–361.352,991292
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2866369.00/cwt369.00–369.003,1964
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2871344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,99619
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1894370.00/cwt370.00–370.003,30840
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1906369.00/cwt369.00–369.003,34356
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2927343.98/cwt341.00–354.003,18970
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2930316.50/cwt312.00–321.002,9432
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970327.00/cwt327.00–327.003,1721
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,025335.00/cwt335.00–335.003,434118
Feeder Cattle · Heifers57 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy324585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,89535
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned325435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4143
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned327469.13/cwt462.50–472.501,5343
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned335358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,1991
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345437.50/cwt437.50–437.501,5091
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned355400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4204
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy357540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,92822
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366489.40/cwt475.00–500.001,79140
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned368468.00/cwt468.00–468.001,7222
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2387421.20/cwt420.00–427.001,63017
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned401357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,4327
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy415491.52/cwt485.00–497.502,04021
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,7446
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430463.77/cwt461.00–477.501,99423
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned431439.55/cwt430.00–445.001,89423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy462475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,1956
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463454.34/cwt453.00–455.002,1046
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475392.09/cwt384.00–399.001,86234
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned478418.82/cwt417.00–424.002,00211
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned481364.97/cwt360.00–367.501,7569
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned485395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9162
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1504415.58/cwt411.00–418.002,09541
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned523382.10/cwt376.00–397.501,99870
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523376.39/cwt370.00–382.501,96919
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned533354.92/cwt353.00–365.001,89213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535337.73/cwt322.00–340.001,8078
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Spayed538435.94/cwt430.00–437.002,34595
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned548298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,6332
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned563393.75/cwt380.00–399.002,217216
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned575302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,7391
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned577336.32/cwt328.00–350.001,94111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579375.65/cwt363.00–377.002,17524
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621370.69/cwt361.00–376.002,30270
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned624387.45/cwt386.00–389.002,4186
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned625339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,11917
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,5569
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Unweaned648315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0412
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned655381.15/cwt370.00–389.002,497141
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667356.11/cwt354.00–368.002,37551
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Unweaned683291.40/cwt284.00–295.001,9903
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned686324.86/cwt312.00–328.002,22927
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721379.16/cwt375.00–381.002,734199
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2722326.57/cwt252.50–359.002,3586
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2744362.46/cwt357.00–365.002,69789
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,6093
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783350.53/cwt350.00–351.502,745221
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Unweaned783260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0363
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2794308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,4468
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815340.55/cwt323.00–343.002,775139
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2821304.99/cwt300.00–310.002,5048
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2829282.75/cwt282.00–283.002,3444
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2890320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,8481
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2920307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,8243
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2935290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,7121
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,003311.00/cwt311.00–311.003,11912
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,110273.00/cwt273.00–273.003,0301
Heifers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,170280.00/cwt280.00–280.003,2761
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1300570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,7101
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned350395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3832
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned360508.05/cwt500.00–512.001,8293
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382530.61/cwt530.00–533.002,0275
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2387447.00/cwt447.00–447.001,73010
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned410427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,7531
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415527.00/cwt527.00–527.002,1871
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2420450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8903
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned442464.27/cwt460.00–474.002,05210
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1462474.00/cwt474.00–474.002,1905
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned472465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,1953
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned480285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3682
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned498387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,92717
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned585371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,1701
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned594368.52/cwt357.00–380.002,1896
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1609355.15/cwt349.00–356.002,16325
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned631347.23/cwt332.50–348.002,19120
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned633329.64/cwt326.00–335.002,0875
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2745270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0122
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1772310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3938
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2860265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,2791
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2878244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,1422
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,011277.07/cwt276.00–277.502,8017
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 21,085229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,4851

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.