Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2025-12-09

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Dec 9
● Final139 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
5,737 head
▲ 3,139 vs last sale 2,598▼ 2,863 vs year ago 8,600 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers 10.00-15.00 higher, feeder steer over 900lbs 4.00 lower. Steer calves 10.00-15.00 higher with instances of up to 30.00 higher. Feeder heifers and calves 5.00-15.00 higher with instances of up to 25.00 higher. Demand strong. Quality attractive with several fancy drafts. New sellers and buyers visited the barn today bringing new enthusiasm and vitality after weeks of apprehension in what was viewed as an unstable cattle market. CME feeder futures board was up most of today closing relatively steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $445.00/cwt on 359 head. That ranks 18 of 34 comparable sales and sits +0.64 against this barn's trailing median of $444.36.
Average price
$445.00
359 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,537
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$434
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$88.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.31
vs OK average
+14.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566460.692,609271
Medium and Large 1-2580407.052,36162
Medium and Large 2585371.862,17526
One grade step is worth $88.83/cwt here — about $434 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 sale359 hd
445.00
—
OK average6 barns · 1,100 hd
430.68
+14.31
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
+14.37
This barn, trailing median34 sales
444.36
+0.64
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

139 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 · Steers65 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2299357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,06726
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1327550.59/cwt550.00–560.001,80035
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy331611.87/cwt605.00–614.002,02535
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned348550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,9142
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned358547.59/cwt544.00–550.001,9605
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367572.69/cwt570.00–575.002,1029
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2371530.55/cwt530.00–537.001,96813
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned380412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,5681
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy418570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,38314
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420512.00/cwt512.00–512.002,1501
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425532.25/cwt527.00–537.502,2622
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned428504.63/cwt502.50–505.002,1607
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1439549.58/cwt545.00–552.002,41348
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy461522.36/cwt520.00–535.002,40818
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned467490.84/cwt489.00–495.002,29215
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475506.54/cwt505.00–510.002,40642
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned481415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,99619
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,2893
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2494367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,8155
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy515500.29/cwt498.00–504.002,57631
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529491.92/cwt487.00–495.002,60219
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned534469.93/cwt462.50–477.002,50944
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536429.56/cwt427.00–432.002,30211
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540370.87/cwt362.00–380.002,0034
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy566470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,6608
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned579432.94/cwt430.00–435.002,50725
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned589390.12/cwt387.50–392.002,29824
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1590449.53/cwt442.50–455.002,652144
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590412.93/cwt408.00–419.002,43627
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2593372.04/cwt350.00–377.502,20622
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621430.50/cwt430.00–432.502,67344
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621365.07/cwt360.00–370.002,26710
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned624414.63/cwt410.00–419.002,58759
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2639329.28/cwt327.00–330.002,1044
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned645345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2252
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,61212
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2672300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0169
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned675381.63/cwt379.00–385.002,57649
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681354.49/cwt345.00–372.502,41464
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned684336.66/cwt325.00–350.002,30314
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2701327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,2964
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720364.31/cwt350.00–373.002,623373
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726332.11/cwt312.00–350.002,41144
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Unweaned750303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,2738
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1754353.41/cwt350.25–361.002,665180
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned770316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,4331
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy775373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,891173
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2789327.40/cwt325.00–330.002,58350
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2807293.31/cwt290.00–300.002,3673
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815331.72/cwt307.50–339.502,704116
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1824356.56/cwt349.00–363.002,938191
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872340.43/cwt333.75–342.002,969297
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy874349.24/cwt347.25–351.253,052310
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2879318.02/cwt308.50–326.002,795262
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2893271.60/cwt270.00–297.002,42527
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1900332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,98876
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2910317.46/cwt300.00–324.002,88994
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2928275.01/cwt270.00–280.002,5522
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1996316.00/cwt316.00–316.003,14742
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,038285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,9584
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,041300.11/cwt300.00–301.003,1249
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,067306.95/cwt302.50–310.003,2755
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,110280.00/cwt280.00–280.003,1081
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 21,140250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,8505
Steers1200–1250Medium and Large 11,225307.00/cwt307.00–307.003,7611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers58 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2299400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1964
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6081
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy339554.01/cwt550.00–560.001,8785
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned340300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0201
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2362450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6292
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned365441.00/cwt441.00–441.001,6101
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy369506.12/cwt505.00–515.001,86870
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6004
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7158
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417491.18/cwt480.00–500.002,04855
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned429413.30/cwt412.50–415.001,7733
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned432461.18/cwt454.00–465.001,99220
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned441357.02/cwt355.00–360.001,5745
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2442386.17/cwt385.00–391.001,7075
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy452462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,09119
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461449.68/cwt444.00–453.002,07313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2461360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6607
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned463393.52/cwt392.00–395.001,8224
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned470424.82/cwt417.00–437.001,99745
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484401.53/cwt400.00–403.001,9434
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned492302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,4862
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy513444.42/cwt441.00–445.002,28021
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513426.24/cwt422.50–432.002,18741
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525416.80/cwt412.50–419.002,18827
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527332.05/cwt330.00–350.001,75010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned535307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,6422
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540403.31/cwt400.00–407.502,17815
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned544387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,1054
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy557413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,30027
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned562305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7145
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563395.51/cwt389.00–401.002,22757
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned579372.97/cwt371.00–382.002,15947
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,1582
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned595348.09/cwt345.00–355.002,07116
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2608358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,17710
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy609377.26/cwt373.00–383.002,29865
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615341.74/cwt337.50–343.002,10213
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631360.46/cwt359.00–366.002,275179
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned631345.13/cwt338.00–350.002,17813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Unweaned633287.59/cwt280.00–295.001,8202
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned650314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,0411
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2651318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,0707
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662347.98/cwt330.00–351.002,30496
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2Unweaned716260.31/cwt230.00–288.001,8646
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2733310.33/cwt305.00–318.002,27513
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734334.26/cwt330.50–336.002,453167
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2739328.06/cwt325.00–334.502,424194
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760326.84/cwt322.00–332.002,484188
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2762305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3244
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772317.68/cwt315.00–322.002,452104
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2810275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2281
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1818312.05/cwt311.00–313.502,553129
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1868310.01/cwt309.00–313.002,69196
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2878285.13/cwt285.00–293.002,50361
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2887305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,70560
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1910311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,83023
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2975210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,0481
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,000240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,4002
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy400554.00/cwt554.00–554.002,2161
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned420450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8901
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0401
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,2791
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned442510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,2542
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned455350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5931
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2490382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,8721
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2510395.72/cwt392.50–399.002,0182
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned520393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,0441
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1535419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,2421
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned558350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9532
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2595375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,2312
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2685337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,3121
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2700332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,3281
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned837255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1343
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2842250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1053

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.