Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2025-12-16

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Dec 16
● Final140 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
6,758 head
▲ 1,021 vs last sale 5,737▲ 1,511 vs year ago 5,247 · +28.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steer 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00-15.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves 10.00-20.00 higher, except for 4 weight heifers, 10.00 lower on lesser quality. Demand strong. Quality attractive with several fancy drafts. New records were set today in the barn for 4,5, and 6 weight steers, and the barn had 50 head of 7 weight fancy heifers that topped prices for the weight class.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $469.98/cwt on 714 head. That ranks 25 of 35 comparable sales and sits +26.90 against this barn's trailing median of $443.08.
Average price
$469.98
714 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$362
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$56.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.49
vs OK average
+25.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559472.912,642421
Medium and Large 1-2536471.372,526263
Medium and Large 2547416.622,28030
One grade step is worth $56.29/cwt here — about $362 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 sale714 hd
469.98
—
OK average6 barns · 1,417 hd
449.50
+20.49
National average163 barns · 16,063 hd
444.10
+25.88
This barn, trailing median35 sales
443.08
+26.90
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

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

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 · Steers66 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1303611.00/cwt611.00–611.001,8515
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy324640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,0748
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,9359
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned341537.00/cwt537.00–537.001,83118
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned342570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,9493
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375602.50/cwt602.50–602.502,2591
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380529.51/cwt527.00–530.002,0126
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned380430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6341
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned390507.50/cwt507.50–507.501,97925
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2402517.00/cwt517.00–517.002,07815
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned413302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,2492
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned428532.17/cwt532.00–532.502,2786
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429567.50/cwt567.50–567.502,4356
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2431450.34/cwt441.00–457.001,94138
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned437498.42/cwt497.50–502.002,17821
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy470552.50/cwt552.50–552.502,59738
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476487.77/cwt472.50–492.502,32243
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned478447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,1392
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2489408.54/cwt402.50–417.501,9985
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned492505.81/cwt505.00–510.002,48988
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1493529.76/cwt520.00–537.002,61239
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1507529.36/cwt529.00–531.002,68444
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned514464.24/cwt461.00–472.502,38621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned517496.87/cwt495.00–510.002,569100
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned525432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,2712
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,37616
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529485.55/cwt478.00–490.002,569186
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562429.27/cwt425.00–432.502,41245
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2569390.52/cwt385.00–395.002,2227
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned580448.78/cwt447.00–451.002,603104
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583459.22/cwt457.00–460.002,677173
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned587340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9965
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned589417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,45911
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2611355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1696
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620419.04/cwt400.00–430.002,598136
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Unweaned624328.98/cwt327.50–337.502,05319
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625410.75/cwt409.00–415.002,56720
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned628388.99/cwt380.00–399.002,443106
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1641449.50/cwt449.00–450.002,881200
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy657445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,92455
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned663360.74/cwt360.00–362.002,3928
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667409.82/cwt405.00–414.002,73393
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677376.92/cwt372.50–378.002,55265
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Unweaned680326.98/cwt325.00–330.002,2235
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned685382.49/cwt380.00–387.502,620157
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2686341.99/cwt335.00–350.002,34615
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned708320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,26632
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712382.04/cwt363.00–396.002,72075
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726333.62/cwt326.00–357.502,42242
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772357.73/cwt347.50–369.002,762177
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2777320.44/cwt320.00–322.002,49044
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805361.83/cwt357.00–363.002,913174
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy820348.26/cwt345.00–350.002,856353
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2832342.29/cwt329.00–344.002,84872
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2Unweaned840292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,4571
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2845315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,6622
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy860356.00/cwt356.00–356.003,06265
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2861317.71/cwt317.50–320.002,73539
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1889340.67/cwt338.00–349.003,029309
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2927308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,85566
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1956317.94/cwt315.00–323.003,04070
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2980290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,8421
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2998308.00/cwt308.00–308.003,0742
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,003308.10/cwt308.00–310.003,09021
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,052285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,9982
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,060306.00/cwt306.00–306.003,2441
Feeder Cattle · Heifers59 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned339530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,7975
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1341544.19/cwt537.50–545.001,8569
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5701
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned361450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6254
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned365400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4601
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376432.10/cwt425.00–435.001,62525
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy379511.50/cwt510.00–512.501,93912
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381473.71/cwt470.00–475.001,80543
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned409460.44/cwt455.00–467.501,88366
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418445.84/cwt445.00–450.001,86431
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421474.65/cwt472.50–477.501,99885
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned437431.66/cwt427.00–434.001,8866
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned453347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,5743
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned463431.49/cwt425.00–435.001,99824
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2470377.63/cwt360.00–392.501,77544
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned480407.05/cwt400.00–410.001,95432
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,0293
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1487441.62/cwt441.00–446.002,15116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned503420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,11379
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy521452.68/cwt452.50–455.002,35856
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned522330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7232
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524427.63/cwt425.00–436.002,24162
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524412.02/cwt402.00–415.002,159165
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2527359.30/cwt350.00–367.501,89410
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned531391.22/cwt375.00–395.002,077117
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559415.28/cwt407.50–420.002,32190
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned568398.72/cwt394.00–402.002,26542
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581383.86/cwt378.00–389.002,23023
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy586432.50/cwt432.50–432.502,53475
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned586330.22/cwt320.00–343.001,93516
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5772
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1603378.62/cwt377.50–379.002,28328
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy609387.82/cwt387.00–392.502,36274
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned614311.12/cwt306.00–315.001,91025
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned626359.02/cwt347.50–368.002,247110
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,1892
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy662380.08/cwt380.00–382.002,51626
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663335.57/cwt330.00–338.002,22531
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned678346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,34630
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Unweaned679285.78/cwt285.00–294.001,94011
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680352.21/cwt352.00–352.502,39522
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2681302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,06034
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy704426.50/cwt426.50–426.503,00350
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713346.58/cwt338.00–354.002,471239
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720330.75/cwt330.00–332.002,38141
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned738292.42/cwt290.00–300.002,1584
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1758337.39/cwt333.00–338.502,55767
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2762321.27/cwt317.50–325.002,448176
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2779305.39/cwt305.00–311.002,379158
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Unweaned780274.84/cwt274.00–280.002,1447
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2804292.72/cwt280.00–295.002,35373
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1819319.84/cwt318.00–325.002,61942
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2864309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,6708
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2870263.66/cwt257.50–270.002,2944
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1885319.95/cwt318.00–321.002,83220
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1915325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,9741
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1985309.00/cwt309.00–309.003,04412
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,110267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,9691
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 21,110245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,7202
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned342562.00/cwt562.00–562.001,92215
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned353545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,9249
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2441450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,98510
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned442437.34/cwt437.00–438.001,9333
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450521.00/cwt521.00–521.002,3451
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned480460.88/cwt460.00–470.002,21244
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned582382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,2233
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2593370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,19411
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned600325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9501
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2620343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,1272
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2685320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,1921
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned705313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,2072
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1729321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,3408
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2779302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,35613
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1800314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,5121

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.