Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2026-04-07

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, Apr 7
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
6,945 head
▼ 751 vs last sale 7,696▲ 5,549 vs year ago 1,396 · +397.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand moderate to active. Quality average to attractive.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $432.14/cwt on 114 head, up $8.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 33 of 35 comparable sales and sits +28.43 against this barn's trailing median of $403.71.
Average price
$432.14
▲ 8.52 vs prior sale
114 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,370
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$263
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$49.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.08
vs OK average
+3.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548444.462,43657
Medium and Large 1-2549420.712,31055
Medium and Large 2550395.002,1732thin
One grade step is worth $49.46/cwt here — about $263 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 sale114 hd
432.14
—
OK average6 barns · 391 hd
427.06
+5.08
National average175 barns · 10,626 hd
428.36
+3.78
This barn, trailing median35 sales
403.71
+28.43
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
469420371321median 403.7103/0304/2806/3009/0811/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $455.00, low $335.34, median $403.71 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

90 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1332690.00/cwt690.00–690.002,2912
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364630.00/cwt630.00–630.002,2934
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned399597.50/cwt597.50–597.502,38446
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned418425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7772
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned432556.09/cwt540.00–560.002,40225
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435562.00/cwt562.00–562.002,4452
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457559.59/cwt555.00–570.002,55729
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477540.04/cwt535.00–545.002,57610
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned529465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,46055
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530512.26/cwt502.50–525.002,71555
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned541495.01/cwt475.00–515.002,67825
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,6139
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559486.88/cwt485.00–490.002,7228
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned559442.19/cwt440.00–450.002,4729
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2572437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,5034
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1607448.97/cwt435.00–450.002,72529
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned619465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,8787
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2679362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,45811
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed686427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,93316
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1689417.02/cwt409.00–425.002,87370
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721401.36/cwt395.00–407.502,89487
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned740363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,68640
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2742342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,5384
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2743375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,78618
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771393.91/cwt385.00–398.003,03772
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy774415.56/cwt410.00–418.003,216119
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,7938
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2799335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,6775
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1813365.85/cwt356.00–376.002,974120
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed818374.00/cwt374.00–374.003,059138
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2819340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,78513
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2847349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,95658
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873356.46/cwt345.00–359.003,112111
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875339.13/cwt333.00–344.002,967127
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2918335.75/cwt335.75–335.753,082190
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1921344.44/cwt335.00–350.003,172555
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1958341.44/cwt334.00–343.503,271507
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,041326.80/cwt315.00–329.503,402123
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,074323.21/cwt318.00–329.003,471203
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,110319.00/cwt319.00–319.003,54150
Feeder Cattle · Heifers46 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1341520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,7732
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1391512.00/cwt512.00–512.002,0024
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned398545.93/cwt515.00–548.002,17364
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,14022
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned402522.95/cwt510.00–525.002,10222
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1413520.46/cwt492.00–530.002,14942
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,0403
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned455477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,1739
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,22719
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned480431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,0693
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed481492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,36921
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2485385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8673
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1489476.85/cwt470.00–487.002,33215
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518456.56/cwt447.00–461.002,36522
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,25324
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1407
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2550395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,1732
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566437.97/cwt422.50–442.502,47932
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned577425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4523
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584412.47/cwt407.50–425.002,40924
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed600427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,562126
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned607387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,34946
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640404.06/cwt399.00–420.002,58681
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,39513
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672382.91/cwt374.00–395.002,57395
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2692345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,3872
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2694355.82/cwt355.00–360.002,46998
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,52628
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738365.73/cwt358.00–375.002,699160
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned759332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,52012
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773350.89/cwt346.00–356.002,712361
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778331.92/cwt327.50–337.002,58216
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2786320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,51512
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement827367.00/cwt367.00–367.003,03527
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830338.79/cwt332.00–355.002,812461
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830319.51/cwt316.00–320.002,65273
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fancy861344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,96259
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2881312.26/cwt307.50–315.002,75140
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1883318.26/cwt315.50–325.002,810354
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1913315.60/cwt310.00–318.002,881258
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2931302.41/cwt299.00–304.002,81516
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1960310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,97626
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Replacement965330.85/cwt328.75–332.503,19384
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2994292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,907103
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,010301.50/cwt301.50–301.503,04546
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,016284.17/cwt276.00–297.502,887110
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,1537
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned447517.00/cwt517.00–517.002,31112
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned468530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,4803
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1591428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,52938

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.