Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2026-05-05

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, May 5
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
8,444 head
▲ 1,463 vs last sale 6,981▲ 4,894 vs year ago 3,550 · +137.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers over 800lbs steady to 3.00 higher, under 800lbs 2.00-8.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Steer and heifer calves steady versus a light test last week. Demand was moderate. Quality average. The weather remains highly variable with highs in the 50s today, dropping into the 40s tomorrow, before surging into the mid-90s by Saturday. CME futures traded sharply higher today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $502.37/cwt on 206 head, up $48.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 35 of 35 comparable sales and sits +59.30 against this barn's trailing median of $443.08.
Average price
$502.37
▲ 48.31 vs prior sale
206 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,671
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$36.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.46
vs OK average
+14.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523517.702,707120
Medium and Large 1-2544480.992,61686
One grade step is worth $36.72/cwt here — about $91 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale206 hd
502.37
—
OK average8 barns · 1,511 hd
476.91
+25.46
National average180 barns · 14,267 hd
487.55
+14.82
This barn, trailing median35 sales
443.08
+59.30
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

72 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1407604.17/cwt602.50–620.002,45931
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431552.50/cwt552.50–552.502,3814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463542.69/cwt530.00–552.502,51369
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516499.00/cwt499.00–499.002,57521
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517531.26/cwt525.00–532.502,74786
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538495.19/cwt492.00–500.002,66465
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562437.02/cwt433.00–440.002,45621
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned571463.00/cwt463.00–463.002,6444
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574456.12/cwt455.00–457.002,6189
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned621392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,4344
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623456.99/cwt444.00–467.002,847199
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,81717
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2643406.51/cwt405.00–411.002,61412
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669427.27/cwt417.50–432.502,85844
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2686382.78/cwt379.00–390.002,62621
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2711365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,5959
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719415.51/cwt407.00–421.002,98823
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728376.16/cwt370.00–380.002,73860
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2767353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,7083
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779389.26/cwt385.00–399.003,032285
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2786368.91/cwt363.00–371.002,90030
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820378.21/cwt371.50–383.003,101624
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830355.48/cwt351.00–361.002,95073
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2832342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,8455
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874362.90/cwt356.00–367.003,172643
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2884344.01/cwt331.00–345.003,04155
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1928349.17/cwt334.00–355.853,240841
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2932312.73/cwt310.00–316.002,91513
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1973331.95/cwt324.50–333.253,230534
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2995321.31/cwt319.00–324.003,19782
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,027325.71/cwt318.50–329.003,345760
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,047313.97/cwt313.50–314.003,287178
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,055321.05/cwt320.00–321.503,387252
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,068310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,31112
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,123310.44/cwt303.00–317.003,486422
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned318658.00/cwt658.00–658.002,0923
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383552.15/cwt550.00–552.502,11522
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,0596
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed421522.00/cwt522.00–522.002,19853
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned444501.00/cwt501.00–501.002,22466
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2457400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8283
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466449.64/cwt445.00–454.002,0954
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned467455.19/cwt440.00–460.002,12635
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1491458.65/cwt456.00–468.002,252134
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532437.18/cwt432.00–457.002,32614
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,30721
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned573392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,2466
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581429.12/cwt420.00–444.002,49350
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590392.09/cwt385.00–402.002,31324
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned609370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2534
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613375.83/cwt372.50–378.002,30410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630404.61/cwt395.00–430.002,54914
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2487
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678389.88/cwt381.00–399.002,643112
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724343.21/cwt334.00–353.002,48537
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1743359.05/cwt356.50–375.002,668188
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1757353.02/cwt344.00–356.502,67250
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement780359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,80058
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788321.77/cwt318.00–324.002,5368
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement813387.52/cwt382.00–391.003,151106
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829330.00/cwt329.50–332.002,736106
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1834332.73/cwt332.25–339.002,775151
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Replacement858358.00/cwt358.00–358.003,07249
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1882320.34/cwt315.00–328.502,825308
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Replacement917330.88/cwt324.00–336.003,034112
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1939308.93/cwt307.50–312.002,90173
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1954312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,98118
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Replacement955314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,99980
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,000295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,9504
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,015302.71/cwt297.00–302.853,073127
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy1,049286.00/cwt286.00–286.003,0004
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1892340.00/cwt340.00–340.003,0333

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.