Sale reports / Oklahoma / Beaver Livestock Auction / 2026-05-19

Beaver Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Beaver, Oklahoma · Tue, May 19
● Final123 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3794
Receipts
6,408 head
▼ 1,980 vs last sale 8,388▲ 809 vs year ago 5,599 · +14.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Feeder steers and heifers steady-4.00 higher. Steer calves mostly steady. Heifer calves 4.00 higher. Demand strong, especially for feeders over 1,000 lbs. Quality average. Temperatures drastically plunged overnight as a massive cold front moved in from the north. High today 65 degrees, compared to 103 degrees yesterday. CME Feeder Futures Board closed 5.00 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 $452.21/cwt on 340 head, up $9.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 35 comparable sales and sits +9.13 against this barn's trailing median of $443.08.
Average price
$452.21
▲ 9.13 vs prior sale
340 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,533
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$605
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$118.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.31
vs OK average
−22.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554474.962,632162
Medium and Large 1-2566432.782,448175
Medium and Large 2568356.672,0273thin
One grade step is worth $118.30/cwt here — about $605 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale340 hd
452.21
—
OK average8 barns · 1,489 hd
460.52
−8.31
National average171 barns · 13,387 hd
474.48
−22.27
This barn, trailing median35 sales
443.08
+9.13
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

123 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 · Steers58 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2318520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,6542
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,0152
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358637.21/cwt630.00–637.502,28175
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned375539.79/cwt535.00–570.002,0247
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned395600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,3701
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430544.88/cwt535.00–555.002,3432
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned440500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,2001
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2447475.78/cwt450.00–480.002,1277
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1456541.79/cwt541.00–555.002,47136
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465502.00/cwt502.00–502.002,3341
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475517.75/cwt515.00–520.002,45925
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510522.00/cwt522.00–522.002,6622
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned523439.02/cwt430.00–440.002,29610
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525457.78/cwt452.00–465.002,40323
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned529498.42/cwt480.00–508.002,63736
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2545335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8261
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562471.04/cwt470.00–483.002,64798
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned563453.66/cwt448.00–455.002,55426
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,3091
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned575426.88/cwt425.00–427.002,455118
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576435.24/cwt434.00–440.002,50724
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned590330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9471
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2610350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1351
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned620400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4801
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622417.15/cwt415.00–420.002,59516
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned629434.68/cwt434.00–435.002,73416
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631449.69/cwt445.00–454.002,83841
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2271
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674429.07/cwt419.00–439.002,892162
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687384.01/cwt377.00–387.502,6383
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned691414.47/cwt413.00–415.002,86441
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718402.34/cwt402.00–406.002,889169
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723387.46/cwt379.00–391.002,80193
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8381
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2755330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4921
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2757353.39/cwt345.00–367.002,6755
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1761395.95/cwt385.00–399.003,01390
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816372.55/cwt371.00–376.003,040115
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2837361.16/cwt348.00–364.253,023358
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2837336.29/cwt313.00–337.002,81544
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1858360.55/cwt360.00–365.003,09484
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2873316.71/cwt310.00–320.002,7656
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2894345.04/cwt335.00–346.003,08562
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2900324.50/cwt324.50–324.502,92158
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2915292.00/cwt285.00–299.002,6722
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fancy919353.00/cwt353.00–353.003,244229
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1927338.83/cwt333.00–346.003,141263
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2974296.25/cwt295.00–300.002,8854
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2981320.15/cwt315.00–321.003,1417
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1989330.28/cwt330.00–330.503,266146
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,025308.11/cwt308.00–310.003,15818
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,038321.83/cwt319.00–327.503,341419
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,047245.04/cwt220.00–270.002,5664
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,053227.49/cwt225.00–240.002,3956
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,068316.72/cwt311.50–322.003,383840
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,087285.00/cwt285.00–285.003,0984
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,101313.65/cwt301.00–314.003,453156
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,168288.00/cwt288.00–288.003,3645
Feeder Cattle · Heifers49 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned325505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,6411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,0082
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned383516.57/cwt515.00–520.001,9786
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385490.87/cwt480.00–497.001,8903
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1406490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,9894
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5363
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432443.70/cwt440.00–450.001,9179
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned440302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,3292
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460469.09/cwt465.00–480.002,15835
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned460355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,6331
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned474448.09/cwt445.00–452.002,12420
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478422.81/cwt422.50–425.002,0218
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2488397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,9372
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523443.78/cwt437.50–447.502,32135
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned526423.11/cwt420.00–425.002,22622
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526407.66/cwt390.00–412.002,14430
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2532353.99/cwt350.00–374.001,8836
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned563387.19/cwt382.50–389.002,18023
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577407.64/cwt400.00–413.002,35297
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned578422.88/cwt422.50–425.002,44419
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy615416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,5581
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,45317
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631367.03/cwt360.00–369.002,31647
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned642353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,26615
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned643375.93/cwt375.00–377.502,41716
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1653387.38/cwt386.00–390.002,53029
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681370.64/cwt362.00–375.002,52457
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2691340.27/cwt338.00–342.002,35114
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0451
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement707365.57/cwt364.50–375.002,585128
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned730312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,2781
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2731337.47/cwt325.00–340.002,4676
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1737353.90/cwt352.00–356.502,608120
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2776334.75/cwt330.00–338.002,598735
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2777317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,4673
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1781345.40/cwt344.50–351.002,698198
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1809336.21/cwt325.00–338.752,720367
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2828318.82/cwt310.00–319.002,64060
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2840292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,4532
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2872305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,6606
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Replacement873329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,87243
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1893316.10/cwt311.00–316.502,82381
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2913302.98/cwt301.00–305.002,7662
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2948280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,6542
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1964312.00/cwt312.00–312.003,00845
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2985282.96/cwt275.00–291.002,7872
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,030285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,9361
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,069278.22/cwt270.00–281.002,9744
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 21,120220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,4641
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned355635.00/cwt635.00–635.002,2542
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned360585.00/cwt585.00–585.002,1061
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420578.62/cwt577.50–580.002,4309
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned430503.00/cwt503.00–503.002,1634
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned442530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,3432
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476488.28/cwt487.50–490.002,32410
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned508478.14/cwt474.00–485.002,42919
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2510455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,3211
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned540350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8901
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2560355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9881
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned565420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,3731
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned595355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1121
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned608315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9152
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,58517
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2670355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3791
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720314.90/cwt310.00–320.002,2672

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.