Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2024-05-16

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, May 16
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
832 head
276 vs last sale 1,108 456 vs year ago 1,288 · 35.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
196 head
17 vs last sale 213 42 vs year ago 238 · 17.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
53 vs last sale 81 11 vs year ago 39 · 28.2%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Apr 25, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves unevenly steady on a light test. Quality fair to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. A total of 224 cows and bulls sold with 88 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $294.28/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits 161.16 against this barn's trailing median of $455.43.
Average price
$294.28
88 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.98
vs OK average
16.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1569308.611,75522
Medium and Large 1-2579289.501,67666
One grade step is worth $19.11/cwt here — about $79 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales
520473427381median 455.4312/1803/0504/3006/2508/20
Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.51, low $395.05, median $455.43 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale88 hd
294.28
OK average5 barns · 482 hd
304.26
−9.98
National average163 barns · 10,302 hd
310.77
−16.49
This barn, trailing median32 sales
455.43
−161.16
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,712155.082,65521
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,411137.581,94265
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,275134.781,71840
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,050111.021,16531

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,276$2,14310
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,297$2,0623thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)955$1,8235

Every lot, as filed

57 lots · USDA AMS · Apache Livestock Auction - Apache, OK
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600579307.72/cwt303.00–317.001,78216
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750730230.02/cwt222.00–237.001,67934
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800783244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,91443
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650604262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,5868
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500458310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4209
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500486291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,41410
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700672227.51/cwt225.00–230.001,52932
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19002,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed700–750718270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9396
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800761220.06/cwt213.00–227.001,6756
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950922218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,0103
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600564278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,5689
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400352315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1096
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850820223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,8335
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300293317.50/cwt317.50–317.509305
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550517283.05/cwt280.00–285.001,4638
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550541311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,6836
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2762,143.03/head2,100.00–2,325.002,14310
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2972,061.99/head1,925.00–2,250.002,0623
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000964210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,0245
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650618267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,6503
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450414364.81/cwt357.50–373.001,51014
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight79087.00/cwt87.00–87.006872
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight951115.16/cwt112.00–116.001,0957
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,446132.23/cwt123.00–136.001,91215
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,414138.94/cwt137.00–143.001,96548
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,085145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5732
CowsBoner 80-85%1,187125.46/cwt121.00–130.001,48910
CowsLean 85-90%1,172117.81/cwt112.00–120.001,38113
Bulls1,789158.39/cwt153.00–161.002,8346
BullsLight Weight1,345127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,7081
CowsBoner 80-85%1,212144.70/cwt143.00–147.001,7545
CowsBoner 80-85%1,322136.52/cwt133.00–139.001,80525
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight96797.00/cwt97.00–97.009387
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800775240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8603
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500458321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,4703
Bulls1,520115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,7481
Bulls1,656147.03/cwt139.00–150.002,4356
Bulls1,774168.88/cwt162.00–176.002,9967
CowsLean 85-90%1,148125.52/cwt125.00–126.001,4412
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400358321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,1493
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450435303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,3183
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850835219.08/cwt217.00–226.001,82913
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19691,741.77/head1,625.00–1,800.001,7424
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500495320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5844
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900887214.21/cwt210.00–216.501,90049
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750722254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,8348
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600579289.50/cwt289.50–289.501,67666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850818226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,8494
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700668277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,85448
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550547269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,47110
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450411282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,1614
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450430309.07/cwt303.00–317.501,32919
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900863235.35/cwt231.00–237.502,03128
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400353395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3943
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700689250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,72314
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000955193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,8434

How this sale compares

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.