Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steers and heifers unevenly steady. Quality plain to average with some attractive drafts offered. Demand good. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 6.00 higher. Quality of slaughter bulls very good with one bull being a yield grade 1 and selling for 1.99 per pound.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $277.26/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −179.58 against this barn's trailing median of $456.84.

Average price

$277.26

63 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$239

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$55.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.69

vs OK average

−25.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	295.71	1,626	35
Medium and Large 1-2	552	270.33	1,492	3thin
Medium and Large 2	530	263.53	1,397	13thin
Medium and Large 2-3	577	240.08	1,386	12thin

One grade step is worth $55.62/cwt here — about $239 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

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.51, low $396.77, median $456.84 across 31 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 sale63 hd

277.26

—

OK average5 barns · 451 hd

294.96

−17.69

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

−25.65

This barn, trailing median31 sales

456.84

−179.58

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,853	169.23	3,135	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,291	135.26	1,746	119
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,456	135.07	1,967	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,095	127.84	1,400	134

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,290	$2,022	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,324	$1,943	17
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,237	$1,874	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,130	$1,775	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,105	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,055	$1,370	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	600	$750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

153 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	269.49/cwt	261.00–281.00	1,264	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	257.54/cwt	257.00–258.00	1,718	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,030	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	295.61/cwt	289.00–309.00	1,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	355.72/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,096	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	242.09/cwt	239.00–249.00	1,997	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	1,516.37/head	1,225.00–1,775.00	1,516	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	1,370.00/head	1,370.00–1,370.00	1,370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	485	277.50/cwt	277.00–279.00	1,346	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	274.37/cwt	271.00–277.00	1,685	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,490	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	248.90/cwt	247.50–254.00	1,894	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,405	2,176.67/head	1,750.00–2,425.00	2,177	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,353	2,034.31/head	1,800.00–2,200.00	2,034	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	780	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,326	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,484	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	450–500	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	246.24/cwt	242.50–247.50	1,428	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	282.03/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,489	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	378	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,138	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	238.34/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,764	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	245.46/cwt	242.50–250.00	1,527	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	300	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	939	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	285.63/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,468	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	381.30/cwt	377.50–405.00	1,201	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	411	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,521	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	1,570.63/head	1,300.00–1,725.00	1,571	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	317.27/cwt	283.00–337.00	1,352	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	244.92/cwt	235.00–252.50	1,761	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	319.88/cwt	317.00–320.00	1,491	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,333	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,290	2,021.51/head	1,965.00–2,100.00	2,022	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	980	141.69/cwt	136.00–147.50	1,389	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	223.41/cwt	221.00–224.00	1,769	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,227	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	859	233.85/cwt	232.00–243.00	2,009	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	289.16/cwt	280.00–297.50	925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	268.09/cwt	252.50–279.00	1,147	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,545	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	273.50/cwt	273.00–275.00	1,296	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,772	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,315	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	237.92/cwt	222.00–245.00	1,370	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	243.82/cwt	228.00–255.00	1,163	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	223.11/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,475	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,166	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	251.68/cwt	235.00–265.00	1,334	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	236.88/cwt	232.00–242.50	1,485	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	226.40/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	263.53/cwt	257.50–277.00	1,397	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	243.88/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,668	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	410	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,162	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,131	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,102	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,017	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	238.88/cwt	232.50–244.00	1,273	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	776	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,824	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	817	220.59/cwt	214.00–229.00	1,802	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,727	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	803	99.72/cwt	94.00–107.00	801	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	986	115.36/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,137	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,433	139.59/cwt	136.00–146.00	2,000	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,680	140.63/cwt	137.00–144.00	2,363	2
Bulls	—	—	1,886	179.58/cwt	175.00–183.00	3,387	6
Bulls	—	—	2,020	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	4,020	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	148.13/cwt	144.00–155.00	1,803	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,040	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,518	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	136.26/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,770	95
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,175	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,857	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,186	124.40/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,475	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,363	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	132.34/cwt	128.00–136.00	1,918	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	888	111.56/cwt	109.00–114.00	991	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	130.23/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,470	102
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	128.07/cwt	124.00–133.00	1,633	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	855	124.53/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,065	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	958	124.26/cwt	118.00–134.00	1,190	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,092	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 3	—	600	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	584	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,407	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,175	9
Bulls	—	—	1,920	167.06/cwt	159.00–174.00	3,208	13
Bulls	—	—	1,665	151.79/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,527	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	615	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	630	237.04/cwt	236.50–240.00	1,493	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	663	223.03/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,479	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	480	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,426	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	686	245.28/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,683	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	238.51/cwt	237.50–240.00	1,512	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	258.12/cwt	256.00–263.00	1,975	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	228.34/cwt	221.00–230.50	2,238	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	950–1000	958	236.73/cwt	235.00–237.00	2,268	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	418	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,494	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	332	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,378	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	385	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,444	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	251.45/cwt	248.00–255.00	2,042	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,267	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	727	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,905	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	478	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,195	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	409	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,299	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	319	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,117	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	276.51/cwt	265.00–281.00	2,030	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,082	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,391	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,763	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	234.97/cwt	225.00–243.00	1,689	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,889	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	294.96/cwt	293.00–297.00	1,439	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	454	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,385	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	213.02/cwt	209.00–215.00	1,977	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	267.15/cwt	262.50–274.00	1,531	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	294.91/cwt	289.00–307.50	1,259	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	330.63/cwt	319.00–347.50	1,280	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,844	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	410	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,193	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	322.12/cwt	311.00–337.50	1,089	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	224.10/cwt	223.00–225.00	1,921	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	234.48/cwt	226.00–238.50	1,808	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	243	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	365.41/cwt	345.00–400.00	968	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,512	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	281.26/cwt	277.50–289.00	1,780	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	269.93/cwt	263.00–281.00	1,846	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	343.96/cwt	323.00–347.50	1,507	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	272.85/cwt	272.50–282.50	1,301	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	248.97/cwt	235.00–253.00	1,648	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	264.14/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,408	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	243.03/cwt	243.00–245.00	2,151	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,153	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	293.80/cwt	293.00–299.00	1,686	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	296	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,258	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,048	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,158	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	299.19/cwt	297.00–313.00	1,475	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	302.34/cwt	296.00–307.00	1,605	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	735	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	377.56/cwt	352.20–400.00	1,412	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	246.13/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,538	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	229.54/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,924	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	840	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	533	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,519	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	678	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,953	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	545	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,308	1

How this sale compares

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