Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Steer calves and heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher with instances 20.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with very good demand. A total of 362 slaughter cows and slaughter bulls not reported.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $325.87/cwt on 244 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −129.57 against this barn's trailing median of $455.43.

Average price

$325.87

244 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,798

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$12.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.40

vs OK average

−16.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	330.54	1,835	153
Medium and Large 1-2	546	318.02	1,736	91

One grade step is worth $12.51/cwt here — about $98 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

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 sale244 hd

325.87

—

OK average6 barns · 1,309 hd

328.27

−2.40

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−16.58

This barn, trailing median32 sales

455.43

−129.57

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

61 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	446	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,507	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	588	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,617	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	341	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,194	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	314.32/cwt	304.00–323.00	1,814	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	438.88/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,488	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	412.01/cwt	390.00–435.00	1,784	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	268.09/cwt	256.00–276.00	2,048	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	277.70/cwt	275.00–279.00	1,911	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,354	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	323.75/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,716	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,877	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,761	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,107	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	534	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,714	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	258.05/cwt	250.00–261.00	2,219	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	429	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,369	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	329.90/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,864	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	306.06/cwt	288.00–328.00	1,910	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	274.30/cwt	266.00–287.00	1,964	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	243.27/cwt	239.50–248.50	2,206	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	257.72/cwt	251.00–268.00	2,147	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	348.24/cwt	333.00–360.00	1,811	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	747	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,819	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,734	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	357.18/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,718	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	403.09/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,681	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,606	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	294.52/cwt	287.50–305.00	1,847	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	327.97/cwt	317.00–341.00	1,686	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	739	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,888	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	289.31/cwt	286.50–292.00	1,750	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	314.07/cwt	312.50–318.00	1,784	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	289.22/cwt	277.00–302.00	1,941	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	328.56/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,528	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	266.12/cwt	255.00–278.00	1,677	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	258.87/cwt	249.00–266.00	1,732	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	283.96/cwt	274.00–303.00	1,630	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	245.16/cwt	239.00–250.00	1,883	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,049	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	310.79/cwt	305.00–317.00	1,616	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,629	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	247.77/cwt	239.00–254.00	1,821	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	237.76/cwt	231.00–242.00	1,964	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	403.67/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,364	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,827	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,617	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	335.82/cwt	325.00–349.00	1,444	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	287.78/cwt	287.50–288.00	1,517	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,512	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,334	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	365.69/cwt	335.00–405.00	1,346	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	292.52/cwt	283.00–300.00	1,977	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	253.81/cwt	252.00–256.00	1,604	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	668	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	2,061	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,296	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	307.77/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,480	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,592	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	379.13/cwt	362.50–389.00	1,801	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	386	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,100	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	437.14/cwt	400.00–465.00	1,679	36

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.

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