Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers mostly 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Steer calves and heifer calves 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with very good demand. Slaughter cows lightly tested with a higher undertone noted. Slaughter bulls 4.00 higher. A total of 120 cows and bulls sold with 64 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $356.07/cwt on 113 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −100.77 against this barn's trailing median of $456.84.

Average price

$356.07

113 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,990

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.46

vs OK average

+7.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	356.07	1,990	113

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale113 hd

356.07

—

OK average6 barns · 1,213 hd

341.61

+14.46

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

+7.41

This barn, trailing median31 sales

456.84

−100.77

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	1,753	164.74	2,888	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,417	138.55	1,963	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,284	131.61	1,690	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,069	122.37	1,309	20

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,465	$2,200	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,364	$2,162	17
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,303	$1,924	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,295	$1,815	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,250	$1,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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 1-2	800–850	819	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,097	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	313.65/cwt	307.00–326.00	1,948	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	396	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,436	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,844	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,922	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	286.00/cwt	270.00–290.50	2,059	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,554	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	449.50/cwt	424.00–472.50	1,704	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,350	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,383	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	257.16/cwt	246.00–265.00	1,836	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	480.75/cwt	450.00–495.00	1,538	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	404.77/cwt	387.50–430.00	1,490	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,140	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,394	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,055	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	655	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,158	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	290.78/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,498	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	342.44/cwt	327.50–350.00	1,969	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	284.12/cwt	281.00–287.50	1,634	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	503.22/cwt	492.50–525.00	1,364	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	249.32/cwt	247.00–250.00	2,179	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	419.67/cwt	417.00–422.50	1,775	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	266.14/cwt	263.00–268.50	2,073	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	495	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,777	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	361.33/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,879	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	394.86/cwt	372.50–409.50	1,856	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,138	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	261.03/cwt	256.00–264.00	1,903	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	707	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,697	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	448	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,658	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	261.66/cwt	253.00–263.00	2,331	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,812	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,467	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	628	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,633	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	362.09/cwt	360.00–363.00	1,738	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	456	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,562	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	661	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,818	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	799	99.23/cwt	94.00–109.00	793	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,147	129.10/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,481	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,287	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	145.53/cwt	143.00–148.00	2,045	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	132.25/cwt	131.00–133.00	1,628	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	965	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,283	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	135.38/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,925	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	117.15/cwt	100.00–128.00	1,555	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,312	139.64/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,832	5
Bulls	—	—	1,834	173.18/cwt	169.00–183.00	3,176	6
Bulls	—	—	1,573	147.03/cwt	140.00–155.00	2,313	2
Bulls	—	—	1,735	162.56/cwt	158.00–166.00	2,820	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,303	1,923.89/head	1,800.00–2,100.00	1,924	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,295	1,815.00/head	1,815.00–1,815.00	1,815	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,401	2,333.03/head	1,890.00–2,650.00	2,333	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,465	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	231.91/cwt	220.00–241.00	1,934	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	717	266.75/cwt	266.75–266.75	1,913	84
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	283.17/cwt	279.00–292.50	1,877	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	353.82/cwt	347.50–357.50	1,840	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,898	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,710	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	317.02/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,661	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	330.21/cwt	317.50–342.50	1,575	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	325.99/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,288	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	272.20/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,674	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,449	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	460	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,619	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	247.87/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,904	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	561	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,795	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	405.90/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,303	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	355.64/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,533	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	236.26/cwt	219.00–241.00	2,072	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	308.16/cwt	289.00–312.00	1,710	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	692	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,695	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	260.43/cwt	252.50–263.00	1,789	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	641	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,570	5

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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