Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2025-02-13

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Feb 13
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
542 head
1,415 vs last sale 1,957 205 vs year ago 747 · 27.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
100 vs last sale 135 53 vs year ago 88 · 60.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
157 head
72 vs last sale 85 136 vs year ago 21 · +647.6%
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 lightly tested with a lower undertone noted. Steer and heifer calves not well tested with a lower undertone noted. Inclement weather reduced livestock movement. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls lightly tested with a higher undertone noted. A total of 192 cows and bulls sold with 18 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $309.00/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits 146.43 against this barn's trailing median of $455.43.
Average price
$309.00
15 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,806
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$299
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
31.01
vs OK average
29.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1588317.501,86712thin
Medium and Large 1-2570275.001,5683thin
One grade step is worth $42.50/cwt here — about $299 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale15 hd
309.00
OK average5 barns · 345 hd
340.01
−31.01
National average155 barns · 9,244 hd
338.67
−29.67
This barn, trailing median32 sales
455.43
−146.43
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
BullsLow1,425139.581,9886thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,370148.422,0336thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,123140.961,5834thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,030116.791,2029thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,081$2,79625
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,015$2,46139
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)911$2,87046

Every lot, as filed

53 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600561297.50/cwt287.50–307.501,6698
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500478323.81/cwt320.00–327.501,5486
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800773241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,8636
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350330446.92/cwt440.00–450.001,4759
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600588317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,86712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650640280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,79219
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450420340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4283
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned350–400373320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1945
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650638267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,70715
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300268487.77/cwt465.00–507.501,3077
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500486355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7253
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900890245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1816
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350331388.18/cwt360.00–402.501,28517
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400372445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6557
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750712276.49/cwt270.00–280.001,96926
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750723264.05/cwt260.50–267.501,90972
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450409423.26/cwt417.50–427.501,7317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850835244.85/cwt244.85–244.852,04419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500458321.29/cwt317.50–325.001,4726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600570275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5683
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500488365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7813
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500478316.21/cwt310.00–322.501,5116
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550519326.39/cwt309.00–337.501,6948
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450442370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6353
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550537342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8394
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700673280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8845
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,370148.42/cwt140.00–161.002,0336
BullsLight Weight1,268112.01/cwt111.00–113.001,4202
CowsLean 85-90%1,096110.31/cwt102.00–124.001,2095
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight775121.00/cwt121.00–121.009382
CowsLean 85-90%1,118128.76/cwt123.00–134.001,4402
CowsBoner 80-85%1,123140.96/cwt136.00–153.001,5834
Bulls1,535175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,6861
Bulls1,492146.15/cwt139.00–157.002,1813
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1928161.36/cwt135.00–170.001,49714
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,080170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8361
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0812,796.32/head2,475.00–2,950.002,79625
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0212,515.86/head1,975.00–2,975.002,51636
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29401,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19502,891.67/head2,875.00–2,925.002,8929
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 18922,909.21/head2,725.00–3,000.002,90930
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19503,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29672,475.00/head2,375.00–2,550.002,4753
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29002,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6002
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400366382.74/cwt380.00–385.001,4017
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500467288.93/cwt280.00–297.501,3496
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600590267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,5787
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500471312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,4703
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800776235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8243
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600554335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8565
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550536276.76/cwt275.00–278.001,48312
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900891216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,9254
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300252450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1347

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.