Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers mostly 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Steer calves 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Quality average to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. A total of 231 cows and bulls sold with 63 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.27/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −89.17 against this barn's trailing median of $455.43.

Average price

$366.27

52 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,952

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$44.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.95

vs OK average

+9.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	372.26	1,989	45
Medium and Large 1-2	523	327.77	1,714	7thin

One grade step is worth $44.49/cwt here — about $275 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

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 sale52 hd

366.27

—

OK average6 barns · 502 hd

364.32

+1.95

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

+9.11

This barn, trailing median32 sales

455.43

−89.17

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	—	Low	1,690	168.16	2,842	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,392	137.99	1,921	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,298	137.00	1,778	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,049	117.18	1,230	26

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)	1,010	$2,948	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,231	$2,629	27
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,425	$2,424	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$2,963	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,017	$2,367	3thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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	750–800	758	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,031	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	240.57/cwt	240.00–241.00	2,074	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,009	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,678	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	376	380.17/cwt	354.00–393.00	1,429	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	308.14/cwt	306.00–310.00	1,766	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	595	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,743	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	545	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	282.76/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,632	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	345.88/cwt	344.00–349.00	2,023	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	445.89/cwt	435.00–475.00	1,694	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	270.65/cwt	263.50–273.00	2,192	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	735	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,977	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,491	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,060	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	256.75/cwt	256.75–256.75	2,442	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	258.80/cwt	250.00–261.25	2,358	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	389.46/cwt	360.00–401.00	2,002	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	321.50/cwt	311.00–324.00	2,157	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	266.49/cwt	254.00–268.50	2,294	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,068	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,403	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	277.13/cwt	273.50–280.00	2,123	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	321.03/cwt	319.00–325.00	2,000	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	327.77/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,714	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	498.92/cwt	490.00–503.00	1,621	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	506.76/cwt	499.00–520.00	1,399	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,924	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,892	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	460	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	427.74/cwt	426.00–440.00	1,762	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,906	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,984	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	348	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,618	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,681	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	394.80/cwt	391.00–401.00	1,891	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,996	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	543	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,939	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	558	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,601	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	303.77/cwt	297.50–310.00	1,899	6
Bulls	—	—	1,548	150.55/cwt	150.00–151.00	2,331	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	920	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,242	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	125.95/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,440	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	133.62/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,951	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,281	146.51/cwt	144.00–154.00	1,877	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,387	137.38/cwt	135.00–143.00	1,905	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	950	113.94/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,082	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	938	122.59/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,150	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,340	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,702	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	146.57/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,879	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	137.07/cwt	134.00–142.00	1,772	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	107.26/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,218	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	129.96/cwt	129.00–131.00	1,381	2
Bulls	—	—	1,800	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	3,168	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	167.72/cwt	155.00–173.00	2,860	14
Bulls	—	—	1,821	181.08/cwt	176.00–186.00	3,297	4
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,135	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,703	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	176.58/cwt	159.00–195.00	1,780	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,274	3,164.15/head	2,300.00–3,285.00	3,164	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,146	1,558.11/head	1,460.00–1,900.00	1,558	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,425	2,423.68/head	2,350.00–2,500.00	2,424	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	2,948.27/head	2,275.00–3,025.00	2,948	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	950	2,825.00/head	2,825.00–2,825.00	2,825	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,350	3,375.00/head	3,375.00–3,375.00	3,375	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	950	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,738	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	354.97/cwt	332.50–365.00	2,002	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	434.02/cwt	432.50–435.00	1,662	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,991	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,843	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,812	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,466	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	355.02/cwt	349.00–363.00	1,672	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	253	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,139	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,774	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,512	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	388.39/cwt	377.50–407.50	1,647	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	305.55/cwt	302.50–310.00	1,607	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	304.14/cwt	299.00–307.00	1,861	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	275.24/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,850	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	330.42/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,712	29

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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