Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers lightly tested with a higher undertone noted. Steer calves and heifer calves not enough calves for a market test. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. A total of 135 cows and bulls sold with 73 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $370.00/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 3 of 33 comparable sales and sits −83.41 against this barn's trailing median of $453.41.

Average price

$370.00

8 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,943

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.40

vs OK average

−4.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	370.00	1,943	8thin

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.51, low $364.34, median $453.41 across 33 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 sale8 hd

370.00

—

OK average6 barns · 421 hd

378.40

−8.40

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

−4.43

This barn, trailing median33 sales

453.41

−83.41

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	—	Average	1,643	174.01	2,859	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,186	152.60	1,810	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,448	145.99	2,114	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	959	117.74	1,129	51

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,060	$2,176	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,070	$1,950	4thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1-2Unweaned	500–550	534	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,575	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,686	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,987	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	403.29/cwt	390.00–417.50	1,746	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	525	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,943	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	146.03/cwt	142.00–150.00	1,706	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	156.35/cwt	152.00–163.00	1,872	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,404	148.09/cwt	145.00–152.00	2,079	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	126.65/cwt	125.00–127.50	1,454	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	907	132.01/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,197	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	889	108.16/cwt	104.50–117.00	962	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,036	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	280.15/cwt	278.00–281.00	2,166	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	611	299.93/cwt	295.00–311.00	1,833	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,481	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	278.96/cwt	275.00–283.50	2,446	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	645	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,979	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,145	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	900	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,521	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,837	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	447	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,743	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	2,176.23/head	2,050.00–2,350.00	2,176	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	167.51/cwt	145.00–181.00	1,709	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	305.50/cwt	302.50–310.00	1,775	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,125	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	333.36/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,760	13
Bulls	—	—	1,685	176.03/cwt	169.00–181.00	2,966	8
Bulls	—	—	1,398	142.75/cwt	137.00–149.00	1,996	2
Bulls	—	—	1,695	189.48/cwt	182.00–202.00	3,212	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	143.05/cwt	142.00–144.00	2,160	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	138.49/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,468	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	148.91/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,657	2

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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