Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Quality fair to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher. A total of 403 cows and bulls sold with 82 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.37/cwt on 194 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −70.99 against this barn's trailing median of $399.36.

Average price

$328.37

194 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,813

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$609

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

$86.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.71

vs OK average

−9.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	333.17	1,844	159
Medium and Large 1-2	555	318.90	1,769	29
Medium and Large 2	500	247.00	1,235	6thin

One grade step is worth $86.17/cwt here — about $609 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

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.50, low $353.88, median $399.36 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 sale194 hd

328.37

—

OK average6 barns · 1,012 hd

325.66

+2.71

National average164 barns · 13,536 hd

338.24

−9.87

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.36

−70.99

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	1,688	184.24	3,111	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,185	154.48	1,831	103
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,326	152.79	2,026	102
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,017	137.89	1,402	62

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,290	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,389	$2,756	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,358	$2,683	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,035	$2,532	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,240	$2,500	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,355	$2,496	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$1,850	10
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	850	$3,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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	650–700	672	334.41/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,247	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	497	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,988	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	296.80/cwt	293.00–306.00	2,143	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,012	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	325.00/cwt	312.50–343.00	1,840	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	490.42/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,918	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	408	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,775	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	322.85/cwt	300.00–337.00	2,011	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	306.32/cwt	298.50–322.00	2,022	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	282.81/cwt	270.00–290.00	2,197	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	343.46/cwt	336.00–356.50	2,164	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,990	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	316.78/cwt	291.00–327.50	2,436	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	357.19/cwt	352.50–371.50	2,107	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	423.09/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,405	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	2,361	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	402.88/cwt	392.50–407.50	1,672	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	518.31/cwt	502.50–522.50	1,405	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	320.21/cwt	303.00–340.00	2,331	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,137	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	346.31/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,614	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,992	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	382.94/cwt	378.00–390.00	2,030	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,908	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,942	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,534	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	295.41/cwt	291.00–300.00	2,446	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	367.67/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,768	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	396.94/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,481	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,879	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	2,532.34/head	2,425.00–2,800.00	2,532	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,290	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	275.48/cwt	270.00–278.50	2,242	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	503.39/cwt	450.00–512.50	1,324	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,922	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,301	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,915	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	348.27/cwt	345.00–357.50	1,835	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	954	126.71/cwt	115.00–135.00	1,209	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	785	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,099	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	151.38/cwt	148.00–157.00	1,738	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,266	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	125.97/cwt	112.50–137.50	1,455	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,270	147.85/cwt	145.00–152.00	1,878	53
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	143.56/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,879	4
Bulls	—	—	1,397	168.81/cwt	165.00–173.00	2,358	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	166.33/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,162	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	154.05/cwt	149.00–160.00	1,804	92
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,280	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,266	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	156.44/cwt	152.50–160.00	2,182	44
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,358	2,683.44/head	2,675.00–2,700.00	2,683	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	898	109.03/cwt	107.00–111.00	979	4
Bulls	—	—	1,785	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	3,267	1
Bulls	—	—	1,886	193.37/cwt	189.00–205.00	3,647	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	142.92/cwt	141.00–143.00	1,469	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	391.57/cwt	382.50–397.50	1,511	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,983	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,389	2,756.21/head	2,600.00–2,875.00	2,756	5
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	850	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,355	2,496.23/head	2,350.00–2,600.00	2,496	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,750	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,808	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,561	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,235	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,256	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,729	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	331.00/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,738	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,079	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,951	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	522.13/cwt	515.00–527.50	1,681	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	328.77/cwt	325.00–332.00	2,065	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	700–750	724	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,360	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	311	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,462	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	592	342.03/cwt	340.00–342.50	2,025	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,568	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	561	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,666	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,792	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	271.66/cwt	240.00–310.00	1,326	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,969	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	573	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,776	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,180	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,905	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	324.79/cwt	300.00–362.50	1,718	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	353.76/cwt	340.00–362.50	1,684	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,279	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,671	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	448.83/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,472	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,664	6

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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