Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Steer calves and heifer calves 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with very good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. A total of 196 cows and bulls sold with 66 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $380.40/cwt on 125 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −75.03 against this barn's trailing median of $455.43.

Average price

$380.40

125 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,144

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$391

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

$81.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.68

vs OK average

−9.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	392.84	2,201	106
Medium and Large 2	582	311.00	1,810	19thin

One grade step is worth $81.84/cwt here — about $391 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale125 hd

380.40

—

OK average6 barns · 856 hd

410.08

−29.68

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

−9.62

This barn, trailing median32 sales

455.43

−75.03

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	1,561	190.32	2,972	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,413	168.55	2,381	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,180	162.01	1,911	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,057	143.66	1,519	45

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,303	$2,731	10
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,059	$2,438	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,278	$2,323	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	925	$1,500	4thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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	1000–1050	1,047	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	3,078	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,496	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	319.29/cwt	316.00–325.00	2,136	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	949	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,847	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	508.72/cwt	495.00–520.00	1,882	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,242	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	381.29/cwt	362.50–388.00	1,956	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	412.73/cwt	400.00–418.00	2,200	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	395.18/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,217	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	561	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,048	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	323.37/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,697	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,235	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	371.84/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,547	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	421.75/cwt	420.00–422.50	1,792	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	822	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,589	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,907	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	527.17/cwt	510.00–555.00	1,713	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,994	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,477	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	364.99/cwt	343.00–375.00	2,299	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	499.38/cwt	495.00–501.00	2,027	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,482	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	397.48/cwt	390.00–422.50	1,884	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,674	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	343.62/cwt	338.00–347.50	2,677	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	380.61/cwt	353.00–397.50	2,040	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,210	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,327	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	418.85/cwt	412.50–428.00	2,199	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,501	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,167	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	358.55/cwt	352.00–369.00	2,524	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	925	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,492	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	158.52/cwt	155.00–159.00	1,831	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	168.55/cwt	165.00–172.00	2,419	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	161.35/cwt	158.00–164.00	1,893	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,305	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,506	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	955	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,471	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	775	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,000	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	153.35/cwt	153.00–154.00	1,983	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,421	174.57/cwt	174.00–175.00	2,481	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,859	4
Bulls	—	—	1,617	189.61/cwt	187.00–192.00	3,066	7
Bulls	—	—	1,351	179.95/cwt	176.00–185.00	2,431	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,388	156.52/cwt	142.50–160.00	2,172	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,062	211.75/cwt	166.00–275.00	2,249	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,049	193.21/cwt	165.00–240.00	2,027	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,303	2,730.59/head	2,000.00–3,125.00	2,731	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	845	107.10/cwt	105.00–120.00	905	12
Bulls	—	—	1,791	204.12/cwt	197.00–213.00	3,656	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,863	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	520	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,742	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,718	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,040	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,059	2,437.58/head	2,075.00–2,600.00	2,438	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,278	2,322.80/head	2,100.00–2,550.00	2,323	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,896	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	658	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,454	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	446	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,918	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,214	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,693	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,194	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,810	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	576	348.20/cwt	340.00–362.50	2,006	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	680	335.04/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,278	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	412	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,906	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	349.59/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,174	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,603	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,938	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	742	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,578	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	394.82/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,887	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	634	335.29/cwt	334.00–338.00	2,126	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,004	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,905	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	338.03/cwt	336.00–340.00	2,288	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	589	368.13/cwt	366.00–381.00	2,168	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	354.77/cwt	347.50–357.50	1,965	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	324.29/cwt	323.00–326.00	2,831	7

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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