Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 10.00 to 25.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Steer calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher with instances 30.00 higher. Heifer calves 10.00 to 25.00 higher, up to 35.00 higher. Quality fair to average with very good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. A total of 344 cows and bulls sold with 47 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $447.15/cwt on 149 head. That ranks 12 of 32 comparable sales and sits −8.29 against this barn's trailing median of $455.43.

Average price

$447.15

149 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,484

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$239

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

$35.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.09

vs OK average

−21.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	448.35	2,492	144
Medium and Large 1-2	546	412.50	2,252	5thin

One grade step is worth $35.85/cwt here — about $239 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale149 hd

447.15

—

OK average6 barns · 1,179 hd

430.05

+17.09

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−21.89

This barn, trailing median32 sales

455.43

−8.29

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	1,578	172.79	2,726	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,390	159.04	2,210	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,228	157.12	1,929	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,000	139.48	1,395	24

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,250	$3,000	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,225	$2,900	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,211	$2,726	51
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,107	$2,637	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,140	$2,069	21
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,129	$1,869	26

Every lot, as filed

88 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	432.10/cwt	412.50–447.50	2,238	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	553	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,323	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	334.33/cwt	330.00–337.50	2,257	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	426.32/cwt	407.50–450.00	2,464	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	590.93/cwt	580.00–605.00	1,838	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	387.21/cwt	372.50–405.00	2,374	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,489	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	432.93/cwt	417.50–440.00	1,853	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	339.38/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,084	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	374.86/cwt	372.00–377.50	2,886	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	731	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,376	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	405.91/cwt	375.00–437.50	1,936	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	545.09/cwt	525.00–555.00	2,006	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	431.63/cwt	402.50–455.00	2,715	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	448	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,330	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	394.90/cwt	392.00–400.00	2,800	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	437.07/cwt	417.50–450.00	2,089	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	410.02/cwt	396.00–431.00	2,755	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	519.56/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,167	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	752	367.36/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,763	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,287	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	447.86/cwt	415.00–469.00	2,580	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	3,111	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,259	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,433	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,826	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	462.78/cwt	437.50–473.00	2,439	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,414	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	216.86/cwt	171.00–270.00	2,255	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	350.91/cwt	345.00–362.50	2,372	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	351.69/cwt	335.00–357.00	2,543	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	445.41/cwt	442.50–450.00	1,889	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	355.54/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,019	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	392.47/cwt	377.50–402.50	2,233	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	502.17/cwt	470.00–545.00	2,420	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	418.79/cwt	410.00–421.00	2,659	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	517.99/cwt	505.00–525.00	2,165	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,591	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,391	161.51/cwt	157.00–167.00	2,247	22
Bulls	—	—	1,475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,918	1
Bulls	—	—	1,716	186.74/cwt	184.00–189.00	3,204	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	893	131.98/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,179	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	977	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,505	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,192	156.11/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,861	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,371	150.75/cwt	144.00–156.00	2,067	8
Bulls	—	—	1,601	162.46/cwt	149.00–175.00	2,601	4
Bulls	—	—	2,015	198.32/cwt	196.00–200.00	3,996	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	150.07/cwt	147.50–154.00	1,966	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	160.32/cwt	155.00–164.00	1,908	33
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,225	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,129	1,868.94/head	1,700.00–2,100.00	1,869	26
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,206	157.17/cwt	154.00–161.00	1,895	4
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,210	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,263	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,051	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	135.59/cwt	134.00–137.50	1,525	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	862	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,715	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	761	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,625	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,136	177.49/cwt	163.00–190.00	2,016	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,211	2,726.36/head	2,275.00–3,150.00	2,726	51
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,107	2,636.60/head	2,600.00–2,650.00	2,637	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	2,068.57/head	1,950.00–2,150.00	2,069	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	3,040	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	547	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,969	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	560	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,862	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,690	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	372.85/cwt	360.00–397.50	1,987	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	465.82/cwt	435.00–500.00	2,422	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	472.24/cwt	420.00–499.00	2,314	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,343	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	367.01/cwt	320.00–405.00	2,228	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	335	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,407	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	387	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	531	334.43/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,776	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	458	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,562	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,010	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	505.31/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,890	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,109	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,290	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,891	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,182	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,749	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,558	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,252	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,895	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,502	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,961	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	341.29/cwt	330.00–351.00	3,055	21

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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