Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale on Dec. 18: Feeder steers 15.00 to 25.00 higher with instances 30.00 higher. Feeder heifers 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Steer calves 20.00 to 35.00 higher. Heifer calves 10.00 to 30.00 higher. Quality average to attractive with very good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 higher. A total of 327 cows and bulls sold with 52 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $397.94/cwt on 208 head, up $2.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 31 comparable sales and sits −1.42 against this barn's trailing median of $399.36.

Average price

$397.94

▲ 2.08 vs prior sale

208 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,212

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$24

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

$11.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.15

vs OK average

−12.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	398.53	2,210	197
Medium and Large 1-2	577	387.27	2,234	11thin

One grade step is worth $11.26/cwt here — about −$24 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

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 sale208 hd

397.94

—

OK average6 barns · 1,802 hd

401.09

−3.15

National average199 barns · 28,725 hd

410.10

−12.16

This barn, trailing median31 sales

399.36

−1.42

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	1,731	173.53	3,005	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,216	155.96	1,897	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,459	155.08	2,263	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,039	119.19	1,239	33

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)	1,293	$3,120	21
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,415	$3,000	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,330	$2,900	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,220	$2,800	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,170	$2,630	13
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,190	$2,050	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,125	$4,133	3thin

Every lot, as filed

92 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 2	300–350	345	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,725	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,854	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	428.06/cwt	387.00–453.00	2,834	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,142	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	490.27/cwt	465.00–515.00	2,064	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	395	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	645	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,225	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	560	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,128	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	466.30/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,210	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	352.72/cwt	348.00–357.50	2,906	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	329.37/cwt	322.00–333.00	2,658	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	424.28/cwt	395.00–442.50	2,210	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	387.16/cwt	370.00–410.00	2,218	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	491	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,062	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	370.31/cwt	367.00–374.00	2,526	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,268	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,275	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,785	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	282.49/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,811	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,562	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	407.61/cwt	392.50–417.50	2,124	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	339.92/cwt	328.00–348.00	2,475	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	452.23/cwt	420.00–465.00	1,922	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,876	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	342.11/cwt	330.00–352.00	2,966	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	352.36/cwt	349.00–357.00	2,748	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	472.08/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,455	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,530	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	568.95/cwt	555.00–600.00	2,373	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	408.32/cwt	397.00–412.50	2,511	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	445.41/cwt	416.00–459.50	2,802	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	497.21/cwt	445.00–530.00	2,829	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,527	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	680.38/cwt	650.00–725.00	2,204	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	368.76/cwt	342.00–380.00	2,674	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	610.64/cwt	575.00–677.50	2,308	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	523.35/cwt	510.00–545.00	2,475	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	530.36/cwt	500.00–553.00	2,768	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	586	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,549	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	330.22/cwt	325.00–331.50	3,005	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	494.76/cwt	485.00–497.50	2,434	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,406	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	641	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,532	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,284	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	492	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,263	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	491	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,430	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	147.10/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,739	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	156.54/cwt	151.00–160.00	1,866	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	164.12/cwt	162.00–171.00	2,099	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	830	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,204	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,265	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,834	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,429	161.32/cwt	157.00–165.00	2,305	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,083	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	117.68/cwt	107.00–133.00	1,317	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	149.13/cwt	138.00–154.00	2,219	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	887	107.12/cwt	105.00–111.00	950	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	949	119.26/cwt	115.00–130.00	1,132	7
Bulls	—	—	1,704	187.63/cwt	186.00–191.00	3,197	5
Bulls	—	—	2,490	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	4,831	1
Bulls	—	—	1,724	167.88/cwt	137.50–182.00	2,894	16
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,230	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,128	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,330	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	2,630.00/head	2,630.00–2,630.00	2,630	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,415	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,119	253.88/cwt	190.00–299.00	2,841	25
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	182.43/cwt	176.00–185.00	2,189	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,293	3,120.10/head	2,850.00–3,250.00	3,120	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	4,133.33/head	4,100.00–4,150.00	4,133	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,480	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,442	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	413.09/cwt	412.00–415.00	2,541	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,620	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,598	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	371.80/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,562	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	381.68/cwt	364.00–391.00	2,328	88
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,562	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	574.31/cwt	540.00–585.00	2,401	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,451	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	427.41/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,441	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,449	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	526.32/cwt	485.00–580.00	1,968	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	446.64/cwt	420.00–470.00	2,139	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	584.20/cwt	565.00–605.00	1,916	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,133	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	332.93/cwt	325.00–342.00	2,271	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,202	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	487	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,021	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	353.90/cwt	340.00–364.00	2,375	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	315.32/cwt	310.00–321.00	2,415	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,373	16

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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