Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Steer calves 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Heifer calves 20.00 to 30.00 lower. Quality fair to average with moderate demand. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 higher. A total of 207 cows and bulls sold with 53 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $477.42/cwt on 28 head, down $22.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 31 comparable sales and sits +20.58 against this barn's trailing median of $456.84.

Average price

$477.42

▼ 22.20 vs prior sale

28 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$6.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.57

vs OK average

+5.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	479.39	2,570	20
Medium and Large 1-2	527	472.50	2,490	8thin

One grade step is worth $6.89/cwt here — about $79 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.51, low $396.77, median $456.84 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 sale28 hd

477.42

—

OK average6 barns · 456 hd

486.99

−9.57

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

+5.22

This barn, trailing median31 sales

456.84

+20.58

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	1,714	201.04	3,446	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,201	168.13	2,019	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,505	162.64	2,447	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	154.30	1,620	36

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,146	$3,719	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,256	$3,582	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,262	$2,900	11
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,385	$2,725	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,217	$2,520	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$4,375	1thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,548	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	489.57/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,895	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	436	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,311	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	473.91/cwt	455.00–500.00	2,005	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,178	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	454.36/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,058	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	313.92/cwt	290.00–317.00	2,725	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	415.54/cwt	407.50–425.00	2,144	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,600	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	361.54/cwt	357.50–364.00	2,672	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	330.43/cwt	320.00–333.00	2,422	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,851	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,274	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	403.08/cwt	394.00–417.50	2,701	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,490	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	343.69/cwt	337.50–357.50	2,158	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	378.81/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,682	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	359.25/cwt	359.25–359.25	2,763	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	492.90/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,297	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	493.90/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,331	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	551.00/cwt	551.00–551.00	2,347	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,926	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	588.61/cwt	575.00–592.50	2,178	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	334.00/cwt	327.00–335.00	2,999	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	427.12/cwt	417.50–440.00	2,623	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,890	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,980	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	3,144	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,651	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,303	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	341.16/cwt	336.00–345.50	2,798	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	663.94/cwt	590.00–720.00	2,184	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	479.39/cwt	467.50–485.00	2,570	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	560	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,576	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	478.01/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,486	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	393.76/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,461	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	528.07/cwt	520.00–545.00	2,260	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,505	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,401	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	154.53/cwt	153.00–157.00	1,641	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	143.57/cwt	142.00–147.00	1,536	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,634	155.69/cwt	150.00–158.00	2,544	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,312	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	171.70/cwt	170.00–172.00	1,966	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	165.02/cwt	163.00–167.50	2,043	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	164.60/cwt	159.00–168.50	1,867	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	940	147.79/cwt	135.00–149.00	1,389	11
Bulls	—	—	1,533	181.56/cwt	177.50–185.00	2,783	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,255	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,246	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,424	165.82/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,361	5
Bulls	—	—	1,493	192.94/cwt	187.50–196.00	2,881	4
Bulls	—	—	1,873	211.14/cwt	205.00–223.00	3,955	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,146	3,719.23/head	3,675.00–3,900.00	3,719	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,262	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,217	2,520.35/head	2,400.00–2,800.00	2,520	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	4,375.00/head	4,375.00–4,375.00	4,375	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	187.31/cwt	173.00–230.00	2,210	33
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,668	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,385	2,725.00/head	2,725.00–2,725.00	2,725	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,256	3,582.48/head	3,550.00–3,700.00	3,582	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,985	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,966	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	343.57/cwt	332.00–357.00	2,309	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	401	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,825	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,421	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	448	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,262	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	560	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,974	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	417.94/cwt	392.50–430.00	1,985	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	321.26/cwt	312.00–321.75	2,621	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	433.37/cwt	430.00–437.50	2,258	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,321	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	397	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,667	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	319.23/cwt	310.00–325.25	2,477	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	520.96/cwt	485.00–540.00	1,704	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	384.29/cwt	362.50–402.50	2,225	18

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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