Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Steer calves under 400 lbs. 20.00 to 30.00 higher, over 400 lbs. 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifer calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Quality average to attractive with very good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. A total of 336 cows and bulls sold with 46 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $469.81/cwt on 62 head, down $20.42 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 32 comparable sales and sits +14.38 against this barn's trailing median of $455.43.

Average price

$469.81

▼ 20.42 vs prior sale

62 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$258

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

$35.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.68

vs OK average

−21.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	479.41	2,731	45
Medium and Large 1-2	556	444.41	2,473	17thin

One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $258 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 sale62 hd

469.81

—

OK average6 barns · 504 hd

482.49

−12.68

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−21.02

This barn, trailing median32 sales

455.43

+14.38

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	1,639	211.23	3,462	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,490	171.60	2,556	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,174	170.43	2,000	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	987	143.48	1,415	43

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,140	$3,800	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,111	$3,498	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,255	$3,469	22
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,313	$3,109	10
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,075	$3,086	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,038	$2,926	16
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,115	$2,198	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$4,500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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 1-2	600–650	615	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,614	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	396	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,396	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	721.16/cwt	665.00–737.00	2,301	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	348.59/cwt	347.50–351.00	2,918	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,208	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,231	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	372.67/cwt	368.00–374.50	2,955	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	636.66/cwt	565.00–685.00	2,387	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,976	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	212	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	1,929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,911	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	402.18/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,924	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	436.53/cwt	434.00–444.00	2,637	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,482	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	325.25/cwt	319.00–330.00	2,700	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,306	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	637	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,389	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	467.55/cwt	425.00–477.50	2,263	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,153	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,006	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,871	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	947	327.33/cwt	321.50–327.50	3,100	144
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,449	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	264	729.55/cwt	700.00–752.50	1,926	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	349.70/cwt	345.00–352.00	3,025	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	524.04/cwt	502.50–560.00	2,447	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	433.48/cwt	420.00–441.50	2,913	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	3,223	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	360.52/cwt	358.00–371.50	2,985	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	417.70/cwt	406.00–425.00	2,799	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	492	546.66/cwt	545.00–560.00	2,690	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	469.00/cwt	468.00–470.00	2,744	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,524	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	476.86/cwt	475.50–482.50	2,771	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	606.98/cwt	585.00–620.00	2,616	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,409	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,300	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	484.34/cwt	470.00–506.00	2,557	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,167	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,458	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,786	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	164.97/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,409	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,706	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,511	174.14/cwt	171.00–180.00	2,631	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	183.85/cwt	176.00–188.00	2,153	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	995	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,662	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	986	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,509	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	170.15/cwt	169.00–172.00	1,998	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	160.69/cwt	157.00–167.00	1,887	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	154.99/cwt	152.00–158.00	1,643	12
Bulls	—	—	1,647	202.94/cwt	197.00–207.00	3,342	7
Bulls	—	—	1,722	219.37/cwt	208.00–240.00	3,778	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,575	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	940	132.31/cwt	125.00–143.00	1,244	22
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,282	183.77/cwt	177.00–190.00	2,356	3
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,165	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,388	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	3,086.05/head	2,725.00–3,400.00	3,086	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	2,198.25/head	2,150.00–2,220.00	2,198	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,255	3,468.99/head	3,350.00–3,750.00	3,469	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,038	2,925.57/head	2,825.00–3,200.00	2,926	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,313	3,108.68/head	2,750.00–3,250.00	3,109	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	870	276.63/cwt	272.50–280.00	2,407	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,250	4,500.00/head	4,500.00–4,500.00	4,500	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,012	210.67/cwt	205.00–240.00	2,132	39
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,111	3,498.26/head	3,425.00–3,950.00	3,498	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	572.64/cwt	540.00–620.00	1,850	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	336.56/cwt	322.50–339.00	2,568	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,073	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,697	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	376.42/cwt	357.50–400.00	2,469	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	391.55/cwt	362.50–402.50	2,244	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	519.80/cwt	505.00–535.00	1,908	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	441	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,106	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	609.41/cwt	602.50–690.00	1,737	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	352.14/cwt	334.00–355.00	2,539	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,806	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	390.08/cwt	382.50–395.00	2,465	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	412.12/cwt	405.00–455.00	2,357	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,429	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	403.99/cwt	400.00–407.00	2,476	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	454.72/cwt	435.00–470.00	2,374	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	523.71/cwt	515.00–530.00	2,194	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	480.72/cwt	477.50–485.00	2,269	10

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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