Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Steer calves 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifer calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Quality average to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 lower. A total of 143 cows and bulls sold with 48 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $451.14/cwt on 202 head, down $25.01 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 31 comparable sales and sits −5.70 against this barn's trailing median of $456.84.

Average price

$451.14

▼ 25.01 vs prior sale

202 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$75.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.53

vs OK average

−29.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	489.51	2,597	58
Medium and Large 1-2	570	444.03	2,531	104
Medium and Large 2	570	414.00	2,360	40

One grade step is worth $75.51/cwt here — about $237 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 sale202 hd

451.14

—

OK average6 barns · 739 hd

463.67

−12.53

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

−29.88

This barn, trailing median31 sales

456.84

−5.70

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	1,775	210.79	3,741	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,428	174.47	2,491	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	165.16	1,982	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,009	134.99	1,362	12

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)	1,033	$3,484	13
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,137	$3,056	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,385	$2,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	938	$5,000	4thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$4,400	3thin

Every lot, as filed

81 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	700–750	744	392.01/cwt	388.00–409.00	2,917	121
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,341	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	475.83/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,531	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	576.58/cwt	520.00–635.00	1,868	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	547	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,256	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	313.80/cwt	310.50–316.00	3,223	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,620	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	617.81/cwt	600.00–635.00	2,348	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	345.26/cwt	330.00–358.00	2,641	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	448.06/cwt	437.50–460.00	2,263	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	439.08/cwt	381.00–446.50	2,529	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	390.70/cwt	376.00–400.00	2,985	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	337.83/cwt	331.00–340.00	3,115	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	252	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	1,840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	396.92/cwt	382.50–420.00	2,651	84
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,360	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	491.55/cwt	470.00–514.00	2,586	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	445.50/cwt	445.50–445.50	2,967	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	583.57/cwt	570.00–595.00	2,480	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	237	802.50/cwt	802.50–802.50	1,902	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,138	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	492.66/cwt	489.00–495.00	2,380	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,734	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,136	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	3,272	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	488.40/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,589	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,841	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	525.03/cwt	520.00–527.50	2,415	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	365.13/cwt	360.00–368.00	3,063	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,063	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,348	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	644.83/cwt	640.00–660.00	2,102	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	453.57/cwt	447.50–460.00	2,794	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,127	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,974	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,453	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,744	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,720	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	419	560.26/cwt	555.00–565.00	2,347	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,523	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,558	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	174.35/cwt	167.50–179.00	2,085	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	150.77/cwt	148.00–156.00	1,726	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	950	152.54/cwt	151.00–154.00	1,449	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	980	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,578	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	875	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	875	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,220	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	2,044	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	154.13/cwt	147.00–163.00	1,857	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	184.47/cwt	184.00–185.00	2,653	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	172.84/cwt	170.00–177.00	2,508	8
Bulls	—	—	1,655	179.14/cwt	170.00–187.00	2,965	2
Bulls	—	—	1,833	221.44/cwt	215.00–227.00	4,059	6
Bulls	—	—	2,305	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	4,887	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,135	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,372	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	900	4,600.00/head	4,600.00–4,600.00	4,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	925	5,200.00/head	5,200.00–5,200.00	5,200	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	975	4,400.00/head	4,400.00–4,400.00	4,400	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,149	201.49/cwt	195.00–205.00	2,315	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	955	227.97/cwt	220.00–255.00	2,177	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,385	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,033	3,484.14/head	2,450.00–4,400.00	3,484	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,137	3,055.84/head	2,875.00–3,250.00	3,056	9
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	900	4,300.00/head	4,300.00–4,300.00	4,300	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,863	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	363.97/cwt	355.00–366.00	2,588	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	849	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,056	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	902	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,013	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	433.34/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,661	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	524.00/cwt	524.00–524.00	2,599	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	407.64/cwt	395.00–422.50	2,368	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	488.06/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,323	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	387.74/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,264	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,993	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	415.35/cwt	410.00–422.50	2,147	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	327.04/cwt	325.00–327.50	2,698	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	382.54/cwt	375.00–394.00	2,383	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,132	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	654.36/cwt	650.00–665.00	1,780	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	532.42/cwt	525.00–540.00	2,013	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	367.01/cwt	366.00–372.50	2,529	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	511.15/cwt	495.00–520.00	2,162	29

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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