Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers 3.00 to 4.00 higher, Steer calves 5.00 lower. Heifer calves 5.00 higher. Quality average to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady to 3.00 higher. A total of 235 cows and bulls sold with 65 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $390.50/cwt on 38 head, up $4.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 32 comparable sales and sits −8.15 against this barn's trailing median of $398.65.

Average price

$390.50

▲ 4.66 vs prior sale

38 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,093

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.82

vs OK average

−16.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	390.50	2,093	38

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.50, low $335.77, median $398.65 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 sale38 hd

390.50

—

OK average5 barns · 433 hd

395.32

−4.82

National average128 barns · 4,974 hd

407.44

−16.94

This barn, trailing median32 sales

398.65

−8.15

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	1,666	217.17	3,618	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,436	166.33	2,388	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,270	165.59	2,103	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,124	153.78	1,728	19

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)	1,340	$2,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,108	$2,805	14
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$2,565	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,300	$4,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	910	$3,995	5

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	176.01/cwt	174.00–180.00	2,276	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	146.54/cwt	145.00–147.50	1,637	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	598	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,571	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	496	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,306	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	441.18/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,294	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	424	533.28/cwt	520.00–545.00	2,261	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,566	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,630	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	421.83/cwt	420.00–422.50	2,636	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	462.07/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,430	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	683	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,664	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	258	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,625	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	447	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,324	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	584	437.30/cwt	435.00–452.50	2,554	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,787	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	475.16/cwt	465.00–505.00	2,300	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,042	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,147	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	284	688.68/cwt	665.00–700.00	1,956	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,025	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,913	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	586.28/cwt	570.00–617.50	2,134	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	347.34/cwt	345.00–348.00	2,699	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,906	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	336.09/cwt	333.00–343.50	2,978	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	457.31/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,561	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	544.28/cwt	520.00–565.00	1,758	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	416.95/cwt	415.00–418.00	2,731	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	412	449.30/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,851	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	430.83/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,232	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	392	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	341.84/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,928	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	331.25/cwt	331.25–331.25	2,571	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,046	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	365.17/cwt	342.00–372.00	2,469	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	284	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	300.83/cwt	300.00–301.50	2,771	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,120	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,561	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,821	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	484.76/cwt	477.50–500.00	1,823	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	487.30/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,037	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	387.33/cwt	371.00–390.00	2,463	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	439.48/cwt	400.00–455.00	2,140	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,063	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	583.07/cwt	540.00–600.00	2,198	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	2,775	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,391	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,849	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	341.06/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,203	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	170.95/cwt	170.00–172.00	2,034	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,129	192.01/cwt	180.00–220.00	2,168	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	910	3,994.51/head	3,650.00–4,200.00	3,995	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	4,150.00/head	4,150.00–4,150.00	4,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,108	2,804.66/head	2,425.00–3,000.00	2,805	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,340	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	2,565.00/head	2,565.00–2,565.00	2,565	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,203	218.21/cwt	217.50–219.00	2,625	2
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,255	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	2,548	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,692	2
Bulls	—	—	1,768	230.36/cwt	221.00–244.00	4,073	8
Bulls	—	—	1,723	180.70/cwt	167.50–196.00	3,113	2
Bulls	—	—	1,697	215.59/cwt	209.00–219.00	3,659	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	163.69/cwt	155.00–170.00	2,072	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	180.46/cwt	180.00–181.00	2,860	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,426	165.42/cwt	150.00–172.50	2,359	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,166	160.19/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,868	7

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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