Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Steer calves and heifer calves mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Quality average to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher. A total of 207 cows and bulls sold with 67 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $456.84/cwt on 53 head, up $22.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 31 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $456.84.

Average price

$456.84

▲ 22.73 vs prior sale

53 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,488

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$348

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

$56.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.89

vs OK average

−2.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	471.86	2,580	39
Medium and Large 1-2	538	415.00	2,233	14thin

One grade step is worth $56.86/cwt here — about $348 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale53 hd

456.84

—

OK average8 barns · 1,075 hd

449.96

+6.89

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

−2.21

This barn, trailing median31 sales

456.84

+0.00

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	—	High	1,703	215.13	3,663	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	176.21	2,602	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,174	172.54	2,026	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,017	154.34	1,570	39

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,195	$3,159	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,162	$3,089	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,375	$2,900	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,130	$2,606	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$3,850	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,218	$2,949	2thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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	200–250	230	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	1,553	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	388.65/cwt	370.00–397.50	2,223	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	352.28/cwt	348.00–358.00	2,343	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,780	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,233	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	435.84/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,870	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	393.22/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,092	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	760	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,512	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	344.38/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,152	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	489.77/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,591	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	364.56/cwt	361.00–370.50	2,997	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	433.98/cwt	425.00–443.00	2,699	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	346.65/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,992	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	407.75/cwt	405.00–412.50	2,744	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,827	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,273	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	377.57/cwt	360.00–384.00	2,953	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,079	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	624.85/cwt	610.00–640.00	2,000	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	582.19/cwt	550.00–610.00	2,131	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	379.58/cwt	375.00–387.50	2,782	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	755.32/cwt	700.00–800.00	1,624	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,567	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,876	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	495.00/cwt	472.50–525.00	2,069	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	645.68/cwt	635.00–675.00	1,730	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	546	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,561	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,627	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,724	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	738	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,664	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,168	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	502.64/cwt	485.00–521.00	2,393	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,499	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,628	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,504	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,327	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,193	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	469.01/cwt	440.00–500.00	2,232	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	391	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	410.26/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,977	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	543.54/cwt	540.00–545.00	1,826	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,935	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,780	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	411.93/cwt	408.00–420.00	2,187	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,472	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	508.89/cwt	470.00–550.00	1,883	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	577	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,221	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,130	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,891	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	3,092	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	370.56/cwt	360.00–382.50	2,316	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	339.62/cwt	335.00–343.00	2,601	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,218	2,948.51/head	2,775.00–3,100.00	2,949	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	3,158.89/head	2,875.00–3,450.00	3,159	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,375	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	2,215.00/head	2,215.00–2,215.00	2,215	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,215	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,162	3,089.24/head	2,795.00–3,550.00	3,089	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,255	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	2,416	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	220.45/cwt	202.50–240.00	2,337	6
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,240	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,790	1
Bulls	—	—	1,756	211.85/cwt	207.00–219.00	3,720	5
Bulls	—	—	1,710	230.04/cwt	220.00–235.00	3,934	4
Bulls	—	—	1,785	188.55/cwt	173.00–205.00	3,366	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	970	171.21/cwt	169.00–176.00	1,661	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	970	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,377	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	168.39/cwt	167.00–174.00	1,901	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	162.93/cwt	159.00–165.00	2,162	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	172.31/cwt	168.00–173.00	2,018	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	983	149.91/cwt	146.00–162.00	1,474	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	179.80/cwt	179.00–181.00	1,985	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	175.22/cwt	172.00–177.00	2,560	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	184.95/cwt	179.00–191.00	2,711	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	166.39/cwt	164.00–169.00	2,529	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	154.00/cwt	152.50–161.00	1,683	6

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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