Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and steer calves unevenly steady. Feeder heifers and heifer calves steady to 10.00 lower. Quality average to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. A total of 542 cows and bulls sold with 39 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $345.37/cwt on 259 head, up $0.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −49.26 against this barn's trailing median of $394.63.

Average price

$345.37

▲ 0.95 vs prior sale

259 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$13.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.44

vs OK average

−11.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	346.06	1,927	246
Medium and Large 1-2	531	332.50	1,766	13thin

One grade step is worth $13.56/cwt here — about $161 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

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.50, low $332.54, median $394.63 across 33 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 sale259 hd

345.37

—

OK average8 barns · 2,234 hd

353.82

−8.44

National average175 barns · 11,689 hd

356.67

−11.30

This barn, trailing median33 sales

394.63

−49.26

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	1,699	174.49	2,964	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,462	139.19	2,035	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,229	137.58	1,690	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,045	117.45	1,228	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,260	$3,765	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,231	$3,089	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	872	$2,680	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,176	$2,572	78
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,347	$2,487	11
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,057	$2,190	32
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,264	$2,158	60
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,150	$1,925	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$3,900	4thin

Every lot, as filed

93 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 1Unweaned	600–650	622	317.71/cwt	308.00–322.00	1,976	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,732	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	386.06/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,683	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,812	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	313.85/cwt	310.00–317.00	2,131	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	947	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,368	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,853	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	286.41/cwt	282.00–289.00	2,394	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,328	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	396	438.76/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,737	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	406.70/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,871	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,856	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	376.19/cwt	337.50–417.50	1,945	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,567	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,407	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	371	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,577	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	337	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,584	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	381.66/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,168	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	316.52/cwt	300.00–330.00	2,137	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	342.01/cwt	330.00–357.50	2,158	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	482	370.22/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,784	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	900	3,900.00/head	3,900.00–3,900.00	3,900	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,176	2,572.07/head	2,250.00–2,950.00	2,572	78
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,057	2,189.67/head	1,765.00–2,650.00	2,190	32
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,260	3,765.00/head	3,765.00–3,765.00	3,765	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,264	2,158.04/head	2,040.00–2,280.00	2,158	60
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,118	173.83/cwt	136.00–190.00	1,943	49
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	901	238.75/cwt	222.00–265.00	2,151	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	872	2,679.64/head	2,100.00–3,500.00	2,680	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,347	2,486.55/head	2,150.00–2,645.00	2,487	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,231	3,089.11/head	3,000.00–3,145.00	3,089	8
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,285	153.77/cwt	139.00–163.00	1,976	3
Bulls	—	—	1,728	164.55/cwt	147.50–177.00	2,843	8
Bulls	—	—	1,600	193.82/cwt	191.00–197.00	3,101	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,052	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	134.65/cwt	127.50–137.00	2,004	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	117.97/cwt	103.00–125.00	1,292	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	146.90/cwt	146.00–147.50	1,833	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	128.41/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,576	8
Bulls	—	—	1,833	185.94/cwt	181.00–189.00	3,408	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	140.55/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,713	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	142.84/cwt	139.00–147.50	2,063	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	891	117.93/cwt	112.50–120.00	1,051	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	925	100.21/cwt	89.00–105.00	927	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,192	132.59/cwt	127.50–138.00	1,580	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,920	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	404	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,798	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	312.14/cwt	310.00–314.00	1,851	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	345	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,527	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	538	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,829	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	434	403.41/cwt	402.00–410.00	1,751	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	373	439.34/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,639	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	633	344.27/cwt	337.50–346.00	2,179	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	400.46/cwt	386.00–437.50	2,126	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	688	350.27/cwt	334.00–355.00	2,410	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	429.51/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,023	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	383.04/cwt	367.50–400.00	2,191	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	406	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,726	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	367	483.13/cwt	465.00–490.00	1,773	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,938	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,272	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	781	314.97/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,460	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	449.65/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,929	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	431.50/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,183	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	390.97/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,209	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	353	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,483	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	488.80/cwt	465.00–545.00	1,540	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	324.97/cwt	320.00–327.25	2,756	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,699	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	368.11/cwt	362.50–372.50	2,260	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	715	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,377	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	389.26/cwt	377.50–407.50	1,861	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,514	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,052	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,788	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	359.81/cwt	356.00–368.00	2,396	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	399	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,287	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	584	338.42/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,976	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	416.70/cwt	395.00–427.50	1,738	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	394.63/cwt	392.50–397.50	2,072	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,679	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,917	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	314.10/cwt	300.00–321.00	2,104	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	726	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,124	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,479	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	371	447.83/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,661	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	528	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	317	459.57/cwt	435.00–495.00	1,457	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	479	342.78/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,642	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	349.75/cwt	330.00–354.00	2,043	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	322	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,377	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	519	352.51/cwt	335.00–390.00	1,830	100

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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