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Apache Livestock Auction

Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, May 2

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829

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Feeder Cattle receipts

697 head

▼ 859 vs last sale 1,556▼ 543 vs year ago 1,240 · −43.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

66 head

▼ 53 vs last sale 119▼ 138 vs year ago 204 · −67.6%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Apr 25, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 800 lbs. 1.00 to 3.00 lower, over 800 lbs. 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Steer calves and heifer calves lightly tested with a higher undertone noted. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 6.00 higher. A total of 66 cows and bulls sold with 91 percent going to packers.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $273.22/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −106.30 against this barn's trailing median of $379.52.

Average price

$273.22

47 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,427

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$26.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.65

vs OK average

+4.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	274.94	1,438	44
Medium and Large 1-2	510	248.00	1,265	3thin

One grade step is worth $26.94/cwt here — about $173 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale47 hd

273.22

—

OK average5 barns · 440 hd

270.57

+2.65

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

+4.84

This barn, trailing median34 sales

379.52

−106.30

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $433.93, low $329.81, median $379.52 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,453	148.80	2,162	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,466	128.94	1,890	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,221	120.53	1,472	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,067	113.47	1,211	19

Every lot

50 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	383.26/cwt	373.00–400.00	1,249	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	404.35/cwt	401.00–406.00	1,553	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	376.79/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,632	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	342.51/cwt	332.50–357.50	1,637	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	491	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,399	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	321.52/cwt	306.00–330.00	1,656	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	277.78/cwt	276.00–280.00	1,606	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,758	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,691	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	674	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,503	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	680	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,727	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	244.04/cwt	242.50–246.00	1,913	20
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	844	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,950	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	221.96/cwt	219.00–225.00	1,931	14
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	218.26/cwt	213.00–220.00	2,010	21
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,002	201.64/cwt	200.00–203.00	2,020	11
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,090	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,082	3
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,159	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,248	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,004	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,162	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	289.74/cwt	280.00–297.00	1,188	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	278.26/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,325	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,265	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	274.94/cwt	258.00–282.00	1,438	44
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	254.74/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,556	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	235.25/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,583	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,514	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	223.55/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,612	20
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	220.83/cwt	207.00–225.50	1,687	29
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	205.40/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,721	37
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	204.71/cwt	201.00–208.50	1,765	32
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	371.23/cwt	337.50–385.00	1,596	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,647	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	309.75/cwt	302.50–317.00	1,598	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,534	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,538	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	711	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,706	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,732	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,140	117.90/cwt	117.00–119.00	1,344	2
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,151	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,784	8
Bulls	—	—	1,604	139.80/cwt	131.00–147.00	2,242	5
Bulls	—	—	1,753	167.01/cwt	166.00–168.00	2,928	2
Bulls	—	—	2,015	155.72/cwt	151.00–162.00	3,138	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	965	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,206	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,004	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,099	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,159	116.99/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,356	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	118.76/cwt	113.00–126.00	1,431	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,299	122.93/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,597	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,325	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,749	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,549	131.95/cwt	129.00–135.00	2,044	8

This sale against other markets

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.

Oklahoma feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Apache Livestock Auction - Apache, OK

Thu May 2, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Oklahoma City, OK (LS-KO)

Feeder CattleReceipts 697Last week 1,556Year ago 1,240

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 119Year ago 204

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	373.00–400.00	383.26
9	350–400	384	401.00–406.00	404.35
7	400–450	433	360.00–390.00	376.79
12	450–500	478	332.50–357.50	342.51
12	500–550	515	306.00–330.00	321.52
17	600–650	620	283.50	283.50
20	750–800	784	242.50–246.00	244.04
8	800–850	844	231.00	231.00
14	850–900	870	219.00–225.00	221.96
21	900–950	921	213.00–220.00	218.26
11	1000–1050	1,002	200.00–203.00	201.64
3	1050–1100	1,090	191.00	191.00
7	1150–1200	1,159	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	578	276.00–280.00	277.78
3	650–700	680	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	491	285.00	285.00
5	650–700	674	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	632	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	309.00	309.00
9	350–400	390	298.00	298.00
25	400–450	410	280.00–297.00	289.74
6	450–500	476	271.00–285.00	278.26
44	500–550	523	258.00–282.00	274.94
24	600–650	611	240.00–259.00	254.74
14	650–700	673	230.00–239.00	235.25
20	700–750	721	218.00–230.00	223.55
29	750–800	764	207.00–225.50	220.83
37	800–850	838	200.00–208.00	205.40
32	850–900	862	201.00–208.50	204.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	510	248.00	248.00
4	650–700	679	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	430	337.50–385.00	371.23
7	450–500	481	342.50	342.50
8	500–550	516	302.50–317.00	309.75
3	550–600	568	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	620	248.00	248.00
4	750–800	753	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	711	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,299	120.00–126.00	122.93
8	—	1,549	129.00–135.00	131.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,325	132.00	132.00
13	—	1,205	113.00–126.00	118.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,004	109.50	109.50
8	—	1,159	112.00–119.00	116.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,604	131.00–147.00	139.80
2	—	1,753	166.00–168.00	167.01
3	—	2,015	151.00–162.00	155.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,140	117.00–119.00	117.90
8	—	1,151	155.00	155.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.