Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2025-01-16

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Jan 16
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Receipts
4,354 head
▲ 2,866 vs last sale 1,488▲ 3,503 vs year ago 851 · +411.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Steer calves and heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher with instances 20.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with very good demand. A total of 362 slaughter cows and slaughter bulls not reported.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $325.87/cwt on 244 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −111.87 against this barn's trailing median of $437.74.
Average price
$325.87
244 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,798
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.40
vs OK average
−16.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555330.541,835153
Medium and Large 1-2546318.021,73691
One grade step is worth $12.51/cwt here — about $98 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale244 hd
325.87
—
OK average6 barns · 1,309 hd
328.27
−2.40
National average190 barns · 32,836 hd
342.45
−16.58
This barn, trailing median34 sales
437.74
−111.87
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
514456397339median 437.7403/0504/3007/0909/0310/29
Steers 500–600 lb: high $499.62, low $353.31, median $437.74 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

61 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1339438.88/cwt430.00–450.001,48828
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned341350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,19412
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384437.14/cwt400.00–465.001,67936
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned429319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,36910
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433412.01/cwt390.00–435.001,78482
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned439395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,73410
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned446338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,50714
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475379.13/cwt362.50–389.001,80161
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520348.24/cwt333.00–360.001,81136
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530323.75/cwt305.00–335.001,71668
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned534321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,7149
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565329.90/cwt315.00–340.001,86477
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned577314.32/cwt304.00–323.001,81431
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned588275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6178
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2596315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,87715
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2601293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,7615
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624306.06/cwt288.00–328.001,910243
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy668308.50/cwt308.50–308.502,06120
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676292.52/cwt283.00–300.001,977132
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688277.70/cwt275.00–279.001,91118
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716274.30/cwt266.00–287.001,964135
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned747243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,8197
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764268.09/cwt256.00–276.002,048202
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1833257.72/cwt251.00–268.002,147112
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2853247.00/cwt247.00–247.002,1079
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860258.05/cwt250.00–261.002,21959
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1907243.27/cwt239.50–248.502,20619
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1981240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,3547
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1269390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,04911
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338403.67/cwt385.00–415.001,3648
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1368365.69/cwt335.00–405.001,34669
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned386285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,10014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2403331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,33410
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned418310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2964
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430335.82/cwt325.00–349.001,444125
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465328.56/cwt315.00–345.001,52858
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned481307.77/cwt305.00–310.001,48033
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520310.79/cwt305.00–317.001,616154
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527287.78/cwt287.50–288.001,51722
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned530305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6178
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574283.96/cwt274.00–303.001,630138
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,51210
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy605289.31/cwt286.50–292.001,75054
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630266.12/cwt255.00–278.001,677173
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632253.81/cwt252.00–256.001,60427
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned655243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5929
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669258.87/cwt249.00–266.001,732107
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2696234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6299
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735247.77/cwt239.00–254.001,821117
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy739255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,88829
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768245.16/cwt239.00–250.001,88346
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1826237.76/cwt231.00–242.001,96427
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1870210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8274
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1417403.09/cwt400.00–405.001,6818
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2440365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6063
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1481357.18/cwt355.00–360.001,7189
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1514327.97/cwt317.00–341.001,68611
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568314.07/cwt312.50–318.001,78417
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned568300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7043
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1627294.52/cwt287.50–305.001,84712
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1671289.22/cwt277.00–302.001,9418

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.