Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2025-01-23

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Jan 23
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,289 head
▼ 3,065 vs last sale 4,354▲ 519 vs year ago 770 · +67.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 0▼ 9 vs year ago 63 · −14.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 0▲ 14 vs year ago 14 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last test: Feeder steers under 700 lbs. 6.00 to 7.00 lower, over 700 lbs. 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Steer calves and heifer calves 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls not well tested. A total of 82 cows and bulls sold with 66 percent going to packers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $336.87/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −100.87 against this barn's trailing median of $437.74.
Average price
$336.87
38 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,860
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.34
vs OK average
−4.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553337.611,86733
Medium and Large 1-2546332.001,8135thin
One grade step is worth $5.61/cwt here — about $55 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale38 hd
336.87
—
OK average6 barns · 632 hd
332.53
+4.34
National average147 barns · 15,667 hd
340.94
−4.07
This barn, trailing median34 sales
437.74
−100.87
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.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,712164.372,81415
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,430134.301,9217thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,209130.941,58310
CowsLean 85-90%High995111.521,10912

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,380$2,6501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,010$2,5251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,242$2,2913thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)915$1,8752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,075$2,8251thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1263507.00/cwt490.00–525.001,3334
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1301498.00/cwt498.00–498.001,4994
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378435.51/cwt417.50–455.001,64638
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431417.83/cwt397.00–445.001,80112
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,70717
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457388.30/cwt370.00–395.001,77521
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2482350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6874
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521352.96/cwt345.00–370.001,83913
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,8135
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574327.63/cwt320.00–334.001,88120
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1642299.00/cwt294.00–305.001,92032
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661286.60/cwt285.00–289.001,89415
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2689265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8265
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2692272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,8828
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720274.96/cwt269.00–281.001,98022
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,97412
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773270.88/cwt265.00–274.502,09418
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1803270.69/cwt255.00–272.752,17482
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1902255.37/cwt249.50–256.502,30387
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1329397.97/cwt390.00–415.001,3099
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375382.91/cwt370.00–390.001,43625
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415354.28/cwt332.50–367.501,47038
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned440289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,2724
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned473282.15/cwt280.00–285.001,3357
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478328.25/cwt313.00–337.001,56931
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1507309.85/cwt307.50–312.501,57117
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542297.25/cwt288.00–302.501,61125
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561294.37/cwt292.00–298.001,65117
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613272.94/cwt261.00–278.001,67345
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5666
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1659251.83/cwt250.00–253.001,66018
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7267
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723248.31/cwt243.00–254.001,79546
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2753211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5895
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2824225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,85410
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6803
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2460347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,5993
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1497382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,9012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2536312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,6754
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1541340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8394
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8058
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1639291.44/cwt285.00–297.501,86219
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1681281.47/cwt280.00–285.001,91710
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1722268.56/cwt267.50–270.001,9397
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1857227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,9504
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,592146.70/cwt145.00–148.002,3353
Bulls——1,671158.68/cwt156.00–160.002,6524
Bulls——1,778173.84/cwt163.00–187.003,0918
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight90591.24/cwt87.00–95.008262
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight948125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1852
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,016121.41/cwt119.00–123.001,2344
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03397.02/cwt94.00–100.001,0022
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050113.06/cwt109.00–117.001,1872
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,068120.84/cwt118.00–124.001,2912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,244133.46/cwt129.00–140.001,6608
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,395132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,8411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,436134.68/cwt133.00–137.001,9346
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1859144.23/cwt140.00–151.001,2397
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1929160.41/cwt147.00–178.001,49010
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19151,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0102,525.00/head2,525.00–2,525.002,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2422,291.10/head2,010.00–2,750.002,2913
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3802,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0752,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8251

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.