Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2025-02-13

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Feb 13
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
542 head
▼ 1,415 vs last sale 1,957▼ 205 vs year ago 747 · −27.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 135▼ 53 vs year ago 88 · −60.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
157 head
▲ 72 vs last sale 85▲ 136 vs year ago 21 · +647.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers lightly tested with a lower undertone noted. Steer and heifer calves not well tested with a lower undertone noted. Inclement weather reduced livestock movement. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls lightly tested with a higher undertone noted. A total of 192 cows and bulls sold with 18 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 $309.00/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −128.74 against this barn's trailing median of $437.74.
Average price
$309.00
15 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,806
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$299
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−31.01
vs OK average
−29.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1588317.501,86712thin
Medium and Large 1-2570275.001,5683thin
One grade step is worth $42.50/cwt here — about $299 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale15 hd
309.00
—
OK average5 barns · 345 hd
340.01
−31.01
National average155 barns · 9,244 hd
338.67
−29.67
This barn, trailing median34 sales
437.74
−128.74
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—Low1,425139.581,9886thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,370148.422,0336thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,123140.961,5834thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,030116.791,2029thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,081$2,79625
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,015$2,46139
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)911$2,87046

Every lot

53 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268487.77/cwt465.00–507.501,3077
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330446.92/cwt440.00–450.001,4759
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6557
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1409423.26/cwt417.50–427.501,7317
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned458321.29/cwt317.50–325.001,4726
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7253
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned570275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5683
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1588317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,86712
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,79219
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712276.49/cwt270.00–280.001,96926
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723264.05/cwt260.50–267.501,90972
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835244.85/cwt244.85–244.852,04419
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1890245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,1816
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1252450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1347
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331388.18/cwt360.00–402.501,28517
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366382.74/cwt380.00–385.001,4017
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned373320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1945
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned420340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4283
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned467288.93/cwt280.00–297.501,3496
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,4703
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478323.81/cwt320.00–327.501,5486
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned536276.76/cwt275.00–278.001,48312
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561297.50/cwt287.50–307.501,6698
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned590267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,5787
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1638267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,70715
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,8636
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1891216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,9254
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned442370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6353
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned478316.21/cwt310.00–322.501,5116
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1488365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7813
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned519326.39/cwt309.00–337.501,6948
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned537342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8394
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1554335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8565
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned673280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8845
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1776235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8243
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,268112.01/cwt111.00–113.001,4202
Bulls——1,492146.15/cwt139.00–157.002,1813
Bulls——1,535175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,6861
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight775121.00/cwt121.00–121.009382
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,096110.31/cwt102.00–124.001,2095
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,118128.76/cwt123.00–134.001,4402
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,123140.96/cwt136.00–153.001,5834
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,370148.42/cwt140.00–161.002,0336
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1928161.36/cwt135.00–170.001,49714
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,080170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8361
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29401,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0212,515.86/head1,975.00–2,975.002,51636
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0812,796.32/head2,475.00–2,950.002,79625
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18922,909.21/head2,725.00–3,000.002,90930
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29002,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19503,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19502,891.67/head2,875.00–2,925.002,8929
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29672,475.00/head2,375.00–2,550.002,4753

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.