Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2025-03-06

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Mar 6
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,156 head
▼ 1,155 vs last sale 2,311▼ 510 vs year ago 1,666 · −30.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 62 vs last sale 154▼ 28 vs year ago 120 · −23.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 109▲ 32 vs year ago 35 · +91.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers weighing 600 to 700 lbs. 10.00 higher, over 700 lbs. 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Steer calves 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifer calves under 500 lbs. 15.00 to 20.00 higher, over 500 lbs. 4.00 to 10.00 lower. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 6.00 lower. A total of 159 cows and bulls sold with 58 percent going to packers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.53/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −78.99 against this barn's trailing median of $379.52.
Average price
$300.53
71 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$361
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$47.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.81
vs OK average
−4.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566302.541,71268
Medium and Large 1-2530255.001,3523thin
One grade step is worth $47.54/cwt here — about $361 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 sale71 hd
300.53
—
OK average6 barns · 807 hd
309.34
−8.81
National average185 barns · 16,988 hd
305.02
−4.49
This barn, trailing median34 sales
379.52
−78.99
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
448404360316median 379.5203/0504/3007/0909/0310/29
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,554159.232,47414
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,507141.242,12913
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,193137.001,63511
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,028119.221,22625

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)1,365$2,6001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,065$2,4752thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,120$2,4001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,006$2,1065
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)955$1,9004thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$3,3751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,350$3,1643thin

Every lot

72 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1334469.33/cwt447.50–500.001,5685
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373460.18/cwt450.00–470.001,71614
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414450.26/cwt417.50–461.001,86426
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471410.47/cwt380.00–450.001,93310
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521355.92/cwt350.00–365.001,85423
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,7884
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579325.46/cwt315.00–345.001,88425
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634323.88/cwt314.00–330.002,05322
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,9296
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,8415
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722286.25/cwt274.00–310.002,06730
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776272.13/cwt262.00–288.002,11269
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2781261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,03810
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2803231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,8554
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1818261.55/cwt257.00–273.002,13962
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1908240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1795
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1976241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,3523
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,069225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,4056
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1297422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,2555
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330398.79/cwt390.00–412.501,3165
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1384397.25/cwt365.00–412.501,52525
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419385.77/cwt375.00–395.001,61614
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1489344.22/cwt322.50–360.001,68322
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522320.46/cwt310.00–325.001,67319
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3523
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583295.59/cwt291.00–309.001,72349
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620298.16/cwt276.00–309.501,84949
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1665275.08/cwt257.50–286.001,82928
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned692253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,7517
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7834
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720251.26/cwt249.50–256.001,80947
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1779249.52/cwt242.00–253.751,94445
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1832237.72/cwt223.00–251.001,97830
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1873234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,0436
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2346440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5225
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,6686
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned448383.46/cwt380.00–397.501,71815
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1482389.98/cwt387.50–392.501,8806
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned521342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,7845
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527354.00/cwt347.50–362.501,86616
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0464
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned590307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,8146
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1677282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,9135
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned685285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9523
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,135180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,0431
Bulls——Light Weight1,240153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,8971
Bulls——Light Weight1,258144.53/cwt137.00–153.001,8183
Bulls——1,535145.95/cwt139.00–153.002,2402
Bulls——1,768171.90/cwt166.00–176.003,0394
Bulls——1,820161.05/cwt156.00–166.002,9313
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight854102.00/cwt99.00–113.008717
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight885126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1152
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,040119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,2382
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095108.80/cwt101.00–113.001,1913
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,145131.82/cwt127.00–140.001,50911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155135.95/cwt133.00–138.001,5705
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205142.55/cwt140.00–146.001,7184
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265128.52/cwt128.00–129.001,6262
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,452138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,0045
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535148.63/cwt144.00–155.002,2816
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,563127.14/cwt124.00–131.001,9872
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1900207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,8633
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2910135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2296
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,215150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,82311
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29251,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29551,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0602,260.00/head2,260.00–2,260.002,2603
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0652,475.00/head2,475.00–2,475.002,4752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1202,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3652,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0003,375.00/head3,375.00–3,375.003,3751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3503,164.20/head3,000.00–3,300.003,1643

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.