Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2025-03-20

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Mar 20
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
933 head
▼ 635 vs last sale 1,568▼ 551 vs year ago 1,484 · −37.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 130▼ 41 vs year ago 187 · −21.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 54▲ 59 vs year ago 26 · +226.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers mostly 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Steer calves 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Quality average to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. A total of 231 cows and bulls sold with 63 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 $366.27/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 4 of 34 comparable sales and sits −71.47 against this barn's trailing median of $437.74.
Average price
$366.27
52 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,952
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$275
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$44.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.95
vs OK average
+9.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534372.261,98945
Medium and Large 1-2523327.771,7147thin
One grade step is worth $44.49/cwt here — about $275 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 sale52 hd
366.27
—
OK average6 barns · 502 hd
364.32
+1.95
National average170 barns · 10,920 hd
357.16
+9.11
This barn, trailing median34 sales
437.74
−71.47
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—Low1,690168.162,84222
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,392137.991,92150
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,298137.001,77824
CowsLean 85-90%High1,049117.181,23026

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,010$2,9489
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,231$2,62927
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,425$2,4242thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$2,9634thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,017$2,3673thin

Every lot

83 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1276506.76/cwt499.00–520.001,3995
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325498.92/cwt490.00–503.001,62121
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned348465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6183
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380445.89/cwt435.00–475.001,69411
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1412427.74/cwt426.00–440.001,76216
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned460363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,6703
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned481400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9243
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8923
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514389.46/cwt360.00–401.002,00225
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523327.77/cwt315.00–345.001,7147
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned530363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,9249
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned583327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,9063
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585345.88/cwt344.00–349.002,0238
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1603329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,9844
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623321.03/cwt319.00–325.002,00032
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671321.50/cwt311.00–324.002,15749
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned735269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,9773
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,0603
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,0314
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766277.13/cwt273.50–280.002,1239
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810270.65/cwt263.50–273.002,19224
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1861266.49/cwt254.00–268.502,29439
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1911258.80/cwt250.00–261.252,35823
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1951256.75/cwt256.75–256.752,44238
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,068225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,4033
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1253450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1393
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,4663
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned376380.17/cwt354.00–393.001,42918
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424388.39/cwt377.50–407.501,64717
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned427354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,51210
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471355.02/cwt349.00–363.001,67230
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned485307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,4913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518330.42/cwt320.00–345.001,71229
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526305.55/cwt302.50–310.001,60714
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned545287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,5673
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573308.14/cwt306.00–310.001,76616
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577282.76/cwt275.00–295.001,63210
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned595293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,7434
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612304.14/cwt299.00–307.001,86126
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned632273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,7253
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2648259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,6784
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672275.24/cwt265.00–280.001,85016
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7386
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1701253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,77414
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0093
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1862240.57/cwt240.00–241.002,0747
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1383434.02/cwt432.50–435.001,6625
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1408412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,6813
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479394.80/cwt391.00–401.001,89113
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2491369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,8123
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2538342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,8435
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned543357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,9395
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned558287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,6014
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564354.97/cwt332.50–365.002,00210
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1607328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,9914
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned625303.77/cwt297.50–310.001,8996
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1663301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,9963
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,135150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,7031
Bulls——1,548150.55/cwt150.00–151.002,3312
Bulls——1,705167.72/cwt155.00–173.002,86014
Bulls——1,800176.00/cwt176.00–176.003,1681
Bulls——1,821181.08/cwt176.00–186.003,2974
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight920135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2421
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight938122.59/cwt120.00–129.001,1505
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight950113.94/cwt112.00–118.001,0825
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063129.96/cwt129.00–131.001,3812
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,136107.26/cwt103.00–111.001,2189
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,143125.95/cwt125.00–129.001,4404
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,281146.51/cwt144.00–154.001,87712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,282146.57/cwt144.00–149.001,8793
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293137.07/cwt134.00–142.001,77218
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,340127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,7023
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,387137.38/cwt135.00–143.001,90517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460133.62/cwt130.00–134.001,95121
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,008176.58/cwt159.00–195.001,78012
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0102,948.27/head2,275.00–3,025.002,9489
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1461,558.11/head1,460.00–1,900.001,5589
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2743,164.15/head2,300.00–3,285.003,16418
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4252,423.68/head2,350.00–2,500.002,4242
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19502,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8253
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19502,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1502,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3503,375.00/head3,375.00–3,375.003,3751

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.