Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2025-05-22

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, May 22
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,939 head
▼ 659 vs last sale 2,598▲ 155 vs year ago 1,784 · +8.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
192 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 241▼ 12 vs year ago 204 · −5.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 98▲ 33 vs year ago 45 · +73.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers unevenly steady. Steer calves up to 30.00 higher. Heifer calves 500 to 10.00 higher. Quality fair to average with good demand. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00 higher. A total of 270 cows and bulls sold with 71 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 $312.73/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −66.78 against this barn's trailing median of $379.52.
Average price
$312.73
101 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,751
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.18
vs OK average
−21.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566316.171,79144
Medium and Large 1-2555310.081,72057
One grade step is worth $6.08/cwt here — about $71 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 sale101 hd
312.73
—
OK average6 barns · 808 hd
324.91
−12.18
National average158 barns · 12,726 hd
334.26
−21.53
This barn, trailing median34 sales
379.52
−66.78
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—Average1,689191.253,23016
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,443152.012,19345
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,197147.171,76238
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,073139.491,49653

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,300$3,1502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,274$2,66011
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,238$2,6015
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,148$2,5973thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,200$1,9354thin

Every lot

73 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330511.52/cwt510.00–512.501,6885
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367516.68/cwt495.00–525.001,8969
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411467.21/cwt460.00–475.001,92011
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460451.86/cwt413.00–470.002,07919
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,74311
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,69013
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582338.10/cwt330.00–347.501,96826
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2591334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,97430
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0305
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned622333.41/cwt330.00–335.002,07442
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667324.25/cwt312.50–329.002,16350
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2693297.94/cwt293.00–302.502,06529
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,8143
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2722273.38/cwt271.00–275.001,97417
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725319.88/cwt301.00–330.002,31963
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,18111
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1774296.59/cwt291.50–302.502,29682
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817294.36/cwt293.50–296.002,40519
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1884278.37/cwt273.00–279.502,46158
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1902279.75/cwt279.75–279.752,52314
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,047260.25/cwt260.25–260.252,7257
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,071242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,5973
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1396380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5054
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1408385.13/cwt377.50–387.501,57113
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned408357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,4594
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4017
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2457325.88/cwt322.50–335.001,48915
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473364.81/cwt330.00–385.001,72629
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,7906
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531310.99/cwt300.00–317.501,65131
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned546322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,7613
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575313.29/cwt310.00–317.501,80127
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,80126
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned584300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7528
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned610301.50/cwt301.50–301.501,83931
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,8547
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624303.53/cwt296.00–310.001,89472
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671269.53/cwt262.50–272.501,80930
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1691295.90/cwt290.00–299.002,04574
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1745290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1614
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772275.66/cwt267.00–286.002,12864
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,98111
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813274.66/cwt260.00–278.502,233191
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1860258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,2196
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1438454.45/cwt435.00–465.001,99011
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned521355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8503
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2521332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,7323
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned565330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8656
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628311.71/cwt309.00–317.501,95814
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1672310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0837
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1743293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,1776
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1819276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,2606
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,180185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,1831
Bulls——1,609182.55/cwt179.00–185.002,9374
Bulls——1,764194.98/cwt187.00–208.003,43911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight985135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3301
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight995129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,2846
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015114.02/cwt113.00–116.001,1573
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,074144.14/cwt141.00–148.001,54836
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,119132.74/cwt127.00–135.001,4854
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166149.03/cwt147.00–153.001,73814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185142.69/cwt137.00–146.001,69118
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,238140.67/cwt136.00–143.001,7413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,308156.30/cwt155.00–160.002,0446
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,345154.09/cwt150.00–159.002,07320
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,459163.33/cwt162.00–165.002,3836
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,540146.24/cwt139.00–149.002,25219
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1482,596.66/head2,500.00–2,650.002,5973
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2001,935.00/head1,935.00–1,935.001,9354
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2382,601.20/head2,500.00–2,700.002,6015
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2742,659.60/head2,575.00–2,750.002,66011
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3003,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1502
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1991175.76/cwt167.00–181.001,74213

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.