Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2025-07-24

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Jul 24
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
988 head
▼ 136 vs last sale 1,124▼ 369 vs year ago 1,357 · −27.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 87▼ 60 vs year ago 132 · −45.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 33▲ 17 vs year ago 28 · +60.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Steer calves 3.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 15.00 lower except 400 to 500 lbs heifers 10.00 higher. Quality fair to average with several fleshy unweaned calves. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. A total of 117 cows and bulls sold with 62 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 $332.96/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 3 of 34 comparable sales and sits −46.55 against this barn's trailing median of $379.52.
Average price
$332.96
57 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,821
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$34.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.02
vs OK average
−7.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545336.551,83351
Medium and Large 1-2568302.501,7186thin
One grade step is worth $34.05/cwt here — about $115 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 sale57 hd
332.96
—
OK average6 barns · 612 hd
350.99
−18.02
National average146 barns · 6,788 hd
340.18
−7.22
This barn, trailing median34 sales
379.52
−46.55
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—Low1,778196.803,49925
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,308161.902,1179thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,430160.872,30116
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,109147.191,6337thin

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)1,152$2,5055
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)860$2,3502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,075$3,6001thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$3,5501thin

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7006
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned370418.69/cwt413.00–425.001,54910
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned375450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6882
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,8245
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415477.93/cwt465.00–490.001,98313
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned469403.85/cwt378.00–425.001,89420
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521391.84/cwt390.00–392.502,04111
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned532373.10/cwt360.00–390.001,9859
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0488
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1555390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,1654
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0559
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633359.36/cwt342.50–389.002,27546
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667335.06/cwt314.00–340.002,23535
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned671327.93/cwt317.00–335.002,20013
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,4487
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820310.61/cwt308.00–314.002,5479
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2846272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,3055
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,6433
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1955270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,57910
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,027255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,61912
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265426.58/cwt415.00–450.001,13010
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1347420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4575
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374428.54/cwt427.50–430.001,6035
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned398407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,6204
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned419394.15/cwt380.00–408.001,65113
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423424.07/cwt410.00–435.001,79420
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,5694
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned488357.10/cwt332.50–372.501,74363
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2497328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,6309
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518360.75/cwt340.00–374.001,86919
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned543320.90/cwt320.00–325.001,74216
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,7186
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576339.47/cwt337.50–342.001,9557
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned579311.00/cwt308.00–312.501,8019
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,92115
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned610312.30/cwt308.00–318.001,90516
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1642327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,1032
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,9066
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,1834
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728306.50/cwt306.50–306.502,23117
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1145
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned749291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,1805
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2784286.75/cwt283.50–295.002,24817
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2846260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,2004
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned375435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6313
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned461360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6604
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned468402.57/cwt400.00–405.001,8846
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0623
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525351.84/cwt345.00–360.001,84714
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned577346.99/cwt320.00–370.002,00227
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1606340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0604
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned680312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,1226
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,315187.99/cwt186.00–190.002,4722
Bulls——1,370177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,4251
Bulls——1,820187.39/cwt186.00–190.003,4105
Bulls——1,844201.77/cwt194.00–210.003,72117
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight875130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1381
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090160.94/cwt159.00–163.001,7543
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,105139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,5361
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,250127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,5941
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,265151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,9101
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,287162.63/cwt157.00–167.002,0936
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,313148.14/cwt140.00–155.001,9452
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,349154.48/cwt151.00–157.502,0845
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,420185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,6271
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,453174.45/cwt170.00–179.002,5352
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470161.40/cwt159.00–164.002,3739
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0753,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0003,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1985217.08/cwt185.00–239.002,1386
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,010221.42/cwt195.00–240.002,2368
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18602,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1522,504.82/head2,150.00–2,775.002,5055

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.