Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2025-08-21

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Aug 21
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,229 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 1,236▼ 394 vs year ago 1,623 · −24.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 97▼ 172 vs year ago 273 · −63.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 82▲ 22 vs year ago 46 · +47.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers lightly tested. Steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Quality average to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. A total of 169 cows and bulls sold with 60 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 $381.64/cwt on 132 head. That ranks 19 of 34 comparable sales and sits +2.13 against this barn's trailing median of $379.52.
Average price
$381.64
132 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,127
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$262
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.94
vs OK average
+21.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560382.322,140126
Medium and Large 1-2511367.501,8786thin
One grade step is worth $14.82/cwt here — about $262 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 sale132 hd
381.64
—
OK average6 barns · 868 hd
379.70
+1.94
National average158 barns · 7,895 hd
359.80
+21.84
This barn, trailing median34 sales
379.52
+2.13
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—Average1,650190.153,13821
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,458168.322,45526
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,225164.602,01613
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,140150.331,71419

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)1,245$3,8501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$2,7252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,198$2,71517
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,010$2,6503thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)965$2,6256
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,250$2,5501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,219$2,1647
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)850$3,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$3,1001thin

Every lot

82 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268613.34/cwt585.00–635.001,6445
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319542.51/cwt540.00–545.001,7314
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378523.96/cwt510.00–545.001,98123
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419521.94/cwt515.00–525.002,18711
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467496.76/cwt475.00–512.002,32028
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned477462.42/cwt435.00–481.002,20621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518443.35/cwt440.00–450.002,29721
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1947
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned535409.95/cwt403.00–420.002,19310
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned575385.41/cwt380.00–388.002,21613
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578412.91/cwt397.50–428.002,38727
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617396.21/cwt392.50–400.002,4456
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned621388.75/cwt385.00–395.002,41440
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,4695
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned659370.33/cwt363.00–373.002,44027
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660399.65/cwt385.00–406.002,63810
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,5543
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722366.91/cwt363.00–371.002,64918
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771344.19/cwt333.00–356.002,6546
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1807335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,7032
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1886329.42/cwt329.00–330.002,9197
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1901326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,9374
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1999310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,0975
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320483.41/cwt475.00–505.001,54715
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375472.89/cwt465.00–485.001,77316
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420469.48/cwt455.00–475.001,97226
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned437428.40/cwt420.00–440.001,87240
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned466350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6313
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477420.64/cwt410.00–435.002,00651
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned497400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9884
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,0173
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2511367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,8786
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524403.34/cwt395.00–407.502,11436
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned540375.55/cwt370.00–378.002,02813
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned575368.75/cwt367.50–370.002,1206
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580374.04/cwt367.50–377.502,16971
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619362.64/cwt355.00–375.002,24526
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,1494
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned635350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2233
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680349.75/cwt347.50–350.002,37819
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1798320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5543
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1908300.91/cwt300.00–301.002,73222
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,8504
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1384505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,9396
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned431474.11/cwt460.00–480.002,0438
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned470450.09/cwt440.00–460.002,11521
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned510399.99/cwt365.00–412.502,04018
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1536400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,14416
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1552410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,2633
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned572386.08/cwt372.50–395.002,20812
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1616365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,24819
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned629370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,32713
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned681353.39/cwt346.00–365.002,40715
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned683340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3224
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1756302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,2873
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1894271.50/cwt271.50–271.502,4276
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,195173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,0671
Bulls——1,465156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,2851
Bulls——1,591193.79/cwt190.00–200.003,08310
Bulls——1,773181.79/cwt172.00–187.003,2236
Bulls——1,817211.85/cwt209.00–214.003,8493
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight955155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,4801
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,071143.66/cwt135.00–153.001,5394
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,075174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,8711
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,140132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,5051
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,176153.44/cwt148.00–160.001,80413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230167.53/cwt164.00–171.002,0616
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245160.10/cwt154.00–163.001,9936
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,364176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,4015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,464168.90/cwt166.00–174.002,47315
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,523160.47/cwt155.00–164.002,4446
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19652,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6256
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0102,650.00/head2,350.00–2,800.002,6503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0502,725.00/head2,725.00–2,725.002,7252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1982,714.68/head2,400.00–3,350.002,71517
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2192,163.66/head2,100.00–2,625.002,1647
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2453,850.00/head3,850.00–3,850.003,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2502,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,161200.71/cwt185.00–217.002,3309
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,290167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,1543
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18503,650.00/head3,650.00–3,650.003,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1503,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001

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.