Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2026-01-29

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Jan 29
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 1,578 vs last sale 1,640▼ 1,473 vs year ago 1,535 · −96.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 110▼ 71 vs year ago 77 · −92.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 73▼ 37 vs year ago 43 · −86.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A major winter storm that passed thru the area limited todays receipts. Quality was average with very good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $348.13/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 9 of 34 comparable sales and sits −31.39 against this barn's trailing median of $379.52.
Average price
$348.13
4 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,966
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$852
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$117.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−75.51
vs OK average
−89.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1577397.502,2942thin
Medium and Large 1-2590317.501,8731thin
Medium and Large 2515280.001,4421thin
One grade step is worth $117.50/cwt here — about $852 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 sale4 hd
348.13
—
OK average2 barns · 98 hd
423.63
−75.51
National average68 barns · 7,217 hd
437.65
−89.52
This barn, trailing median34 sales
379.52
−31.39
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—Low1,413162.462,2962thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,300157.002,0411thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average955155.001,4801thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,035138.521,4342thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9481
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875358.00/cwt358.00–358.003,1336
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1997330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,29013
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1300490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,4702
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8172
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,9233
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433458.31/cwt457.50–460.001,98412
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,8551
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4421
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,2942
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,8731
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2605250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5131
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0151
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1742340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5232
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned370505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,8691
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373527.62/cwt525.00–530.001,9682
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned486500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,4304
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned515460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,3691
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned600327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,9651
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned695335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3281
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2810270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1871
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,413162.46/cwt158.00–167.002,2962
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%955155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,4801
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035138.52/cwt135.00–142.001,4342
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,300157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,0411
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1850207.90/cwt205.00–210.001,7672
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1955185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7671

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.