Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2026-02-05

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Feb 5
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,124 head
▲ 1,062 vs last sale 62▼ 833 vs year ago 1,957 · −42.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 6▼ 51 vs year ago 135 · −37.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 6▼ 40 vs year ago 85 · −47.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last test two weeks ago: Feeder steers 5.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 15.00 higher. Steer calves and heifer calves 15.00 to 30.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher. A total of 129 cows and bulls sold with 65 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 $479.74/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 31 of 34 comparable sales and sits +42.00 against this barn's trailing median of $437.74.
Average price
$479.74
31 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$207
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$56.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.99
vs OK average
−3.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532496.002,63722
Medium and Large 1-2552440.002,4309thin
One grade step is worth $56.00/cwt here — about $207 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 sale31 hd
479.74
—
OK average6 barns · 705 hd
472.76
+6.99
National average143 barns · 13,122 hd
483.03
−3.29
This barn, trailing median34 sales
437.74
+42.00
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—High1,781195.093,47516
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,451162.262,35513
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,246146.101,82014
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,072129.741,39125

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)1,375$3,2252thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,220$3,1001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,440$2,9732thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,070$1,8001thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1290630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,8272
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1329605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,9906
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366608.95/cwt585.00–625.002,22913
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1412561.46/cwt525.00–590.002,31318
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469539.03/cwt510.00–547.002,52819
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,1796
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2500465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,3254
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned522485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,5325
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,67214
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583449.00/cwt449.00–449.002,6183
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,4955
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635404.50/cwt396.00–417.002,56939
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,62640
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned650378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,4573
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682399.74/cwt394.00–426.002,72644
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2702314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,2045
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714351.70/cwt340.00–372.002,51114
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717382.97/cwt369.00–400.002,74658
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772364.42/cwt353.00–366.002,81350
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2787355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,79411
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1916339.53/cwt332.00–344.003,1108
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1284640.00/cwt625.00–660.001,81811
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1316585.19/cwt555.00–640.001,84913
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379570.34/cwt510.00–585.002,16217
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424521.79/cwt507.50–540.002,21218
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470477.29/cwt457.50–490.002,24344
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned511450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,3003
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529441.96/cwt432.00–450.002,33824
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned562417.43/cwt397.50–452.502,34616
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573399.11/cwt385.00–419.002,28725
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628371.03/cwt366.00–376.002,33031
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned641326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,0903
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661360.77/cwt345.00–372.002,38544
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713348.88/cwt346.00–350.002,48811
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727341.22/cwt339.00–342.002,48127
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1336560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,8824
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368582.50/cwt582.50–582.502,1443
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2434527.50/cwt527.50–527.502,2896
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1438537.50/cwt537.50–537.502,3545
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465520.06/cwt470.00–535.002,41818
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned495491.54/cwt477.50–500.002,4338
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1526486.91/cwt470.00–515.002,56115
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned535500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,6753
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned565427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,41510
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1589436.23/cwt430.00–437.002,56927
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned589410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,4155
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2672376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,5279
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675375.32/cwt365.00–388.002,5339
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned750348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,6104
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1806340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,7403
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,100171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,8811
Bulls——1,360176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,3941
Bulls——1,805187.88/cwt185.00–190.003,3913
Bulls——1,875200.98/cwt191.00–216.003,76811
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight937128.27/cwt125.00–131.001,2023
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight940136.03/cwt134.00–138.001,2794
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight976110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0746
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,188138.60/cwt133.00–144.001,64711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234143.70/cwt132.00–152.001,77312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,9401
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,315130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,7101
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,370167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,2881
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,384166.07/cwt161.00–170.002,2987
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,530157.81/cwt152.00–162.002,4146
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1760237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,80110
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,092194.87/cwt156.00–232.002,12819
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0701,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2203,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3753,224.55/head3,200.00–3,250.003,2252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4402,972.50/head2,580.00–3,300.002,9732

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.