Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2026-04-16

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Apr 16
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,557 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 1,615▲ 555 vs year ago 1,002 · +55.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 156▼ 103 vs year ago 179 · −57.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
130 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 180▲ 46 vs year ago 84 · +54.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher and heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Quality average to attractive with moderate demand. Slaughter cows mostly steady on a light test. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. A total of 206 cows and bulls sold with 37 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 $494.45/cwt on 66 head, up $24.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 34 of 34 comparable sales and sits +56.71 against this barn's trailing median of $437.74.
Average price
$494.45
▲ 24.64 vs prior sale
66 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,704
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$523
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$67.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.87
vs OK average
+6.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548497.522,72963
Medium and Large 1-2513430.002,2063thin
One grade step is worth $67.52/cwt here — about $523 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 sale66 hd
494.45
—
OK average6 barns · 611 hd
480.58
+13.87
National average180 barns · 13,019 hd
488.35
+6.10
This barn, trailing median34 sales
437.74
+56.71
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—Average1,510197.172,97717
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,137171.891,95413
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,338165.052,2099thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,017159.211,61914

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)1,028$3,4016
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,364$3,21112
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,160$2,9502thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,080$2,9003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,118$2,6319
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,107$2,4359
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$4,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)850$4,4001thin

Every lot

78 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
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1281721.78/cwt712.50–727.502,02824
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335685.00/cwt685.00–685.002,2952
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1361644.18/cwt557.50–706.002,32536
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned400565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,2603
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417527.88/cwt525.00–530.002,20124
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420616.04/cwt604.00–630.002,58721
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned465560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,60410
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468563.17/cwt545.00–570.002,63626
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned513430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,2063
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523523.51/cwt500.00–532.502,73833
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568487.83/cwt470.00–512.502,7717
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned579463.19/cwt460.00–468.002,68223
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,7055
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1655433.53/cwt425.00–435.002,84028
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2694402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,79010
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733412.50/cwt412.50–412.503,0249
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2784350.43/cwt350.00–351.002,74721
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1786374.78/cwt371.00–375.002,946156
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2794344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,73115
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1895343.21/cwt331.00–346.003,072119
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2917327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,99915
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935332.94/cwt329.00–334.503,11325
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1250665.00/cwt665.00–665.001,6632
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,5686
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318531.58/cwt510.00–550.001,69014
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,7448
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned386425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6413
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1388515.75/cwt480.00–530.002,00164
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned414485.72/cwt460.00–490.002,01122
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427480.29/cwt427.50–500.002,05118
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464492.17/cwt490.00–495.002,2849
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0275
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned476467.84/cwt422.50–500.002,22724
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523444.10/cwt435.00–455.002,32315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527394.58/cwt375.00–420.002,0799
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned541405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1917
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1559402.81/cwt400.00–410.002,2527
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned581392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,28014
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,3528
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637368.67/cwt361.00–374.502,34858
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1654355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3228
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680331.15/cwt324.00–335.002,25223
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720347.20/cwt340.00–357.502,50070
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1798331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,64113
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,3163
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1504530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,67113
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned520455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,3662
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned574447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,56916
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2582425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4744
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1591461.00/cwt461.00–461.002,7253
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1646415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,68110
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,7843
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,165200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,3301
Bulls——Light Weight1,225172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,1072
Bulls——1,516188.09/cwt176.00–195.002,8514
Bulls——1,518199.72/cwt196.00–204.003,0326
Bulls——1,720214.29/cwt208.00–223.003,6864
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight845132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1151
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight974166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,6176
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight980157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,5391
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,047161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,6864
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,118177.47/cwt176.00–185.001,9847
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,140155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,7671
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,146164.05/cwt158.00–167.001,8805
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,0981
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,235145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,7911
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,299162.78/cwt157.00–169.002,1157
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475173.01/cwt172.00–174.002,5522
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18504,400.00/head4,400.00–4,400.004,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2504,600.00/head4,600.00–4,600.004,6001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1886277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,45916
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,089208.53/cwt165.00–272.502,27161
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0283,401.09/head3,050.00–3,650.003,4016
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0802,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1072,435.24/head2,400.00–2,500.002,4359
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1182,630.55/head2,500.00–2,700.002,6319
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1602,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3643,210.51/head2,750.00–3,450.003,21112

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.