Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2026-04-23

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Apr 23
● Final94 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,887 head
▲ 330 vs last sale 1,557▲ 1,008 vs year ago 879 · +114.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 76▼ 92 vs year ago 242 · −38.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
189 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 130▲ 81 vs year ago 108 · +75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 7.00 to 9.00 higher. Steer calves 20.00 to 30.00 lower. Heifer calves unevenly steady. Quality fair to average with moderate demand. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter bulls 5.00 higher. A total of 339 cows and bulls sold with 44 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 $419.80/cwt on 95 head, up $8.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 34 comparable sales and sits +40.29 against this barn's trailing median of $379.52.
Average price
$419.80
▲ 8.99 vs prior sale
95 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,284
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$273
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$51.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.99
vs OK average
−2.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545431.762,35263
Medium and Large 1-2542398.572,16028
Medium and Large 2547380.002,0794thin
One grade step is worth $51.76/cwt here — about $273 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 sale95 hd
419.80
—
OK average6 barns · 726 hd
417.81
+1.99
National average167 barns · 11,519 hd
422.17
−2.37
This barn, trailing median34 sales
379.52
+40.29
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—Average1,598212.293,39326
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,214173.842,11066
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,348170.502,29926
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,093158.431,7317thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,263$3,47810
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,216$2,9315
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)935$2,9003thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,025$2,6002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,243$2,48512
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,188$2,18738
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,088$4,0754thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,150$3,9501thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)1,000$4,3001thin

Every lot

94 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1297680.00/cwt680.00–680.002,0202
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322693.28/cwt675.00–730.002,23213
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385594.54/cwt545.00–605.002,28919
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424572.23/cwt570.00–575.002,42614
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2424460.18/cwt420.00–505.001,95121
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434537.40/cwt530.00–540.002,33219
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2467465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,1727
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472508.26/cwt492.50–540.002,3999
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned483540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,6088
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,34216
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517461.52/cwt450.00–485.002,38631
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527495.86/cwt477.50–512.502,61323
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,66219
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned613400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4523
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,47812
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662431.03/cwt425.00–432.502,85331
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678379.44/cwt375.00–380.002,57326
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned684377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,57943
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,83511
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722348.31/cwt341.00–354.002,51514
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760370.25/cwt368.00–377.502,81444
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed770410.50/cwt410.50–410.503,16141
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1824348.93/cwt346.00–350.002,87515
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2851323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,7497
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865340.67/cwt334.00–343.002,94734
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1933326.00/cwt326.00–326.003,04211
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1967316.00/cwt316.00–316.003,05610
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1276637.07/cwt630.00–645.001,7584
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325539.29/cwt527.50–545.001,75313
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373509.43/cwt470.00–525.001,90014
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7106
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3401295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1836
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2412400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6484
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415490.66/cwt482.50–500.002,03631
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned430470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,02121
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9586
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned450455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,0488
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479475.90/cwt475.00–477.502,28011
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,16335
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned488460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2457
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed501475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,38013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1504460.63/cwt430.00–467.502,32217
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519412.39/cwt397.50–421.002,14018
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2547380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0794
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583399.86/cwt392.50–412.502,33133
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583373.70/cwt365.00–377.502,17910
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed605409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,47434
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630377.90/cwt357.50–389.002,38151
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2095
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned636359.50/cwt359.50–359.502,28622
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669362.64/cwt352.00–368.502,42654
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,31912
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,5664
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2743332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,46720
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1771338.94/cwt329.00–342.252,613184
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1837327.61/cwt326.50–329.002,742134
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1925312.86/cwt310.00–322.502,89434
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1394570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,2467
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2397540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,1446
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2400560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,2403
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned427520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,2204
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2464440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0426
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2533447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,3855
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned556442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,4603
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned678385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,6103
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1828335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,7746
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,275208.21/cwt206.00–210.002,6554
Bulls——Light Weight1,315216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,8401
Bulls——1,500186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,7901
Bulls——1,541204.77/cwt196.00–211.003,1567
Bulls——1,758219.34/cwt212.00–234.003,85613
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight920154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,4172
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight1,135178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,0201
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,150151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,7372
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,165174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,0272
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,180151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,7821
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,212174.88/cwt167.00–178.002,12061
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,263156.95/cwt145.00–161.001,9824
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,318161.80/cwt151.00–170.002,1339
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,364173.26/cwt173.00–175.002,36313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,366181.12/cwt180.00–183.002,4744
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19754,100.00/head4,100.00–4,100.004,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0003,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1503,950.00/head3,950.00–3,950.003,9501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1884,550.53/head4,500.00–4,600.004,5512
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,026240.59/cwt200.00–290.002,46820
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,273180.68/cwt176.00–250.002,30033
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19352,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0252,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1882,187.14/head2,155.00–2,260.002,18738
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2162,931.09/head2,450.00–3,200.002,9315
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2432,485.00/head2,485.00–2,485.002,48512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2633,477.91/head3,150.00–3,700.003,47810
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0004,300.00/head4,300.00–4,300.004,3001

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.