Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2020-04-09

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Apr 9
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
757 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 737▼ 249 vs year ago 1,006 · −24.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 85▼ 48 vs year ago 144 · −33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 29▼ 31 vs year ago 58 · −53.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers mostly steady. Steer calves 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Heifer calves unevenly steady. Quality fair to attractive with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls, not enough comparable cattle for a market test. A total of 123 cows and bulls sold with 78 percent going to packers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $122.18/cwt on 355 head.
Average price
$122.18
355 head · 740 lb average
Value per head Derived
$904
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$216
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$24.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.93
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2496143.0670947
Medium and Large 1777119.00925308
One grade step is worth $24.07/cwt here — about −$216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale355 hd
122.18
—
OK average7 barns · 7,080 hd
123.11
−0.93
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Average1,58676.651,21610
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36157.197784thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13652.2959418
CowsLean 85-90%Low99637.4837356

Every lot

45 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1395178.00/cwt178.00–178.007033
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2447154.00/cwt154.00–154.0068813
Steers—Medium and Large 1471161.70/cwt160.00–164.007627
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2501141.00/cwt141.00–141.0070630
Steers—Medium and Large 1526153.98/cwt149.00–158.0081014
Steers—Medium and Large 1564142.51/cwt142.00–143.008046
Steers—Medium and Large 1615135.00/cwt135.00–135.008303
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615123.00/cwt123.00–123.007564
Steers—Medium and Large 1670128.04/cwt126.00–135.0085830
Steers—Medium and Large 1727125.87/cwt122.00–131.5091559
Steers—Medium and Large 1777117.25/cwt115.00–118.0091153
Steers—Medium and Large 1833112.57/cwt110.00–117.0093822
Steers—Medium and Large 1870106.34/cwt105.00–110.0092577
Steers—Medium and Large 1913105.17/cwt102.00–107.5096019
Steers—Medium and Large 11,03395.00/cwt95.00–95.0098115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385150.00/cwt150.00–150.005783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419135.96/cwt133.00–137.005708
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419118.77/cwt110.00–128.004988
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484138.78/cwt136.00–147.5067212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526131.44/cwt127.00–137.0069124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580122.19/cwt118.00–126.0070921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614126.93/cwt120.00–131.5077925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668114.58/cwt113.00–116.0076560
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710115.42/cwt114.50–116.0081918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785105.43/cwt105.00–106.5082838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1857100.00/cwt100.00–100.0085716
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1406170.00/cwt170.00–170.006905
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy460150.00/cwt150.00–150.006903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2512133.00/cwt133.00–133.006813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528147.50/cwt147.50–147.507793
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43171.45/cwt69.00–74.001,0225
Bulls——1,69779.52/cwt77.00–82.501,3493
Bulls——1,80885.35/cwt83.00–87.501,5432
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight89425.37/cwt25.00–26.002278
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight89845.00/cwt44.00–46.004042
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight98538.57/cwt38.50–40.0038036
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight99050.00/cwt50.00–50.004951
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10841.57/cwt38.00–45.5046111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16653.20/cwt48.00–56.0062016
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36157.19/cwt55.50–60.007784
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,044621.91/cwt610.00–625.006,49310
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,045550.00/cwt550.00–550.005,7481
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,188656.97/cwt600.00–710.007,8052
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,225760.00/cwt760.00–760.009,3101
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,350975.00/cwt975.00–975.0013,1631

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.