Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2021-03-18

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Mar 18
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,479 head
▼ 1,365 vs last sale 2,844▲ 1,236 vs year ago 243 · +508.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 129▲ 78 vs year ago 24 · +325.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 51▲ 22 vs year ago 21 · +104.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Steer calves 3.00 lower on a limited test. Heifer calves 4.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. A total of 145 cows and bulls sold with 70 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 $143.72/cwt on 616 head.
Average price
$143.72
616 head · 724 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,041
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.61
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1722145.001,048553
Medium and Large 1-2742132.5098363
One grade step is worth $12.50/cwt here — about $64 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 sale616 hd
143.72
—
OK average7 barns · 10,937 hd
145.33
−1.61
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—Average1,69183.901,41822
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49665.1197416
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24662.1577417
CowsLean 85-90%Average96543.5442029

Every lot

52 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1339201.00/cwt201.00–201.006815
Steers—Medium and Large 1479181.00/cwt181.00–181.0086729
Steers—Medium and Large 1529161.21/cwt154.00–177.0085321
Steers—Medium and Large 1596157.62/cwt154.50–160.0093971
Steers—Medium and Large 1616149.64/cwt148.00–153.0092221
Steers—Medium and Large 1668148.28/cwt139.00–153.75991111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672140.00/cwt140.00–140.0094129
Steers—Medium and Large 1715146.75/cwt138.00–153.501,04957
Steers—Medium and Large 1784135.04/cwt134.50–136.001,05966
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2797126.06/cwt125.00–127.001,00517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2807126.13/cwt124.00–128.001,01817
Steers—Medium and Large 1830131.71/cwt131.50–132.001,09329
Steers—Medium and Large 1876131.25/cwt128.00–132.351,150111
Steers—Medium and Large 1925127.72/cwt125.50–128.751,18132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340157.00/cwt157.00–157.005343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358153.29/cwt151.00–155.005497
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429158.26/cwt157.00–159.0067915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468156.00/cwt156.00–156.007308
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515139.02/cwt135.00–144.0071611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570137.08/cwt130.00–140.5078147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628130.79/cwt126.00–133.0082146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638124.00/cwt124.00–124.0079116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned649116.00/cwt116.00–116.007534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669129.50/cwt129.00–130.0086618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721126.85/cwt126.00–127.5091555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1766128.22/cwt123.50–128.8598251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1844122.75/cwt122.75–122.751,03637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1894117.15/cwt115.50–120.001,04711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1429185.00/cwt185.00–185.007949
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2516140.00/cwt140.00–140.007225
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565133.20/cwt130.00–137.0075311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned736122.00/cwt122.00–122.008985
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43171.21/cwt68.00–78.001,0198
Bulls——1,67986.24/cwt82.00–90.001,4486
Bulls——1,95994.83/cwt92.00–100.001,8588
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight82830.00/cwt30.00–30.002484
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94743.99/cwt37.50–53.0041718
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight97560.00/cwt60.00–60.005851
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02553.00/cwt53.00–53.005431
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05557.52/cwt57.00–58.006072
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10247.14/cwt45.00–52.005195
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight1,16066.00/cwt66.00–66.007661
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24862.43/cwt56.00–63.5077913
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28160.43/cwt60.00–61.507744
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56866.67/cwt64.50–69.001,04512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,79066.00/cwt66.00–66.001,1811
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1815900.00/cwt900.00–900.007,3351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,192861.50/cwt675.00–960.0010,2693
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2071,169.58/cwt1,000.00–1,325.0014,1173
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,210875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,5881
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4431,161.53/cwt1,100.00–1,200.0016,7612
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1181,157.08/cwt1,025.00–1,300.0012,9363

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.