Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2022-03-17

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Mar 17
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,046 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 2,087▲ 567 vs year ago 1,479 · +38.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 123▲ 14 vs year ago 102 · +13.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 47▼ 9 vs year ago 43 · −20.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Steer calves mostly steady. Heifer calves 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, several high yielding bulls on offer with very good demand. A total of 150 cows and bulls sold with 77 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 $161.29/cwt on 779 head.
Average price
$161.29
779 head · 718 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,158
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$539
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.01
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1738162.351,198613
Medium and Large 1-2654158.411,036156
Medium and Large 2468141.0066010thin
One grade step is worth $21.35/cwt here — about $539 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 sale779 hd
161.29
—
OK average7 barns · 11,982 hd
164.30
−3.01
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—Low1,775113.242,01034
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44288.841,28117
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16386.081,00134
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04769.9873326

Every lot

63 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
Steers—Medium and Large 1335215.00/cwt215.00–215.007204
Steers—Medium and Large 1358209.00/cwt209.00–209.007483
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2379180.00/cwt180.00–180.006827
Steers—Medium and Large 1425212.00/cwt212.00–212.0090116
Steers—Medium and Large 1468191.17/cwt185.00–195.0089516
Steers—Medium and Large 2468141.00/cwt141.00–141.0066010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526171.04/cwt164.00–185.0090027
Steers—Medium and Large 1534196.11/cwt186.00–200.501,04770
Steers—Medium and Large 1561184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0325
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571167.30/cwt160.00–177.0095526
Steers—Medium and Large 1618179.12/cwt172.00–182.001,10727
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635162.48/cwt160.00–164.001,03228
Steers—Medium and Large 1675165.68/cwt153.00–172.001,11891
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2729150.15/cwt145.00–152.001,09528
Steers—Medium and Large 1730161.66/cwt156.00–165.001,18034
Steers—Medium and Large 1768147.87/cwt147.00–155.001,13660
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,13826
Steers—Medium and Large 1812154.12/cwt149.50–155.001,251119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2840140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,17614
Steers—Medium and Large 1878146.07/cwt142.00–147.601,282143
Steers—Medium and Large 1961137.48/cwt137.00–138.001,32121
Steers—Medium and Large 11,055135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4244
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1312176.14/cwt175.00–177.0055014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371152.62/cwt151.00–155.0056610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374160.48/cwt160.00–161.006006
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424152.94/cwt150.00–157.0064811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440179.79/cwt174.00–185.0079114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466176.95/cwt170.00–186.0082541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned493147.00/cwt147.00–147.007254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2506145.50/cwt145.50–145.507365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529159.31/cwt153.00–171.0084327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574157.65/cwt145.00–163.75905102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623148.95/cwt147.00–151.0092826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625139.63/cwt139.00–140.0087311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678139.00/cwt139.00–139.0094219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1686144.27/cwt140.00–148.0099097
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719143.43/cwt138.00–144.501,03176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,0855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820139.51/cwt136.50–140.001,14478
Heifers—Medium and Large 1882132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1645
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1364189.69/cwt188.00–191.0069014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427196.22/cwt185.00–204.008387
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465156.86/cwt156.00–158.007297
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2543160.00/cwt160.00–160.008695
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,21092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,1131
Bulls——1,52094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4291
Bulls——1,55582.50/cwt82.00–83.001,2832
Bulls——1,779104.73/cwt98.00–110.001,8637
Bulls——1,828120.27/cwt110.00–129.752,19923
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight85057.20/cwt55.00–58.004864
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight96576.00/cwt76.00–76.007331
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06363.32/cwt60.00–68.006733
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06872.55/cwt70.00–77.0077516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09383.23/cwt81.00–85.0091016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22089.33/cwt87.00–99.001,09017
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,29082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,0582
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31076.50/cwt76.50–76.501,0021
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38782.86/cwt80.00–84.001,1493
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45094.75/cwt93.00–99.001,3744
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45588.27/cwt85.00–91.001,28410
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,093835.00/cwt835.00–835.009,1272
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,110700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,7701
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1201,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0012,6001

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.