Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2023-03-30

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Mar 30
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,122 head
▼ 203 vs last sale 1,325▼ 190 vs year ago 1,312 · −14.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
240 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 180▲ 101 vs year ago 139 · +72.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 37▲ 24 vs year ago 40 · +60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Steer calves weighing 350 to 400 lbs. 8.00 to 20.00 higher, over 400 lbs. steady. Heifer calves 2.00 to 11.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with very good demand for the thin grazing flesh calves. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 higher. A total of 304 cows and bulls sold with 79 percent going to packers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $199.51/cwt on 343 head.
Average price
$199.51
343 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,123
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$282
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.64
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2425202.4786023
Medium and Large 1573199.301,142320
One grade step is worth $3.18/cwt here — about −$282 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 sale343 hd
199.51
—
OK average5 barns · 2,993 hd
200.15
−0.64
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—Low1,560111.681,74218
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,38199.571,37565
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19195.081,13237
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00279.7379958

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)1,068$1,2619
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,078$1,1404thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)915$8003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)850$1,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)979$1,5927

Every lot

60 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned307267.00/cwt267.00–267.008203
Steers—Medium and Large 1383275.94/cwt267.50–290.001,05718
Steers—Medium and Large 1422265.72/cwt260.00–269.001,12115
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed430273.28/cwt271.00–275.001,17527
Steers—Medium and Large 1478250.32/cwt241.00–265.001,19725
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned502231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1605
Steers—Medium and Large 1527240.46/cwt237.50–242.001,2676
Steers—Medium and Large 1567235.92/cwt231.00–242.501,33837
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,1725
Steers—Medium and Large 1620226.03/cwt217.00–230.501,40114
Steers—Medium and Large 1672209.67/cwt209.00–210.001,40921
Steers—Medium and Large 1710197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,3993
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2733177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,2976
Steers—Medium and Large 1773182.89/cwt182.00–187.001,41430
Steers—Medium and Large 1835182.10/cwt175.00–184.001,52138
Steers—Medium and Large 1890174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,5532
Steers—Medium and Large 1931164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,5314
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1324220.67/cwt219.00–227.0071517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1355227.00/cwt227.00–227.008063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned373213.00/cwt213.00–213.007945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378206.46/cwt201.00–211.0078015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2406209.00/cwt209.00–209.008494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424221.13/cwt215.00–226.0093856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481220.16/cwt208.00–227.501,05932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520215.41/cwt205.00–221.001,12041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584200.38/cwt194.00–209.001,17035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned598180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616185.73/cwt184.00–190.001,14422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,1194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670179.34/cwt170.00–183.001,20227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714172.91/cwt165.00–175.501,23527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774171.69/cwt168.50–175.001,32928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1832169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,41019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1857160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3713
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1394
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1143
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned573198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,1353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1622198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1728177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,2894
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,184104.87/cwt95.00–110.001,2424
Bulls——Light Weight1,340113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,5141
Bulls——1,519107.60/cwt101.00–110.001,6346
Bulls——1,782117.20/cwt113.00–120.002,0896
Bulls——2,200129.00/cwt129.00–129.002,8381
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91585.34/cwt84.00–89.007814
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93273.94/cwt59.00–79.5068927
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05091.43/cwt89.00–93.009605
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07578.80/cwt77.00–81.008475
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09784.43/cwt82.00–87.0092617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16690.12/cwt86.00–92.001,05119
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,217100.32/cwt94.00–104.001,22118
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,325103.32/cwt95.00–107.001,36916
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39998.35/cwt90.00–100.001,37649
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18501,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18501,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0001,611.25/head1,475.00–1,650.001,6116
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1915800.00/head800.00–800.008003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0681,261.39/head1,250.00–1,350.001,2619
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0781,140.25/head960.00–1,300.001,1404

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.