Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2023-05-25

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, May 25
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
891 head
▼ 397 vs last sale 1,288▲ 492 vs year ago 399 · +123.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
▼ 63 vs last sale 238▲ 42 vs year ago 133 · +31.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 39▲ 6 vs year ago 27 · +22.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves lower compared to last weeks sharply higher market. Quality fair to good with moderate demand. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 6.00 higher. A total of 208 cows and bulls sold with 84 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 $205.76/cwt on 258 head.
Average price
$205.76
258 head · 767 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,578
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$232
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$14.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−39.30
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2629218.191,37232
Medium and Large 1786204.001,604226
One grade step is worth $14.19/cwt here — about −$232 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 sale258 hd
205.76
—
OK average5 barns · 2,236 hd
245.05
−39.30
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—Low1,658124.662,06719
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,421104.341,48367
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17696.401,13431
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03580.7683620

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,098$1,2672thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,075$1,0751thin

Every lot

65 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 1-2405247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,0004
Steers—Medium and Large 1413277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,1443
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned493231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,13910
Steers—Medium and Large 1505269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,3584
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2953
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned528258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3628
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,3053
Steers—Medium and Large 1572244.74/cwt240.00–251.001,40016
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned620233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4453
Steers—Medium and Large 1626237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4845
Steers—Medium and Large 1668225.60/cwt209.00–236.001,50711
Steers—Medium and Large 1707203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4357
Steers—Medium and Large 1796195.46/cwt190.00–198.501,55637
Steers—Medium and Large 1822197.30/cwt193.00–202.501,62277
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2861186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,60112
Steers—Medium and Large 1877181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,5875
Steers—Medium and Large 1933182.01/cwt172.00–186.001,69850
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1312236.12/cwt211.00–255.007379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380231.00/cwt231.00–231.008783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2394223.00/cwt223.00–223.008795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned424231.03/cwt225.00–235.009808
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445237.99/cwt235.00–241.001,05910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468227.05/cwt225.00–229.001,0636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484220.73/cwt219.00–222.001,0687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned529208.26/cwt206.00–209.001,10216
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532191.00/cwt173.00–200.001,0169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534228.40/cwt220.00–233.001,22016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1595219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3876
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677208.30/cwt194.00–223.001,41015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732191.74/cwt188.00–193.501,40439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,47113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819181.37/cwt180.00–182.001,48535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1870170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4795
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1245336.00/cwt336.00–336.008235
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0873
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,0714
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned381259.00/cwt259.00–259.009874
Bulls—Medium and Large 2395243.00/cwt243.00–243.009607
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2443249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,1033
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463258.42/cwt243.00–263.001,19610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,2593
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,21411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,28512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578233.99/cwt230.00–239.001,35215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned593224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3286
Bulls—Medium and Large 1617231.29/cwt225.00–234.001,42710
Bulls—Medium and Large 1651224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4584
Bulls—Medium and Large 1720207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4904
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,488105.49/cwt104.00–107.001,5702
Bulls——1,678127.95/cwt122.00–140.002,14715
Bulls——1,678119.20/cwt117.00–121.002,0002
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight88777.37/cwt75.00–83.006866
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight960100.00/cwt100.00–100.009602
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight96098.00/cwt98.00–98.009411
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight1,03068.34/cwt67.00–74.007044
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13492.08/cwt90.00–98.001,0444
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15482.25/cwt77.00–86.009495
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19195.01/cwt91.00–98.001,13224
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193101.61/cwt99.00–106.001,2125
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35698.31/cwt96.00–100.001,33318
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,434106.36/cwt103.00–110.001,52547
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,713111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,9012
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0751,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0981,267.26/head1,100.00–1,375.001,2672

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.