Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2023-09-21

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Sep 21
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,124 head
▲ 514 vs last sale 1,610▲ 428 vs year ago 1,696 · +25.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
354 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 280▲ 97 vs year ago 257 · +37.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 48▲ 15 vs year ago 49 · +30.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers under 700 lbs. sold steady, over 700 lbs. 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves that were unweaned and fleshy sold to weak demand. Quality good to attractive with good demand for thin yearling cattle. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. A total of 418 cows and bulls sold with 85 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 $234.29/cwt on 566 head.
Average price
$234.29
566 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,299
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$257
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.98
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2451234.561,05833
Medium and Large 1561234.271,314533
One grade step is worth $0.29/cwt here — about −$257 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 sale566 hd
234.29
—
OK average5 barns · 3,853 hd
237.27
−2.98
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—Low1,655118.081,95417
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,411110.261,55552
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,213102.951,24976
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01895.50973180

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,085$1,37925
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$1,20013
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$1,1752thin

Every lot

71 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned360283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,0195
Steers—Medium and Large 1375311.03/cwt299.00–339.001,16626
Steers—Medium and Large 1418314.23/cwt281.00–334.001,31320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,2144
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned441250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1037
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned442263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,16211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned452247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1195
Steers—Medium and Large 1461307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,41519
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned478284.64/cwt273.00–291.001,36114
Steers—Medium and Large 1508289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,4683
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned522265.05/cwt239.00–275.001,38423
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned527252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3315
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned575255.90/cwt245.00–261.501,47172
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2606249.06/cwt241.00–256.001,50915
Steers—Medium and Large 1611254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,5525
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2699251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,7548
Steers—Medium and Large 1728250.46/cwt245.00–259.501,82331
Steers—Medium and Large 1773248.81/cwt239.00–255.501,92330
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned776232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,8009
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2814225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8327
Steers—Medium and Large 1822250.50/cwt250.50–250.502,05932
Steers—Medium and Large 1947225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1313
Steers—Medium and Large 1963239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,3029
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322274.79/cwt271.00–279.008858
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned374257.27/cwt235.00–265.0096257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376263.00/cwt263.00–263.009895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned398229.00/cwt229.00–229.009115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned423236.61/cwt225.00–253.001,00170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned444225.00/cwt225.00–225.0099915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned483240.44/cwt227.00–249.001,161126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2499242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned527227.26/cwt220.00–237.001,19843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned569225.30/cwt213.00–230.001,28263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625240.86/cwt238.00–242.501,5058
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned625225.04/cwt221.00–235.001,40724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678230.29/cwt226.00–233.001,56117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned680223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,51610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723230.54/cwt227.00–237.001,66737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768224.77/cwt224.00–227.001,72612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829222.02/cwt212.00–227.001,84118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1884218.55/cwt212.00–220.001,93227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1956211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,0175
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,033191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,9738
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned372283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,05310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned475259.49/cwt255.00–265.001,23336
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned515255.19/cwt245.00–269.001,31413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned572233.86/cwt232.00–235.001,33819
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned616211.47/cwt205.00–231.001,30318
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned658210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3825
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned691211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,4585
Bulls—Medium and Large 1737223.11/cwt202.00–229.501,64413
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,26393.52/cwt87.00–102.001,1813
Bulls——Light Weight1,300122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,5861
Bulls——1,532116.22/cwt113.00–118.001,7805
Bulls——1,826123.85/cwt122.00–126.002,2625
Bulls——2,085134.80/cwt130.00–138.002,8113
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight803112.08/cwt106.00–116.0090016
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92596.31/cwt91.50–101.0089125
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight95588.49/cwt81.00–95.0084536
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09294.25/cwt81.00–98.001,02990
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130101.57/cwt99.50–104.001,14813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188113.80/cwt113.50–115.001,3529
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19297.39/cwt95.00–100.001,16135
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,244105.98/cwt102.00–108.001,31832
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,331102.19/cwt99.00–108.001,36023
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,472111.64/cwt111.00–117.001,64317
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,476123.76/cwt119.00–126.001,82712
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19001,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0851,379.04/head1,150.00–1,425.001,37925
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1501,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,20013

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.