Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2023-10-05

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Oct 5
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,000 head
▼ 380 vs last sale 1,380▼ 1,530 vs year ago 2,530 · −60.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
247 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 272▼ 288 vs year ago 535 · −53.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 44▲ 0 vs year ago 62 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Steer calves 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Quality fair to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. A total of 309 cows and bulls sold with 80 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 $229.49/cwt on 257 head.
Average price
$229.49
257 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,261
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.79
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540230.521,244232
Medium and Large 1-2640219.881,40725
One grade step is worth $10.64/cwt here — about −$162 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 sale257 hd
229.49
—
OK average5 barns · 2,682 hd
233.27
−3.79
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—Average1,621103.791,68314
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,345102.151,37442
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17993.921,10761
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02982.2184688

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)1,596$1,4134thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,020$1,2792thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,138$1,1964thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)815$8501thin

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1376337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,2678
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned402219.00/cwt219.00–219.008805
Steers—Medium and Large 1425309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,3132
Steers—Medium and Large 1455301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,3703
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,30712
Steers—Medium and Large 1516283.25/cwt274.00–289.001,46220
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned527260.92/cwt259.00–263.001,37512
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy563251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,4165
Steers—Medium and Large 1568277.65/cwt275.00–279.001,57719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,47210
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned592239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned623220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3719
Steers—Medium and Large 1628250.84/cwt247.00–252.501,57522
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned632246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,55523
Steers—Medium and Large 1654246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6096
Steers—Medium and Large 1736243.68/cwt242.50–244.001,79323
Steers—Medium and Large 1819242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,9866
Steers—Medium and Large 1862238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,05216
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned294237.00/cwt237.00–237.006976
Heifers—Medium and Large 1339265.43/cwt260.00–270.0090015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned344259.80/cwt257.00–261.0089410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned391257.20/cwt253.00–260.001,00613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1393251.00/cwt251.00–251.009863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned412238.53/cwt233.00–242.5098314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,10114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned448219.00/cwt219.00–219.009813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned476226.73/cwt220.00–235.001,07911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned527218.12/cwt210.00–223.001,14929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy546210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned572216.85/cwt210.00–221.001,24022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned639220.52/cwt211.00–221.501,40954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned681204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,3894
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2692220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,52217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1828214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,77213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1858216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,8536
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2353275.00/cwt275.00–275.009713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1366305.08/cwt299.00–311.001,1178
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned419227.00/cwt227.00–227.009514
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,2715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned444240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0666
Bulls—Medium and Large 1483286.06/cwt281.00–297.001,3826
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned510251.64/cwt249.00–255.001,2839
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned558230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,28317
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned629219.13/cwt205.00–225.001,37815
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned671220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,47611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1689219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5094
Bulls—Medium and Large 1743218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,62017
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,31580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0521
Bulls——1,46992.22/cwt80.00–98.001,3554
Bulls——1,552108.88/cwt104.00–114.001,6906
Bulls——2,065116.95/cwt116.00–118.002,4153
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93978.62/cwt76.00–86.0073839
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight96263.95/cwt53.00–69.006153
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight97093.00/cwt93.00–93.009021
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07572.11/cwt64.00–76.007753
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09398.46/cwt98.00–99.001,0762
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10184.99/cwt80.00–90.0093628
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15290.87/cwt90.00–95.001,04712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17288.68/cwt83.00–95.001,03933
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18299.03/cwt96.00–102.001,17123
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,206104.96/cwt104.00–108.001,2665
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32995.90/cwt90.00–100.001,2759
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,339102.99/cwt102.00–107.001,37930
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455112.51/cwt111.00–116.001,6373
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1815850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0201,278.68/head925.00–1,575.001,2792
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1381,195.66/head1,135.00–1,250.001,1964
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5961,413.20/head950.00–1,525.001,4134

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.