Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2023-10-26

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Oct 26
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
357 head
▼ 1,471 vs last sale 1,828▼ 1,137 vs year ago 1,494 · −76.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
178 head
▼ 154 vs last sale 332▼ 255 vs year ago 433 · −58.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
31 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 69▼ 51 vs year ago 82 · −62.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle and calves lower on a limited test due to much needed rainfall. Quality fair to good with fair demand. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. A total of 209 cows and bulls sold with 85 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 $231.29/cwt on 130 head.
Average price
$231.29
130 head · 734 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,697
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.07
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1720240.001,72849
Medium and Large 1-2742226.011,67881
One grade step is worth $13.99/cwt here — about $50 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 sale130 hd
231.29
—
OK average5 barns · 2,720 hd
245.35
−14.07
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—Low1,740115.512,01021
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,32899.821,32629
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26898.201,24555
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07582.6288873

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,025$1,4001thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1322298.13/cwt280.00–317.009604
Steers—Medium and Large 1538265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4266
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2614229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,4064
Steers—Medium and Large 1646242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5676
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,57013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731230.33/cwt225.00–231.251,68427
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2761226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,7208
Steers—Medium and Large 1792227.76/cwt227.50–229.001,80411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned792201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,5925
Steers—Medium and Large 1809229.25/cwt229.25–229.251,85515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2821219.55/cwt210.00–227.501,80322
Steers—Medium and Large 1862225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,9447
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned344238.00/cwt238.00–238.008194
Heifers—Medium and Large 3347124.00/cwt124.00–124.004305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned385227.50/cwt227.50–227.508763
Heifers—Medium and Large 3412132.50/cwt132.50–132.505463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned420235.00/cwt235.00–235.009875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,0406
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned464212.38/cwt210.00–215.009857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned514195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned596193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,1539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned630185.88/cwt180.00–193.001,17112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1645238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675226.19/cwt215.00–238.001,52712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,5013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6712
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned412271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,1173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned517246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2725
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned584218.02/cwt210.00–230.001,27310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned732191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,3983
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned754195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4704
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned898171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,5364
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,698119.02/cwt116.00–123.002,0217
Bulls——1,715108.14/cwt99.00–115.001,8558
Bulls——1,71587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,4921
Bulls——1,844128.11/cwt125.00–130.002,3625
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight85580.54/cwt80.00–81.006892
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86368.72/cwt65.00–71.005933
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight93086.50/cwt86.50–86.508043
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07765.23/cwt60.00–74.0070311
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09880.09/cwt74.00–87.0087923
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10090.85/cwt89.50–93.0099926
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13796.50/cwt96.50–96.501,0975
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19588.30/cwt84.00–91.001,05512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25097.14/cwt94.00–99.001,21412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,303102.44/cwt100.00–112.001,33531
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30696.23/cwt93.00–98.001,25718
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,365105.69/cwt102.00–110.001,44311
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0251,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001

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.