Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2023-12-07

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Dec 7
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,558 head
▼ 446 vs last sale 2,004▼ 402 vs year ago 1,960 · −20.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
272 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 293▲ 8 vs year ago 264 · +3.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 77▼ 26 vs year ago 89 · −29.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Steer calves mostly steady to 6.00 higher. Heifer calves steady to 7.00 lower. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 lower. A total of 335 cows and bulls sold with 81 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 $257.00/cwt on 372 head.
Average price
$257.00
372 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$253
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.15
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536258.001,38255
Medium and Large 1637256.831,635317
One grade step is worth $1.17/cwt here — about −$253 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 sale372 hd
257.00
—
OK average5 barns · 3,486 hd
254.85
+2.15
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—High1,742107.131,86622
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,33997.421,30433
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21289.101,08059
CowsLean 85-90%Low94880.6776582

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)1,007$1,24113

Every lot

69 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1334352.49/cwt340.00–370.001,17715
Steers—Medium and Large 1383343.00/cwt310.00–361.001,31411
Steers—Medium and Large 1417334.41/cwt302.50–345.001,39430
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432307.72/cwt307.00–310.001,32917
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned452263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,1895
Steers—Medium and Large 1457294.15/cwt287.00–301.001,34417
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned468261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,2213
Steers—Medium and Large 1507290.55/cwt267.00–300.001,47347
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned507222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,1286
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned508247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,2552
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531255.61/cwt253.00–259.001,35714
Steers—Medium and Large 1553265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,46511
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned556245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3626
Steers—Medium and Large 1631240.57/cwt239.00–245.001,51815
Steers—Medium and Large 1658229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5073
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,51613
Steers—Medium and Large 1725216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,56625
Steers—Medium and Large 1785211.98/cwt211.50–214.001,66467
Steers—Medium and Large 1838217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,81865
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313285.00/cwt285.00–285.008923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2334227.50/cwt227.50–227.507608
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377263.03/cwt240.00–296.0099229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned414245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418269.04/cwt261.00–279.001,12540
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431224.00/cwt224.00–224.009657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471241.57/cwt229.00–255.001,13823
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474201.00/cwt201.00–201.009535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525235.99/cwt220.00–250.001,23957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned535214.08/cwt213.00–217.001,14515
Heifers—Medium and Large 2538196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,05416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned563203.97/cwt192.00–210.001,14822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned619192.62/cwt182.00–197.001,19233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628216.39/cwt208.00–225.001,35940
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668194.59/cwt181.00–207.001,30020
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4738
Heifers—Medium and Large 1754182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815176.70/cwt170.00–180.501,44020
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415295.14/cwt263.00–312.001,2259
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2432299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,29211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned443280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2405
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2450265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1934
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned458279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,2783
Bulls—Medium and Large 1511265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3545
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned513244.80/cwt233.00–257.001,2568
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned578235.65/cwt222.00–246.001,36227
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned615223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,3715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned626212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3279
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,2264
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned704189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3317
Bulls—Medium and Large 1709189.16/cwt188.00–190.001,34112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1771182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4036
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,31590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1841
Bulls——1,53396.18/cwt91.00–101.001,4743
Bulls——1,726107.73/cwt104.00–113.001,85913
Bulls——1,993115.56/cwt115.00–118.002,3035
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight81986.23/cwt83.00–90.0070622
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86568.00/cwt68.00–68.005882
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight89673.78/cwt70.00–77.0066123
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03878.18/cwt72.00–81.0081223
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12590.56/cwt90.00–91.001,01912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15398.00/cwt98.00–98.001,1304
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19985.74/cwt82.00–89.001,02829
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23591.48/cwt91.00–95.001,13026
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29592.37/cwt88.00–93.501,19620
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,392101.69/cwt96.00–105.001,4169
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,436113.06/cwt107.00–118.001,6244
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29851,085.00/head1,085.00–1,085.001,0856
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0251,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3757

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.