Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2024-02-15

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Feb 15
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
747 head
▼ 1,729 vs last sale 2,476▼ 930 vs year ago 1,677 · −55.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 99 vs last sale 187▼ 105 vs year ago 193 · −54.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 88▼ 24 vs year ago 45 · −53.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Steer calves 10.00 to 12.00 lower. Heifer calves steady to 10.00 lower. Quality fair to attractive with moderate demand. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not tested. A total of 109 cows and bulls sold with 81 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 $250.25/cwt on 238 head.
Average price
$250.25
238 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,433
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.25
vs OK average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1579250.901,453180
Medium and Large 1-2553248.251,37358
One grade step is worth $2.65/cwt here — about $79 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 sale238 hd
250.25
—
OK average5 barns · 3,037 hd
257.50
−7.25
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—Low1,735115.992,0124thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,498110.261,65232
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,258109.011,37123
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04490.7394829

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)1,095$1,2251thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415338.98/cwt338.00–340.001,4076
Steers—Medium and Large 1434356.04/cwt350.00–362.501,54512
Steers—Medium and Large 1468340.65/cwt322.50–360.001,5944
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned510310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5812
Steers—Medium and Large 1515326.39/cwt325.00–327.501,6818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5819
Steers—Medium and Large 1579298.70/cwt282.50–305.001,72912
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy598283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,6924
Steers—Medium and Large 1629277.52/cwt273.00–282.001,74612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630269.61/cwt263.00–274.001,69915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5414
Steers—Medium and Large 1673270.16/cwt261.00–276.001,81821
Steers—Medium and Large 1718248.26/cwt241.00–256.001,78314
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy734238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,74710
Steers—Medium and Large 1785236.42/cwt235.00–238.001,85622
Steers—Medium and Large 1812227.35/cwt226.00–231.001,84622
Steers—Medium and Large 1927220.22/cwt220.00–220.502,0419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2945211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,99412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2964205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,9764
Steers—Medium and Large 1969221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,1417
Steers—Medium and Large 11,067188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,0067
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320280.22/cwt270.00–285.008977
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,0543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386282.64/cwt282.00–285.001,0919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415302.56/cwt285.00–312.501,25621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427274.33/cwt272.50–277.501,1718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463292.68/cwt287.50–297.501,35517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned465257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,1972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned532250.92/cwt247.00–252.501,33510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535263.74/cwt261.00–265.001,41116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535254.23/cwt248.00–262.001,36031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579248.51/cwt247.00–250.001,43910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2603229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,3819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned628227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637233.93/cwt233.00–237.501,49025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683224.05/cwt220.00–239.001,53031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733215.45/cwt211.00–220.001,57916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2791202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5987
Heifers—Medium and Large 1900182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,6383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1953192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,8303
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3625
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,2864
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410338.91/cwt320.00–350.001,3908
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,5338
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned498255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,5823
Bulls—Medium and Large 1537316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,6977
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned540290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1551297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,6395
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned559284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,5886
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2622267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,6643
Bulls—Medium and Large 1624279.35/cwt272.50–286.001,7434
Bulls—Medium and Large 1697252.65/cwt249.00–260.001,7616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned720225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6204
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,545110.18/cwt103.00–117.001,7022
Bulls——1,925121.79/cwt120.00–124.002,3442
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91077.76/cwt75.00–81.007083
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94396.67/cwt96.00–97.009123
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight97048.00/cwt48.00–48.004661
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05997.44/cwt92.00–99.001,03216
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13586.69/cwt80.00–91.009844
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13877.00/cwt77.00–77.008762
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234111.66/cwt107.00–116.001,37816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,274103.96/cwt102.00–106.001,3246
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,452106.85/cwt102.00–109.001,55116
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,506115.37/cwt115.00–116.001,73712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,54097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,4941
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,661108.54/cwt107.00–110.001,8034
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0951,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251

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.