Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2024-03-07

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Mar 7
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,666 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 1,699▲ 204 vs year ago 1,462 · +14.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 128▼ 16 vs year ago 136 · −11.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
35 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 24▼ 12 vs year ago 47 · −25.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Steer calves and heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 6.00 higher. A total of 155 cows and bulls sold with 77 percent going to packers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $307.15/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −130.59 against this barn's trailing median of $437.74.
Average price
$307.15
54 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,700
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$126
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.35
vs OK average
−5.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502315.001,5813thin
Medium and Large 1557306.691,70751
One grade step is worth $8.31/cwt here — about −$126 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale54 hd
307.15
—
OK average5 barns · 513 hd
310.50
−3.35
National average178 barns · 13,961 hd
313.00
−5.85
This barn, trailing median34 sales
437.74
−130.59
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales
514456397339median 437.7403/0504/3007/0909/0310/29
Steers 500–600 lb: high $499.62, low $353.31, median $437.74 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,714136.592,34114
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,366121.531,66021
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,137116.601,32613
CowsLean 85-90%Average92299.5491855

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,073$1,8505
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$1,79811
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,048$1,4179

Every lot

76 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned360271.00/cwt271.00–271.009764
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368378.80/cwt373.00–389.001,39421
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423359.94/cwt357.50–365.001,5239
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2436317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,3847
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2474307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,4587
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned479338.69/cwt330.00–351.001,62221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,6014
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2502315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5813
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518327.66/cwt326.00–330.001,69710
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned541311.20/cwt293.00–326.501,68412
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned569283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,6105
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578300.63/cwt295.00–321.001,73824
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608277.38/cwt276.50–280.001,68629
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned614286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,7564
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626290.11/cwt288.00–292.001,81614
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669278.29/cwt275.50–286.001,86290
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674260.41/cwt252.00–264.001,75543
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,8432
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763247.77/cwt238.00–257.501,89062
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817238.86/cwt234.00–242.501,951166
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1852235.86/cwt232.00–237.002,01063
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2866226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,9577
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2901214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,9286
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1918219.43/cwt218.00–220.002,01429
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1978218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,1323
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333293.00/cwt293.00–293.009763
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373306.59/cwt302.00–309.001,1449
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440311.50/cwt306.00–315.001,37120
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477303.44/cwt285.00–315.001,44771
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned514270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3886
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521281.62/cwt267.00–292.001,46721
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned575249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,4324
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576259.93/cwt251.00–270.001,49776
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593246.18/cwt241.00–249.001,46020
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629253.90/cwt251.00–257.001,59726
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned647252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,6343
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2647240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5536
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666240.16/cwt228.00–243.001,59940
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4975
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2703220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,55012
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728221.63/cwt220.00–225.001,61363
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6567
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2852181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,5425
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1853210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7916
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1330364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,2012
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1363375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3613
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2500307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,5353
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1503317.75/cwt307.00–321.001,59813
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned531301.22/cwt298.00–307.001,59916
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6102
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2592273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,6163
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1651263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,7123
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned722231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6683
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1770225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7333
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1804206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,6565
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,175116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,3631
Bulls——Light Weight1,505143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,1521
Bulls——1,590107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,7011
Bulls——1,668134.37/cwt129.00–138.002,2416
Bulls——1,944148.01/cwt141.00–161.002,8775
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight84188.56/cwt85.00–90.5074514
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight893104.54/cwt95.00–112.0093428
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight94070.00/cwt70.00–70.006581
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,045116.18/cwt116.00–117.001,2146
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,066105.97/cwt102.00–114.001,1309
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,103108.40/cwt106.00–110.001,1964
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12583.51/cwt83.00–84.009392
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,135117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,3281
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,304117.29/cwt116.00–119.001,52911
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,367128.39/cwt125.00–132.001,7553
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,434126.19/cwt122.00–137.001,81010
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28551,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0505
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0351,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0731,849.86/head1,600.00–2,150.001,8505
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1761,909.07/head1,800.00–2,000.001,9099
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2901,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8754

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.