Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2024-03-14

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Mar 14
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,896 head
▲ 230 vs last sale 1,666▲ 301 vs year ago 1,595 · +18.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
317 head
▲ 197 vs last sale 120▲ 138 vs year ago 179 · +77.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 35▲ 5 vs year ago 58 · +8.6%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers weighing 600 to 700 lbs. 3.00 to 5.00 higher, over 700 lbs. 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Steer calves up to 20.00 higher. Heifer calves 6.00 to 11.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with very good demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Several very high dressing bulls on offer today. A total of 380 cows and bulls sold with 83 percent going to packers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.51/cwt on 159 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −90.01 against this barn's trailing median of $379.52.
Average price
$289.51
159 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,524
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+12.30
vs OK average
+13.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1526289.511,524159
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale159 hd
289.51
—
OK average5 barns · 571 hd
277.20
+12.30
National average176 barns · 16,729 hd
276.17
+13.34
This barn, trailing median34 sales
379.52
−90.01
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
448404360316median 379.5203/0504/3007/0909/0310/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $433.93, low $329.81, median $379.52 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—High1,723150.132,58626
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,389128.211,78193
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,237122.351,514119
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,025108.191,10934

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)1,190$2,0501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,133$1,9324thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,076$1,5876
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$2,6632thin

Every lot

73 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1339405.43/cwt391.00–430.001,37413
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1359403.90/cwt400.00–406.001,45014
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422385.74/cwt375.00–393.001,62820
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned489333.62/cwt329.00–342.501,63144
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7554
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned556284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,5796
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578322.88/cwt305.00–328.001,86656
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,80211
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622293.80/cwt293.00–295.001,82711
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660284.71/cwt277.00–291.001,87933
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8777
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707273.30/cwt270.50–275.501,9329
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1774239.10/cwt235.00–247.501,85112
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780238.23/cwt230.00–242.501,85818
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2808236.25/cwt236.25–236.251,90913
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1831234.51/cwt233.00–237.001,94914
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,96735
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1861232.38/cwt227.00–235.002,00192
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1928225.41/cwt224.00–228.002,09214
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1972212.00/cwt212.00–212.002,06111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1296335.00/cwt335.00–335.009924
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319323.20/cwt310.00–337.501,03113
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380312.99/cwt307.00–316.001,18940
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned415311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,29111
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432308.36/cwt304.50–318.001,33275
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475307.40/cwt291.00–315.001,46046
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513293.89/cwt275.00–312.001,508115
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561278.05/cwt260.00–285.001,56044
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2604253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,52812
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621261.79/cwt255.00–273.001,62627
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned633247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,5679
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675248.42/cwt242.00–257.001,67711
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721232.02/cwt227.50–237.001,67357
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1779225.01/cwt221.25–228.501,75343
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1814222.07/cwt220.00–222.501,80848
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1853215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,8344
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2364380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3835
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned420335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4076
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4243
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,5699
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2436337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,46916
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1461345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,5904
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned490301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,4754
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5746
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned568277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,5736
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1596282.97/cwt275.00–291.001,6878
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned603267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,6104
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1614281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,7255
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1677272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,8453
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,6743
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,210135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,6341
Bulls——1,561139.52/cwt135.00–144.002,1784
Bulls——1,643128.02/cwt113.00–133.002,1035
Bulls——1,820160.64/cwt147.00–170.002,92416
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight88795.36/cwt88.00–98.008466
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight961111.04/cwt108.00–114.001,0676
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight970118.76/cwt116.00–121.001,1525
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight97581.00/cwt81.00–81.007901
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06591.64/cwt91.00–92.009763
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,134118.95/cwt116.00–121.001,3497
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,134109.64/cwt106.00–114.001,2436
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,174114.41/cwt110.00–117.001,34314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234127.75/cwt126.00–135.001,57638
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,252120.94/cwt119.00–125.001,51467
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,307114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,4903
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390131.54/cwt128.00–148.001,82863
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,396122.03/cwt119.00–127.001,70427
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0251,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1331,932.28/head1,675.00–2,025.001,9324
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1782,060.08/head1,750.00–2,325.002,0602
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1902,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0002,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3002,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8251

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.