Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2024-04-11

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Apr 11
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
692 head
▼ 257 vs last sale 949▼ 1,129 vs year ago 1,821 · −62.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 192▼ 199 vs year ago 312 · −63.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 25▼ 73 vs year ago 86 · −84.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers steady to 8.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 4.00 lower. A total of 126 cows and bulls sold with 90 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 $270.25/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −109.27 against this barn's trailing median of $379.52.
Average price
$270.25
39 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,514
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.70
vs OK average
+6.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560270.251,51439
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 sale39 hd
270.25
—
OK average5 barns · 378 hd
259.55
+10.70
National average181 barns · 13,137 hd
263.96
+6.29
This barn, trailing median34 sales
379.52
−109.27
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—Low1,899152.932,90422
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,389130.571,81421
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,179128.181,51136
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,078116.391,25533

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)1,240$1,5501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,050$2,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$1,5251thin

Every lot

56 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1332397.91/cwt395.00–400.001,3216
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5733
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464325.04/cwt320.00–337.501,50820
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,3984
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7638
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631292.04/cwt282.00–307.001,84312
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,8243
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764240.70/cwt236.00–244.001,83921
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1826232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,91611
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1881216.25/cwt212.50–219.251,90548
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1933204.28/cwt203.00–206.001,90634
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,034196.00/cwt196.00–196.002,02711
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,051193.50/cwt193.50–193.502,0344
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324335.99/cwt330.00–340.001,0895
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372307.23/cwt303.00–310.001,1435
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned389269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,0464
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429289.89/cwt267.00–301.001,24410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471280.43/cwt270.00–291.001,3218
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473256.50/cwt256.50–256.501,21315
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1502271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,3605
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned546261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,42510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578273.94/cwt257.50–285.001,58324
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1642254.59/cwt251.00–257.001,63420
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1693226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5665
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719223.81/cwt209.00–230.001,60932
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1762218.69/cwt210.00–219.501,66624
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805207.32/cwt200.00–210.501,66910
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1854204.50/cwt204.50–204.501,7467
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1923197.79/cwt197.50–198.001,82614
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2632
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1445355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5805
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5303
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1538300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6143
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2602255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5353
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned612245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4993
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned683235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6052
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1753243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,8303
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1812230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8683
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,335135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,8021
Bulls——1,443119.38/cwt116.00–123.001,7232
Bulls——1,841148.58/cwt137.00–157.002,7358
Bulls——1,995161.56/cwt156.00–168.003,2239
Bulls——2,433174.03/cwt173.00–175.004,2342
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight81097.00/cwt97.00–97.007861
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight990116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1483
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,058107.62/cwt104.00–116.001,13917
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,109135.80/cwt129.00–143.001,5066
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,171126.07/cwt123.00–133.001,47629
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191135.56/cwt132.00–139.001,6156
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,192125.26/cwt121.00–128.001,4936
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,324138.46/cwt137.00–141.001,8336
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,345145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,9501
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415127.42/cwt119.00–131.001,80315
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0502,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2401,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5501

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.