Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2024-07-18

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Jul 18
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
793 head
▼ 1,084 vs last sale 1,877▼ 437 vs year ago 1,230 · −35.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▼ 219 vs last sale 347▼ 59 vs year ago 187 · −31.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 40▼ 7 vs year ago 40 · −17.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers unevenly steady. Quality fair to attractive with moderate demand. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. A total of 161 cows and bulls sold with 80 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 $252.60/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −126.92 against this barn's trailing median of $379.52.
Average price
$252.60
60 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,384
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−14.04
vs OK average
−5.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548252.601,38460
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 sale60 hd
252.60
—
OK average5 barns · 426 hd
266.64
−14.04
National average156 barns · 7,883 hd
257.80
−5.20
This barn, trailing median34 sales
379.52
−126.92
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—Low1,649160.182,64212
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,419140.081,98730
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,204135.061,62634
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,072126.161,35214

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)1,140$2,3251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,180$1,76310
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)875$2,1002thin

Every lot

68 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316395.16/cwt380.00–409.001,2497
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1366387.09/cwt357.50–435.001,41734
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy431383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,6514
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1442325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4373
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned469290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3608
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned527271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,4288
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned528287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,5184
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529291.58/cwt290.00–295.001,5429
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,6537
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned567292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,6568
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,6443
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,85510
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678273.29/cwt267.50–276.001,85315
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3720207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4903
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,87723
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned767247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,89412
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1784252.37/cwt251.00–256.001,9797
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817254.25/cwt247.00–257.002,07721
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1928229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,1256
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315287.50/cwt287.50–287.509063
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321309.27/cwt293.00–340.0099328
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned343279.00/cwt279.00–279.009572
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1393295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1593
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1852
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned429279.29/cwt271.00–285.001,19828
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned460258.85/cwt252.50–265.001,1916
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476272.72/cwt272.00–273.001,2987
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520257.53/cwt250.00–270.001,33931
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned578247.33/cwt240.00–254.001,43029
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned628231.57/cwt231.00–232.001,45414
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629246.90/cwt240.00–259.001,55321
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679238.61/cwt231.00–242.001,62010
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned696220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5318
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned701215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5074
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1727237.31/cwt225.00–241.001,72524
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2786215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6905
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2860192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,6515
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1867211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,82910
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1394353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,3914
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned408277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,1303
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned413300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2396
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1432307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,3283
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473318.09/cwt317.50–319.001,5055
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1519301.93/cwt282.00–317.501,56714
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned526277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,4609
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned557274.66/cwt267.50–281.001,53010
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned573265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5183
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,5733
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1637252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,6083
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1669262.76/cwt260.00–265.001,7589
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned763227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,7324
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1774248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,9206
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,220144.81/cwt135.00–154.001,7672
Bulls——1,608179.03/cwt178.00–180.002,8792
Bulls——1,662149.71/cwt145.00–155.002,4883
Bulls——1,830165.08/cwt161.00–172.003,0215
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight957120.67/cwt120.00–122.001,1553
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,096123.57/cwt121.00–127.001,3547
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,5402
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130129.60/cwt128.00–131.001,4642
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,191133.60/cwt127.00–137.001,59127
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,254140.69/cwt140.00–145.001,7647
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,410142.61/cwt139.00–148.002,01118
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,428134.31/cwt128.00–138.001,91811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,475158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,3311
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1402,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1801,762.71/head1,750.00–1,775.001,76310
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18752,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002

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.