Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2024-08-01

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Aug 1
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,139 head
▼ 218 vs last sale 1,357▲ 170 vs year ago 969 · +17.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 132▲ 4 vs year ago 151 · +2.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 28▲ 18 vs year ago 21 · +85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers mostly 4.00 higher on a light test. Steer and heifer calves under 400 lbs. lower on a light test, over 400 lbs. 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Quality fair to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows 1.00 lower, Breakers cows 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. A total of 194 cows and bulls sold with 80 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 $288.90/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −148.84 against this barn's trailing median of $437.74.
Average price
$288.90
80 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,546
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$48.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.26
vs OK average
+1.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529301.421,59540
Medium and Large 1-2527282.221,48732
Medium and Large 2599253.001,5158thin
One grade step is worth $48.42/cwt here — about $80 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale80 hd
288.90
—
OK average4 barns · 217 hd
295.16
−6.26
National average138 barns · 5,135 hd
287.79
+1.11
This barn, trailing median34 sales
437.74
−148.84
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—Average1,610162.462,61617
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,393142.021,97828
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,223139.631,70817
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,167128.621,50149

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)815$1,5757
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)900$2,2882thin

Every lot

77 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1359389.11/cwt387.50–395.001,39733
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2411348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,4304
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,4743
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned507278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,40917
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512311.71/cwt308.00–315.001,59621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned515290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4946
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,5709
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6285
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,5826
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned571287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,6398
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2599253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,5158
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned614283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,7388
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Unweaned616257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,58338
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2640273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,7475
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673275.70/cwt272.00–278.001,85523
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned699265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8526
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned701253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,77415
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,8914
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1747270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,01720
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1762267.54/cwt262.00–272.502,03979
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2794247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,96117
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2844244.06/cwt235.50–247.002,06039
Steers1350–1400Medium and Large 11,379180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,4824
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1271320.00/cwt320.00–320.008674
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331314.83/cwt312.50–317.501,04241
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1357319.80/cwt313.00–322.501,14211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427303.28/cwt299.00–312.501,29517
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned447276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,23411
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464295.44/cwt281.00–317.501,37117
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3102
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522275.88/cwt264.00–282.501,44024
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned531247.67/cwt246.00–252.501,31511
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3405
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577265.36/cwt257.00–275.001,53133
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned599253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,5157
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1606269.77/cwt264.00–276.001,63540
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683234.07/cwt230.00–235.001,59921
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,67122
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6717
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1796229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,8234
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1820220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8045
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1947210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9895
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,036190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,9685
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2429333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,4294
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned444327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,4524
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned457297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,3603
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2475313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,4873
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5763
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1516297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,5354
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned524281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,4726
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2547280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5326
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned577277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,6013
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2597275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6423
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned621262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,6304
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1663250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6584
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2665260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7295
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2711240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7064
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,135152.25/cwt144.00–158.001,7283
Bulls——Light Weight1,265161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,0371
Bulls——1,529153.05/cwt149.00–159.002,3404
Bulls——1,788180.03/cwt176.00–184.003,2192
Bulls——1,859167.40/cwt161.00–172.003,1127
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight955139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,3271
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight970130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,012101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0225
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,166124.41/cwt121.00–127.001,4518
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,201131.47/cwt128.00–134.001,57923
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,206137.21/cwt136.00–141.001,65511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215150.27/cwt149.00–152.001,8263
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224131.98/cwt129.00–135.001,6156
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225141.38/cwt138.00–144.001,7328
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,357136.25/cwt131.00–141.001,84915
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425147.90/cwt143.00–151.002,10812
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,540158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,4331
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-27502,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0502,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28151,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5757

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.