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

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Aug 8
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
817 head
▼ 322 vs last sale 1,139▼ 462 vs year ago 1,279 · −36.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
195 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 155▲ 59 vs year ago 136 · +43.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 39▲ 13 vs year ago 36 · +36.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower with instances 15.00 lower. Quality fair to attractive with fair demand. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. A total of 244 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 $287.03/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −150.71 against this barn's trailing median of $437.74.
Average price
$287.03
23 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,619
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.53
vs OK average
+11.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559289.441,61820
Medium and Large 1-2598271.001,6213thin
One grade step is worth $18.44/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale23 hd
287.03
—
OK average5 barns · 341 hd
284.50
+2.53
National average145 barns · 4,636 hd
275.08
+11.95
This barn, trailing median34 sales
437.74
−150.71
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—Low1,680163.022,73918
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,433134.101,92150
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,229132.571,62943
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,131122.831,39056

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,413$2,1706
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)867$1,7003thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1342367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,2573
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1361380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3725
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415346.82/cwt339.00–350.001,43910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468324.40/cwt311.00–333.001,51813
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1559289.44/cwt289.00–290.001,61820
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2598271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,6213
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622274.50/cwt274.50–274.501,7073
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,7355
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned624273.42/cwt269.00–277.501,70620
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669266.26/cwt265.00–271.001,78136
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned709254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,80110
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1773244.10/cwt240.00–246.501,88711
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778248.91/cwt241.00–250.001,93759
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1821245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,0114
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1914227.23/cwt226.00–228.502,07710
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1267313.98/cwt312.50–315.008387
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1343289.00/cwt289.00–289.009914
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned347281.00/cwt281.00–281.009753
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned372276.23/cwt271.00–280.001,0285
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385284.71/cwt275.00–296.001,09620
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned409271.85/cwt265.00–279.001,1126
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422293.11/cwt291.00–295.001,2379
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470275.72/cwt269.00–283.001,29620
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475261.96/cwt257.50–265.001,2449
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned530240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2725
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned538257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,3853
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4373
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned579241.89/cwt239.00–244.001,40122
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned632234.54/cwt229.00–243.001,48228
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1639247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,5784
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned659225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4834
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6746
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1342377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,2913
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2370348.52/cwt345.00–352.501,29012
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1392371.32/cwt351.00–382.501,45616
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420339.18/cwt310.00–367.501,42516
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2424312.98/cwt303.00–323.001,3276
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1471311.26/cwt297.00–339.001,46615
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned477271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,2933
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned490275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3483
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1503287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,4463
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned514283.13/cwt279.00–285.001,45519
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned546262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4335
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned589263.92/cwt259.00–272.501,55412
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned633264.70/cwt262.50–267.001,6766
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned634270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7125
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned682252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,7193
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,270150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,9051
Bulls——1,613153.85/cwt152.00–157.002,4825
Bulls——1,709165.08/cwt159.00–173.002,82110
Bulls——1,908182.13/cwt181.00–183.003,4752
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86090.00/cwt90.00–90.007741
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight985119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,1721
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,117111.43/cwt106.00–115.001,2459
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,130123.31/cwt118.00–127.001,39332
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,166132.08/cwt130.00–135.001,54012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,227138.56/cwt137.00–144.001,70010
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,229130.75/cwt125.00–136.001,60733
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,310136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,7821
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,373145.11/cwt140.00–150.001,9928
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,444132.00/cwt124.00–140.001,90642
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4132,169.81/head2,000.00–2,250.002,1706
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 27501,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28001,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0502,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001

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.