Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2024-08-15

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Aug 15
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,561 head
▲ 744 vs last sale 817▼ 232 vs year ago 1,793 · −12.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
129 head
▼ 66 vs last sale 195▼ 168 vs year ago 297 · −56.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 49▼ 32 vs year ago 78 · −41.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher on a light test. Steer and heifer calves 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. A total of 175 cows and bulls sold with 74 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 $262.77/cwt on 136 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −116.74 against this barn's trailing median of $379.52.
Average price
$262.77
136 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,483
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$54
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.38
vs OK average
+10.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563264.081,488123
Medium and Large 1-2573250.381,43413thin
One grade step is worth $13.71/cwt here — about $54 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale136 hd
262.77
—
OK average5 barns · 553 hd
258.40
+4.38
National average159 barns · 7,784 hd
251.94
+10.83
This barn, trailing median34 sales
379.52
−116.74
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—Average1,692166.992,82523
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,397140.241,96023
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,173131.731,54612
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,120120.021,34536

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)1,250$2,2752thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,153$2,0318
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,060$1,6656

Every lot

72 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 1-2331311.50/cwt311.50–311.501,0314
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1361389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,4044
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2425283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,20310
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430342.34/cwt335.00–380.001,47231
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442302.18/cwt287.50–331.001,3369
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463352.11/cwt335.00–360.001,63013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512309.35/cwt308.00–311.501,58443
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525272.35/cwt268.00–283.001,43017
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned545282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,5405
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1589293.67/cwt289.00–295.001,73035
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610276.96/cwt265.50–283.001,68922
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned626265.27/cwt251.00–273.001,66114
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641261.96/cwt259.00–265.001,67918
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1659267.13/cwt258.00–272.001,76033
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688250.98/cwt245.00–253.001,72730
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1714260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,86016
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721250.43/cwt250.00–251.001,80618
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767240.99/cwt239.00–245.001,8486
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816244.34/cwt243.00–245.001,99459
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1911230.93/cwt230.00–231.502,1048
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1343322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,10619
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1391294.53/cwt275.00–322.501,15216
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1345
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned431275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1854
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434300.41/cwt297.00–310.001,30482
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned454262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,1928
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478277.67/cwt271.00–301.001,32728
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3133
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned515251.78/cwt235.00–260.001,29714
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534275.43/cwt275.00–277.501,47111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572268.75/cwt257.00–273.501,53783
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned582241.42/cwt231.00–250.001,40515
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593247.49/cwt245.00–250.001,46810
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1607252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5303
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2607245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4876
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned624230.73/cwt224.00–235.001,44012
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663240.16/cwt235.00–248.001,59224
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687228.98/cwt228.00–231.001,5739
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5866
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1741232.90/cwt228.00–235.001,72640
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768226.36/cwt224.00–230.001,73810
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1979208.00/cwt208.00–208.002,03615
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2342329.35/cwt325.00–331.001,12614
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,3893
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2373340.79/cwt332.50–350.001,27124
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1454335.21/cwt283.00–344.001,52241
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned483279.24/cwt275.00–282.501,3497
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2487293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,4273
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned525279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,4653
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned592255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5103
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned593240.52/cwt237.00–247.501,4269
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned628230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4442
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned681232.81/cwt230.00–234.001,58527
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned738210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5503
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2800200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6004
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1866195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6896
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,270154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,9561
Bulls——1,410150.91/cwt148.00–154.002,1282
Bulls——1,729166.15/cwt162.00–170.002,87315
Bulls——1,776178.54/cwt172.00–185.003,1715
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight922111.61/cwt101.00–120.001,0297
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,035129.99/cwt129.00–131.001,3452
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,134140.27/cwt139.00–142.001,5914
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,178122.44/cwt117.00–127.501,44224
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,180113.65/cwt113.00–114.001,3413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193127.46/cwt118.00–137.001,5218
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,365132.55/cwt122.00–139.001,8099
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,411144.36/cwt142.00–146.002,03713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,3561
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0601,665.45/head1,600.00–1,725.001,6656
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1532,031.32/head1,925.00–2,525.002,0318
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2502,275.00/head2,275.00–2,275.002,2752

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.