Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2024-09-12

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Sep 12
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,781 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 1,792▲ 171 vs year ago 1,610 · +10.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
387 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 395▲ 107 vs year ago 280 · +38.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 87▲ 26 vs year ago 48 · +54.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Steer calves and heifer calves sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Quality good to attractive with several fleshy unweaned calves selling to a weak demand. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. A total of 461 cows and bulls sold with 84 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 $228.71/cwt on 139 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −150.80 against this barn's trailing median of $379.52.
Average price
$228.71
139 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,237
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$35
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.57
vs OK average
−9.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540230.161,243116
Medium and Large 1-2546221.431,20823
One grade step is worth $8.73/cwt here — about $35 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 sale139 hd
228.71
—
OK average6 barns · 1,213 hd
243.28
−14.57
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
−9.90
This barn, trailing median34 sales
379.52
−150.80
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—Average1,708149.122,54728
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,416133.011,88369
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,227127.631,56697
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,106111.021,228137

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)1,300$2,5004thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,460$2,4002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,165$1,8838

Every lot

75 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1270390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,0533
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322344.12/cwt317.50–382.501,1087
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374332.78/cwt317.50–357.501,24512
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433309.30/cwt300.00–315.001,33912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned437289.49/cwt282.50–300.001,26510
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,2284
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468282.69/cwt279.00–289.001,32313
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned484271.28/cwt257.00–287.001,31317
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524272.77/cwt242.50–285.001,42945
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned536247.26/cwt245.00–250.001,32511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned540251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,3555
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned581250.98/cwt238.00–259.001,45888
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1589254.21/cwt250.00–259.001,49714
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617252.65/cwt245.00–258.001,55954
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned619242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,5015
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,66011
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5865
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned709225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,59510
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710238.68/cwt237.00–242.001,69540
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,82111
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1929210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9514
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,039195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,0267
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1317312.99/cwt290.00–325.0099216
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned325275.00/cwt275.00–275.008943
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361291.25/cwt281.00–307.501,05125
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412293.74/cwt290.00–296.001,21035
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned430264.49/cwt247.50–285.001,13749
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442257.21/cwt255.00–259.001,13711
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469263.20/cwt240.00–281.001,23421
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned470232.31/cwt232.00–232.501,09216
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned477236.41/cwt227.50–245.001,12831
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned514234.65/cwt217.50–253.001,20665
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned534218.77/cwt217.50–221.001,16816
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565242.14/cwt231.00–252.501,36816
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3017
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned577216.34/cwt212.50–220.001,24835
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620239.65/cwt230.00–244.001,48617
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned627218.93/cwt213.00–229.001,37330
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1667225.27/cwt221.00–230.001,50334
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721219.65/cwt219.00–220.001,58420
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1760215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6347
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,12418
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1357340.22/cwt322.50–362.501,21518
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2384297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,1405
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned398285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1344
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1464284.65/cwt282.00–290.001,32112
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475272.66/cwt250.00–276.001,29524
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned488270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3185
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned517248.74/cwt239.00–261.001,28620
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned520241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,25312
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned596243.61/cwt240.00–246.001,45210
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned610234.18/cwt220.00–241.001,42818
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1651237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5434
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned671228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,53014
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned703215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5113
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1848198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,6794
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,310137.35/cwt132.00–143.001,7993
Bulls——1,435100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4351
Bulls——1,715143.50/cwt130.00–153.002,46113
Bulls——1,773159.57/cwt154.00–165.002,8298
Bulls——1,993173.71/cwt169.00–176.003,4623
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight930120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1163
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight954107.41/cwt104.00–110.001,02510
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight96790.57/cwt79.00–96.0087612
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,3892
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,115103.58/cwt85.00–110.001,15531
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,151116.65/cwt112.00–124.001,34379
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223135.48/cwt132.00–140.001,65717
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,227125.72/cwt115.00–131.001,54379
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,330145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,9291
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,365128.20/cwt122.00–134.001,75037
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,474138.58/cwt133.00–145.002,04332
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1651,882.62/head1,775.00–2,200.001,8838
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3002,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4602,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4002

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.