Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2024-10-17

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Oct 17
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,008 head
▼ 122 vs last sale 2,130▲ 180 vs year ago 1,828 · +9.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
450 head
▲ 232 vs last sale 218▲ 118 vs year ago 332 · +35.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
122 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 77▲ 53 vs year ago 69 · +76.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers lightly tested with a higher undertone noted. Steer and heifer calves mostly 2.00 to 9.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. A total of 572 cows and bulls sold with 79 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 $268.49/cwt on 133 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −169.25 against this barn's trailing median of $437.74.
Average price
$268.49
133 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,477
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$837
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$139.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.30
vs OK average
−30.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552274.801,518127
Medium and Large 3504135.006806thin
One grade step is worth $139.80/cwt here — about $837 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 sale133 hd
268.49
—
OK average6 barns · 1,644 hd
275.80
−7.30
National average188 barns · 32,793 hd
299.33
−30.84
This barn, trailing median34 sales
437.74
−169.25
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—Average1,721148.422,55425
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,432121.651,74231
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,229118.601,45792
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,109111.021,231247

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,140$2,0252thin

Every lot

76 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1269385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,0364
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2311325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0115
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1346343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,1874
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,2698
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2398251.00/cwt251.00–251.0099912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414339.06/cwt333.00–350.001,40428
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned449317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,42311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468331.03/cwt303.00–345.001,54974
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2484249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,20819
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3504135.00/cwt135.00–135.006806
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524285.52/cwt265.00–291.001,49654
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned543261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4173
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570271.99/cwt260.00–278.501,55055
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned591249.27/cwt249.00–250.001,47315
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629261.45/cwt259.00–264.001,64510
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned629241.57/cwt241.00–242.001,51936
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681254.95/cwt247.00–263.001,73648
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned699226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5808
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717248.86/cwt248.00–250.001,78414
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned763236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,8016
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2796234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,8676
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1812244.18/cwt235.50–249.001,98353
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,0263
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,058202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,1374
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2302283.00/cwt283.00–283.008553
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319286.44/cwt267.00–303.009147
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373290.58/cwt281.00–299.001,08423
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373192.23/cwt150.00–217.0071719
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned389273.28/cwt271.00–275.001,0637
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned429253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,08520
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,2466
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned434278.12/cwt271.00–285.001,20718
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2459244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,1205
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned462253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,16910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473279.97/cwt255.00–295.001,32454
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511265.57/cwt254.00–273.001,35743
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned520236.47/cwt227.50–246.001,23047
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576241.08/cwt235.00–246.001,38916
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned576228.04/cwt223.00–236.001,31484
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned606226.18/cwt221.00–228.001,37123
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1634241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5284
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned650220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4306
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688222.00/cwt217.00–227.001,52712
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723232.19/cwt227.00–235.001,67919
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6175
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned738221.06/cwt215.00–227.001,6318
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2807218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7596
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1884213.50/cwt213.50–213.501,8875
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1994180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,78920
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,100170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8705
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380349.93/cwt337.50–363.001,33019
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427339.27/cwt327.50–355.001,44925
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4377
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,4677
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569252.02/cwt242.50–261.001,43410
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1619250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,54815
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1698223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5576
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,285144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,8501
Bulls——1,624138.43/cwt125.00–144.002,2489
Bulls——1,798149.82/cwt146.00–155.002,6949
Bulls——1,824162.04/cwt156.00–167.002,9566
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight84085.00/cwt85.00–85.007141
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight927120.27/cwt117.00–122.001,1153
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92995.19/cwt86.00–102.0088422
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight970109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0572
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01061.00/cwt61.00–61.006162
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,128110.06/cwt106.00–113.001,241131
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,134120.24/cwt114.00–124.501,36477
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,156130.18/cwt124.00–136.001,5057
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19696.20/cwt93.00–104.001,1519
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,207119.31/cwt117.00–122.001,44059
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,297113.87/cwt109.00–115.001,47726
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,365131.85/cwt128.00–138.001,8005
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,406122.32/cwt119.00–127.001,72016
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,506115.47/cwt110.00–118.001,73910
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1402,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0252

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.