Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2024-10-31

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Oct 31
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
873 head
▼ 1,388 vs last sale 2,261▼ 425 vs year ago 1,298 · −32.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
210 head
▼ 298 vs last sale 508▼ 5 vs year ago 215 · −2.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 108 vs last sale 191▲ 37 vs year ago 46 · +80.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to firm on a limited comparable test. Steer and heifer calves that were weaned traded steady to firm, unweaned calves sold with a light demand. Quality good to attractive with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls 1.00 to 2.00 lower. A total of 293 cows and bulls sold with 72 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 $219.21/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −160.31 against this barn's trailing median of $379.52.
Average price
$219.21
115 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,164
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−31.82
vs OK average
−41.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532225.121,19781
Medium and Large 1-2539205.151,10626
Medium and Large 2503205.001,0318thin
One grade step is worth $20.12/cwt here — about $165 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 sale115 hd
219.21
—
OK average6 barns · 1,487 hd
251.03
−31.82
National average194 barns · 26,693 hd
260.46
−41.25
This barn, trailing median34 sales
379.52
−160.31
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—Average1,937146.372,8353thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,282112.481,44264
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,515112.361,70264
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06799.501,06152

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,145$1,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$1,7502thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3233
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374330.23/cwt307.50–355.001,2356
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413316.52/cwt303.00–321.001,30723
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1459316.00/cwt295.00–326.001,45012
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned475275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,30610
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532284.84/cwt270.00–300.001,51536
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned543260.00/cwt255.00–265.001,4126
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned560267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,49812
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567266.63/cwt242.50–275.001,51219
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned617233.77/cwt232.50–235.001,4428
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620234.21/cwt226.00–245.001,4527
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629258.52/cwt255.00–263.001,62631
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671248.09/cwt240.00–253.001,66517
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned738242.79/cwt242.50–243.001,79219
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1743253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,88024
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2749234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,7535
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7934
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865238.65/cwt237.00–241.002,06412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330277.00/cwt277.00–277.009143
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374280.98/cwt275.00–287.501,0516
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned401236.49/cwt232.50–242.5094810
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned421252.22/cwt250.00–255.001,06213
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427278.05/cwt277.00–280.001,18718
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned455213.51/cwt200.00–217.5097113
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned474225.05/cwt215.00–232.501,06715
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1490236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1565
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2503205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0318
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,2198
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned524225.64/cwt203.00–245.001,18255
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539209.61/cwt201.00–230.001,13013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned539200.68/cwt198.00–207.001,08213
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned564217.38/cwt201.00–229.001,22618
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned604230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3895
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626218.51/cwt211.00–221.001,36812
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned657186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,2224
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned668207.30/cwt201.00–210.001,38510
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672215.16/cwt211.00–225.001,44610
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1686235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,61213
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1734231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6965
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned753200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5066
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1767229.58/cwt220.00–232.001,76120
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1831201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,6708
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned451255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1504
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned472272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,2863
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6156
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1681247.43/cwt243.00–255.001,6858
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned718209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,5014
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7083
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,937146.37/cwt144.00–151.002,8353
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91480.60/cwt80.00–81.007375
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight92589.08/cwt86.00–99.0082411
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight950104.87/cwt103.00–109.009963
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09790.99/cwt85.00–100.009987
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,135116.11/cwt115.00–117.001,3184
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,166107.97/cwt106.00–109.001,25922
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214121.42/cwt120.00–123.001,47410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,262115.25/cwt112.00–119.001,45417
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,309108.79/cwt104.00–111.001,42437
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,503110.99/cwt103.00–116.001,66854
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,548127.25/cwt125.00–129.001,9702
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,584117.90/cwt117.00–120.001,8688
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1451,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001

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.