Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2024-11-07

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Nov 7
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
936 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 873▼ 1,441 vs year ago 2,377 · −60.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
179 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 210▼ 202 vs year ago 381 · −53.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 83▼ 38 vs year ago 84 · −45.2%
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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 calves mostly 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifer calves not tested. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Very heavy rains over the last week has limited movement of livestock. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher. A total of 225 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 $277.57/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −160.18 against this barn's trailing median of $437.74.
Average price
$277.57
72 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,517
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.88
vs OK average
−24.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546284.781,55651
Medium and Large 1-2547260.051,42121
One grade step is worth $24.73/cwt here — about $135 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 sale72 hd
277.57
—
OK average6 barns · 542 hd
273.69
+3.88
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
−24.28
This barn, trailing median34 sales
437.74
−160.18
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—Low1,633130.052,12411
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,430119.751,71333
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,286117.791,51529
CowsLean 85-90%High1,094103.741,13557

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)1,478$2,0712thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,303$1,9488

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1291405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,1793
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330383.67/cwt375.00–390.001,26619
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,22611
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423321.14/cwt297.50–332.501,35848
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466316.79/cwt315.00–326.001,47622
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned492284.02/cwt282.50–287.501,39713
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2502270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,35510
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519295.75/cwt282.50–313.001,53527
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577272.44/cwt272.00–277.501,57224
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,47311
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned623250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5583
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5633
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634262.15/cwt257.00–272.501,66250
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned651241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5694
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7508
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1747240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7934
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8345
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815236.32/cwt235.00–238.001,9269
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1314307.33/cwt272.50–377.5096514
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376277.28/cwt267.50–290.001,04327
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned378265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0023
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0487
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428276.46/cwt272.50–277.501,18315
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned429263.76/cwt257.50–270.001,13225
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461269.06/cwt257.00–290.001,24016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned464227.02/cwt222.50–230.001,0535
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1507250.36/cwt246.00–260.001,26926
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned520227.21/cwt215.00–239.001,18125
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566240.37/cwt236.00–245.001,36019
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned578224.96/cwt217.50–232.001,30023
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586211.03/cwt197.00–220.001,2375
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned616213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,3123
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621236.37/cwt233.00–239.001,4687
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned657212.98/cwt210.00–214.001,3998
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1732217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5927
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1781207.09/cwt205.00–210.001,61712
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1836217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,8183
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,095151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,6538
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1362360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3035
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned457285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3022
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,4308
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned465277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,2904
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1531279.60/cwt277.50–280.001,48531
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned548260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4258
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1576262.33/cwt257.50–270.001,5118
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625254.45/cwt247.50–260.001,59028
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1831200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6625
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3563110.00/cwt110.00–110.006194
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,601134.66/cwt128.00–145.002,1565
Bulls——1,650148.28/cwt146.00–150.002,4473
Bulls——1,670104.15/cwt90.00–110.001,7393
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight912105.67/cwt105.00–107.009643
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight91584.00/cwt84.00–84.007695
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight97189.33/cwt85.00–96.008677
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08195.64/cwt92.00–102.001,0347
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,161113.61/cwt109.00–119.001,31922
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,164106.32/cwt104.00–108.001,23813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240122.93/cwt121.00–125.001,5245
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,283107.80/cwt106.00–110.001,3832
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,297117.53/cwt114.00–119.001,52422
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,405112.18/cwt109.00–116.001,5765
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,416119.90/cwt117.00–123.001,69824
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,546128.35/cwt125.00–135.001,9844
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1980149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,4606
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3031,948.30/head1,675.00–2,075.001,9488
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4782,070.73/head1,800.00–2,300.002,0712

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.