Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2024-11-14

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Nov 14
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,366 head
▲ 1,430 vs last sale 936▲ 314 vs year ago 2,052 · +15.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
337 head
▲ 158 vs last sale 179▼ 140 vs year ago 477 · −29.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
139 head
▲ 93 vs last sale 46▲ 36 vs year ago 103 · +35.0%
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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 8.00 to 16.00 higher with instances of 20.00 plus higher. Quality good to attractive with very good demand for the calves. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. A total of 476 cows and bulls sold with 71 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 $299.32/cwt on 134 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −138.43 against this barn's trailing median of $437.74.
Average price
$299.32
134 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,632
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.59
vs OK average
−6.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545299.321,632134
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale134 hd
299.32
—
OK average6 barns · 1,618 hd
293.73
+5.59
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
−6.12
This barn, trailing median34 sales
437.74
−138.43
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—Low1,579137.712,17414
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,444122.051,76248
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,244114.121,41958
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,087103.471,12575

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)1,183$2,1529
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,195$2,00420

Every lot

70 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 1321396.13/cwt375.00–425.001,27236
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372352.58/cwt347.50–365.001,31218
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,33614
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426349.81/cwt320.00–360.001,49056
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned435305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,32712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481295.25/cwt280.00–317.001,42046
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486325.13/cwt315.00–340.001,58047
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2493275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3566
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516312.65/cwt291.00–329.001,61351
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned518303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,57013
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571293.28/cwt277.00–318.001,67558
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned575267.83/cwt267.50–268.001,54012
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4946
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623276.49/cwt271.00–285.001,72326
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1694267.04/cwt265.00–267.501,85337
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned694246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,7075
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715248.74/cwt237.00–255.001,7789
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned735235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,72715
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1759246.04/cwt245.00–246.501,86716
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,9689
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1324318.41/cwt305.00–322.501,03225
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2337259.00/cwt259.00–259.0087311
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374259.00/cwt259.00–259.009696
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1388319.06/cwt293.00–337.501,23834
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419293.58/cwt277.00–327.001,23072
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned442272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,2045
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,0744
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned463263.75/cwt261.00–273.001,22116
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471278.94/cwt252.50–293.001,31434
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517277.26/cwt259.00–293.001,43383
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517232.96/cwt231.00–235.001,20410
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned524249.25/cwt243.00–257.501,30626
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned559242.20/cwt235.00–246.001,35413
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573248.62/cwt241.00–255.001,42535
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3206
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1613253.82/cwt249.00–257.001,55618
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned635222.89/cwt222.00–224.001,41511
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned676226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5286
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1685240.52/cwt225.00–246.001,64819
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728223.06/cwt221.00–225.001,6248
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,045191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,9963
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1336390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3105
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1372350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,30210
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1437328.01/cwt307.50–341.001,43312
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1473318.00/cwt317.50–319.001,5049
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned497317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,5787
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1511303.03/cwt295.00–317.501,54836
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned526275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4473
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1582276.91/cwt270.00–289.001,61218
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned597249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,4876
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned679237.05/cwt233.00–240.001,61014
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725216.52/cwt210.00–227.501,5708
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1810201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,6287
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,533146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,2382
Bulls——1,536136.28/cwt131.00–143.002,0937
Bulls——1,633122.01/cwt121.00–123.001,9923
Bulls——1,693158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,6752
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight943102.39/cwt98.00–105.009665
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight95385.94/cwt84.00–89.0081913
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,118103.82/cwt99.00–108.001,16138
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,154115.06/cwt109.00–120.001,32819
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,196114.46/cwt112.00–117.001,36926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,238121.75/cwt121.00–123.001,50714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,317107.69/cwt104.00–111.001,41818
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,354129.51/cwt125.00–132.001,75418
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,401113.28/cwt110.00–116.001,58711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,554120.07/cwt117.00–123.001,86619
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,071169.40/cwt160.00–175.001,81410
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1832,152.11/head1,950.00–2,300.002,1529
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1952,003.82/head1,800.00–2,125.002,00420

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.