Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Steer calves 6.00 to 11.00 lower, and heifer calves 2.00 to 6.00 lower, with the most decline on fleshy unweaned calves. Quality fair to good the several plain cattle on offer. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. A total of 274 cows and bulls sold with 80 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.57/cwt on 537 head.

Average price

$139.57

537 head · 615 lb average

Value per head Derived

$858

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$6.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.38

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	624	140.97	879	412
Medium and Large 1-2	585	134.96	790	125

One grade step is worth $6.01/cwt here — about $89 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale537 hd

139.57

—

OK average7 barns · 10,286 hd

140.95

−1.38

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,635	79.99	1,308	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,378	60.12	828	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,301	58.42	760	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,071	45.97	492	69

Every lot, as filed

73 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	610	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	363	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	486	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	707	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	383	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	483	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	476	122.10/cwt	120.00–126.00	581	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	472	135.00/cwt	125.00–140.00	637	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	738	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	841	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	441	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	613	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	619	116.45/cwt	116.00–117.00	721	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	493	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	582	5
Bulls	—	—	1,588	79.86/cwt	71.00–90.50	1,268	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,047	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	942	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	632	6
Bulls	—	—	1,762	86.76/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,529	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	160.96/cwt	159.00–163.00	599	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	624	131.54/cwt	131.00–132.00	821	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	133.20/cwt	131.50–136.00	887	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	574	117.83/cwt	115.00–121.00	676	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	585	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	731	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	134.49/cwt	132.50–136.00	791	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	521	119.32/cwt	115.00–122.00	622	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	133.50/cwt	132.00–135.00	836	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	435	123.52/cwt	121.00–126.00	537	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	606	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	709	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	967	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	729	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	999	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	985	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,221	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	144.02/cwt	142.50–144.50	988	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	561	137.33/cwt	130.00–140.00	770	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	578	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	723	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	161.59/cwt	160.00–164.00	587	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	155.14/cwt	152.50–156.00	720	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	129.90/cwt	125.00–134.00	812	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	485	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	621	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	669	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	151.19/cwt	150.50–153.00	800	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	911	37.86/cwt	31.00–43.00	345	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,105	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	40.06/cwt	35.00–44.00	437	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,377	56.24/cwt	52.00–57.50	774	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,204	51.50/cwt	49.00–54.00	620	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	60.66/cwt	58.00–65.00	741	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	865	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	467	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	61.57/cwt	58.00–65.00	847	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	56.19/cwt	55.00–57.00	766	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,163	765.05/cwt	735.00–800.00	8,898	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,310	1,106.93/cwt	750.00–1,275.00	14,501	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	534	136.43/cwt	134.00–138.00	729	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	143.16/cwt	140.00–145.50	895	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,190	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	139.98/cwt	139.00–141.00	1,082	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	674	128.12/cwt	126.75–130.00	864	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	135.17/cwt	133.00–137.00	975	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,141	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	143.93/cwt	142.50–145.00	1,036	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	392	152.80/cwt	146.00–160.50	599	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	757	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	631	141.02/cwt	140.50–141.50	890	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	541	5
Bulls	—	—	1,553	66.95/cwt	65.00–69.00	1,040	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	662	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	801	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	945	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,214	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,187	844.37/cwt	750.00–1,110.00	10,023	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	970	1,077.32/cwt	1,000.00–1,125.00	10,450	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,267	1,302.76/cwt	1,035.00–1,475.00	16,506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,017	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	603	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	702	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	738	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	881	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	497	134.18/cwt	130.00–140.50	667	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	719	9

How this sale compares

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.

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