Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2021-03-18

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Mar 18
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,479 head
1,365 vs last sale 2,844 1,236 vs year ago 243 · +508.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
27 vs last sale 129 78 vs year ago 24 · +325.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
43 head
8 vs last sale 51 22 vs year ago 21 · +104.8%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Apr 25, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Steer calves 3.00 lower on a limited test. Heifer calves 4.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher. A total of 145 cows and bulls sold with 70 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.72/cwt on 616 head.
Average price
$143.72
616 head · 724 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,041
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.61
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1722145.001,048553
Medium and Large 1-2742132.5098363
One grade step is worth $12.50/cwt here — about $64 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 sale616 hd
143.72
OK average7 barns · 10,937 hd
145.33
−1.61
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,69183.901,41822
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49665.1197416
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24662.1577417
CowsLean 85-90%Average96543.5442029

Every lot, as filed

52 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2797126.06/cwt125.00–127.001,00517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2638124.00/cwt124.00–124.0079116
SteersMedium and Large 1784135.04/cwt134.50–136.001,05966
SteersMedium and Large 1715146.75/cwt138.00–153.501,04957
SteersMedium and Large 1830131.71/cwt131.50–132.001,09329
HeifersMedium and Large 1669129.50/cwt129.00–130.0086618
HeifersMedium and Large 1358153.29/cwt151.00–155.005497
HeifersMedium and Large 1468156.00/cwt156.00–156.007308
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned649116.00/cwt116.00–116.007534
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned736122.00/cwt122.00–122.008985
HeifersMedium and Large 1429158.26/cwt157.00–159.0067915
SteersMedium and Large 1339201.00/cwt201.00–201.006815
HeifersMedium and Large 1721126.85/cwt126.00–127.5091555
HeifersMedium and Large 1766128.22/cwt123.50–128.8598251
HeifersMedium and Large 1844122.75/cwt122.75–122.751,03637
BullsMedium and Large 1429185.00/cwt185.00–185.007949
SteersMedium and Large 1668148.28/cwt139.00–153.75991111
HeifersMedium and Large 1340157.00/cwt157.00–157.005343
HeifersMedium and Large 1894117.15/cwt115.50–120.001,04711
HeifersMedium and Large 1628130.79/cwt126.00–133.0082146
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56866.67/cwt64.50–69.001,04512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28160.43/cwt60.00–61.507744
CowsLean 85-90%1,05557.52/cwt57.00–58.006072
Bulls1,67986.24/cwt82.00–90.001,4486
Bulls1,43171.21/cwt68.00–78.001,0198
Bulls1,95994.83/cwt92.00–100.001,8588
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,210875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,5881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,192861.50/cwt675.00–960.0010,2693
CowsBoner 80-85%1,79066.00/cwt66.00–66.001,1811
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight82830.00/cwt30.00–30.002484
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94743.99/cwt37.50–53.0041718
CowsLean 85-90%1,10247.14/cwt45.00–52.005195
SteersMedium and Large 1479181.00/cwt181.00–181.0086729
SteersMedium and Large 1616149.64/cwt148.00–153.0092221
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight1,16066.00/cwt66.00–66.007661
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02553.00/cwt53.00–53.005431
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4431,161.53/cwt1,100.00–1,200.0016,7612
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2071,169.58/cwt1,000.00–1,325.0014,1173
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672140.00/cwt140.00–140.0094129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2807126.13/cwt124.00–128.001,01817
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight97560.00/cwt60.00–60.005851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24862.43/cwt56.00–63.5077913
SteersMedium and Large 1596157.62/cwt154.50–160.0093971
SteersMedium and Large 1925127.72/cwt125.50–128.751,18132
BullsMedium and Large 1-2565133.20/cwt130.00–137.0075311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2516140.00/cwt140.00–140.007225
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1815900.00/cwt900.00–900.007,3351
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1181,157.08/cwt1,025.00–1,300.0012,9363
HeifersMedium and Large 1515139.02/cwt135.00–144.0071611
SteersMedium and Large 1876131.25/cwt128.00–132.351,150111
SteersMedium and Large 1529161.21/cwt154.00–177.0085321
HeifersMedium and Large 1570137.08/cwt130.00–140.5078147

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.