Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers unevenly steady. Steer and heifer calves lower on a limited test. Quality fair to attractive with several drafts of fancy unweaned calves. Slaughter cows unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. A total of 206 cows and bulls sold with 80 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.08/cwt on 278 head.

Average price

$138.08

278 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$806

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$2

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

$3.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.75

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	138.69	806	229
Medium and Large 1-2	598	135.25	808	49

One grade step is worth $3.44/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale278 hd

138.08

—

OK average7 barns · 7,601 hd

140.83

−2.75

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	1,756	84.15	1,477	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,378	70.29	969	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,213	65.32	792	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,141	50.96	582	41

Every lot, as filed

72 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 1Unweaned	—	393	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	594	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	790	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	560	133.31/cwt	127.00–139.00	747	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	141.80/cwt	136.00–147.00	749	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	693	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	936	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	999	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	474	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	331	138.34/cwt	135.00–141.00	458	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,161	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,335	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,155	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	150.86/cwt	150.75–151.00	1,101	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,031	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	486	147.04/cwt	143.00–149.00	715	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	127.37/cwt	125.00–135.00	780	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	757	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	992	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,240	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	150.98/cwt	147.00–156.00	935	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	762	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	138.06/cwt	137.00–139.50	1,205	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	385	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	620	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	145.45/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,196	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	136.26/cwt	134.50–138.00	1,270	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	562	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	736	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	541	149.41/cwt	141.00–153.00	808	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	157.87/cwt	154.00–161.00	810	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	586	140.70/cwt	140.00–143.00	825	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	604	150.50/cwt	150.00–151.00	909	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	477	160.56/cwt	158.00–166.00	766	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	672	135.41/cwt	132.50–142.00	910	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	373	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	526	148.76/cwt	131.00–154.00	782	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	132.68/cwt	130.00–135.00	825	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	610	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	793	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	438	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	679	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	310	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	496	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	72.52/cwt	71.00–74.00	1,026	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	70.52/cwt	65.50–72.50	970	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	852	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	68.24/cwt	65.50–70.00	861	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	59.97/cwt	55.00–63.00	727	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	920	44.60/cwt	40.00–46.00	410	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,192	52.59/cwt	48.50–58.00	627	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	42.15/cwt	40.00–44.50	444	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	62.82/cwt	62.00–63.50	885	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	975	49.51/cwt	49.00–50.00	483	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	970	55.50/cwt	55.50–55.50	538	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,305	75.50/cwt	75.50–75.50	985	1
Bulls	—	—	1,595	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	941	1
Bulls	—	—	1,801	88.49/cwt	83.00–93.50	1,594	11
Bulls	—	—	1,793	79.50/cwt	74.00–82.50	1,425	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	926.02/cwt	900.00–950.00	10,186	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,230	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,070	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	900	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	12,375	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,375	1,249.55/cwt	1,225.00–1,275.00	17,181	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	14,438	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	741	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	566	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	809	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	447	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	464	164.09/cwt	156.00–171.00	761	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	484	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	721	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	688	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	860	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	748	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	153.91/cwt	151.00–155.00	720	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	118.18/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,081	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	135.50/cwt	132.50–139.00	867	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,075	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	142.56/cwt	140.50–143.00	974	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	438	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	792	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,006	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	133.95/cwt	130.00–136.50	781	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	776	3

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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