Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2022-03-17

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Mar 17
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,046 head
41 vs last sale 2,087 567 vs year ago 1,479 · +38.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
7 vs last sale 123 14 vs year ago 102 · +13.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
13 vs last sale 47 9 vs year ago 43 · 20.9%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Apr 25, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Steer calves mostly steady. Heifer calves 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher, several high yielding bulls on offer with very good demand. A total of 150 cows and bulls sold with 77 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.29/cwt on 779 head.
Average price
$161.29
779 head · 718 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,158
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$539
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.01
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1738162.351,198613
Medium and Large 1-2654158.411,036156
Medium and Large 2468141.0066010thin
One grade step is worth $21.35/cwt here — about $539 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 sale779 hd
161.29
OK average7 barns · 11,982 hd
164.30
−3.01
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
BullsLow1,775113.242,01034
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44288.841,28117
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16386.081,00134
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04769.9873326

Every lot, as filed

63 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 2468141.00/cwt141.00–141.0066010
HeifersMedium and Large 1374160.48/cwt160.00–161.006006
HeifersMedium and Large 1312176.14/cwt175.00–177.0055014
HeifersMedium and Large 1466176.95/cwt170.00–186.0082541
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625139.63/cwt139.00–140.0087311
HeifersMedium and Large 1778139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,0855
SteersMedium and Large 1961137.48/cwt137.00–138.001,32121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2371152.62/cwt151.00–155.0056610
HeifersMedium and Large 1574157.65/cwt145.00–163.75905102
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2678139.00/cwt139.00–139.0094219
HeifersMedium and Large 1719143.43/cwt138.00–144.501,03176
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2506145.50/cwt145.50–145.507365
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned493147.00/cwt147.00–147.007254
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,093835.00/cwt835.00–835.009,1272
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1201,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0012,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,110700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,7701
BullsLight Weight1,21092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,1131
Bulls1,779104.73/cwt98.00–110.001,8637
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight96576.00/cwt76.00–76.007331
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight85057.20/cwt55.00–58.004864
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31076.50/cwt76.50–76.501,0021
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45094.75/cwt93.00–99.001,3744
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22089.33/cwt87.00–99.001,09017
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45588.27/cwt85.00–91.001,28410
CowsLean 85-90%1,06872.55/cwt70.00–77.0077516
CowsLean 85-90%1,29082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,0582
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38782.86/cwt80.00–84.001,1493
CowsLean 85-90%1,06363.32/cwt60.00–68.006733
Bulls1,828120.27/cwt110.00–129.752,19923
Bulls1,55582.50/cwt82.00–83.001,2832
Bulls1,52094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4291
HeifersMedium and Large 1686144.27/cwt140.00–148.0099097
HeifersMedium and Large 1529159.31/cwt153.00–171.0084327
HeifersMedium and Large 1820139.51/cwt136.50–140.001,14478
SteersMedium and Large 1358209.00/cwt209.00–209.007483
SteersMedium and Large 1618179.12/cwt172.00–182.001,10727
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635162.48/cwt160.00–164.001,03228
SteersMedium and Large 1468191.17/cwt185.00–195.0089516
HeifersMedium and Large 1882132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1645
HeifersMedium and Large 1440179.79/cwt174.00–185.0079114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2785145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,13826
SteersMedium and Large 1-2840140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,17614
SteersMedium and Large 1534196.11/cwt186.00–200.501,04770
SteersMedium and Large 1-2729150.15/cwt145.00–152.001,09528
SteersMedium and Large 1675165.68/cwt153.00–172.001,11891
SteersMedium and Large 1335215.00/cwt215.00–215.007204
SteersMedium and Large 1878146.07/cwt142.00–147.601,282143
SteersMedium and Large 1-2379180.00/cwt180.00–180.006827
SteersMedium and Large 1561184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0325
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526171.04/cwt164.00–185.0090027
SteersMedium and Large 1730161.66/cwt156.00–165.001,18034
SteersMedium and Large 1-2571167.30/cwt160.00–177.0095526
SteersMedium and Large 1425212.00/cwt212.00–212.0090116
SteersMedium and Large 11,055135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4244
SteersMedium and Large 1768147.87/cwt147.00–155.001,13660
SteersMedium and Large 1812154.12/cwt149.50–155.001,251119
HeifersMedium and Large 1623148.95/cwt147.00–151.0092826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2424152.94/cwt150.00–157.0064811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2543160.00/cwt160.00–160.008695
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465156.86/cwt156.00–158.007297
BullsMedium and Large 1427196.22/cwt185.00–204.008387
BullsMedium and Large 1364189.69/cwt188.00–191.0069014
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09383.23/cwt81.00–85.0091016

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.