Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2022-05-05

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, May 5
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
914 head
462 vs last sale 1,376 851 vs year ago 1,765 · 48.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
136 head
220 vs last sale 356 135 vs year ago 271 · 49.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
42 head
34 vs last sale 76 35 vs year ago 77 · 45.5%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Apr 25, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady, feeder heifers not tested. Steer calves not enough comparable calves for a market test. Heifer calves unevenly steady. Quality fair to attractive with moderate demand. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 9.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 6.00 lower. A total of 178 cows and bulls sold with 76 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.39/cwt on 496 head.
Average price
$161.39
496 head · 728 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,175
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$8.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.68
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2647165.511,07167
Medium and Large 1745160.861,198416
Medium and Large 2616156.8596613thin
One grade step is worth $8.66/cwt here — about $105 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 sale496 hd
161.39
OK average7 barns · 10,714 hd
163.07
−1.68
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
BullsLow1,50488.831,33616
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37779.551,09520
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14473.4884132
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13865.3774430

Every lot, as filed

62 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1474171.09/cwt169.50–172.008118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2693143.00/cwt143.00–143.009913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2647147.00/cwt147.00–147.009513
SteersMedium and Large 2576161.00/cwt161.00–161.009277
SteersMedium and Large 1581189.68/cwt189.50–190.001,10216
HeifersMedium and Large 1896131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,17410
HeifersMedium and Large 1646154.00/cwt154.00–154.009957
HeifersMedium and Large 1813135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,1024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475156.00/cwt156.00–156.007415
SteersMedium and Large 1246207.00/cwt207.00–207.005094
SteersMedium and Large 1662169.48/cwt164.00–175.001,12291
SteersMedium and Large 1528193.09/cwt187.00–196.501,02025
SteersMedium and Large 1-2619166.43/cwt166.00–167.001,0307
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,0296
SteersMedium and Large 1964141.05/cwt140.00–142.501,36036
SteersMedium and Large 1-2484180.00/cwt180.00–180.008719
SteersMedium and Large 1-2790149.70/cwt143.00–151.501,18314
SteersMedium and Large 1632165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0438
SteersMedium and Large 1877145.29/cwt144.50–145.501,27489
SteersMedium and Large 1765153.79/cwt151.00–155.001,17688
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524184.02/cwt181.00–185.0096412
SteersMedium and Large 1409208.39/cwt193.00–213.0085213
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 368065.00/cwt65.00–65.004423
SteersMedium and Large 2663152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0086
SteersMedium and Large 1-2882138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,2175
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385151.00/cwt151.00–151.005815
HeifersMedium and Large 1780139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,08410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531156.02/cwt151.00–160.0082811
HeifersMedium and Large 1666147.98/cwt145.00–149.0098638
BullsMedium and Large 1-2562158.00/cwt158.00–158.008885
BullsMedium and Large 1447198.25/cwt198.25–198.258863
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94056.00/cwt56.00–56.005261
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight99049.00/cwt49.00–49.004851
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94555.56/cwt46.00–57.005258
Bulls1,43789.49/cwt83.00–93.001,2868
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,24883.54/cwt81.00–87.001,0432
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31476.32/cwt74.00–78.001,0034
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07669.96/cwt64.00–74.0075319
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24478.62/cwt77.00–81.0097813
CowsLean 85-90%1,15062.00/cwt62.00–62.007132
CowsLean 85-90%1,26076.61/cwt75.00–78.0096510
CowsLean 85-90%1,21865.20/cwt63.50–73.007948
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41379.91/cwt78.00–83.001,12914
Bulls1,43070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0011
Bulls1,71899.36/cwt96.00–103.001,7075
BullsLight Weight1,24050.00/cwt50.00–50.006201
BullsLight Weight1,31088.50/cwt88.50–88.501,1591
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19001,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0013,2751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0941,495.14/cwt1,475.00–1,500.0016,3574
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1131,261.80/cwt1,200.00–1,325.0014,0442
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,083887.47/cwt875.00–900.009,6112
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,230904.98/cwt900.00–910.0011,1312
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1501,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0015,5251
SteersMedium and Large 1738160.93/cwt160.25–164.501,18830
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577158.50/cwt158.50–158.509156
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned521153.00/cwt153.00–153.007977
HeifersMedium and Large 1378165.65/cwt161.00–171.0062615
HeifersMedium and Large 1424168.12/cwt164.00–171.0071314
HeifersMedium and Large 1992129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,2855
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677159.70/cwt159.00–161.001,08114
SteersMedium and Large 1839150.49/cwt150.00–152.001,26316
HeifersMedium and Large 1519162.75/cwt160.00–165.008459

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.