Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2022-12-08

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Dec 8
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,960 head
▼ 506 vs last sale 2,466▼ 919 vs year ago 2,879 · −31.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
264 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 343▲ 15 vs year ago 249 · +6.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
89 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 62▼ 52 vs year ago 141 · −36.9%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Apr 25, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers not enough comparable cattle for a market test. Steer calves 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Heifer calves under 500 lbs. 1.00 to 4.00 lower, 500 lbs. heifers 8.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower. A total of 353 cows and bulls sold with 75 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.85/cwt on 546 head.
Average price
$172.85
546 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$910
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$6
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.60
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1516176.25910438
Medium and Large 1-2568159.09904108
One grade step is worth $17.16/cwt here — about $6 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 sale546 hd
172.85
—
OK average7 barns · 12,398 hd
172.25
+0.60
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
Bulls—Low1,56884.061,31822
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35470.1895031
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20966.7180640
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00747.3447782

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,069$1,1807
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,115$1,00329
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)990$8501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,180$8409
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)850$8251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,160$7502thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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 1—332198.75/cwt191.00–206.0066012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—754160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2067
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—733155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,13622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—579156.69/cwt151.00–165.0090715
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—548157.00/cwt157.00–157.008605
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—575155.00/cwt155.00–155.008914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—675140.00/cwt140.00–140.0094510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—482154.00/cwt154.00–154.007425
HeifersMedium and Large 1—374200.97/cwt187.00–208.0075248
HeifersMedium and Large 1—631167.66/cwt165.00–170.001,05830
SteersMedium and Large 1—343237.50/cwt237.50–237.508153
SteersMedium and Large 1—570190.11/cwt180.00–205.501,08458
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—385207.00/cwt207.00–207.007977
SteersMedium and Large 1—620188.68/cwt180.00–190.001,17038
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—721172.68/cwt170.00–174.501,24527
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—635170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0809
SteersMedium and Large 1—840176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,4833
SteersMedium and Large 1—529212.99/cwt201.00–215.001,12767
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—471187.00/cwt187.00–187.0088118
SteersMedium and Large 1—473220.48/cwt214.00–228.001,04318
SteersMedium and Large 1—716178.86/cwt174.50–185.001,28117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—541178.00/cwt178.00–178.0096319
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—454232.79/cwt232.00–233.001,05729
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—686165.30/cwt165.00–166.001,13413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—573172.61/cwt165.00–180.0098910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—621163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0127
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—590174.07/cwt167.00–180.001,02730
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 3—63675.00/cwt75.00–75.004776
SteersMedium and Large 1—411216.94/cwt209.00–221.0089232
SteersMedium and Large 1—381227.35/cwt224.00–231.0086610
SteersMedium and Large 1—879169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,4865
BullsMedium and Large 1—426217.00/cwt217.00–217.0092421
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—633160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,01313
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—719152.00/cwt149.00–164.001,09315
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—547171.00/cwt171.00–171.0093515
BullsMedium and Large 1—473199.67/cwt193.00–203.009449
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy—672142.00/cwt142.00–142.0095421
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48175.16/cwt73.00–77.001,1135
Bulls——1,68568.00/cwt68.00–68.001,1461
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33069.22/cwt59.00–74.0092126
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21167.21/cwt62.00–73.0081433
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21057.58/cwt56.00–59.006974
Bulls——1,67884.62/cwt76.00–89.001,4209
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08336.38/cwt26.00–41.003943
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08748.41/cwt45.00–52.0052616
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06858.22/cwt55.00–62.0062219
Bulls——1,76992.57/cwt90.00–95.001,6386
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18273.37/cwt73.00–74.008673
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—94651.82/cwt49.00–53.004907
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—94741.33/cwt40.00–44.0039137
Bulls—Light Weight—1,20582.10/cwt78.00–87.009894
Bulls—Light Weight—1,14067.98/cwt67.00–69.007752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—990850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0691,179.88/head1,025.00–1,225.001,1807
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1151,002.66/head735.00–1,325.001,00329
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,160750.00/head750.00–750.007502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,180840.00/head760.00–850.008409
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—850825.00/head825.00–825.008251
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—660158.24/cwt150.00–160.501,04414
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—445181.00/cwt181.00–181.008058
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—476193.00/cwt193.00–193.0091910
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—516180.00/cwt180.00–180.009295
BullsMedium and Large 1—327227.46/cwt220.00–231.0074412
BullsMedium and Large 1—384214.03/cwt207.00–226.0082221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516176.00/cwt170.00–179.0090889
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—718160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,14913
HeifersMedium and Large 1—472175.82/cwt170.00–185.0083063
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—547151.00/cwt151.00–151.0082611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—391179.00/cwt179.00–179.007008
HeifersMedium and Large 1—737159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1725
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—432167.94/cwt160.00–171.0072630
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577170.00/cwt166.00–171.0098157
HeifersMedium and Large 1—416184.74/cwt170.00–194.0076955
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—703160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,12513
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—626160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,00222

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.