Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2022-12-15

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Dec 15
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,948 head
12 vs last sale 1,960 31 vs year ago 1,979 · 1.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
343 head
79 vs last sale 264 80 vs year ago 263 · +30.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
113 head
24 vs last sale 89 268 vs year ago 381 · 70.3%
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 lightly tested with a higher undertone noted. Steer and heifer calves mostly 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with very good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. A total of 456 cows and bulls sold with 75 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $201.20/cwt on 428 head.
Average price
$201.20
428 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,133
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.22
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568204.741,163362
Medium and Large 1-2537181.8297766
One grade step is worth $22.92/cwt here — about $186 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 sale428 hd
201.20
OK average7 barns · 12,990 hd
191.99
+9.22
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
BullsLow1,69785.741,45523
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,38274.291,02641
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18767.0879693
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,06757.03609117

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)1,082$1,4085
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,430$1,4001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,255$1,2251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,199$1,07646
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,189$78619
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,200$1,2001thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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
BullsMedium and Large 1634167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,06211
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned540178.00/cwt178.00–178.009614
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned769149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,1469
BullsMedium and Large 1490203.00/cwt203.00–203.009956
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433200.23/cwt199.00–201.0086715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2336179.00/cwt179.00–179.006014
SteersMedium and Large 1791180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,42412
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned634173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,09712
SteersMedium and Large 1420225.39/cwt213.00–238.0094724
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned547163.00/cwt163.00–163.0089212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2638178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,1366
SteersMedium and Large 1385226.77/cwt215.00–236.0087325
SteersMedium and Large 1534215.50/cwt207.00–227.001,15135
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,17916
SteersMedium and Large 1468224.74/cwt213.00–231.001,05285
SteersMedium and Large 1-2449201.00/cwt201.00–201.009024
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned395181.00/cwt181.00–181.0071511
SteersMedium and Large 1574203.23/cwt195.00–215.001,16737
SteersMedium and Large 1614194.79/cwt183.00–202.001,19656
SteersMedium and Large 1871171.99/cwt170.00–174.001,49814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned436189.00/cwt189.00–189.0082418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned480193.00/cwt193.00–193.0092610
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned543160.00/cwt160.00–160.008699
HeifersMedium and Large 1734160.48/cwt158.00–163.001,17822
HeifersMedium and Large 1422195.99/cwt183.00–210.0082732
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned640160.53/cwt158.00–164.001,02712
SteersMedium and Large 1713175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,24812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned486153.00/cwt153.00–153.007447
HeifersMedium and Large 1759158.76/cwt156.00–162.001,20513
HeifersMedium and Large 1333218.73/cwt211.00–220.0072821
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33070.75/cwt65.00–73.0094120
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51281.35/cwt80.00–82.001,2303
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18567.33/cwt63.00–73.0079884
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28775.03/cwt74.00–77.009663
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84339.54/cwt38.00–41.003332
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight95650.34/cwt47.00–54.0048127
CowsLean 85-90%1,09352.99/cwt47.00–55.0057918
CowsLean 85-90%1,14967.73/cwt67.00–68.507786
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41777.04/cwt73.00–78.001,09218
Bulls1,64884.70/cwt77.00–89.001,39610
Bulls1,38258.72/cwt51.00–67.008123
Bulls1,76393.50/cwt90.00–97.001,6488
CowsLean 85-90%1,10660.54/cwt57.00–64.5067064
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16359.59/cwt55.00–61.006936
Bulls2,150100.46/cwt100.00–101.002,1602
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1991,075.99/head760.00–1,350.001,07646
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4301,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2551,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,189786.24/head750.00–900.0078619
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0821,408.23/head975.00–1,600.001,4085
HeifersMedium and Large 1367203.00/cwt203.00–203.007456
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned554158.00/cwt158.00–158.008755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573153.00/cwt153.00–153.008778
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531168.00/cwt168.00–168.008925
HeifersMedium and Large 1629173.39/cwt167.00–175.501,09159
HeifersMedium and Large 1533175.00/cwt173.00–177.0093375
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned481173.00/cwt173.00–173.008327
SteersMedium and Large 1679184.38/cwt184.00–184.501,25250
HeifersMedium and Large 1562175.12/cwt167.50–177.0098460
HeifersMedium and Large 1477181.28/cwt173.00–190.0086569

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.