Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2023-03-23

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Mar 23
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,325 head
▼ 270 vs last sale 1,595▲ 315 vs year ago 1,010 · +31.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
180 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 179▲ 97 vs year ago 83 · +116.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 58▲ 19 vs year ago 18 · +105.6%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Apr 25, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 600 to 700 lbs. 2.00 higher, 700 to 850 lbs. 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Steer calves weighing 350 to 400 lbs. 4.00 to 10.00 lower, 500 to 600 lbs. 8.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifer calves 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. A total of 217 cows and bulls sold with 83 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $187.70/cwt on 352 head.
Average price
$187.70
352 head · 621 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,165
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$39
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.57
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1618189.371,170307
Medium and Large 1-2642176.301,13145
One grade step is worth $13.07/cwt here — about $39 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 sale352 hd
187.70
—
OK average5 barns · 2,461 hd
200.27
−12.57
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—Low1,645112.251,84741
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,304103.441,34832
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18497.821,15848
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03080.2982725

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)985$1,2601thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$1,5256

Every lot, as filed

64 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 1-2—733185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3565
SteersMedium and Large 1—863173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,4934
SteersMedium and Large 1—795180.43/cwt180.00–180.501,43426
SteersMedium and Large 1—370267.86/cwt259.00–271.0099112
SteersMedium and Large 1—309323.04/cwt321.00–325.009986
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—665186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,24014
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—571188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0736
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—541191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0335
SteersMedium and Large 1—807177.45/cwt164.00–180.001,43228
SteersMedium and Large 1—640212.66/cwt211.50–223.001,36198
SteersMedium and Large 1—657203.12/cwt190.00–221.001,33423
SteersMedium and Large 1—438244.51/cwt235.00–257.001,07120
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740168.42/cwt161.00–170.001,24617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—656175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,15119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—623197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2278
SteersMedium and Large 1—486249.77/cwt233.00–253.001,21457
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—470211.00/cwt211.00–211.009925
SteersMedium and Large 1—563232.31/cwt224.00–254.001,30832
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—573189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,08313
HeifersMedium and Large 1—775166.34/cwt165.00–167.001,28921
HeifersMedium and Large 1—653181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,1823
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618190.88/cwt180.00–199.001,18090
SteersMedium and Large 1—714190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3574
SteersMedium and Large 1—532241.87/cwt235.00–251.001,2879
HeifersMedium and Large 1—458208.97/cwt203.00–219.0095748
HeifersMedium and Large 1—428215.53/cwt201.00–221.0092219
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—812162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,3159
HeifersMedium and Large 1—343225.00/cwt225.00–225.007726
HeifersMedium and Large 1—809164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,3317
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365227.00/cwt227.00–227.008294
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—641176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,12812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—571198.87/cwt191.00–208.501,13633
HeifersMedium and Large 1—967153.36/cwt131.00–156.501,48325
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—494190.00/cwt190.00–190.009397
HeifersMedium and Large 1—908150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3624
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—413171.00/cwt171.00–171.007064
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1001,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5256
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—9851,260.00/head1,260.00–1,260.001,2601
Bulls—Light Weight—1,09898.00/cwt98.00–98.001,0762
Bulls—Light Weight—1,315116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,5251
Bulls—Light Weight—1,29695.99/cwt80.00–104.001,2444
Bulls——1,893124.53/cwt118.00–133.002,35715
Bulls——1,489100.81/cwt93.00–106.001,5016
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—90668.47/cwt66.00–69.006206
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11087.83/cwt85.00–90.009754
CowsLean 85-90%—1,24054.00/cwt54.00–54.006701
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,237107.42/cwt106.00–110.001,32913
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,62393.88/cwt91.00–98.001,5244
Bulls——1,673111.69/cwt108.00–116.001,86912
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—84081.96/cwt81.00–83.006882
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19494.53/cwt90.00–98.001,12918
CowsLean 85-90%—1,19397.12/cwt94.00–100.001,1592
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—96486.80/cwt86.00–90.008375
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,276102.54/cwt100.00–104.001,30815
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14879.79/cwt77.00–84.009165
Bulls——1,36093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,2651
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,169101.29/cwt94.00–111.001,18427
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26286.28/cwt84.00–90.001,0893
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—368251.00/cwt251.00–251.009245
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—634183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,1604
BullsMedium and Large 1—420227.30/cwt210.00–238.009558
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—487219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,0676
BullsMedium and Large 1—482247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,1916
BullsMedium and Large 1—667181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,2076

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.