Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2023-04-06

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Apr 6
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,297 head
175 vs last sale 1,122 317 vs year ago 980 · +32.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
154 head
86 vs last sale 240 28 vs year ago 126 · +22.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
47 head
17 vs last sale 64 10 vs year ago 37 · +27.0%
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 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Steer calves and heifer calves steady to 6.00 higher. Quality fair to average with good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 lower. A total of 201 cows and bulls sold with 77 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $199.73/cwt on 404 head.
Average price
$199.73
404 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,172
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$236
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.84
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2464208.7996961
Medium and Large 1608198.121,205343
One grade step is worth $10.67/cwt here — about −$236 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 sale404 hd
199.73
OK average5 barns · 2,813 hd
206.57
−6.84
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
BullsLow1,482104.411,54812
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,38697.331,34915
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19994.771,13732
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06186.0491330

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)965$1,1251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,072$1,09310
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,070$1,0144thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,060$1,0002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)900$8872thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)980$1,7975

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
SteersMedium and Large 1592232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,3733
SteersMedium and Large 1514241.99/cwt239.00–246.001,24419
SteersMedium and Large 1382278.72/cwt271.00–281.001,06522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2421251.95/cwt246.00–253.001,06120
SteersMedium and Large 1611234.45/cwt230.00–240.501,43236
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,25013
SteersMedium and Large 1822186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,5298
SteersMedium and Large 1775189.06/cwt181.00–192.001,46596
SteersMedium and Large 1900174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,5667
SteersMedium and Large 1-2352259.00/cwt259.00–259.0091210
CowsBoner 80-85%1,220100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2202
CowsLean 85-90%1,06686.10/cwt85.50–87.5091812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,1073
SteersMedium and Large 1479250.21/cwt242.00–259.001,1996
SteersMedium and Large 1665211.36/cwt204.00–216.001,40629
SteersMedium and Large 1308309.00/cwt309.00–309.009523
CowsLean 85-90%1,22894.56/cwt92.00–96.001,1619
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight94587.00/cwt87.00–87.008221
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight76392.00/cwt92.00–92.007022
Bulls1,417102.72/cwt97.00–107.001,4563
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37995.28/cwt85.00–100.001,31412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19894.42/cwt85.00–99.001,13130
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,413105.51/cwt103.00–107.001,4913
Bulls1,38884.89/cwt81.00–89.001,1782
Bulls1,744114.49/cwt113.00–116.001,9974
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight91971.01/cwt70.00–72.006536
BullsLight Weight1,28399.50/cwt99.00–100.001,2772
BullsLight Weight1,220118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,4401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0601,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1900886.81/head875.00–900.008872
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0721,092.54/head975.00–1,150.001,09310
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1001,885.00/head1,885.00–1,885.001,8851
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 19501,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7754
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0701,014.49/head950.00–1,100.001,0144
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19651,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
HeifersMedium and Large 1725180.60/cwt179.50–182.501,30986
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480206.00/cwt206.00–206.009895
BullsMedium and Large 1-2398255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0153
BullsMedium and Large 1-2346265.00/cwt265.00–265.009174
BullsMedium and Large 1726184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,33919
BullsMedium and Large 1838151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,2658
SteersMedium and Large 1424272.28/cwt263.00–276.001,15414
HeifersMedium and Large 1477229.03/cwt219.00–235.001,09239
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,1357
HeifersMedium and Large 1524215.57/cwt203.00–225.001,13034
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2389220.97/cwt219.00–225.0086031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2542194.34/cwt182.00–204.001,05318
SteersMedium and Large 2481201.00/cwt201.00–201.009678
HeifersMedium and Large 1675183.53/cwt180.00–188.001,23938
HeifersMedium and Large 1771177.09/cwt174.50–180.251,36533
HeifersMedium and Large 1388227.43/cwt223.00–232.0088219
HeifersMedium and Large 1425225.15/cwt221.00–231.0095717
HeifersMedium and Large 1591195.95/cwt194.00–205.001,15843
SteersMedium and Large 1883179.96/cwt177.00–181.001,58931
HeifersMedium and Large 1309223.18/cwt220.00–225.006908
HeifersMedium and Large 1629191.64/cwt188.00–196.001,20526
BullsMedium and Large 1635197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,25113
BullsMedium and Large 1699188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,3187
BullsMedium and Large 1393271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,0654
BullsMedium and Large 1329299.00/cwt299.00–299.009844
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned395265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0475

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.