Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2023-08-24

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Aug 24
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
976 head
▼ 817 vs last sale 1,793▼ 94 vs year ago 1,070 · −8.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
325 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 297▼ 24 vs year ago 349 · −6.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 78▼ 9 vs year ago 72 · −12.5%
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 had a limited test with a lower undertone noted. Steer calves unevenly steady. Heifer calves 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Quality fair to attractive with moderate demand. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. A total of 388 cows and bulls sold with 84 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $262.52/cwt on 305 head.
Average price
$262.52
305 head · 667 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,751
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$609
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$73.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.25
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1670264.241,770290
Medium and Large 1-2616243.181,49911thin
Medium and Large 2608191.001,1614thin
One grade step is worth $73.24/cwt here — about $609 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 sale305 hd
262.52
—
OK average5 barns · 1,968 hd
264.77
−2.25
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—Low1,670120.822,01816
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,420110.231,56536
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,196101.821,21880
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06585.9491587

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,203$1,38113
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,159$1,3518
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$1,3001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,028$1,1736
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,350$1,9332thin

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 1-2—677228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,54417
HeifersMedium and Large 1—641244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,5647
SteersMedium and Large 1—903210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,89613
SteersMedium and Large 1—370347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,2843
HeifersMedium and Large 1—287273.00/cwt273.00–273.007848
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—578224.51/cwt221.00–228.001,29816
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—628220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3827
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—513181.00/cwt181.00–181.009295
SteersMedium and Large 1—811238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,93016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—715225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6096
HeifersMedium and Large 1—748228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,7096
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned—608191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,1614
SteersMedium and Large 1—526295.21/cwt290.00–298.501,55325
SteersMedium and Large 1—426332.37/cwt329.00–336.001,41614
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—378297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,1236
SteersMedium and Large 1—891230.75/cwt230.75–230.752,05654
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—474252.89/cwt238.00–260.001,19949
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—498265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3205
SteersMedium and Large 1—469303.75/cwt291.00–314.001,42536
SteersMedium and Large 1—573281.21/cwt277.00–284.001,61130
SteersMedium and Large 1—754242.37/cwt232.50–243.001,82753
SteersMedium and Large 1—736247.54/cwt247.00–248.001,82224
SteersMedium and Large 1—323316.32/cwt307.50–323.001,0228
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—447270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2073
SteersMedium and Large 1—661255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6865
BullsMedium and Large 1—519285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4796
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—570248.03/cwt246.00–251.001,41410
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—513260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3342
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—616237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4605
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—424267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,1344
BullsMedium and Large 1—480294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,4115
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,24499.71/cwt97.00–106.001,2409
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19197.91/cwt93.00–102.001,16649
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,205107.99/cwt104.00–112.501,30131
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09999.00/cwt99.00–99.001,0887
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,611120.60/cwt119.00–123.001,9434
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—94670.00/cwt70.00–70.006625
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,455112.54/cwt109.00–117.001,63723
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—93481.73/cwt78.00–82.5076318
Bulls——1,708113.05/cwt107.00–119.001,9313
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10367.33/cwt66.00–69.007435
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11488.96/cwt83.00–95.5099152
Bulls——1,704124.33/cwt121.00–128.502,11912
Bulls—Light Weight—1,155102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1781
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,3501,933.33/head1,850.00–2,000.001,9332
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1591,351.48/head1,250.00–1,425.001,3518
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2031,381.33/head1,300.00–1,500.001,38113
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2001,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0281,173.46/head1,150.00–1,225.001,1736
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—416256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,0654
HeifersMedium and Large 1—755210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5866
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526246.38/cwt245.00–250.001,29611
BullsMedium and Large 1—316312.00/cwt312.00–312.009865
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—655224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4674
BullsMedium and Large 1—420292.69/cwt285.00–301.001,2298
HeifersMedium and Large 1—420267.24/cwt261.00–270.501,12215
HeifersMedium and Large 1—820207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6973
HeifersMedium and Large 1—896205.15/cwt204.00–206.001,8387
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—433261.96/cwt261.00–263.001,13412
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—517233.19/cwt231.00–235.001,20618
HeifersMedium and Large 1—377263.66/cwt254.00–273.0099412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—397220.00/cwt220.00–220.008733

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.