Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2023-09-21

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Sep 21
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,124 head
514 vs last sale 1,610 428 vs year ago 1,696 · +25.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
354 head
74 vs last sale 280 97 vs year ago 257 · +37.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
64 head
16 vs last sale 48 15 vs year ago 49 · +30.6%
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 under 700 lbs. sold steady, over 700 lbs. 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves that were unweaned and fleshy sold to weak demand. Quality good to attractive with good demand for thin yearling cattle. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. A total of 418 cows and bulls sold with 85 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $234.29/cwt on 566 head.
Average price
$234.29
566 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,299
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$257
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.98
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2451234.561,05833
Medium and Large 1561234.271,314533
One grade step is worth $0.29/cwt here — about −$257 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 sale566 hd
234.29
OK average5 barns · 3,853 hd
237.27
−2.98
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
BullsLow1,655118.081,95417
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,411110.261,55552
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,213102.951,24976
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01895.50973180

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)1,085$1,37925
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$1,20013
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$1,1752thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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 1829222.02/cwt212.00–227.001,84118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2606249.06/cwt241.00–256.001,50915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,2144
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned478284.64/cwt273.00–291.001,36114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned444225.00/cwt225.00–225.0099915
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned483240.44/cwt227.00–249.001,161126
HeifersMedium and Large 1678230.29/cwt226.00–233.001,56117
SteersMedium and Large 1508289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,4683
SteersMedium and Large 1375311.03/cwt299.00–339.001,16626
SteersMedium and Large 1461307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,41519
SteersMedium and Large 1418314.23/cwt281.00–334.001,31320
SteersMedium and Large 1-2699251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,7548
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned680223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,51610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned442263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,16211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2814225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8327
SteersMedium and Large 1611254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,5525
SteersMedium and Large 1963239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,3029
SteersMedium and Large 1728250.46/cwt245.00–259.501,82331
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned569225.30/cwt213.00–230.001,28263
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned441250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1037
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned527252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3315
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned776232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,8009
SteersMedium and Large 1822250.50/cwt250.50–250.502,05932
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned360283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,0195
SteersMedium and Large 1947225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1313
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned522265.05/cwt239.00–275.001,38423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned452247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,1195
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned575255.90/cwt245.00–261.501,47172
SteersMedium and Large 1773248.81/cwt239.00–255.501,92330
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned572233.86/cwt232.00–235.001,33819
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned691211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,4585
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned475259.49/cwt255.00–265.001,23336
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned658210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3825
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned372283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,05310
BullsMedium and Large 1737223.11/cwt202.00–229.501,64413
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,331102.19/cwt99.00–108.001,36023
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,476123.76/cwt119.00–126.001,82712
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,472111.64/cwt111.00–117.001,64317
Bulls1,532116.22/cwt113.00–118.001,7805
CowsBoner 80-85%1,188113.80/cwt113.50–115.001,3529
CowsBoner 80-85%1,244105.98/cwt102.00–108.001,31832
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19297.39/cwt95.00–100.001,16135
Bulls1,826123.85/cwt122.00–126.002,2625
CowsLean 85-90%1,09294.25/cwt81.00–98.001,02990
CowsLean 85-90%1,130101.57/cwt99.50–104.001,14813
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight95588.49/cwt81.00–95.0084536
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight92596.31/cwt91.50–101.0089125
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight803112.08/cwt106.00–116.0090016
Bulls2,085134.80/cwt130.00–138.002,8113
BullsLight Weight1,300122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,5861
BullsLight Weight1,26393.52/cwt87.00–102.001,1813
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19001,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1752
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1501,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,20013
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0851,379.04/head1,150.00–1,425.001,37925
HeifersMedium and Large 1322274.79/cwt271.00–279.008858
HeifersMedium and Large 11,033191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,9738
HeifersMedium and Large 1956211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,0175
HeifersMedium and Large 1768224.77/cwt224.00–227.001,72612
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned515255.19/cwt245.00–269.001,31413
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned616211.47/cwt205.00–231.001,30318
HeifersMedium and Large 1884218.55/cwt212.00–220.001,93227
HeifersMedium and Large 1625240.86/cwt238.00–242.501,5058
HeifersMedium and Large 1723230.54/cwt227.00–237.001,66737
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4283
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2499242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2105
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376263.00/cwt263.00–263.009895
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned423236.61/cwt225.00–253.001,00170
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned374257.27/cwt235.00–265.0096257
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned527227.26/cwt220.00–237.001,19843
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned398229.00/cwt229.00–229.009115
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned625225.04/cwt221.00–235.001,40724

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.