Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2023-10-05

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Oct 5
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,000 head
380 vs last sale 1,380 1,530 vs year ago 2,530 · 60.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
247 head
25 vs last sale 272 288 vs year ago 535 · 53.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
62 head
18 vs last sale 44 0 vs year ago 62 · +0.0%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Apr 25, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Steer calves 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Quality fair to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 5.00 lower. A total of 309 cows and bulls sold with 80 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $229.49/cwt on 257 head.
Average price
$229.49
257 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,261
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$162
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.79
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540230.521,244232
Medium and Large 1-2640219.881,40725
One grade step is worth $10.64/cwt here — about −$162 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 sale257 hd
229.49
OK average5 barns · 2,682 hd
233.27
−3.79
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
BullsAverage1,621103.791,68314
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,345102.151,37442
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17993.921,10761
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,02982.2184688

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)1,596$1,4134thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,020$1,2792thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,138$1,1964thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)815$8501thin

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 1393251.00/cwt251.00–251.009863
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned294237.00/cwt237.00–237.006976
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2695
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2692220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,52217
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned344259.80/cwt257.00–261.0089410
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned681204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,3894
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned639220.52/cwt211.00–221.501,40954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned448219.00/cwt219.00–219.009813
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned476226.73/cwt220.00–235.001,07911
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned391257.20/cwt253.00–260.001,00613
SteersMedium and Large 1654246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6096
SteersMedium and Large 1425309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,3132
SteersMedium and Large 1455301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,3703
SteersMedium and Large 1516283.25/cwt274.00–289.001,46220
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy563251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,4165
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned412238.53/cwt233.00–242.5098314
SteersMedium and Large 1862238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,05216
SteersMedium and Large 1736243.68/cwt242.50–244.001,79323
SteersMedium and Large 1628250.84/cwt247.00–252.501,57522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2582253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,47210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2472277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,30712
SteersMedium and Large 1568277.65/cwt275.00–279.001,57719
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned402219.00/cwt219.00–219.008805
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned592239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4153
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned632246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,55523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned623220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3719
SteersMedium and Large 1376337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,2678
SteersMedium and Large 1819242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,9866
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned527260.92/cwt259.00–263.001,37512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned419227.00/cwt227.00–227.009514
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned444240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0666
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned629219.13/cwt205.00–225.001,37815
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned510251.64/cwt249.00–255.001,2839
BullsMedium and Large 1428297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,2715
BullsMedium and Large 1689219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5094
CowsLean 85-90%1,07572.11/cwt64.00–76.007753
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,339102.99/cwt102.00–107.001,37930
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32995.90/cwt90.00–100.001,2759
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,455112.51/cwt111.00–116.001,6373
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18299.03/cwt96.00–102.001,17123
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17288.68/cwt83.00–95.001,03933
CowsLean 85-90%1,10184.99/cwt80.00–90.0093628
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight97093.00/cwt93.00–93.009021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,206104.96/cwt104.00–108.001,2665
CowsLean 85-90%1,09398.46/cwt98.00–99.001,0762
CowsLean 85-90%1,15290.87/cwt90.00–95.001,04712
Bulls2,065116.95/cwt116.00–118.002,4153
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight96263.95/cwt53.00–69.006153
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight93978.62/cwt76.00–86.0073839
BullsLight Weight1,31580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0521
Bulls1,46992.22/cwt80.00–98.001,3554
Bulls1,552108.88/cwt104.00–114.001,6906
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5961,413.20/head950.00–1,525.001,4134
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1381,195.66/head1,135.00–1,250.001,1964
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0201,278.68/head925.00–1,575.001,2792
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1815850.00/head850.00–850.008501
BullsMedium and Large 1366305.08/cwt299.00–311.001,1178
BullsMedium and Large 1-2353275.00/cwt275.00–275.009713
BullsMedium and Large 1743218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,62017
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned558230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,28317
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned671220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,47611
BullsMedium and Large 1483286.06/cwt281.00–297.001,3826
HeifersMedium and Large 1339265.43/cwt260.00–270.0090015
HeifersMedium and Large 1668222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4837
HeifersMedium and Large 1828214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,77213
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned527218.12/cwt210.00–223.001,14929
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned572216.85/cwt210.00–221.001,24022
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy546210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1474
HeifersMedium and Large 1858216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,8536
HeifersMedium and Large 1550233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2827
HeifersMedium and Large 1425259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,10114

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.