Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2023-12-07

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Dec 7
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,558 head
▼ 446 vs last sale 2,004▼ 402 vs year ago 1,960 · −20.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
272 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 293▲ 8 vs year ago 264 · +3.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 77▼ 26 vs year ago 89 · −29.2%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Apr 25, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Steer calves mostly steady to 6.00 higher. Heifer calves steady to 7.00 lower. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 lower. A total of 335 cows and bulls sold with 81 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $257.00/cwt on 372 head.
Average price
$257.00
372 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,598
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$253
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.15
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2536258.001,38255
Medium and Large 1637256.831,635317
One grade step is worth $1.17/cwt here — about −$253 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 sale372 hd
257.00
—
OK average5 barns · 3,486 hd
254.85
+2.15
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—High1,742107.131,86622
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,33997.421,30433
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21289.101,08059
CowsLean 85-90%Low94880.6776582

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)1,007$1,24113

Every lot, as filed

69 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—668194.59/cwt181.00–207.001,30020
HeifersMedium and Large 1—733201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4738
HeifersMedium and Large 1—628216.39/cwt208.00–225.001,35940
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—535214.08/cwt213.00–217.001,14515
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—414245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—431224.00/cwt224.00–224.009657
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471241.57/cwt229.00–255.001,13823
HeifersMedium and Large 1—377263.03/cwt240.00–296.0099229
HeifersMedium and Large 1—754182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3725
SteersMedium and Large 1—631240.57/cwt239.00–245.001,51815
SteersMedium and Large 1—553265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,46511
SteersMedium and Large 1—507290.55/cwt267.00–300.001,47347
SteersMedium and Large 1—334352.49/cwt340.00–370.001,17715
SteersMedium and Large 1—838217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,81865
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—722210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,51613
SteersMedium and Large 1—417334.41/cwt302.50–345.001,39430
SteersMedium and Large 1—457294.15/cwt287.00–301.001,34417
SteersMedium and Large 1—383343.00/cwt310.00–361.001,31411
SteersMedium and Large 1—658229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5073
SteersMedium and Large 1—785211.98/cwt211.50–214.001,66467
SteersMedium and Large 1—725216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,56625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—507222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,1286
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—468261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,2213
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—556245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—531255.61/cwt253.00–259.001,35714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—432307.72/cwt307.00–310.001,32917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—452263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,1895
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—508247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,2552
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—626212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3279
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—513244.80/cwt233.00–257.001,2568
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—615223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,3715
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—704189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,3317
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—578235.65/cwt222.00–246.001,36227
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—432299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,29211
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—89673.78/cwt70.00–77.0066123
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—81986.23/cwt83.00–90.0070622
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19985.74/cwt82.00–89.001,02829
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23591.48/cwt91.00–95.001,13026
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15398.00/cwt98.00–98.001,1304
Bulls——1,993115.56/cwt115.00–118.002,3035
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12590.56/cwt90.00–91.001,01912
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03878.18/cwt72.00–81.0081223
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,29592.37/cwt88.00–93.501,19620
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,436113.06/cwt107.00–118.001,6244
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,392101.69/cwt96.00–105.001,4169
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—86568.00/cwt68.00–68.005882
Bulls——1,726107.73/cwt104.00–113.001,85913
Bulls——1,53396.18/cwt91.00–101.001,4743
Bulls—Light Weight—1,31590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1841
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0251,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3757
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9851,085.00/head1,085.00–1,085.001,0856
BullsMedium and Large 1—511265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3545
BullsMedium and Large 1—709189.16/cwt188.00–190.001,34112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—450265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1934
BullsMedium and Large 1—635193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,2264
BullsMedium and Large 1—771182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,4036
BullsMedium and Large 1—415295.14/cwt263.00–312.001,2259
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418269.04/cwt261.00–279.001,12540
HeifersMedium and Large 1—313285.00/cwt285.00–285.008923
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—619192.62/cwt182.00–197.001,19233
HeifersMedium and Large 2—538196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,05416
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—443280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2405
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—458279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,2783
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—563203.97/cwt192.00–210.001,14822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—334227.50/cwt227.50–227.507608
HeifersMedium and Large 2—474201.00/cwt201.00–201.009535
HeifersMedium and Large 1—561222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2454
HeifersMedium and Large 1—815176.70/cwt170.00–180.501,44020
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525235.99/cwt220.00–250.001,23957

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.