Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last test two weeks ago: Feeder steers under 700 lbs. 3.00 to 4.00 lower, over 700 lbs. 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Steer calves 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Heifer calves mostly 8.00 to 13.00 higher with instances of 20.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with very good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. A total of 275 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 $266.08/cwt on 768 head.

Average price

$266.08

768 head · 602 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$514

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$35.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.26

vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	601	270.02	1,623	653
Medium and Large 1-2	617	244.17	1,507	109
Medium and Large 2	472	235.00	1,109	6thin

One grade step is worth $35.02/cwt here — about $514 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 sale768 hd

266.08

—

OK average2 barns · 1,679 hd

248.82

+17.26

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,675	107.24	1,797	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,485	99.01	1,470	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,194	92.56	1,105	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,057	84.71	895	61

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,135	$1,780	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,296	$1,778	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,174	$1,605	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,075	$2,038	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$1,475	1thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	440	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,067	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	457	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,165	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,016	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	198.19/cwt	175.00–205.00	1,611	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,112	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	218.60/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,471	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,510	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,254	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,842	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,692	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	223.85/cwt	222.00–228.00	1,524	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	595	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,535	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	214.78/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,761	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	228.46/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,647	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	230.98/cwt	227.50–237.50	1,554	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	355.64/cwt	347.50–365.00	1,355	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	281.53/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,579	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	220.48/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,548	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	319.51/cwt	313.00–327.00	1,489	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	355.50/cwt	317.00–370.00	1,145	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	716	217.14/cwt	213.00–220.00	1,555	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	220.43/cwt	214.00–225.50	1,724	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	297.70/cwt	279.00–307.50	1,563	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	299	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,106	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	600	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,305	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	242.61/cwt	237.50–247.00	1,521	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,892	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	292.40/cwt	291.00–295.00	1,415	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	311.58/cwt	305.00–321.00	1,334	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	252.11/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,588	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	572	254.20/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,454	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,382	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	494	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,334	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	448	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,357	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	311.65/cwt	307.50–317.00	1,490	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	694	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,471	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,391	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	573	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,347	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	485	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,402	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,355	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,059	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	255.82/cwt	244.00–271.00	1,225	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,109	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	231.10/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,250	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	321	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	844	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,342	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	205.27/cwt	205.00–206.00	1,605	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	214.33/cwt	208.00–216.00	1,547	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	591	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,256	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	290.07/cwt	259.00–307.00	1,085	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	276.23/cwt	260.00–291.00	1,188	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	292.51/cwt	289.00–300.00	980	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	251.61/cwt	232.50–272.50	1,344	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	899	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,910	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,049	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,689	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	259.36/cwt	240.00–272.50	1,497	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	231.08/cwt	223.00–240.00	1,449	77
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,174	1,605.23/head	1,450.00–1,750.00	1,605	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	1,780.35/head	1,725.00–1,810.00	1,780	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	950	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,200	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,296	1,778.06/head	1,400.00–2,075.00	1,778	7
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,280	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,421	1
Bulls	—	—	1,883	119.36/cwt	115.00–124.00	2,248	5
Bulls	—	—	1,503	70.46/cwt	69.00–72.00	1,059	2
Bulls	—	—	1,690	110.05/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,860	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	965	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	656	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	89.87/cwt	82.00–96.00	1,072	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	96.34/cwt	94.00–100.00	1,134	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,500	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	101.41/cwt	98.00–106.00	1,510	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	88.91/cwt	84.50–91.00	958	13
Bulls	—	—	1,512	98.14/cwt	95.00–103.00	1,484	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	108.98/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,842	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,361	89.89/cwt	87.00–96.00	1,223	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	92.60/cwt	92.50–93.00	1,058	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	79.67/cwt	79.50–80.00	803	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	975	77.54/cwt	77.00–79.00	756	11

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.

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