Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2024-02-29

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Feb 29
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,699 head
▼ 799 vs last sale 2,498▼ 688 vs year ago 2,387 · −28.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▼ 129 vs last sale 257▼ 12 vs year ago 140 · −8.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 60▼ 19 vs year ago 43 · −44.2%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Apr 25, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 750 lbs. 2.00 to 3.00 higher, over 750 lbs. 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 1.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves mostly 4.00 to 12.00 lower. Quality fair to attractive with moderate demand. Slaughter cows 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. A total of 128 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 $261.87/cwt on 611 head.
Average price
$261.87
611 head · 716 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,875
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$232
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$28.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.90
vs OK average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2594284.881,69197
Medium and Large 2499276.521,38021
Medium and Large 1749256.721,923493
One grade step is worth $28.16/cwt here — about −$232 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 sale611 hd
261.87
—
OK average5 barns · 4,198 hd
280.77
−18.90
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—Low1,654128.952,13313
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,313120.231,57816
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,191115.391,37410
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low97898.3596249

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,084$1,6855
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,045$1,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)800$2,0001thin

Every lot, as filed

81 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
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,201118.79/cwt117.00–120.001,4275
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,105107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,1821
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—87073.76/cwt70.00–77.006422
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—87891.32/cwt82.00–92.5080215
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,228125.14/cwt122.00–127.001,5373
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—918102.20/cwt96.00–108.009389
CowsLean 85-90%—1,168109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,2732
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—498255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2704
HeifersMedium and Large 1—770222.71/cwt218.00–225.501,71550
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—597255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5226
HeifersMedium and Large 1—669230.96/cwt220.00–234.001,54514
SteersMedium and Large 1—776243.00/cwt235.00–248.001,886185
SteersMedium and Large 1—672265.36/cwt259.00–283.001,78334
SteersMedium and Large 1—879228.42/cwt226.00–232.002,00825
HeifersMedium and Large 1—869205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,78110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632254.14/cwt247.00–261.001,6068
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379294.31/cwt285.00–303.001,11513
SteersMedium and Large 1—318400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2723
SteersMedium and Large 1—589306.30/cwt292.00–312.501,80415
SteersMedium and Large 1—824231.51/cwt228.00–236.001,90846
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—325281.00/cwt281.00–281.009134
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520275.02/cwt265.00–280.001,43049
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—524265.23/cwt260.00–268.001,39032
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—620276.61/cwt275.00–281.001,71511
SteersMedium and Large 1—474367.81/cwt351.00–380.001,74312
SteersMedium and Large 1—956217.42/cwt217.00–217.502,07925
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—610285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7394
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—700223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5615
SteersMedium and Large 2—499276.52/cwt265.00–287.001,38021
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—536321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,7216
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—433355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5375
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—584288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,68210
SteersMedium and Large 1—930220.35/cwt219.00–223.002,04942
SteersMedium and Large 1—717250.64/cwt245.00–253.001,79724
SteersMedium and Large 1—635294.00/cwt282.50–298.001,86753
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—391328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,28211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—533311.62/cwt296.00–320.001,66123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—492316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,55516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—809226.86/cwt224.00–228.001,83521
SteersMedium and Large 1—369362.66/cwt362.50–363.001,3389
SteersMedium and Large 1—528325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7165
BullsMedium and Large 1—381355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,3534
BullsMedium and Large 1—682250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7053
BullsMedium and Large 1—618270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6693
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—624270.40/cwt265.00–276.001,68710
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—392325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2746
BullsMedium and Large 2—486280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3615
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,200113.23/cwt112.00–114.001,3594
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,332119.10/cwt113.00–120.001,58613
CowsLean 85-90%—1,043107.41/cwt99.00–108.501,12017
Bulls——1,338119.64/cwt117.00–122.001,6012
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13580.00/cwt80.00–80.009081
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18086.10/cwt84.00–88.001,0163
Bulls——2,031139.00/cwt136.00–143.002,8235
Bulls——1,733128.35/cwt127.00–129.002,2243
Bulls—Light Weight—1,145108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,2371
Bulls—Light Weight—1,175123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,4451
Bulls—Light Weight—1,150126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,4491
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0451,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,0841,685.06/head1,375.00–2,025.001,6855
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—8002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—535287.80/cwt287.50–288.001,54015
BullsMedium and Large 1—551297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,6364
BullsMedium and Large 1—433367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,5914
BullsMedium and Large 2—503245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2324
BullsMedium and Large 1—477359.92/cwt352.50–370.001,7179
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—471300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4135
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—438288.89/cwt277.50–293.001,26527
HeifersMedium and Large 1—959198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,8997
HeifersMedium and Large 1—737225.40/cwt225.00–225.501,66139
HeifersMedium and Large 1—331290.00/cwt290.00–290.009605
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—479281.10/cwt275.00–288.001,34624
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—367347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,2753
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—440295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2985
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—708216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,5294
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578262.75/cwt247.50–268.001,51964
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—849207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,7626
HeifersMedium and Large 2—438268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,1744
HeifersMedium and Large 1—813218.01/cwt214.00–221.001,77221
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—728211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5363
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—522270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4093

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.