Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Steer calves and heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 6.00 higher. A total of 155 cows and bulls sold with 77 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.15/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −148.28 against this barn's trailing median of $455.43.

Average price

$307.15

54 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,700

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$126

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

$8.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.35

vs OK average

−5.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	502	315.00	1,581	3thin
Medium and Large 1	557	306.69	1,707	51

One grade step is worth $8.31/cwt here — about −$126 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.51, low $395.05, median $455.43 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale54 hd

307.15

—

OK average5 barns · 513 hd

310.50

−3.35

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

−5.85

This barn, trailing median32 sales

455.43

−148.28

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	—	High	1,714	136.59	2,341	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,366	121.53	1,660	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,137	116.60	1,326	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	922	99.54	918	55

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,073	$1,850	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$1,798	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,048	$1,417	9

Every lot, as filed

76 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 1	700–750	728	221.63/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,613	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	238.86/cwt	234.00–242.50	1,951	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	247.77/cwt	238.00–257.50	1,890	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	647	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,634	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	301.22/cwt	298.00–307.00	1,599	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	541	311.20/cwt	293.00–326.50	1,684	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	569	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,610	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,601	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	901	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,928	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	359.94/cwt	357.50–365.00	1,523	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	290.11/cwt	288.00–292.00	1,816	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	303.44/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,447	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	240.16/cwt	228.00–243.00	1,599	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	235.86/cwt	232.00–237.00	2,010	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	338.69/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,622	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,132	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	281.62/cwt	267.00–292.00	1,467	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	378.80/cwt	373.00–389.00	1,394	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	317.75/cwt	307.00–321.00	1,598	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	306.59/cwt	302.00–309.00	1,144	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	219.43/cwt	218.00–220.00	2,014	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	300.63/cwt	295.00–321.00	1,738	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,073	1,849.86/head	1,600.00–2,150.00	1,850	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,290	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,176	1,909.07/head	1,800.00–2,000.00	1,909	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	311.50/cwt	306.00–315.00	1,371	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,656	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,843	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,712	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,361	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	976	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	253.90/cwt	251.00–257.00	1,597	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	105.97/cwt	102.00–114.00	1,130	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	940	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	658	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	893	104.54/cwt	95.00–112.00	934	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,304	117.29/cwt	116.00–119.00	1,529	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,434	126.19/cwt	122.00–137.00	1,810	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	108.40/cwt	106.00–110.00	1,196	4
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,505	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	2,152	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	841	88.56/cwt	85.00–90.50	745	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,367	128.39/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,755	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,045	116.18/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,214	6
Bulls	—	—	1,590	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,701	1
Bulls	—	—	1,175	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,201	2
Bulls	—	—	1,944	148.01/cwt	141.00–161.00	2,877	5
Bulls	—	—	1,668	134.37/cwt	129.00–138.00	2,241	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	83.51/cwt	83.00–84.00	939	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,384	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,535	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	259.93/cwt	251.00–270.00	1,497	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,791	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,656	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,497	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	246.18/cwt	241.00–249.00	1,460	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,550	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,458	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	360	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	976	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	260.41/cwt	252.00–264.00	1,755	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	277.38/cwt	276.50–280.00	1,686	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,542	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,553	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	278.29/cwt	275.50–286.00	1,862	90
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	722	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,668	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,432	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	514	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,388	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,957	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,756	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	327.66/cwt	326.00–330.00	1,697	10

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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