Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Steer calves and heifer calves mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. A total of 462 cows and bulls sold with 78 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.94/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −164.71 against this barn's trailing median of $398.65.

Average price

$233.94

144 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,304

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$14.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.14

vs OK average

−6.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	234.92	1,313	134
Medium and Large 1-2	539	220.80	1,191	10thin

One grade step is worth $14.12/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.50, low $335.77, median $398.65 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 sale144 hd

233.94

—

OK average6 barns · 1,065 hd

239.08

−5.14

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−6.15

This barn, trailing median32 sales

398.65

−164.71

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	1,761	144.61	2,547	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,425	120.27	1,713	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,222	114.54	1,400	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,119	99.37	1,112	113

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,500	$2,100	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,222	$1,778	55
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,290	$1,750	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

88 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	1000–1050	1,021	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,889	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	268.42/cwt	255.00–287.00	1,152	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	235.34/cwt	217.00–242.50	1,231	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	497	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,044	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	232.61/cwt	220.00–252.50	1,147	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,289	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	297.69/cwt	281.00–311.00	1,104	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	232.25/cwt	227.00–239.00	1,879	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,255	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,624	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,237	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,450	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	309.73/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,406	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	268.64/cwt	257.00–277.00	1,405	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	341.36/cwt	322.50–367.50	1,253	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	321.93/cwt	319.00–342.50	1,407	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	576	219.20/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,263	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	401.69/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,089	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	238.52/cwt	237.00–242.00	1,844	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	261.64/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,491	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	353.20/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,141	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	246.05/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,791	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	232.44/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,330	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,071	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,169	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	597	244.19/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,458	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,479	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	644	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,372	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	227.65/cwt	227.00–228.00	1,764	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	247.11/cwt	235.00–253.00	1,648	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	253.82/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,637	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,185	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	238.59/cwt	225.00–243.00	1,508	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	243.05/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,264	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	702	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,650	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,028	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	688	230.74/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,587	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,303	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	420	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	987	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	224.61/cwt	223.00–227.00	1,500	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	245.64/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,366	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	534	249.98/cwt	247.50–251.00	1,335	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,245	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	471	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,248	7
Bulls	—	—	1,771	150.99/cwt	148.00–165.00	2,674	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	107.42/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,233	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	128.79/cwt	123.00–132.00	1,734	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	116.88/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,433	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	85.58/cwt	75.00–91.00	934	23
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,298	126.47/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,642	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	108.01/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,283	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	951	79.63/cwt	75.00–87.00	757	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	98.48/cwt	92.00–103.00	1,135	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	905	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	842	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,531	110.99/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,699	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	120.24/cwt	118.00–122.00	1,675	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	129.61/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,795	8
Bulls	—	—	1,757	136.92/cwt	120.00–146.00	2,406	14
Bulls	—	—	1,943	164.49/cwt	160.00–169.00	3,196	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,021	152.20/cwt	140.00–179.00	1,554	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,500	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,290	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,222	1,778.32/head	1,675.00–1,975.00	1,778	55
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,560	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	300.27/cwt	297.50–302.50	1,372	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	216.96/cwt	207.00–227.50	1,367	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	230.94/cwt	225.00–232.75	1,658	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	536	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,126	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	630	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,323	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	244.62/cwt	243.00–247.50	1,155	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	236.90/cwt	232.50–244.00	1,367	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,503	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	302.47/cwt	293.00–307.00	1,258	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	221.05/cwt	219.00–222.50	1,527	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	299.38/cwt	285.00–315.00	988	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	223.77/cwt	219.00–226.00	1,390	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,079	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,444	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	301.76/cwt	292.50–317.50	1,316	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	327.81/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,265	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	917	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,721	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	257.58/cwt	247.50–267.50	1,175	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	258.61/cwt	247.00–275.00	1,345	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,586	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	218.77/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,571	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,443	7

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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