Sale reports / Oklahoma / Apache Livestock Auction / 2024-11-07

Apache Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Apache, Oklahoma · Thu, Nov 7
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1829
Feeder Cattle receipts
936 head
63 vs last sale 873 1,441 vs year ago 2,377 · 60.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
179 head
31 vs last sale 210 202 vs year ago 381 · 53.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
37 vs last sale 83 38 vs year ago 84 · 45.2%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialSat Apr 25, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to firm on a limited comparable test. Steer calves mostly 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifer calves not tested. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Very heavy rains over the last week has limited movement of livestock. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 higher. A total of 225 cows and bulls sold with 80 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $277.57/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 179.28 against this barn's trailing median of $456.84.
Average price
$277.57
72 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,517
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.88
vs OK average
24.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546284.781,55651
Medium and Large 1-2547260.051,42121
One grade step is worth $24.73/cwt here — about $135 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
520474428383median 456.8412/1802/2604/2306/1808/13
Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.51, low $396.77, median $456.84 across 31 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 sale72 hd
277.57
OK average6 barns · 542 hd
273.69
+3.88
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
−24.28
This barn, trailing median31 sales
456.84
−179.28
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,633130.052,12411
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,430119.751,71333
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,286117.791,51529
CowsLean 85-90%High1,094103.741,13557

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)1,478$2,0712thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,303$1,9488

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1550–600566240.37/cwt236.00–245.001,36019
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500461269.06/cwt257.00–290.001,24016
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450428276.46/cwt272.50–277.501,18315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550502270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,35510
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500464227.02/cwt222.50–230.001,0535
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650616213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,3123
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700657212.98/cwt210.00–214.001,3998
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550520227.21/cwt215.00–239.001,18125
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400378265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0023
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500466316.79/cwt315.00–326.001,47622
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7508
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400380322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,22611
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850815236.32/cwt235.00–238.001,9269
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500492284.02/cwt282.50–287.501,39713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600587251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,47311
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750747240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7934
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300291405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,1793
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423321.14/cwt297.50–332.501,35848
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800764240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8345
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550519295.75/cwt282.50–313.001,53527
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650634262.15/cwt257.00–272.501,66250
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600563110.00/cwt110.00–110.006194
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700651241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5694
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650625250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5633
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650623250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5583
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350330383.67/cwt375.00–390.001,26619
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600577272.44/cwt272.00–277.501,57224
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650625254.45/cwt247.50–260.001,59028
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600576262.33/cwt257.50–270.001,5118
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500465277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,2904
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550548260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4258
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500457285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3022
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550531279.60/cwt277.50–280.001,48531
CowsBoner 80-85%1,297117.53/cwt114.00–119.001,52422
CowsLean 85-90%1,161113.61/cwt109.00–119.001,31922
CowsLean 85-90%1,164106.32/cwt104.00–108.001,23813
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight91584.00/cwt84.00–84.007695
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight97189.33/cwt85.00–96.008677
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight912105.67/cwt105.00–107.009643
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,546128.35/cwt125.00–135.001,9844
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,416119.90/cwt117.00–123.001,69824
CowsBoner 80-85%1,240122.93/cwt121.00–125.001,5245
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,405112.18/cwt109.00–116.001,5765
CowsBoner 80-85%1,283107.80/cwt106.00–110.001,3832
CowsLean 85-90%1,08195.64/cwt92.00–102.001,0347
Bulls1,670104.15/cwt90.00–110.001,7393
Bulls1,601134.66/cwt128.00–145.002,1565
Bulls1,650148.28/cwt146.00–150.002,4473
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1980149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,4606
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3031,948.30/head1,675.00–2,075.001,9488
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4782,070.73/head1,800.00–2,300.002,0712
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450429263.76/cwt257.50–270.001,13225
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600578224.96/cwt217.50–232.001,30023
HeifersMedium and Large 11050–11001,095151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,6538
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850831200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6625
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500465307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,4308
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400362360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3035
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850836217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,8183
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400376277.28/cwt267.50–290.001,04327
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350314307.33/cwt272.50–377.5096514
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550507250.36/cwt246.00–260.001,26926
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650621236.37/cwt233.00–239.001,4687
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750732217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5927
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400388270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0487
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600586211.03/cwt197.00–220.001,2375
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800781207.09/cwt205.00–210.001,61712

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.