Name: Apache Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Steer calves 20.00 to 30.00 higher. Heifer calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with very good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00 lower. A total of 581 cows and bulls sold with 71 percent going to packers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.85/cwt on 323 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −111.80 against this barn's trailing median of $398.65.

Average price

$286.85

323 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$26.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.01

vs OK average

+3.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	288.33	1,543	305
Medium and Large 1-2	556	261.77	1,456	18thin

One grade step is worth $26.56/cwt here — about $88 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

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 sale323 hd

286.85

—

OK average6 barns · 1,537 hd

284.84

+2.01

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

+3.53

This barn, trailing median32 sales

398.65

−111.80

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	1,629	142.32	2,319	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,335	117.88	1,574	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,241	116.90	1,451	108
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,006	101.31	1,019	102

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,191	$1,995	48
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,030	$1,600	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,015	$1,400	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,015	$1,275	7

Every lot, as filed

77 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	500–550	515	300.92/cwt	286.00–309.00	1,550	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	314.43/cwt	307.50–317.50	1,503	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	252.07/cwt	251.00–252.50	1,429	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	228.72/cwt	227.00–230.50	1,892	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	379.06/cwt	345.00–400.00	1,232	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	271.67/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,549	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	251.97/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,585	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,884	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	543	268.96/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,460	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	236.35/cwt	235.00–237.50	1,576	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	634	227.59/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,443	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,254	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,809	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	312.35/cwt	297.00–337.50	1,790	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	451.36/cwt	403.00–485.00	1,629	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	293.32/cwt	283.00–300.25	1,807	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,914	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	710	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,775	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	289	395.88/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,144	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	300.21/cwt	296.00–303.00	1,750	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	345.58/cwt	330.00–349.50	1,804	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	373.61/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,801	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	275.84/cwt	273.75–277.00	1,887	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	462.71/cwt	430.00–500.00	1,508	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	250.63/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,456	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,898	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	641	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,686	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,851	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	247.19/cwt	242.00–252.00	2,024	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	398.45/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,717	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	967	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,234	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	689	270.94/cwt	267.00–272.00	1,867	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	639	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,655	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,783	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,600	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	312.34/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,674	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	705	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,622	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,626	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	118.30/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,261	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	109.10/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,147	23
Bulls	—	—	1,838	163.43/cwt	156.00–170.00	3,004	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,370	111.57/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,529	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,327	117.38/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,558	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	122.97/cwt	119.00–127.00	1,655	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	949	87.68/cwt	80.00–94.00	832	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	945	103.93/cwt	99.00–107.00	982	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	115.07/cwt	112.00–118.00	1,390	79
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,322	129.04/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,706	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,225	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	91.96/cwt	84.00–97.00	1,035	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	806	83.60/cwt	83.00–84.00	674	9
Bulls	—	—	1,595	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,866	1
Bulls	—	—	1,529	130.18/cwt	121.00–138.00	1,990	11
Bulls	—	—	1,616	145.91/cwt	143.00–152.00	2,358	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,101	127.43/cwt	121.00–137.50	1,403	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,099	1,582.68/head	1,500.00–1,630.00	1,583	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,202	2,042.93/head	1,600.00–2,500.00	2,043	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	284.10/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,756	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,584	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	319.22/cwt	292.50–325.00	1,794	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	327.30/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,682	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	397.01/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,636	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	280.11/cwt	279.00–281.00	1,826	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	259.58/cwt	257.00–274.00	1,635	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	317.26/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,491	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	363.92/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,376	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,493	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	310.55/cwt	301.00–322.50	1,298	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	375.76/cwt	353.00–390.00	1,744	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	345.47/cwt	327.50–375.00	1,468	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	212.75/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,853	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,042	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,094	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	247.82/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,650	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	225.94/cwt	215.00–237.50	1,751	40

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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