Apache Livestock Auction Market Report

Apache, Oklahoma · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, December 9, 2021

3,269 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $163.57/cwt +2.84 vs last sale · ≈ $1,008/hd at 616 lb · 206 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.49/cwt +6.14 vs last sale · ≈ $867/hd at 572 lb · 172 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.34/cwt -5.73 vs last sale · ≈ $729/hd at 485 lb · 156 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,269	3,499	2,506
Feeder cattle	2,879	3,059	2,226
Slaughter cattle	249	303	192
Replacement cattle	141	137	88

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Steer calves under 400 lbs. 10.00 to 11.00 higher, over 400 lbs. steady to 2.00 lower. Heifer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Quality good to attractive with good demand. Slaughter cows Breakers and Boners 1.00 to 2.00 lower, Lean cows 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. A total of 390 cows and bulls sold with 64 percent going to packers.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354–393	369	43	211.00–231.00	$223.96	$826	+11.67
404–440	426	55	193.00–215.00	$208.57	$889	+10.16
459–493	472	77	179.00–206.00	$192.08	$907	-2.48
503–544	521	138	170.00–190.00	$180.69	$941	-0.38
550–583	568	64	161.00–176.00	$171.72	$975	+0.17
605–639	616	206	150.00–167.00	$163.57	$1,008	+2.42
652–689	670	26	154.00–160.00	$156.44	$1,048	-10.13
678 unweaned	678	14	150.00	$150.00	$1,017	+1.44
694	694	17	152.00	$152.00	$1,055	-14.57
706–742	727	12	155.35–155.50	$155.44	$1,130	-3.24
733	733	12	151.00	$151.00	$1,107	-7.68
751–768	762	15	153.50–161.50	$158.50	$1,208	+0.09
816	816	5	154.50	$154.50	$1,261	-6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	12	194.00	$194.00	$726	—
547	547	30	155.00	$155.00	$848	—
558 unweaned	558	5	148.00	$148.00	$826	—
551–592	575	17	154.00–168.00	$159.52	$917	—
724	724	7	152.50	$152.50	$1,104	-0.50
841	841	6	149.00	$149.00	$1,253	-1.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	6	163.00	$163.00	$698	—
484–490	488	21	139.00–141.00	$139.66	$682	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–348	333	28	160.00–175.00	$165.98	$553	-0.96
352–399	368	20	154.00–167.00	$161.40	$594	-3.17
401–448	428	59	155.00–169.00	$158.80	$680	+0.70
456–499	484	109	148.00–160.00	$152.73	$739	-6.23
481–487 unweaned	486	47	130.00–148.25	$144.79	$704	-1.08
504–540	521	109	145.00–152.00	$147.87	$770	-4.49
557 unweaned	557	10	135.00	$135.00	$752	+0.06
555–592	573	162	145.00–160.00	$152.51	$874	+1.10
603–649	625	39	140.00–146.00	$143.10	$894	-4.98
628 unweaned	628	13	142.00	$142.00	$892	+4.00
651 unweaned	651	5	125.00	$125.00	$814	-8.00
652–681	667	14	139.00–143.00	$140.96	$940	-2.61
795	795	4	139.00	$139.00	$1,105	±0.00
800–813	805	21	138.00–142.50	$140.77	$1,133	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	8	157.00	$157.00	$540	—
472 unweaned	472	12	141.00	$141.00	$666	+20.00
472	472	6	150.00	$150.00	$708	+8.00
553 unweaned	553	4	123.00	$123.00	$680	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	7	130.00	$130.00	$533	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–409	407	12	185.00–190.00	$187.10	$761	-5.90
443 unweaned	443	4	181.00	$181.00	$802	—
456	456	8	176.00	$176.00	$803	-15.00
557–567 unweaned	562	33	150.00–152.00	$151.08	$849	+6.85
700 unweaned	700	3	131.00	$131.00	$917	—
734	734	5	135.00	$135.00	$991	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	11	195.00	$195.00	$644	—
471–475	474	20	165.00–166.00	$165.30	$784	—
576 unweaned	576	6	145.00	$145.00	$835	+13.33
681 unweaned	681	4	128.00	$128.00	$872	-7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	7	140.00	$140.00	$826	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1475	1179	80-85%	29	49.00–59.00	$55.67	$656	—
1050–1500	1308	80-85%	39	60.00–66.00	$62.66	$820	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–920	888	85-90%	3	43.00–50.00	$45.42	$403	—
905–968	947	85-90%	3	26.00–37.00	$33.50	$317	-8.48
1020–1190	1105	85-90%	18	40.00–50.00	$43.83	$484	+1.28
1153–1192	1181	85-90%	7	51.00	$51.00	$602	-5.81

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1260–1925	1448	75-80%	12	65.00–68.00	$66.33	$960	-2.17
1350–1585	1468	75-80%	2	60.00–63.00	$61.62	$905	—
1760	1760	75-80%	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,373	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1320	1312	3	72.00–78.00	$75.69	$993	—
1365–2095	1603	6	69.00–78.50	$74.97	$1,202	—
1350–2065	1815	11	81.00–87.00	$83.34	$1,513	—
1850–1985	1918	2	89.00–91.00	$89.96	$1,725	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1113	1113	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	640.00	$640.00
860–1172	1134	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	625.00–700.00	$692.53
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,035.00	$1,035.00
1020–1430	1183	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	760.00–935.00	$834.47

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	525.00	$525.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,087.50	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	5	49.00	$49.00	$269	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.