Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2018-03-20

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Mar 20
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
553 head
269 vs last sale 822 553 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
430 head
163 vs last sale 267 430 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $160.28/cwt on 105 head.
Average price
$160.28
105 head · 383 lb average
Value per head Derived
$614
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.48
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1381165.3763063
Medium and Large 2400153.2061232
Medium and Large 3342150.9051710thin
One grade step is worth $14.47/cwt here — about $113 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale105 hd
160.28
FL average9 barns · 572 hd
157.80
+2.48
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
BullsAverage1,50075.591,1347thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22160.14734214
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,25159.1674014
CowsLean 85-90%Average95652.5950318

Every lot, as filed

67 lots · USDA AMS · Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Tue)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1465180.00/cwt180.00–180.008371
BullsMedium and Large 1525160.00/cwt160.00–160.008401
BullsMedium and Large 1372213.53/cwt212.00–215.007942
BullsMedium and Large 1632125.99/cwt125.00–127.007962
BullsMedium and Large 1222250.15/cwt225.00–265.005556
BullsMedium and Large 1269230.57/cwt225.00–237.006206
BullsMedium and Large 2340213.48/cwt212.00–215.007262
HeifersMedium and Large 1561134.02/cwt120.00–142.007523
BullsMedium and Large 3235222.55/cwt220.00–225.005232
BullsMedium and Large 2382197.42/cwt195.00–200.007542
BullsMedium and Large 2273213.35/cwt210.00–215.005823
BullsMedium and Large 1312222.23/cwt217.00–227.006936
BullsMedium and Large 2545142.00/cwt142.00–142.007741
HeifersMedium and Large 2238185.66/cwt185.00–187.004423
BullsMedium and Large 2233242.63/cwt235.00–247.005653
BullsMedium and Large 2478167.36/cwt165.00–170.008003
HeifersMedium and Large 1423151.20/cwt147.00–157.006406
HeifersMedium and Large 1323177.69/cwt175.00–185.005748
HeifersMedium and Large 1270184.05/cwt180.00–195.0049716
HeifersMedium and Large 3185190.00/cwt190.00–190.003521
HeifersMedium and Large 1366162.93/cwt160.00–167.005964
HeifersMedium and Large 2650112.00/cwt112.00–112.007281
HeifersMedium and Large 1171219.59/cwt212.00–230.003753
HeifersMedium and Large 2442137.49/cwt135.00–140.006082
HeifersMedium and Large 1225200.65/cwt192.00–207.004514
HeifersMedium and Large 2280174.58/cwt170.00–177.004893
HeifersMedium and Large 1628122.95/cwt117.00–125.007724
HeifersMedium and Large 2541128.35/cwt125.00–130.006943
HeifersMedium and Large 1466148.68/cwt145.00–152.006937
HeifersMedium and Large 2339168.81/cwt165.00–172.005725
HeifersMedium and Large 1526137.16/cwt132.00–142.007218
SteersMedium and Large 2428169.20/cwt165.00–172.007244
HeifersMedium and Large 2590130.00/cwt130.00–130.007671
CowsLean 85-90%92250.22/cwt50.00–51.004634
CowsLean 85-90%96753.75/cwt52.00–55.0052013
CowsLean 85-90%94547.00/cwt47.00–47.004441
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28560.79/cwt60.00–62.007818
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,20555.00/cwt55.00–55.006632
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,20757.99/cwt57.00–59.007004
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24562.50/cwt62.00–65.0077845
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22260.17/cwt59.00–62.00735129
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19057.40/cwt55.00–59.0068340
Bulls1,44175.34/cwt75.00–76.001,0863
Bulls1,33270.51/cwt70.00–71.009392
Bulls1,75581.06/cwt80.00–82.001,4232
SteersMedium and Large 1320220.00/cwt220.00–220.007041
SteersMedium and Large 2567138.48/cwt137.00–140.007852
SteersMedium and Large 2482167.56/cwt165.00–170.008082
SteersMedium and Large 2385200.00/cwt200.00–200.007701
SteersMedium and Large 1536158.98/cwt155.00–162.008523
SteersMedium and Large 1367208.49/cwt207.00–210.007652
SteersMedium and Large 1425185.00/cwt185.00–185.007861
SteersMedium and Large 2340210.94/cwt207.00–215.007172
SteersMedium and Large 1578152.30/cwt147.00–155.008803
SteersMedium and Large 1465176.31/cwt172.00–182.008203
SteersMedium and Large 3385188.52/cwt187.00–190.007262
SteersMedium and Large 3340200.00/cwt200.00–200.006801
SteersMedium and Large 2542144.49/cwt142.00–147.007832
HeifersMedium and Large 3283153.35/cwt150.00–155.004343
HeifersMedium and Large 3395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005531
HeifersMedium and Large 2377149.07/cwt145.00–155.005626
HeifersMedium and Large 2468139.21/cwt137.00–140.006524
SteersMedium and Large 1635132.46/cwt130.00–135.008412
HeifersMedium and Large 2640108.50/cwt107.00–110.006942
HeifersMedium and Large 3438131.65/cwt130.00–135.005773
HeifersMedium and Large 2190203.59/cwt200.00–207.003872
HeifersMedium and Large 3340162.00/cwt162.00–162.005512

How this sale compares

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.