Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2018-05-29

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, May 29
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
749 head
184 vs last sale 565 749 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
287 head
107 vs last sale 180 287 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 $152.05/cwt on 162 head.
Average price
$152.05
162 head · 390 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.58
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1412153.37632101
Medium and Large 2355150.6253550
Medium and Large 3345146.4450511thin
One grade step is worth $6.93/cwt here — about $127 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 sale162 hd
152.05
FL average7 barns · 500 hd
154.62
−2.58
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
BullsAverage1,35480.811,09415
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41356.758024thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16656.41658135
CowsLean 85-90%High95741.533979thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2265158.72/cwt152.00–162.0042111
HeifersMedium and Large 2332158.38/cwt154.00–162.0052611
HeifersMedium and Large 2368148.78/cwt146.00–150.0054813
HeifersMedium and Large 3575108.00/cwt108.00–108.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 3238162.33/cwt160.00–165.003863
HeifersMedium and Large 3381139.98/cwt138.00–142.005333
HeifersMedium and Large 3340148.98/cwt146.00–152.005074
SteersMedium and Large 3385160.00/cwt158.00–162.006162
SteersMedium and Large 3490144.00/cwt144.00–144.007062
SteersMedium and Large 3273191.22/cwt188.00–194.005223
SteersMedium and Large 3590122.67/cwt120.00–128.007243
SteersMedium and Large 3329181.36/cwt176.00–185.005976
SteersMedium and Large 3525142.00/cwt142.00–142.007466
SteersMedium and Large 1632130.48/cwt129.00–132.008252
SteersMedium and Large 1525162.60/cwt159.00–166.008543
SteersMedium and Large 1272218.15/cwt210.00–225.005935
SteersMedium and Large 1378182.72/cwt178.00–188.006915
SteersMedium and Large 1565144.88/cwt144.00–150.008199
SteersMedium and Large 1469168.43/cwt163.00–172.0079010
SteersMedium and Large 1425174.51/cwt170.00–178.0074216
SteersMedium and Large 1316198.87/cwt197.00–206.0062822
SteersMedium and Large 2283199.49/cwt196.00–207.005653
SteersMedium and Large 2325188.00/cwt188.00–188.006113
SteersMedium and Large 2223219.80/cwt215.00–225.004904
SteersMedium and Large 2433157.92/cwt152.00–162.006844
BullsMedium and Large 1218236.53/cwt230.00–245.005163
SteersMedium and Large 2582135.49/cwt134.00–138.007894
SteersMedium and Large 2469159.78/cwt156.00–161.007495
SteersMedium and Large 2534151.37/cwt150.00–155.008085
SteersMedium and Large 2366171.32/cwt170.00–174.006276
SteersMedium and Large 3445148.00/cwt148.00–148.006591
HeifersMedium and Large 2233169.20/cwt167.00–172.003944
HeifersMedium and Large 2576119.98/cwt118.00–122.006913
HeifersMedium and Large 2520128.00/cwt128.00–128.006663
HeifersMedium and Large 2420142.00/cwt142.00–142.005963
HeifersMedium and Large 2470130.97/cwt128.00–134.006162
HeifersMedium and Large 1326168.07/cwt164.00–174.0054823
HeifersMedium and Large 1525135.04/cwt132.00–141.0070917
HeifersMedium and Large 1427149.87/cwt144.00–154.0064016
HeifersMedium and Large 1374157.16/cwt152.00–162.0058812
HeifersMedium and Large 1469142.32/cwt137.00–145.0066711
HeifersMedium and Large 1270174.87/cwt168.00–178.004728
HeifersMedium and Large 1570131.38/cwt130.00–135.007495
HeifersMedium and Large 1227188.40/cwt182.00–195.004285
HeifersMedium and Large 1637120.41/cwt118.00–128.007674
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15556.06/cwt54.00–58.0064774
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26160.34/cwt59.00–63.0076136
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06051.81/cwt49.00–53.0054925
CowsLean 85-90%1,04045.33/cwt43.00–47.004715
CowsLean 85-90%85835.37/cwt34.00–37.003033
CowsLean 85-90%84041.00/cwt41.00–41.003441
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44058.52/cwt58.00–59.008432
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38554.97/cwt54.00–56.007612
BullsMedium and Large 3290186.59/cwt180.00–190.005415
BullsMedium and Large 3227208.23/cwt205.00–212.004732
BullsMedium and Large 3325180.00/cwt180.00–180.005851
Bulls1,31579.59/cwt78.00–82.001,0478
Bulls1,43385.12/cwt83.00–87.001,2205
Bulls1,31574.95/cwt73.00–77.009862
BullsMedium and Large 2337188.47/cwt186.00–192.006356
BullsMedium and Large 2476157.59/cwt154.00–159.007505
BullsMedium and Large 2635128.00/cwt128.00–128.008131
BullsMedium and Large 2420164.00/cwt164.00–164.006891
BullsMedium and Large 2270198.00/cwt198.00–198.005351
BullsMedium and Large 3379165.16/cwt159.00–167.0062617
BullsMedium and Large 2373170.62/cwt168.00–174.006366
BullsMedium and Large 1620138.50/cwt138.00–139.008592
BullsMedium and Large 1460166.50/cwt165.00–168.007662
BullsMedium and Large 1445168.00/cwt168.00–168.007482
BullsMedium and Large 1310206.00/cwt206.00–206.006391
BullsMedium and Large 1285217.00/cwt217.00–217.006181

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.