Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) livestock auction prices — 2018-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-07-17

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.92/cwt on 282 head.

Average price

$147.92

282 head · 480 lb average

Value per head Derived

$710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$47

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$11.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.95

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	413	155.87	643	25
Medium and Large 1	501	150.68	755	103
Medium and Large 2	477	144.78	690	154

One grade step is worth $11.10/cwt here — about −$47 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 sale282 hd

147.92

—

FL average10 barns · 1,203 hd

158.86

−10.95

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	—	Low	1,584	78.92	1,250	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,149	53.49	615	158
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,323	52.68	697	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	974	42.65	415	14

Every lot, as filed

55 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	160.87/cwt	152.00–166.00	431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	479	131.75/cwt	130.00–138.00	631	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	146.08/cwt	140.00–150.00	760	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	130.35/cwt	128.00–138.00	632	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	121.51/cwt	121.00–122.00	766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	135.28/cwt	132.00–139.00	709	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	148.20/cwt	144.00–152.00	637	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	131.16/cwt	127.00–134.00	822	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	158.13/cwt	154.00–164.00	672	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	207.44/cwt	205.00–210.00	647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	139.97/cwt	138.00–142.00	595	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	141.94/cwt	138.00–146.00	805	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	150.81/cwt	149.00–159.00	728	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	184.30/cwt	182.00–186.00	687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	131.72/cwt	128.00–135.00	753	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	234.90/cwt	230.00–240.00	611	2
Bulls	—	—	1,405	73.67/cwt	73.00–75.00	1,035	3
Bulls	—	—	1,807	82.61/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,493	5
Bulls	—	—	1,391	78.01/cwt	77.00–79.00	1,085	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	56.90/cwt	56.00–60.00	726	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,030	49.87/cwt	49.00–50.00	514	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	53.44/cwt	51.00–55.00	611	101
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,341	53.88/cwt	52.00–55.00	723	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	227	256.92/cwt	250.00–265.00	583	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	235	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	528	134.27/cwt	132.00–138.00	709	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	434	147.56/cwt	144.00–150.00	640	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	490	130.99/cwt	130.00–132.00	642	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	527	125.44/cwt	123.00–128.00	661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	432	137.67/cwt	134.00–143.00	595	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	424	119.30/cwt	114.00–123.00	506	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	118.47/cwt	117.00–127.00	636	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	137.77/cwt	132.00–142.00	507	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	139.54/cwt	135.00–144.00	586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	144.25/cwt	140.00–150.00	472	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	142.93/cwt	139.00–148.00	685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	122.83/cwt	119.00–129.00	711	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	127.08/cwt	124.00–130.00	475	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	113.47/cwt	110.00–117.00	654	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	122.18/cwt	118.00–126.00	577	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	144.28/cwt	139.00–148.00	680	61
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	338	185.77/cwt	180.00–188.00	628	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	113.24/cwt	112.00–116.00	595	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	128.31/cwt	124.00–132.00	552	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	878	35.61/cwt	35.00–37.00	313	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	410	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	45.81/cwt	44.00–48.00	453	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,270	49.08/cwt	48.00–50.00	623	2

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.

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Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Tue)

Tue Jul 17, 2018

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,321Last week 1,426Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 370Last week 469Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	268	152.00–166.00	160.87
19	—	485	128.00–138.00	130.35
24	—	537	117.00–127.00	118.47
18	—	368	132.00–142.00	137.77
3	—	420	135.00–144.00	139.54
4	—	327	140.00–150.00	144.25
5	—	579	119.00–129.00	122.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	128.00	128.00
8	—	424	114.00–123.00	119.30
1	—	580	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	138.00	138.00
6	—	374	124.00–130.00	127.08
8	—	576	110.00–117.00	113.47
19	—	472	118.00–126.00	122.18
8	—	525	112.00–116.00	113.24
17	—	430	124.00–132.00	128.31
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	479	130.00–138.00	131.75
1	—	395	170.00	170.00
3	—	425	138.00–142.00	139.97
10	—	338	180.00–188.00	185.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	520	140.00–150.00	146.08
5	—	627	127.00–134.00	131.16
9	—	425	154.00–164.00	158.13
2	—	312	205.00–210.00	207.44
9	—	567	138.00–146.00	141.94
26	—	483	149.00–159.00	150.81
1	—	355	200.00	200.00
2	—	260	230.00–240.00	234.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	121.00–122.00	121.51
15	—	524	132.00–139.00	135.28
43	—	430	144.00–152.00	148.20
3	—	373	182.00–186.00	184.30
4	—	275	218.00	218.00
26	—	572	128.00–135.00	131.72
61	—	471	139.00–148.00	144.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	160.00	160.00
2	—	227	250.00–265.00	256.92
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	235	240.00	240.00
3	—	528	132.00–138.00	134.27
5	—	434	144.00–150.00	147.56
6	—	479	139.00–148.00	142.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	490	130.00–132.00	130.99
2	—	527	123.00–128.00	125.44
11	—	432	134.00–143.00	137.67

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,405	73.00–75.00	73.67
5	—	1,807	81.00–85.00	82.61
3	—	1,391	77.00–79.00	78.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,276	56.00–60.00	56.90
27	—	1,030	49.00–50.00	49.87
101	—	1,143	51.00–55.00	53.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,341	52.00–55.00	53.88
2	—	1,270	48.00–50.00	49.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	878	35.00–37.00	35.61
2	—	1,052	39.00	39.00
9	—	988	44.00–48.00	45.81

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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