Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2018-09-04

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Sep 4
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
726 head
▼ 575 vs last sale 1,301▲ 726 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
244 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 281▲ 244 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 $130.46/cwt on 146 head.
Average price
$130.46
146 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$568
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$122
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.45
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1450134.4660684
Medium and Large 2420127.5653543
Medium and Large 3406119.3148419thin
One grade step is worth $15.15/cwt here — about $122 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 sale146 hd
130.46
—
FL average7 barns · 523 hd
133.90
−3.45
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
Bulls—High1,51077.961,17810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,28949.3263616
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20348.86588135
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04336.1337716

Every lot, as filed

73 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 1—305210.00/cwt210.00–210.006411
BullsMedium and Large 1—215234.88/cwt230.00–240.005052
BullsMedium and Large 1—432177.50/cwt177.00–178.007672
BullsMedium and Large 1—270229.81/cwt220.00–235.006203
BullsMedium and Large 1—381189.88/cwt188.00–194.007235
BullsMedium and Large 3—390168.00/cwt168.00–168.006551
BullsMedium and Large 3—526133.28/cwt130.00–136.007013
BullsMedium and Large 3—273201.07/cwt195.00–205.005494
BullsMedium and Large 2—390178.00/cwt178.00–178.006941
BullsMedium and Large 3—483143.63/cwt139.00–146.006943
BullsMedium and Large 2—462155.59/cwt154.00–156.007195
BullsMedium and Large 3—320184.00/cwt184.00–184.005891
BullsMedium and Large 2—215220.00/cwt220.00–220.004731
BullsMedium and Large 2—532140.93/cwt138.00–144.007502
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468113.73/cwt112.00–117.005324
HeifersMedium and Large 2—329134.07/cwt130.00–138.004419
HeifersMedium and Large 1—230150.59/cwt145.00–160.003463
HeifersMedium and Large 1—615122.24/cwt120.00–124.007524
BullsMedium and Large 2—325195.00/cwt195.00–195.006341
BullsMedium and Large 2—432166.91/cwt164.00–170.007212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478131.55/cwt128.00–138.0062915
HeifersMedium and Large 3—324126.78/cwt125.00–128.004115
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320146.14/cwt142.00–150.004688
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570124.58/cwt121.00–129.0071013
HeifersMedium and Large 1—525127.31/cwt124.00–133.0066814
HeifersMedium and Large 2—290142.00/cwt142.00–142.004121
HeifersMedium and Large 1—271154.08/cwt150.00–160.004185
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380131.70/cwt128.00–136.0050010
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467124.05/cwt120.00–126.0057912
HeifersMedium and Large 3—522108.93/cwt106.00–112.005692
HeifersMedium and Large 3—372123.92/cwt120.00–126.004614
HeifersMedium and Large 3—421116.13/cwt110.00–119.004894
SteersMedium and Large 3—425161.32/cwt160.00–162.006863
SteersMedium and Large 3—372172.32/cwt170.00–176.006415
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620106.00/cwt106.00–106.006571
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570114.00/cwt114.00–114.006502
HeifersMedium and Large 2—515120.32/cwt119.00–122.006203
HeifersMedium and Large 2—416127.19/cwt124.00–128.005295
SteersMedium and Large 2—378181.28/cwt178.00–184.006853
SteersMedium and Large 2—480150.33/cwt148.00–156.007225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—379140.84/cwt138.00–148.0053411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425135.44/cwt130.00–140.0057611
SteersMedium and Large 3—572128.99/cwt128.00–130.007382
SteersMedium and Large 3—275200.00/cwt200.00–200.005503
SteersMedium and Large 1—471163.14/cwt160.00–168.007685
SteersMedium and Large 1—525150.54/cwt148.00–158.0079014
SteersMedium and Large 3—526134.66/cwt134.00–136.007083
SteersMedium and Large 3—336182.95/cwt180.00–185.006155
SteersMedium and Large 2—325195.00/cwt195.00–195.006342
SteersMedium and Large 3—488139.17/cwt138.00–142.006795
SteersMedium and Large 1—332202.41/cwt200.00–205.006724
SteersMedium and Large 1—413181.34/cwt174.00–184.007494
SteersMedium and Large 2—430167.92/cwt164.00–172.007226
SteersMedium and Large 2—527141.87/cwt138.00–144.0074810
SteersMedium and Large 1—627144.44/cwt140.00–149.009064
SteersMedium and Large 3—642123.00/cwt122.00–124.007902
SteersMedium and Large 1—573146.88/cwt142.00–152.008424
SteersMedium and Large 1—368193.85/cwt188.00–198.007135
SteersMedium and Large 2—265210.00/cwt210.00–210.005571
SteersMedium and Large 2—620136.00/cwt136.00–136.008431
SteersMedium and Large 2—565140.00/cwt140.00–140.007912
SteersMedium and Large 1—260240.00/cwt240.00–240.006241
Bulls——1,68781.82/cwt80.00–84.001,3805
Bulls——1,55775.89/cwt75.00–77.001,1822
Bulls——1,18572.91/cwt71.00–74.008643
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32151.15/cwt50.00–54.0067654
CowsBoner 80-85%—95342.88/cwt42.00–44.004096
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13847.69/cwt45.00–49.0054375
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,16047.50/cwt47.00–48.005516
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36650.41/cwt49.00–53.0068910
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09037.96/cwt37.00–41.0041410
CowsLean 85-90%—92330.48/cwt29.00–31.002813
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00835.66/cwt35.00–36.003593

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.