Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2018-10-16

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Oct 16
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
826 head
215 vs last sale 1,041 826 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
154 head
59 vs last sale 213 154 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 $120.64/cwt on 193 head.
Average price
$120.64
193 head · 445 lb average
Value per head Derived
$537
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$7.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.06
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1477123.5759096
Medium and Large 2436119.1652053
Medium and Large 3386116.0344844
One grade step is worth $7.54/cwt here — about $142 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 sale193 hd
120.64
FL average9 barns · 862 hd
125.70
−5.06
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
BullsAverage1,55272.871,13114
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47344.4065412
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25740.5050976
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02719.842046thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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 2371125.66/cwt122.00–128.004667
HeifersMedium and Large 2470114.12/cwt111.00–116.005367
HeifersMedium and Large 2432121.16/cwt118.00–126.005239
HeifersMedium and Large 2523105.88/cwt101.00–109.0055413
HeifersMedium and Large 354092.00/cwt92.00–92.004971
HeifersMedium and Large 1370135.96/cwt130.00–140.0050314
HeifersMedium and Large 1474123.05/cwt119.00–128.0058314
HeifersMedium and Large 1577110.27/cwt106.00–116.0063616
HeifersMedium and Large 3471103.94/cwt100.00–108.004905
HeifersMedium and Large 2565104.00/cwt104.00–104.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 264090.99/cwt90.00–92.005823
HeifersMedium and Large 1527114.30/cwt110.00–120.0060221
HeifersMedium and Large 1280160.91/cwt156.00–170.004515
HeifersMedium and Large 1329143.82/cwt140.00–150.004735
HeifersMedium and Large 2326134.67/cwt130.00–138.004398
HeifersMedium and Large 1611107.18/cwt103.00–109.006559
HeifersMedium and Large 1429131.94/cwt128.00–138.0056612
BullsMedium and Large 2430161.95/cwt160.00–164.006962
BullsMedium and Large 3545124.00/cwt124.00–124.006761
BullsMedium and Large 3610112.00/cwt112.00–112.006831
BullsMedium and Large 3290156.00/cwt156.00–156.004521
BullsMedium and Large 3330160.00/cwt160.00–160.005281
BullsMedium and Large 2360174.00/cwt174.00–174.006261
Bulls1,61372.07/cwt70.00–74.001,1623
Bulls1,35766.44/cwt65.00–68.009024
Bulls1,63776.89/cwt76.00–79.001,2597
CowsLean 85-90%82015.56/cwt15.00–16.001282
CowsLean 85-90%1,07820.63/cwt20.00–21.002223
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42744.71/cwt43.00–47.0063811
CowsLean 85-90%1,28526.00/cwt26.00–26.003341
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24440.65/cwt38.00–42.0050651
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,98041.00/cwt41.00–41.008121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17035.86/cwt33.00–37.0042012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39144.17/cwt43.00–47.0061413
HeifersMedium and Large 2288143.15/cwt140.00–146.004125
SteersMedium and Large 3377160.07/cwt156.00–164.006037
HeifersMedium and Large 3330123.50/cwt120.00–128.0040813
HeifersMedium and Large 3428112.25/cwt110.00–116.004809
HeifersMedium and Large 3385112.87/cwt111.00–114.004359
HeifersMedium and Large 3269135.61/cwt134.00–136.003655
HeifersMedium and Large 357092.00/cwt92.00–92.005242
SteersMedium and Large 1383178.45/cwt176.00–182.006834
SteersMedium and Large 3478149.65/cwt148.00–151.007153
SteersMedium and Large 3527128.93/cwt126.00–132.006792
SteersMedium and Large 3260168.00/cwt168.00–168.004372
SteersMedium and Large 3580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
SteersMedium and Large 3330160.00/cwt160.00–160.005281
SteersMedium and Large 1330179.94/cwt177.00–182.005948
SteersMedium and Large 1477170.40/cwt167.00–176.008134
SteersMedium and Large 2480159.83/cwt156.00–164.0076721
SteersMedium and Large 1628129.25/cwt124.00–133.008123
SteersMedium and Large 1290185.00/cwt185.00–185.005371
SteersMedium and Large 2582128.94/cwt126.00–132.007502
SteersMedium and Large 2433160.94/cwt158.00–164.006973
SteersMedium and Large 2321171.33/cwt170.00–172.005503
SteersMedium and Large 3422153.44/cwt150.00–156.006484
SteersMedium and Large 1520150.13/cwt144.00–154.0078121
SteersMedium and Large 1433170.86/cwt168.00–178.0074015
SteersMedium and Large 1584138.75/cwt136.00–142.0081013
SteersMedium and Large 2510141.39/cwt135.00–143.0072110
SteersMedium and Large 2372172.52/cwt168.00–174.006427
SteersMedium and Large 2276175.95/cwt170.00–180.004866
BullsMedium and Large 1274186.82/cwt158.00–200.005126
BullsMedium and Large 1520150.00/cwt150.00–150.007805
BullsMedium and Large 1372181.81/cwt178.00–186.006762
BullsMedium and Large 1310184.98/cwt184.00–186.005732
BullsMedium and Large 1615130.00/cwt130.00–130.008001
BullsMedium and Large 1430172.00/cwt172.00–172.007401

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.