Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2018-11-06

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Nov 6
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,013 head
103 vs last sale 1,116 1,013 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
203 head
83 vs last sale 120 203 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 $122.24/cwt on 185 head.
Average price
$122.24
185 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.81
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1466126.9559288
Medium and Large 2445119.3953164
Medium and Large 3401115.2146233
One grade step is worth $11.74/cwt here — about $130 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 sale185 hd
122.24
FL average9 barns · 970 hd
130.05
−7.81
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
BullsAverage1,54368.511,05713
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,25640.5751011
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19037.58447123
CowsLean 85-90%Average96420.832017thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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 353099.89/cwt96.00–104.005292
HeifersMedium and Large 1425132.73/cwt128.00–138.0056414
HeifersMedium and Large 362287.45/cwt85.00–90.005442
HeifersMedium and Large 357595.00/cwt95.00–95.005461
HeifersMedium and Large 2378128.03/cwt124.00–132.0048412
HeifersMedium and Large 2573105.57/cwt102.00–108.0060510
HeifersMedium and Large 2526110.85/cwt106.00–114.005839
HeifersMedium and Large 2416124.47/cwt118.00–127.005187
SteersMedium and Large 2536130.13/cwt128.00–136.006975
SteersMedium and Large 3579114.93/cwt111.00–120.006655
SteersMedium and Large 3537119.97/cwt118.00–122.006442
HeifersMedium and Large 3334122.92/cwt120.00–129.0041115
HeifersMedium and Large 3366120.65/cwt120.00–122.004426
HeifersMedium and Large 3473106.22/cwt104.00–108.005024
SteersMedium and Large 1562139.01/cwt134.00–141.0078115
SteersMedium and Large 1330180.78/cwt177.00–185.005977
SteersMedium and Large 1271182.33/cwt175.00–185.004944
SteersMedium and Large 3375146.00/cwt146.00–146.005481
SteersMedium and Large 3320158.00/cwt158.00–158.005061
SteersMedium and Large 2427146.12/cwt142.00–150.006249
SteersMedium and Large 1368167.86/cwt162.00–172.006189
SteersMedium and Large 1615130.56/cwt125.00–133.008038
SteersMedium and Large 2313175.72/cwt175.00–176.005507
SteersMedium and Large 1482148.99/cwt148.00–150.007184
SteersMedium and Large 2622118.45/cwt115.00–122.007374
SteersMedium and Large 2275167.45/cwt165.00–170.004602
SteersMedium and Large 2558129.33/cwt128.00–130.007223
SteersMedium and Large 2460144.00/cwt144.00–144.006623
SteersMedium and Large 3418138.66/cwt138.00–140.005803
SteersMedium and Large 1527142.70/cwt138.00–148.0075217
SteersMedium and Large 3472131.97/cwt130.00–134.006232
SteersMedium and Large 1419158.45/cwt152.00–162.006649
SteersMedium and Large 2376156.40/cwt152.00–160.005884
BullsMedium and Large 1273182.33/cwt180.00–190.004984
BullsMedium and Large 1468152.61/cwt150.00–156.007143
BullsMedium and Large 1433155.23/cwt152.00–160.006723
BullsMedium and Large 1218194.39/cwt185.00–200.004243
BullsMedium and Large 1525142.99/cwt142.00–144.007512
BullsMedium and Large 1360170.00/cwt170.00–170.006121
HeifersMedium and Large 1579113.93/cwt110.00–120.0066017
HeifersMedium and Large 3421113.19/cwt108.00–116.004773
HeifersMedium and Large 2286121.30/cwt120.00–124.003473
HeifersMedium and Large 2615100.00/cwt100.00–100.006153
HeifersMedium and Large 1619108.50/cwt104.00–112.006729
HeifersMedium and Large 2325134.84/cwt130.00–139.004389
HeifersMedium and Large 1370140.17/cwt134.00–144.005197
HeifersMedium and Large 2472116.75/cwt114.00–120.0055110
HeifersMedium and Large 1321145.54/cwt140.00–150.0046710
HeifersMedium and Large 1526120.65/cwt116.00–126.0063511
BullsMedium and Large 3370147.95/cwt146.00–150.005472
BullsMedium and Large 3528122.31/cwt120.00–124.006463
HeifersMedium and Large 1475125.91/cwt121.00–131.0059814
HeifersMedium and Large 2215135.00/cwt135.00–135.002901
HeifersMedium and Large 1262147.48/cwt145.00–150.003862
HeifersMedium and Large 1231144.57/cwt140.00–155.003344
BullsMedium and Large 2486138.64/cwt137.00–141.006743
BullsMedium and Large 2526132.78/cwt130.00–134.006985
BullsMedium and Large 3230160.00/cwt160.00–160.003681
BullsMedium and Large 3330160.00/cwt160.00–160.005281
BullsMedium and Large 2416148.62/cwt146.00–150.006183
BullsMedium and Large 3425137.00/cwt137.00–137.005821
BullsMedium and Large 3465133.00/cwt133.00–133.006181
BullsMedium and Large 1331180.24/cwt177.00–187.005975
BullsMedium and Large 2230175.00/cwt175.00–175.004031
BullsMedium and Large 2290160.98/cwt160.00–162.004672
BullsMedium and Large 2340168.48/cwt167.00–170.005732
BullsMedium and Large 2390152.99/cwt152.00–154.005972
Bulls1,46869.20/cwt67.00–71.001,0164
Bulls1,77273.53/cwt72.00–76.001,3034
Bulls1,41963.93/cwt62.00–66.009075
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05731.49/cwt31.00–33.0033312
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13536.70/cwt34.00–38.0041764
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,13638.66/cwt38.00–39.004393
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30141.28/cwt40.00–43.005378
CowsLean 85-90%91720.00/cwt20.00–20.001832
CowsLean 85-90%92515.50/cwt15.00–16.001432
CowsLean 85-90%1,02124.94/cwt24.00–26.002553
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29940.33/cwt39.00–43.0052447

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.