Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) livestock auction prices — 2019-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-01-02

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Wed, Jan 2

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419

← Dec 18Jan 2Jan 8 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

460 head

▲ 204 vs last sale 256▲ 460 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

36 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 18▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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	—	High	1,659	75.33	1,249	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,337	51.72	691	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,186	49.68	589	260
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	973	29.33	285	10

Every lot, as filed

13 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	876	24.94/cwt	24.00–26.00	218	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	35.12/cwt	33.00–37.00	377	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	29.40/cwt	28.00–31.00	295	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,352	54.51/cwt	54.00–55.00	737	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	47.67/cwt	47.00–48.00	708	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,314	51.76/cwt	50.00–53.00	680	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	50.19/cwt	48.00–52.00	605	161
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,043	46.03/cwt	43.00–48.00	480	63
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	53.82/cwt	53.00–57.00	724	36
Bulls	—	—	1,850	79.42/cwt	78.00–82.00	1,469	6
Bulls	—	—	1,495	70.41/cwt	68.00–72.00	1,053	6
Bulls	—	—	1,617	76.57/cwt	76.00–77.00	1,238	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,036	52.94/cwt	47.00–58.00	548	25

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)

Wed Jan 2, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 460Last week 256Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 18Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	876	24.00–26.00	24.94
3	—	1,073	33.00–37.00	35.12
3	—	1,003	28.00–31.00	29.40
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,352	54.00–55.00	54.51
3	—	1,485	47.00–48.00	47.67
22	—	1,314	50.00–53.00	51.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	1,206	48.00–52.00	50.19
63	—	1,043	43.00–48.00	46.03
36	—	1,346	53.00–57.00	53.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,850	78.00–82.00	79.42
6	—	1,495	68.00–72.00	70.41
4	—	1,617	76.00–77.00	76.57

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,036	47.00–58.00	52.94

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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