Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2019-10-08

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Oct 8
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,255 head
▲ 167 vs last sale 1,088▲ 214 vs year ago 1,041 · +20.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
158 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 178▼ 55 vs year ago 213 · −25.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 18▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower, feeder classes below 350 lbs. steady, above 350 lbs. 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.73/cwt on 337 head.
Average price
$119.73
337 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$528
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.55
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1442124.24549194
Medium and Large 2435117.51511104
Medium and Large 3454103.2146839
One grade step is worth $21.03/cwt here — about $81 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 sale337 hd
119.73
—
FL average10 barns · 1,230 hd
119.18
+0.55
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—Average1,59675.091,19815
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51649.857558thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23147.5258587
CowsLean 85-90%Average91126.362405thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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—360165.00/cwt165.00–165.005941
BullsMedium and Large 1—490140.00/cwt140.00–140.006861
BullsMedium and Large 1—272183.67/cwt177.00–190.005003
BullsMedium and Large 1—329173.86/cwt170.00–178.005724
BullsMedium and Large 1—438151.97/cwt150.00–155.006664
BullsMedium and Large 2—490129.00/cwt129.00–129.006321
BullsMedium and Large 2—530118.00/cwt118.00–118.006251
BullsMedium and Large 2—275167.07/cwt160.00–172.004593
BullsMedium and Large 2—372151.63/cwt150.00–154.005643
BullsMedium and Large 2—433142.91/cwt140.00–147.006193
BullsMedium and Large 2—323165.50/cwt165.00–166.005354
BullsMedium and Large 3—328153.79/cwt150.00–158.005042
BullsMedium and Large 3—388137.96/cwt136.00–140.005352
BullsMedium and Large 3—520109.96/cwt107.00–112.005723
BullsMedium and Large 3—426134.39/cwt130.00–139.005734
BullsMedium and Large 3—471123.60/cwt118.00–127.005826
HeifersMedium and Large 1—228161.92/cwt157.00–170.003693
HeifersMedium and Large 1—276166.40/cwt160.00–174.004598
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572108.79/cwt105.00–113.0062213
HeifersMedium and Large 1—619102.42/cwt98.00–106.0063413
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520113.06/cwt108.00–117.0058819
HeifersMedium and Large 1—383137.92/cwt136.00–145.0052821
HeifersMedium and Large 1—333142.80/cwt140.00–150.0047625
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469117.20/cwt111.00–121.0055041
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430119.99/cwt116.00–126.0051651
HeifersMedium and Large 2—288146.95/cwt144.00–150.004233
HeifersMedium and Large 2—53599.65/cwt98.00–102.005336
HeifersMedium and Large 2—62890.46/cwt88.00–94.005686
HeifersMedium and Large 2—419112.06/cwt108.00–114.004707
HeifersMedium and Large 2—57298.45/cwt94.00–102.0056314
HeifersMedium and Large 2—321135.78/cwt133.00–138.0043615
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473106.27/cwt102.00–110.0050319
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373130.03/cwt125.00–133.0048534
HeifersMedium and Large 3—285134.00/cwt134.00–134.003822
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325124.86/cwt122.00–128.004062
HeifersMedium and Large 3—58884.97/cwt83.00–87.005002
HeifersMedium and Large 3—60684.75/cwt84.00–85.005144
HeifersMedium and Large 3—46897.26/cwt94.00–100.004556
HeifersMedium and Large 3—366121.82/cwt119.00–124.004467
HeifersMedium and Large 3—421101.71/cwt100.00–104.004288
HeifersMedium and Large 3—51793.57/cwt89.00–96.004848
SteersMedium and Large 1—321175.89/cwt172.00–180.005654
SteersMedium and Large 1—283178.99/cwt175.00–190.0050712
SteersMedium and Large 1—418157.01/cwt153.00–160.0065612
SteersMedium and Large 1—576125.87/cwt121.00–131.0072515
SteersMedium and Large 1—619121.33/cwt115.00–125.0075117
SteersMedium and Large 1—518130.73/cwt126.00–134.0067718
SteersMedium and Large 1—387157.64/cwt156.00–166.0061020
SteersMedium and Large 1—482141.51/cwt138.00–148.0068223
SteersMedium and Large 2—340162.00/cwt162.00–162.005511
SteersMedium and Large 2—518120.30/cwt117.00–123.006236
SteersMedium and Large 2—282165.95/cwt160.00–167.004687
SteersMedium and Large 2—390147.23/cwt146.00–152.0057411
SteersMedium and Large 2—431143.26/cwt140.00–148.0061714
SteersMedium and Large 2—627109.57/cwt106.00–114.0068718
SteersMedium and Large 2—483131.08/cwt129.00–134.0063319
SteersMedium and Large 2—564118.20/cwt113.00–120.0066720
SteersMedium and Large 3—285150.00/cwt150.00–150.004281
SteersMedium and Large 3—518110.29/cwt108.00–113.005713
SteersMedium and Large 3—482121.34/cwt119.00–126.005855
SteersMedium and Large 3—567107.57/cwt106.00–110.006105
SteersMedium and Large 3—623100.47/cwt98.00–103.006266
SteersMedium and Large 3—315156.72/cwt150.00–158.0049416
SteersMedium and Large 3—425134.66/cwt130.00–139.0057219
SteersMedium and Large 3—369142.15/cwt136.00–144.0052521
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,06168.23/cwt60.00–81.0072427
Bulls——1,37272.25/cwt70.00–73.009913
Bulls——1,65275.80/cwt74.00–78.001,25212
CowsBoner 80-85%—96041.27/cwt40.00–43.0039611
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24346.66/cwt44.00–48.0058038
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29850.19/cwt49.00–53.0065138
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,23546.08/cwt45.00–47.005692
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60951.10/cwt50.00–52.008226
CowsLean 85-90%—99524.00/cwt24.00–24.002391
CowsLean 85-90%—83020.89/cwt20.00–22.001732
CowsLean 85-90%—95033.00/cwt33.00–33.003142

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.