Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2018-07-30

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jul 30
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
643 head
58 vs last sale 585 643 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
220 head
103 vs last sale 117 220 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.81/cwt on 121 head.
Average price
$137.81
121 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$722
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$133
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
18.80
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537143.0376863
Medium and Large 2511133.5468346
Medium and Large 3501126.8163512thin
One grade step is worth $16.22/cwt here — about $133 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 sale121 hd
137.81
FL average9 barns · 916 hd
156.61
−18.80
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
BullsAverage1,43276.001,0883thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07152.8156697
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,30751.176696thin
CowsLean 85-90%High95444.6942610

Every lot, as filed

73 lots · USDA AMS · Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Mon)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 3471115.46/cwt112.00–118.005444
HeifersMedium and Large 2375144.00/cwt144.00–144.005402
HeifersMedium and Large 2533112.88/cwt110.00–118.0060215
HeifersMedium and Large 2330143.33/cwt140.00–148.004734
HeifersMedium and Large 1580110.54/cwt106.00–116.0064110
HeifersMedium and Large 1422143.52/cwt140.00–148.006065
HeifersMedium and Large 1268166.99/cwt160.00–174.004485
HeifersMedium and Large 2428131.83/cwt128.00–136.005649
BullsMedium and Large 1328195.89/cwt192.00–200.006434
BullsMedium and Large 1430161.82/cwt158.00–168.006963
BullsMedium and Large 2267222.48/cwt220.00–225.005944
BullsMedium and Large 2525132.00/cwt132.00–132.006931
BullsMedium and Large 2582121.97/cwt120.00–124.007102
HeifersMedium and Large 1376152.64/cwt148.00–158.005745
BullsMedium and Large 2220220.00/cwt220.00–220.004841
BullsMedium and Large 2430152.93/cwt150.00–156.006582
BullsMedium and Large 2370160.88/cwt158.00–164.005952
BullsMedium and Large 3265205.98/cwt205.00–207.005462
BullsMedium and Large 2335190.00/cwt190.00–190.006371
BullsMedium and Large 3520122.00/cwt122.00–122.006341
BullsMedium and Large 1470148.46/cwt146.00–152.006984
BullsMedium and Large 3620114.00/cwt114.00–114.007071
BullsMedium and Large 3465132.00/cwt132.00–132.006141
BullsMedium and Large 3340174.00/cwt174.00–174.005921
BullsMedium and Large 3240195.00/cwt195.00–195.004681
BullsMedium and Large 2630119.90/cwt116.00–124.007552
BullsMedium and Large 2485136.94/cwt134.00–140.006642
BullsMedium and Large 3373151.95/cwt150.00–154.005673
BullsMedium and Large 3575112.99/cwt112.00–114.006502
BullsMedium and Large 3437140.95/cwt138.00–144.006162
BullsMedium and Large 1375170.60/cwt168.00–174.006403
BullsMedium and Large 1261240.62/cwt237.00–245.006283
BullsMedium and Large 1212237.47/cwt235.00–240.005032
BullsMedium and Large 1620132.00/cwt132.00–132.008181
BullsMedium and Large 1585132.00/cwt132.00–132.007721
BullsMedium and Large 1540136.00/cwt136.00–136.007341
CowsLean 85-90%97645.10/cwt42.00–46.004409
CowsLean 85-90%75541.00/cwt41.00–41.003101
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28849.01/cwt48.00–50.006313
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32653.33/cwt52.00–55.007073
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07652.75/cwt51.00–55.0056854
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15757.03/cwt56.00–60.0066022
CowsBoner 80-85%96848.55/cwt47.00–50.0047021
Bulls1,54580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2361
Bulls1,37574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,0182
SteersMedium and Large 1431161.93/cwt160.00–166.006984
SteersMedium and Large 1366173.26/cwt170.00–176.006343
SteersMedium and Large 2560127.77/cwt122.00–129.0071619
SteersMedium and Large 2332183.47/cwt182.00–185.006092
SteersMedium and Large 2395156.00/cwt156.00–156.006161
SteersMedium and Large 1321198.42/cwt192.00–202.006373
SteersMedium and Large 1528139.68/cwt136.00–144.0073817
SteersMedium and Large 1572135.02/cwt130.00–140.0077213
SteersMedium and Large 1475149.42/cwt146.00–154.007104
SteersMedium and Large 3520118.00/cwt118.00–118.006141
SteersMedium and Large 3432138.97/cwt138.00–140.006002
SteersMedium and Large 1617132.67/cwt129.00–135.0081919
SteersMedium and Large 3380148.00/cwt148.00–148.005621
SteersMedium and Large 2533125.43/cwt123.00–132.0066911
SteersMedium and Large 2465135.83/cwt132.00–142.0063210
SteersMedium and Large 2436151.34/cwt148.00–156.006603
SteersMedium and Large 3645112.00/cwt112.00–112.007222
SteersMedium and Large 3475128.35/cwt124.00–130.006105
HeifersMedium and Large 1537122.17/cwt120.00–130.006568
HeifersMedium and Large 1479133.42/cwt130.00–140.006398
HeifersMedium and Large 1326154.52/cwt150.00–160.005046
HeifersMedium and Large 3417124.49/cwt124.00–126.005194
HeifersMedium and Large 3522107.00/cwt106.00–108.005592
SteersMedium and Large 3580112.00/cwt112.00–112.006501
HeifersMedium and Large 2565102.58/cwt100.00–105.005805
HeifersMedium and Large 2486123.47/cwt120.00–126.006004
HeifersMedium and Large 3335134.96/cwt130.00–138.0045210
HeifersMedium and Large 3373133.05/cwt130.00–136.004969

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.