Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2020-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady and feeder classes 4.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.63/cwt on 302 head.

Average price

$111.63

302 head · 430 lb average

Value per head Derived

$480

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$16.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.95

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	440	115.16	507	181
Medium and Large 2	415	108.83	452	92
Medium and Large 3	413	98.45	406	29

One grade step is worth $16.71/cwt here — about $100 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 sale302 hd

111.63

—

FL average9 barns · 1,024 hd

116.58

−4.95

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,648	77.75	1,281	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,478	52.41	774	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,168	49.90	583	22

Every lot, as filed

82 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	545	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	95.29/cwt	92.00–98.00	601	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	604	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	338	145.77/cwt	144.00–148.00	493	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	534	100.72/cwt	99.00–104.00	538	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	278	147.40/cwt	144.00–152.00	410	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	122.55/cwt	118.00–130.00	337	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	108.93/cwt	104.00–114.00	516	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	107.14/cwt	103.00–113.00	565	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	126.00/cwt	122.00–132.00	415	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	125.63/cwt	124.00–129.00	587	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	106.46/cwt	100.00–109.00	443	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	511	100.13/cwt	97.00–102.00	512	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	106.00/cwt	102.00–112.00	613	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	120.47/cwt	116.00–126.00	453	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	113.59/cwt	110.00–118.00	593	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	102.90/cwt	99.00–109.00	640	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	146.23/cwt	144.00–148.00	497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	117.94/cwt	112.00–121.00	375	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	527	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	263	167.81/cwt	164.00–172.00	441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	114.28/cwt	110.00–120.00	487	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	147.31/cwt	145.00–154.00	638	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	126.46/cwt	124.00–130.00	601	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	389	141.26/cwt	140.00–145.00	550	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	267	140.79/cwt	134.00–146.00	376	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	110.11/cwt	108.00–116.00	693	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	553	113.49/cwt	110.00–114.00	628	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	109.17/cwt	101.00–111.00	664	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	240	147.45/cwt	145.00–150.00	354	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	226	140.38/cwt	137.00–148.00	317	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	135.10/cwt	132.00–142.00	651	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	116.19/cwt	113.00–122.00	670	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	131.09/cwt	127.00–136.00	553	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	153.43/cwt	152.00–158.00	581	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	238	160.97/cwt	160.00–162.00	383	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	121.65/cwt	119.00–129.00	650	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	157.39/cwt	154.00–164.00	519	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	154.84/cwt	150.00–160.00	579	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	224	167.20/cwt	162.00–175.00	375	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	288	158.31/cwt	157.00–160.00	456	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	432	109.66/cwt	109.00–110.00	474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	419	1
Bulls	—	—	1,456	72.77/cwt	71.00–74.00	1,060	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,079	45.58/cwt	44.00–47.00	492	6
Bulls	—	—	1,843	82.88/cwt	81.00–85.00	1,527	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	54.02/cwt	53.00–57.00	679	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	113.32/cwt	112.00–115.00	555	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	519	104.50/cwt	99.00–108.00	542	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	54.73/cwt	53.00–57.00	862	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,419	51.02/cwt	50.00–52.00	724	5
Bulls	—	—	1,646	77.63/cwt	76.00–80.00	1,278	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,167	50.01/cwt	48.00–52.00	584	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	429	127.96/cwt	125.00–130.00	549	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	321	139.57/cwt	134.00–142.00	448	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	318	108.39/cwt	104.00–110.00	345	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	220	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	246	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	362	137.56/cwt	136.00–138.00	498	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	470	104.81/cwt	100.00–107.00	493	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	369	136.06/cwt	132.00–138.00	502	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	324	139.03/cwt	134.00–142.00	450	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	223	125.35/cwt	120.00–128.00	280	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	576	86.61/cwt	85.00–91.00	499	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	268	136.03/cwt	130.00–140.00	365	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	97.65/cwt	92.00–101.00	555	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	98.50/cwt	98.00–99.00	569	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	151.47/cwt	147.00–156.00	401	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	524	87.96/cwt	85.00–91.00	461	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	95.43/cwt	93.00–98.00	404	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	109.06/cwt	106.00–111.00	614	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	122.94/cwt	121.00–125.00	508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	100.17/cwt	94.00–103.00	467	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	139.77/cwt	136.00–142.00	588	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	101.92/cwt	99.00–105.00	374	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	265	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	115.16/cwt	110.00–118.00	593	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	112.05/cwt	108.00–115.00	412	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	102.29/cwt	100.00–105.00	631	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	143.99/cwt	143.00–145.00	547	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	271	109.49/cwt	103.00–112.00	297	7

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Mon)

Mon Oct 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 989Last week 790Year ago 655

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 137Year ago 89

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady and feeder classes 4.00 to 8.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	88.00	88.00
3	—	432	109.00–110.00	109.66
7	—	470	100.00–107.00	104.81
9	—	369	132.00–138.00	136.06
7	—	324	134.00–142.00	139.03
4	—	268	130.00–140.00	136.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	99.00	99.00
5	—	338	144.00–148.00	145.77
4	—	534	99.00–104.00	100.72
8	—	278	144.00–152.00	147.40
11	—	389	140.00–145.00	141.26
2	—	240	145.00–150.00	147.45
3	—	490	110.00	110.00
2	—	578	98.00–99.00	98.50
2	—	413	121.00–125.00	122.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	467	124.00–129.00	125.63
33	—	522	110.00–118.00	113.59
14	—	553	110.00–114.00	113.49
12	—	608	101.00–111.00	109.17
15	—	422	127.00–136.00	131.09
7	—	330	154.00–164.00	157.39
4	—	374	150.00–160.00	154.84
4	—	224	162.00–175.00	167.20
3	—	288	157.00–160.00	158.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	631	92.00–98.00	95.29
13	—	275	118.00–130.00	122.55
13	—	416	100.00–109.00	106.46
14	—	511	97.00–102.00	100.13
15	—	318	112.00–121.00	117.94
4	—	223	120.00–128.00	125.35
12	—	568	92.00–101.00	97.65
8	—	466	94.00–103.00	100.17
9	—	368	108.00–115.00	112.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	474	104.00–114.00	108.93
23	—	527	103.00–113.00	107.14
21	—	329	122.00–132.00	126.00
18	—	578	102.00–112.00	106.00
34	—	376	116.00–126.00	120.47
8	—	622	99.00–109.00	102.90
32	—	426	110.00–120.00	114.28
6	—	267	134.00–146.00	140.79
5	—	226	137.00–148.00	140.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	90.00	90.00
4	—	318	104.00–110.00	108.39
1	—	620	85.00	85.00
1	—	220	112.00	112.00
6	—	576	85.00–91.00	86.61
4	—	524	85.00–91.00	87.96
2	—	423	93.00–98.00	95.43
3	—	367	99.00–105.00	101.92
7	—	271	103.00–112.00	109.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	340	144.00–148.00	146.23
6	—	475	124.00–130.00	126.46
3	—	265	147.00–156.00	151.47
11	—	563	106.00–111.00	109.06
6	—	421	136.00–142.00	139.77
24	—	515	110.00–118.00	115.16
3	—	617	100.00–105.00	102.29
3	—	380	143.00–145.00	143.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	340	155.00	155.00
2	—	263	164.00–172.00	167.81
12	—	433	145.00–154.00	147.31
22	—	629	108.00–116.00	110.11
11	—	482	132.00–142.00	135.10
12	—	577	113.00–122.00	116.19
4	—	379	152.00–158.00	153.43
2	—	238	160.00–162.00	160.97
25	—	534	119.00–129.00	121.65
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	112.00–115.00	113.32
5	—	519	99.00–108.00	104.50
4	—	429	125.00–130.00	127.96
6	—	321	134.00–142.00	139.57
7	—	362	136.00–138.00	137.56
1	—	265	136.00	136.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,456	71.00–74.00	72.77
4	—	1,843	81.00–85.00	82.88
5	—	1,646	76.00–80.00	77.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,079	44.00–47.00	45.58
6	—	1,257	53.00–57.00	54.02
10	—	1,167	48.00–52.00	50.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,575	53.00–57.00	54.73
5	—	1,419	50.00–52.00	51.02

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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