Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2018-05-22

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, May 22
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
565 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 518▲ 565 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 210▲ 180 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 0▲ 6 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 $146.90/cwt on 113 head.
Average price
$146.90
113 head · 403 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.61
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1437149.2965353
Medium and Large 2367147.4554145
Medium and Large 3393136.8453815thin
One grade step is worth $12.45/cwt here — about $115 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 sale113 hd
146.90
—
FL average10 barns · 848 hd
150.52
−3.61
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—Average1,45480.541,17119
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15755.99648140
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,31852.496918thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low95437.8936211

Every lot, as filed

69 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 2—366147.17/cwt140.00–149.0053915
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25659.56/cwt58.00–62.0074848
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,00550.06/cwt48.00–52.0050320
Bulls——1,40079.32/cwt78.00–80.001,1109
CowsLean 85-90%—74231.55/cwt30.00–33.002342
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01341.03/cwt39.00–43.004166
CowsLean 85-90%—97835.83/cwt35.00–38.003503
BullsMedium and Large 3—345172.00/cwt172.00–172.005931
BullsMedium and Large 1—373178.89/cwt174.00–184.006674
BullsMedium and Large 3—280180.00/cwt180.00–180.005041
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,32754.77/cwt54.00–56.007274
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,30850.20/cwt49.00–51.006574
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13355.26/cwt53.00–57.0062672
HeifersMedium and Large 3—422129.94/cwt128.00–132.005482
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006761
Bulls——1,33675.38/cwt75.00–76.001,0073
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—794100.93/cwt90.00–110.008016
HeifersMedium and Large 1—421148.43/cwt142.00–152.006258
HeifersMedium and Large 3—325144.00/cwt144.00–144.004682
BullsMedium and Large 2—282199.19/cwt195.00–202.005624
BullsMedium and Large 2—331184.26/cwt180.00–188.006106
BullsMedium and Large 2—420155.00/cwt155.00–155.006511
BullsMedium and Large 2—365170.00/cwt170.00–170.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—374155.05/cwt150.00–160.005805
HeifersMedium and Large 1—273168.26/cwt162.00–176.004594
HeifersMedium and Large 2—465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
BullsMedium and Large 2—540144.00/cwt144.00–144.007781
BullsMedium and Large 3—640116.00/cwt116.00–116.007421
BullsMedium and Large 3—440146.00/cwt146.00–146.006421
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380135.94/cwt134.00–138.005173
HeifersMedium and Large 3—235168.30/cwt167.00–170.003963
HeifersMedium and Large 3—545112.00/cwt112.00–112.006101
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523137.92/cwt134.00–142.007215
HeifersMedium and Large 1—215200.98/cwt200.00–202.004322
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575122.63/cwt120.00–126.007053
SteersMedium and Large 1—340190.99/cwt190.00–192.006492
SteersMedium and Large 1—260215.00/cwt215.00–215.005591
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625124.28/cwt120.00–127.007773
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325165.50/cwt160.00–170.005386
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577133.55/cwt130.00–138.007715
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473143.42/cwt138.00–148.0067815
SteersMedium and Large 2—331182.05/cwt180.00–188.006039
SteersMedium and Large 1—424163.55/cwt157.00–168.0069312
HeifersMedium and Large 3—290144.00/cwt144.00–144.004181
HeifersMedium and Large 2—266159.21/cwt155.00–166.004238
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428137.19/cwt134.00–140.005874
HeifersMedium and Large 2—635108.00/cwt108.00–108.006861
SteersMedium and Large 1—530154.58/cwt150.00–160.008199
SteersMedium and Large 1—464160.34/cwt156.00–164.007445
SteersMedium and Large 3—338172.62/cwt170.00–178.005838
HeifersMedium and Large 3—575112.00/cwt112.00–112.006443
HeifersMedium and Large 2—240175.00/cwt175.00–175.004201
SteersMedium and Large 2—485154.00/cwt154.00–154.007475
SteersMedium and Large 2—367169.53/cwt164.00–172.0062224
SteersMedium and Large 2—537144.49/cwt142.00–147.007762
SteersMedium and Large 2—275200.98/cwt200.00–202.005532
BullsMedium and Large 1—260225.00/cwt225.00–225.005852
BullsMedium and Large 1—426159.92/cwt158.00–164.006813
BullsMedium and Large 1—476162.57/cwt158.00–166.007743
BullsMedium and Large 1—525157.88/cwt152.00–162.008293
BullsMedium and Large 1—621135.28/cwt132.00–140.008403
BullsMedium and Large 1—322194.87/cwt190.00–200.006274
SteersMedium and Large 2—425153.50/cwt148.00–156.006529
SteersMedium and Large 3—277184.39/cwt182.00–187.005112
SteersMedium and Large 3—382160.38/cwt159.00–162.006135
SteersMedium and Large 1—360178.30/cwt175.00–182.006423
HeifersMedium and Large 2—327154.02/cwt150.00–158.0050411
BullsMedium and Large 2—625123.50/cwt123.00–124.007722
Bulls——1,57484.31/cwt83.00–86.001,3277

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.