Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2018-07-24

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Jul 24
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,287 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 1,321▲ 1,287 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
327 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 370▲ 327 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 0▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter classes steady, feeder classes unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.09/cwt on 172 head.
Average price
$139.09
172 head · 406 lb average
Value per head Derived
$565
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.61
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1409142.10581123
Medium and Large 2393132.6552143
Medium and Large 3452123.495586thin
One grade step is worth $18.62/cwt here — about $22 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 sale172 hd
139.09
—
FL average10 barns · 875 hd
137.48
+1.61
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—High1,28979.641,0275thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17253.11622179
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50650.8776621
CowsLean 85-90%Average89941.4637322

Every lot, as filed

64 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—585108.00/cwt108.00–108.006321
Bulls——1,41382.05/cwt81.00–83.001,1593
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09249.73/cwt47.00–51.0054342
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47852.47/cwt51.00–55.0077611
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53749.10/cwt45.00–50.0075510
CowsLean 85-90%—85139.32/cwt37.00–41.003358
CowsLean 85-90%—94544.77/cwt42.00–46.0042311
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,19353.84/cwt52.00–56.00642128
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24358.44/cwt57.00–61.007269
CowsLean 85-90%—85735.00/cwt35.00–35.003003
Bulls——1,10376.03/cwt75.00–77.008392
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—906687.43/cwt500.00–805.006,2287
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,200610.00/cwt610.00–610.007,3201
BullsMedium and Large 3—280192.46/cwt190.00–195.005392
BullsMedium and Large 3—417149.28/cwt146.00–151.006223
BullsMedium and Large 2—473143.91/cwt138.00–147.006815
BullsMedium and Large 2—523137.98/cwt136.00–140.007223
BullsMedium and Large 1—413166.98/cwt166.00–168.006902
BullsMedium and Large 2—442154.07/cwt153.00–158.0068111
HeifersMedium and Large 2—541117.98/cwt117.00–121.006386
HeifersMedium and Large 2—381134.80/cwt132.00–136.005145
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426142.61/cwt138.00–148.0060827
BullsMedium and Large 1—269221.72/cwt215.00–230.005967
BullsMedium and Large 1—577139.92/cwt136.00–144.008073
BullsMedium and Large 2—375168.00/cwt168.00–168.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576120.29/cwt118.00–124.006936
HeifersMedium and Large 3—463124.98/cwt122.00–126.005794
HeifersMedium and Large 2—334138.45/cwt134.00–140.004627
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330128.00/cwt128.00–128.004221
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430132.33/cwt128.00–136.005695
HeifersMedium and Large 2—266138.15/cwt130.00–139.0036711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—329145.82/cwt142.00–152.004807
HeifersMedium and Large 1—462144.87/cwt138.00–147.0066920
HeifersMedium and Large 1—223150.52/cwt140.00–155.003366
HeifersMedium and Large 1—364144.96/cwt138.00–148.0052838
HeifersMedium and Large 1—271148.87/cwt140.00–155.004036
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535129.49/cwt126.00–136.0069313
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530113.00/cwt113.00–113.005991
SteersMedium and Large 3—417150.27/cwt144.00–152.0062712
SteersMedium and Large 1—576140.46/cwt136.00–146.0080921
SteersMedium and Large 1—484150.31/cwt148.00–158.0072822
SteersMedium and Large 1—310215.00/cwt215.00–215.006671
SteersMedium and Large 1—524147.22/cwt143.00–152.0077129
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468132.94/cwt127.00–136.006228
SteersMedium and Large 2—521137.62/cwt133.00–141.0071711
SteersMedium and Large 2—471143.98/cwt141.00–146.006789
SteersMedium and Large 2—426158.72/cwt154.00–162.006765
SteersMedium and Large 3—365158.00/cwt158.00–158.005771
SteersMedium and Large 2—375169.93/cwt166.00–172.006375
SteersMedium and Large 3—325190.00/cwt190.00–190.006181
SteersMedium and Large 2—345195.00/cwt195.00–195.006731
SteersMedium and Large 3—465134.99/cwt134.00–136.006282
SteersMedium and Large 3—535128.00/cwt128.00–128.006851
SteersMedium and Large 1—385178.72/cwt177.00–182.0068810
SteersMedium and Large 1—622131.11/cwt126.00–134.0081615
SteersMedium and Large 1—409168.82/cwt168.00–173.006906
SteersMedium and Large 2—568131.56/cwt126.00–135.007473
SteersMedium and Large 2—628122.01/cwt121.00–123.007664
BullsMedium and Large 1—495148.00/cwt148.00–148.007331
BullsMedium and Large 2—333198.47/cwt197.00–200.006612
BullsMedium and Large 2—285208.44/cwt205.00–212.005942
BullsMedium and Large 1—540144.00/cwt144.00–144.007781
BullsMedium and Large 1—220252.39/cwt250.00–255.005552
BullsMedium and Large 1—355184.00/cwt184.00–184.006531

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.