The Morning Wire / Florida / Tue Oct 20, 2026

Florida cattle market

The trading day in one page — Tue, Oct 20

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The market in a line

Tue, Oct 20

Choice cutout closed $1.72 higher at $373.30. 3 Florida barns reported 156 priced lots.

Feeder steers

Florida, week of Oct 19 USDA

Weighted across every reported lot, by weight class. Weekly rather than daily — one day's barns are too thin a base for a state figure. Watch the barn count: a weight class carried by one or two barns is a thin figure, not a market.

Weight	Price	vs prior week	Head	Barns
300-399 lb	515.49/cwt	$37.80 lower	451	7
400-499 lb	406.99/cwt	$3.64 lower	358	7
500-599 lb	360.34/cwt	$0.45 lower	257	7
600-699 lb	328.01/cwt	$6.13 lower	107	7
700-799 lb	280.00/cwt	$5.29 higher	2	2

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA

Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Tue, Oct 20, weighted by head. Spread of $21.48 between the top and bottom of 3 barns. An average moves with the cattle that showed up as much as with the buyers in the seats — a yard with better grade will average higher on the same demand. This is where the money landed, not a verdict on the barn.

Barn	State	Average	Head
Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc	FL	367.78/cwt	21
Townsend Livestock Market	FL	365.29/cwt	30
Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)	FL	346.29/cwt	36

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 20 USDA

Choice $373.30, $1.72 higher. Select $361.54, $1.63 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $11.76. 98 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

24,753 head traded Oct 10–Oct 16.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	353.40	3,231
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed FOB	350.84	679
Iowa-Minnesota	Live Delivered	225.48	73
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	223.03	5,858
Nebraska	Dressed Delivered	351.23	9,484
Nebraska	Dressed FOB	354.00	639

At the Florida barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle unevenly steady. Feeder and replacement cows' steady.
Townsend Livestock Market · Florida

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower.
Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) · Florida

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sold mostly steady with instances up to 10.00 higher. Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Replacement cattle sold steady.
Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market, Inc · Florida

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	244.60/cwt	$8.63 lower	527
Boner (85% lean)	256.04/cwt	$1.41 lower	1,765
Cutter (90% lean)	259.28/cwt	$0.33 higher	3,630
Premium White	276.61/cwt	$7.86 higher	1,400
Bull (92% lean)	320.39/cwt	$0.63 higher	436

What published

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Every USDA report carried this date is listed in the archive.

Source: USDA AMS. Feeder prices and barn comment are Florida only; boxed beef, fed cattle and the cow market are national, because those markets are. Every figure is USDA's as filed, and the direction words — higher, lower, steady— follow the arithmetic rather than an opinion. Quoted comment is the work of USDA market reporters, credited to the sale it came from. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA.