Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2019-06-04

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Jun 4
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,010 head
▲ 382 vs last sale 628▼ 172 vs year ago 1,182 · −14.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
241 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 242▼ 102 vs year ago 343 · −29.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady, feeder steers and bulls unevenly steady to weak, feeder heifers steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.79/cwt on 268 head.
Average price
$128.79
268 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$561
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.70
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445134.04596114
Medium and Large 2431126.75546112
Medium and Large 3426119.9751142
One grade step is worth $14.07/cwt here — about $85 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 sale268 hd
128.79
—
FL average10 barns · 800 hd
130.49
−1.70
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—Average1,53583.481,28218
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,24855.966999thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15155.83643109
CowsLean 85-90%High82538.543186thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2265170.00/cwt170.00–170.004511
Steers—Medium and Large 3265154.00/cwt154.00–154.004081
Steers—Medium and Large 1290176.00/cwt176.00–176.005101
Steers—Medium and Large 1312176.33/cwt172.00–178.005505
Steers—Medium and Large 3320153.94/cwt152.00–156.004932
Steers—Medium and Large 2335160.59/cwt158.00–164.005386
Steers—Medium and Large 3373144.19/cwt140.00–148.0053822
Steers—Medium and Large 1376163.62/cwt160.00–169.0061511
Steers—Medium and Large 2387151.08/cwt149.00–154.005859
Steers—Medium and Large 1420160.31/cwt154.00–164.0067326
Steers—Medium and Large 2431147.62/cwt145.00–151.006369
Steers—Medium and Large 3439135.53/cwt134.00–142.0059515
Steers—Medium and Large 2475138.45/cwt134.00–143.006585
Steers—Medium and Large 1477148.65/cwt144.00–154.0070926
Steers—Medium and Large 3477128.58/cwt124.00–133.0061342
Steers—Medium and Large 3515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006181
Steers—Medium and Large 1524138.52/cwt135.00–143.007265
Steers—Medium and Large 2524127.29/cwt122.00–132.0066710
Steers—Medium and Large 1566139.29/cwt134.00–142.0078811
Steers—Medium and Large 3571117.72/cwt116.00–120.006724
Steers—Medium and Large 2588124.09/cwt122.00–129.007308
Steers—Medium and Large 1632122.07/cwt119.00–129.0077113
Steers—Medium and Large 2635112.00/cwt112.00–112.007111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1255172.00/cwt172.00–172.004391
Heifers—Medium and Large 2290144.00/cwt144.00–144.004181
Heifers—Medium and Large 3319134.19/cwt130.00–136.0042813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2326142.71/cwt139.00–146.0046510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1334150.48/cwt148.00–158.005039
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377128.41/cwt124.00–133.0048414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381137.66/cwt134.00–144.0052434
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383117.47/cwt116.00–120.004504
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415117.93/cwt113.00–120.004897
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419127.16/cwt122.00–130.0053356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427135.46/cwt131.00–141.0057822
Heifers—Medium and Large 3461116.74/cwt115.00–118.005384
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469125.24/cwt121.00–128.0058714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477133.44/cwt129.00–139.0063725
Heifers—Medium and Large 3518112.33/cwt112.00–114.0058212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525130.74/cwt126.00–136.006868
Heifers—Medium and Large 2535119.05/cwt118.00–125.0063712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576116.83/cwt113.00–122.006739
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578106.31/cwt104.00–108.006143
Heifers—Medium and Large 361592.00/cwt92.00–92.005662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626110.08/cwt106.00–115.006896
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630102.52/cwt101.00–104.006462
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1260188.47/cwt187.00–190.004902
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275167.41/cwt165.00–170.004602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345168.00/cwt168.00–168.005801
Bulls—Medium and Large 3405143.00/cwt143.00–143.005791
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413151.50/cwt151.00–152.006262
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478138.50/cwt138.00–139.006622
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480127.81/cwt124.00–133.006138
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006181
Bulls—Medium and Large 2537124.98/cwt123.00–128.006715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540134.49/cwt133.00–136.007262
Bulls—Medium and Large 3578116.45/cwt114.00–119.006732
Bulls—Medium and Large 1595132.00/cwt132.00–132.007851
Bulls—Medium and Large 2630112.99/cwt112.00–114.007122
Bulls—Medium and Large 1643120.50/cwt120.00–121.007752
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,46184.16/cwt82.00–86.001,2309
Bulls——1,56179.90/cwt79.00–81.001,2476
Bulls——1,70788.60/cwt87.00–91.001,5123
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80840.68/cwt40.00–41.003293
Cows—Lean 85-90%84236.41/cwt35.00–37.003073
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05552.20/cwt49.00–53.0055130
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15156.16/cwt54.00–58.0064660
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,15851.92/cwt50.00–54.006012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27457.12/cwt55.00–59.007287
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30460.50/cwt59.00–63.0078919

This sale against other markets

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.