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Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) livestock auction prices — 2019-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Sep 24

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419

← Sep 17Sep 24Oct 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

912 head

▼ 79 vs last sale 991▲ 190 vs year ago 722 · +26.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

237 head

▼ 98 vs last sale 335▲ 101 vs year ago 136 · +74.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 0▼ 20 vs year ago 23 · −87.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.02/cwt on 251 head.

Average price

$110.02

251 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$515

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

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

$13.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.71

vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	468	113.71	533	166
Medium and Large 2	484	103.71	502	60
Medium and Large 3	425	100.59	428	25

One grade step is worth $13.13/cwt here — about $105 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 sale251 hd

110.02

—

FL average10 barns · 1,148 hd

113.73

−3.71

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	1,533	77.82	1,193	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,323	51.02	675	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,239	49.01	607	144
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	998	30.46	304	12

Every lot

75 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	305	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	531	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	140.38/cwt	139.00–142.00	531	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	149.41/cwt	147.00–156.00	568	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	382	129.27/cwt	126.00–132.00	494	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	426	136.60/cwt	132.00–140.00	582	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	428	126.07/cwt	122.00–130.00	540	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	146.13/cwt	142.00–152.00	627	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	140.85/cwt	134.00–144.00	656	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	469	130.11/cwt	124.00–133.00	610	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	480	117.52/cwt	114.00–122.00	564	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	125.45/cwt	120.00–130.00	655	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	527	104.33/cwt	100.00–108.00	550	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	531	113.56/cwt	110.00–119.00	603	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	119.44/cwt	113.00–123.00	681	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	107.46/cwt	106.00–111.00	621	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	587	94.97/cwt	93.00–98.00	557	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	115.87/cwt	109.00–118.00	713	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	634	100.96/cwt	98.00–105.00	640	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	635	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	578	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	155	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	279	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	175	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	350	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	263	174.16/cwt	165.00–177.00	458	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	283	136.67/cwt	132.00–145.00	387	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	285	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	433	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	318	127.22/cwt	122.00–130.00	405	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	135.63/cwt	134.00–141.00	445	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	328	115.56/cwt	112.00–119.00	379	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	102.88/cwt	100.00–106.00	386	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	376	112.35/cwt	108.00–116.00	422	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	122.27/cwt	118.00–128.00	462	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	415	94.98/cwt	93.00–96.00	394	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	113.27/cwt	108.00–118.00	479	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	102.48/cwt	100.00–106.00	438	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	99.11/cwt	95.00–102.00	469	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	474	88.96/cwt	85.00–91.00	422	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	108.42/cwt	104.00–114.00	517	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	519	98.35/cwt	94.00–102.00	510	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	520	89.15/cwt	85.00–92.00	464	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	106.56/cwt	104.00–113.00	567	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	106.42/cwt	101.00–111.00	610	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	95.49/cwt	91.00–100.00	549	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	102.25/cwt	95.00–105.00	628	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	615	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	504	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	91.87/cwt	89.00–94.00	568	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	260	187.45/cwt	185.00–190.00	487	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	260	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	447	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	333	157.32/cwt	156.00–158.00	524	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	337	166.66/cwt	166.00–167.00	562	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	345	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	497	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	370	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	525	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	376	150.50/cwt	146.00–153.00	566	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	428	136.25/cwt	132.00–138.00	583	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	435	144.99/cwt	144.00–146.00	631	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	440	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	546	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	474	119.10/cwt	117.00–122.00	565	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	480	127.70/cwt	125.00–130.00	613	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	533	103.32/cwt	102.00–105.00	551	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	540	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	605	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	560	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	566	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	587	105.49/cwt	103.00–106.00	619	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	632	111.31/cwt	109.00–114.00	703	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	638	99.98/cwt	98.00–102.00	638	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,310	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	996	1
Bulls	—	—	1,350	74.28/cwt	74.00–75.00	1,003	3
Bulls	—	—	1,918	84.04/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,612	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	937	25.23/cwt	23.00–27.00	236	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	980	30.16/cwt	29.00–31.00	296	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,066	35.80/cwt	33.00–37.00	382	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,113	45.91/cwt	43.00–47.00	511	49
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,165	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	548	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,297	49.77/cwt	48.00–52.00	646	76
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,328	50.61/cwt	48.00–52.00	672	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,330	54.00/cwt	53.00–57.00	718	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,342	54.83/cwt	53.00–57.00	736	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	835	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	534	3

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.

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

Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Tue)

Tue Sep 24, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 912Last week 991Year ago 722

Slaughter CattleReceipts 237Last week 335Year ago 136

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 23

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,297	48.00–52.00	49.77
49	—	1,113	43.00–47.00	45.91
19	—	1,330	53.00–57.00	54.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,066	33.00–37.00	35.80
5	—	937	23.00–27.00	25.23
2	—	980	29.00–31.00	30.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,328	48.00–52.00	50.61
3	—	1,342	53.00–57.00	54.83
1	—	1,165	47.00	47.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,350	74.00–75.00	74.28
2	—	1,918	83.00–85.00	84.04
1	—	1,310	76.00	76.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	835	64.00	64.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	480	114.00–122.00	117.52
8	—	527	100.00–108.00	104.33
6	—	428	122.00–130.00	126.07
3	—	587	93.00–98.00	94.97
3	—	382	126.00–132.00	129.27
1	—	635	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	469	124.00–133.00	130.11
8	—	634	98.00–105.00	100.96
8	—	531	110.00–119.00	113.56
6	—	426	132.00–140.00	136.60
5	—	378	139.00–142.00	140.38
4	—	578	106.00–111.00	107.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	522	120.00–130.00	125.45
24	—	615	109.00–118.00	115.87
20	—	570	113.00–123.00	119.44
11	—	429	142.00–152.00	146.13
6	—	380	147.00–156.00	149.41
4	—	466	134.00–144.00	140.85
1	—	305	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	474	85.00–91.00	88.96
5	—	520	85.00–92.00	89.15
4	—	375	100.00–106.00	102.88
3	—	415	93.00–96.00	94.98
3	—	328	112.00–119.00	115.56
1	—	615	82.00	82.00
3	—	283	132.00–145.00	136.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	175	200.00	200.00
4	—	328	134.00–141.00	135.63
5	—	263	165.00–177.00	174.16
14	—	573	101.00–111.00	106.42
14	—	614	95.00–105.00	102.25
23	—	378	118.00–128.00	122.27
28	—	477	104.00–114.00	108.42
34	—	532	104.00–113.00	106.56
43	—	423	108.00–118.00	113.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	155	180.00	180.00
1	—	285	152.00	152.00
4	—	376	108.00–116.00	112.35
6	—	318	122.00–130.00	127.22
6	—	473	95.00–102.00	99.11
9	—	618	89.00–94.00	91.87
10	—	519	94.00–102.00	98.35
11	—	427	100.00–106.00	102.48
12	—	575	91.00–100.00	95.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	260	185.00–190.00	187.45
3	—	337	166.00–167.00	166.66
3	—	435	144.00–146.00	144.99
3	—	632	109.00–114.00	111.31
13	—	376	146.00–153.00	150.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	260	172.00	172.00
1	—	370	142.00	142.00
1	—	540	112.00	112.00
3	—	333	156.00–158.00	157.32
3	—	638	98.00–102.00	99.98
4	—	480	125.00–130.00	127.70
6	—	587	103.00–106.00	105.49
7	—	428	132.00–138.00	136.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	124.00	124.00
1	—	560	101.00	101.00
2	—	345	144.00	144.00
3	—	533	102.00–105.00	103.32
8	—	474	117.00–122.00	119.10

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.