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Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) livestock auction prices — 2020-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Feb 18

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419

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Feeder Cattle receipts

648 head

▲ 100 vs last sale 548▼ 55 vs year ago 703 · −7.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

345 head

▲ 131 vs last sale 214▼ 5 vs year ago 350 · −1.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 1.00 to 3.00 higher, 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 $155.59/cwt on 187 head.

Average price

$155.59

187 head · 368 lb average

Value per head Derived

$573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$23.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.05

vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	369	161.53	597	101
Medium and Large 2	365	151.77	553	66
Medium and Large 3	373	138.24	516	20

One grade step is worth $23.29/cwt here — about $81 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 sale187 hd

155.59

—

FL average10 barns · 750 hd

145.54

+10.05

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	1,570	89.84	1,410	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,410	69.47	979	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,289	63.18	814	136
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	978	44.05	431	48

Every lot

84 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	165	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	404	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	185	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	389	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	232	214.78/cwt	210.00–220.00	498	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	235	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	541	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	235	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	470	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	270	213.31/cwt	210.00–217.00	576	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	274	227.87/cwt	220.00–235.00	624	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	280	194.73/cwt	190.00–200.00	545	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	314	217.83/cwt	210.00–220.00	684	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	333	192.67/cwt	190.00–199.00	642	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	363	187.50/cwt	187.00–188.00	681	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	196.61/cwt	192.00–200.00	725	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	374	174.89/cwt	170.00–178.00	654	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	171.88/cwt	168.00–178.00	737	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	161.37/cwt	158.00–166.00	694	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	151.38/cwt	148.00–155.00	651	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	154.98/cwt	154.00–157.00	721	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	162.70/cwt	158.00–168.00	774	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	493	138.99/cwt	138.00–140.00	685	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	143.48/cwt	142.00–145.00	758	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	152.90/cwt	149.00–158.00	810	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	144.14/cwt	138.00–148.00	822	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	130.94/cwt	128.00–134.00	763	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	610	116.99/cwt	116.00–118.00	714	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	134.32/cwt	130.00–139.00	838	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	775	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	177	197.19/cwt	190.00–205.00	349	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	188	176.64/cwt	175.00–180.00	332	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	188	166.55/cwt	160.00–170.00	313	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	220	208.38/cwt	200.00–215.00	458	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	230	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	403	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	232	190.47/cwt	185.00–195.00	442	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	267	169.45/cwt	160.00–174.00	452	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	280	180.33/cwt	175.00–190.00	505	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	280	150.49/cwt	145.00–155.00	421	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	319	162.04/cwt	158.00–165.00	517	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	171.99/cwt	166.00–176.00	550	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	325	150.92/cwt	148.00–154.00	490	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	157.61/cwt	152.00–162.00	585	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	146.16/cwt	142.00–151.00	552	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	420	132.99/cwt	132.00–134.00	559	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	152.78/cwt	148.00–157.00	643	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	139.06/cwt	136.00–145.00	595	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	133.03/cwt	128.00–138.00	628	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	123.12/cwt	118.00–126.00	582	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	488	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	539	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	513	113.00/cwt	112.00–114.00	580	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	518	121.50/cwt	121.00–122.00	629	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	129.47/cwt	125.00–135.00	682	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	563	107.33/cwt	106.00–108.00	604	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	126.43/cwt	122.00–130.00	719	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	116.58/cwt	112.00–119.00	665	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	635	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	112.94/cwt	110.00–116.00	698	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	165	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	413	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	175	227.36/cwt	225.00–230.00	398	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	219	234.73/cwt	230.00–240.00	514	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	230	221.67/cwt	215.00–225.00	510	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	235	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	470	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	271	228.23/cwt	220.00–235.00	619	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	278	210.91/cwt	205.00–218.00	586	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	288	193.41/cwt	190.00–197.00	557	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	315	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	684	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	345	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	656	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	365	176.99/cwt	176.00–178.00	646	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	370	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	725	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	378	184.42/cwt	182.00–187.00	697	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	435	160.61/cwt	158.00–164.00	699	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	460	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	768	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	464	155.10/cwt	150.00–156.00	720	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	510	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	750	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	515	156.45/cwt	154.00–159.00	806	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,549	85.86/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,330	7
Bulls	—	—	1,554	92.97/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,445	4
Bulls	—	—	1,673	97.53/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,632	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	852	38.60/cwt	36.00–40.00	329	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	979	44.02/cwt	41.00–45.00	431	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	47.89/cwt	46.00–50.00	510	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,241	60.98/cwt	59.00–63.00	757	83
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,348	65.34/cwt	64.00–68.00	881	41
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,359	63.14/cwt	62.00–64.00	858	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,374	68.91/cwt	68.00–70.00	947	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,415	71.03/cwt	69.00–73.00	1,005	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,449	72.60/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,052	11

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 Feb 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 648Last week 548Year ago 703

Slaughter CattleReceipts 345Last week 214Year ago 350

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 1.00 to 3.00 higher, feeder classes unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	121.00–122.00	121.50
1	—	605	105.00	105.00
3	—	188	175.00–180.00	176.64
3	—	570	112.00–119.00	116.58
5	—	473	118.00–126.00	123.12
7	—	232	185.00–195.00	190.47
7	—	319	158.00–165.00	162.04
8	—	378	142.00–151.00	146.16
12	—	267	160.00–174.00	169.45
18	—	428	136.00–145.00	139.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	320	166.00–176.00	171.99
19	—	280	175.00–190.00	180.33
12	—	527	125.00–135.00	129.47
11	—	371	152.00–162.00	157.61
10	—	421	148.00–157.00	152.78
9	—	472	128.00–138.00	133.03
6	—	177	190.00–205.00	197.19
4	—	569	122.00–130.00	126.43
4	—	220	200.00–215.00	208.38
2	—	618	110.00–116.00	112.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	230	175.00	175.00
2	—	420	132.00–134.00	132.99
2	—	488	110.00–111.00	110.50
2	—	513	112.00–114.00	113.00
3	—	188	160.00–170.00	166.55
3	—	280	145.00–155.00	150.49
3	—	563	106.00–108.00	107.33
4	—	325	148.00–154.00	150.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	176.00–178.00	176.99
2	—	288	190.00–197.00	193.41
1	—	345	190.00	190.00
1	—	235	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	464	150.00–156.00	155.10
6	—	278	205.00–218.00	210.91
6	—	230	215.00–225.00	221.67
3	—	435	158.00–164.00	160.61
2	—	378	182.00–187.00	184.42
2	—	175	225.00–230.00	227.36
1	—	510	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	271	220.00–235.00	228.23
5	—	219	230.00–240.00	234.73
2	—	515	154.00–159.00	156.45
1	—	460	167.00	167.00
1	—	370	196.00	196.00
1	—	315	217.00	217.00
1	—	165	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	333	190.00–199.00	192.67
4	—	374	170.00–178.00	174.89
2	—	610	116.00–118.00	116.99
2	—	493	138.00–140.00	138.99
2	—	430	148.00–155.00	151.38
2	—	280	190.00–200.00	194.73
1	—	235	200.00	200.00
1	—	185	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	158.00–166.00	161.37
3	—	465	154.00–157.00	154.98
3	—	232	210.00–220.00	214.78
2	—	583	128.00–134.00	130.94
2	—	528	142.00–145.00	143.48
2	—	363	187.00–188.00	187.50
2	—	270	210.00–217.00	213.31
1	—	625	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	314	210.00–220.00	217.83
10	—	476	158.00–168.00	162.70
8	—	429	168.00–178.00	171.88
8	—	274	220.00–235.00	227.87
5	—	624	130.00–139.00	134.32
1	—	165	245.00	245.00
1	—	235	230.00	230.00
3	—	530	149.00–158.00	152.90
4	—	369	192.00–200.00	196.61
4	—	570	138.00–148.00	144.14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,065	46.00–50.00	47.89
14	—	979	41.00–45.00	44.02
14	—	852	36.00–40.00	38.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,449	71.00–75.00	72.60
5	—	1,359	62.00–64.00	63.14
5	—	1,374	68.00–70.00	68.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,241	59.00–63.00	60.98
41	—	1,348	64.00–68.00	65.34
12	—	1,415	69.00–73.00	71.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,549	85.00–88.00	85.86
4	—	1,554	90.00–94.00	92.97
2	—	1,673	96.00–99.00	97.53

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.