Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2020-07-21

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Jul 21
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,216 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 1,219▲ 262 vs year ago 954 · +27.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
219 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 189▼ 12 vs year ago 231 · −5.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.10/cwt on 299 head.
Average price
$128.10
299 head · 426 lb average
Value per head Derived
$545
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$8.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.74
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1449130.04583187
Medium and Large 2396125.9149982
Medium and Large 3363121.9944230
One grade step is worth $8.05/cwt here — about $141 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 sale299 hd
128.10
—
FL average10 barns · 1,007 hd
127.36
+0.74
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—Average1,54881.941,2686thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,31563.6183713
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18360.27713114
CowsLean 85-90%High97846.8345813

Every lot

80 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 1215195.00/cwt195.00–195.004191
Steers—Medium and Large 2215180.00/cwt180.00–180.003871
Steers—Medium and Large 1264192.51/cwt187.00–197.005084
Steers—Medium and Large 3327155.84/cwt152.00–160.005103
Steers—Medium and Large 2329166.16/cwt164.00–169.005475
Steers—Medium and Large 1331175.22/cwt172.00–182.005808
Steers—Medium and Large 1373158.86/cwt156.00–164.0059316
Steers—Medium and Large 3376137.97/cwt134.00–143.005196
Steers—Medium and Large 2379147.91/cwt144.00–153.0056114
Steers—Medium and Large 3415131.12/cwt126.00–134.005448
Steers—Medium and Large 1424149.73/cwt145.00–155.006359
Steers—Medium and Large 2425139.81/cwt137.00–143.0059413
Steers—Medium and Large 1473139.93/cwt135.00–145.0066242
Steers—Medium and Large 2474129.60/cwt126.00–134.006146
Steers—Medium and Large 3485118.00/cwt118.00–118.005721
Steers—Medium and Large 3523117.93/cwt114.00–121.006176
Steers—Medium and Large 2528127.11/cwt124.00–130.006716
Steers—Medium and Large 1535135.68/cwt133.00–143.0072640
Steers—Medium and Large 1563134.32/cwt127.00–137.0075616
Steers—Medium and Large 2585119.98/cwt119.00–122.007023
Steers—Medium and Large 2618118.00/cwt117.00–119.007292
Steers—Medium and Large 3618107.48/cwt106.00–109.006642
Steers—Medium and Large 1624126.39/cwt123.00–131.0078927
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1170182.43/cwt180.00–185.003102
Heifers—Medium and Large 3185145.00/cwt145.00–145.002681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1213171.88/cwt170.00–176.003663
Heifers—Medium and Large 3228137.93/cwt136.00–140.003142
Heifers—Medium and Large 2233150.89/cwt148.00–155.003523
Heifers—Medium and Large 3263135.30/cwt134.00–137.003563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1276161.91/cwt157.00–170.004474
Heifers—Medium and Large 2285142.81/cwt140.00–152.004076
Heifers—Medium and Large 3313123.50/cwt123.00–124.003872
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327130.25/cwt126.00–134.004269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328140.06/cwt136.00–146.0045916
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367122.07/cwt116.00–125.0044816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374140.72/cwt136.00–146.0052630
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378129.85/cwt126.00–135.0049122
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420112.00/cwt112.00–112.004701
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425120.69/cwt116.00–125.0051331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429129.87/cwt126.00–136.0055735
Heifers—Medium and Large 3458107.98/cwt107.00–109.004952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471115.76/cwt114.00–118.005455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479123.79/cwt120.00–130.0059350
Heifers—Medium and Large 2512114.30/cwt112.00–116.005853
Heifers—Medium and Large 3515104.50/cwt104.00–105.005382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536119.22/cwt117.00–123.0063917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575118.84/cwt116.00–124.0068330
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582107.65/cwt106.00–109.006273
Heifers—Medium and Large 358596.00/cwt96.00–96.005621
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1165200.00/cwt200.00–200.003302
Bulls—Medium and Large 2185175.00/cwt175.00–175.003241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1223191.74/cwt185.00–200.004282
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275173.03/cwt167.00–180.004762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1287185.33/cwt184.00–187.005323
Bulls—Medium and Large 2305170.00/cwt170.00–170.005191
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323156.89/cwt153.00–160.005073
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370159.60/cwt155.00–163.005917
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375148.61/cwt146.00–152.005579
Bulls—Medium and Large 3376138.43/cwt135.00–142.005206
Bulls—Medium and Large 3415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1419139.07/cwt133.00–143.0058321
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427127.12/cwt124.00–131.005435
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466136.59/cwt131.00–140.006379
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471125.56/cwt123.00–128.005915
Bulls—Medium and Large 3482113.55/cwt113.00–117.005477
Bulls—Medium and Large 1511127.70/cwt124.00–130.006534
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515117.00/cwt117.00–117.006031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1556128.59/cwt125.00–129.0071510
Bulls—Medium and Large 2563115.48/cwt114.00–117.006502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610128.00/cwt128.00–128.0078120
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39578.20/cwt77.00–81.001,0913
Bulls——1,70085.67/cwt85.00–86.001,4563
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85539.58/cwt38.00–41.003383
Cows—Lean 85-90%88245.64/cwt45.00–47.004033
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01455.54/cwt53.00–57.0056320
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07250.45/cwt48.00–52.005417
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18160.24/cwt58.00–62.0071168
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26464.75/cwt63.00–67.0081810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32063.97/cwt63.00–67.0084426
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48759.81/cwt59.00–62.008893

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.