Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2020-09-22

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Sep 22
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,054 head
▼ 146 vs last sale 1,200▲ 142 vs year ago 912 · +15.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
180 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 161▼ 57 vs year ago 237 · −24.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.61/cwt on 244 head.
Average price
$132.61
244 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$121
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.04
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530134.98715162
Medium and Large 2507129.4965755
Medium and Large 3476124.7359427
One grade step is worth $10.25/cwt here — about $121 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 sale244 hd
132.61
—
FL average10 barns · 874 hd
136.65
−4.04
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—High1,56791.951,44111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33357.6776915
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21255.2967084
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02944.1245427

Every lot

72 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3365150.65/cwt150.00–152.005503
Steers—Medium and Large 1373169.04/cwt164.00–174.006316
Steers—Medium and Large 2381157.56/cwt154.00–160.006005
Steers—Medium and Large 1421163.11/cwt158.00–168.0068712
Steers—Medium and Large 2423152.90/cwt148.00–156.006475
Steers—Medium and Large 3425142.99/cwt142.00–144.006082
Steers—Medium and Large 3468125.78/cwt120.00–129.0058913
Steers—Medium and Large 1473144.71/cwt140.00–150.0068422
Steers—Medium and Large 2473134.30/cwt130.00–139.0063513
Steers—Medium and Large 3517111.97/cwt110.00–113.005796
Steers—Medium and Large 1519131.46/cwt126.00–136.0068263
Steers—Medium and Large 2525120.64/cwt116.00–125.0063314
Steers—Medium and Large 2570119.05/cwt114.00–123.0067915
Steers—Medium and Large 1574128.69/cwt124.00–134.0073927
Steers—Medium and Large 3577107.61/cwt104.00–110.006213
Steers—Medium and Large 2608116.32/cwt115.00–118.007073
Steers—Medium and Large 1624123.57/cwt119.00–129.0077132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3255110.00/cwt110.00–110.002811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268135.70/cwt130.00–142.003643
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268121.94/cwt120.00–124.003272
Heifers—Medium and Large 3326124.36/cwt120.00–128.004056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328144.04/cwt140.00–150.004725
Heifers—Medium and Large 2334132.62/cwt130.00–138.004438
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372109.77/cwt108.00–112.004085
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373129.03/cwt124.00–134.0048112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373119.11/cwt114.00–122.0044411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413127.25/cwt120.00–130.0052620
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424114.92/cwt110.00–119.0048716
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433102.91/cwt100.00–108.004467
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468114.34/cwt112.00–116.0053511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471123.64/cwt118.00–128.0058227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513119.18/cwt113.00–122.0061137
Heifers—Medium and Large 2519107.51/cwt102.00–110.005585
Heifers—Medium and Large 353894.50/cwt94.00–95.005082
Heifers—Medium and Large 3550100.00/cwt100.00–100.005503
Heifers—Medium and Large 2563108.38/cwt106.00–110.006105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572115.53/cwt111.00–121.0066130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622112.43/cwt108.00–117.006998
Heifers—Medium and Large 2622102.23/cwt97.00–105.006363
Heifers—Medium and Large 363389.50/cwt89.00–90.005672
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270161.02/cwt155.00–168.004352
Bulls—Medium and Large 2282142.51/cwt140.00–148.004023
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320152.38/cwt150.00–155.004882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323161.78/cwt158.00–166.005238
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330171.17/cwt168.00–177.005657
Bulls—Medium and Large 3367145.95/cwt144.00–148.005363
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373164.70/cwt160.00–170.006142
Bulls—Medium and Large 2378153.33/cwt150.00–158.005804
Bulls—Medium and Large 2419140.34/cwt136.00–144.005884
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423129.59/cwt128.00–130.005485
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428148.46/cwt145.00–155.006353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458140.16/cwt133.00–142.0064212
Bulls—Medium and Large 3461119.41/cwt118.00–121.005507
Bulls—Medium and Large 2482124.94/cwt122.00–128.006023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520114.00/cwt114.00–114.005931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1521123.47/cwt118.00–128.006437
Bulls—Medium and Large 3522102.58/cwt100.00–107.005353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553118.50/cwt118.00–119.006552
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570105.00/cwt105.00–105.005991
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618104.25/cwt100.00–108.006443
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45086.54/cwt86.00–88.001,2554
Bulls——1,48792.01/cwt90.00–94.001,3683
Bulls——1,74597.32/cwt96.00–99.001,6984
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98142.23/cwt40.00–44.0041410
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03037.38/cwt36.00–39.003852
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06146.28/cwt45.00–49.0049115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15452.79/cwt50.00–54.0060937
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23852.14/cwt50.00–54.006452
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24661.38/cwt60.00–64.007659
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26056.28/cwt55.00–59.0070938
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29963.24/cwt63.00–64.008214
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36956.42/cwt55.00–58.007729

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.