Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2020-10-27

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Oct 27
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
911 head
▼ 220 vs last sale 1,131▲ 34 vs year ago 877 · +3.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
188 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 270▲ 66 vs year ago 122 · +54.1%
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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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $109.04/cwt on 273 head.
Average price
$109.04
273 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$463
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.65
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1422114.92485167
Medium and Large 2428102.5243975
Medium and Large 343293.1240331
One grade step is worth $21.80/cwt here — about $82 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 sale273 hd
109.04
—
FL average10 barns · 901 hd
111.68
−2.65
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—High1,67386.731,4513thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19448.89584116
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34748.5565432
CowsLean 85-90%Average97137.663667thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1200180.00/cwt180.00–180.003601
Steers—Medium and Large 2215162.00/cwt162.00–162.003481
Steers—Medium and Large 1266176.69/cwt170.00–182.004708
Steers—Medium and Large 3278143.34/cwt140.00–147.003982
Steers—Medium and Large 2285157.00/cwt157.00–157.004471
Steers—Medium and Large 2325159.48/cwt156.00–164.005188
Steers—Medium and Large 3326149.56/cwt148.00–152.004885
Steers—Medium and Large 1328168.81/cwt165.00–175.005545
Steers—Medium and Large 3374132.27/cwt128.00–137.0049516
Steers—Medium and Large 1378151.59/cwt148.00–158.0057315
Steers—Medium and Large 2380143.22/cwt138.00–147.0054416
Steers—Medium and Large 3410120.00/cwt120.00–120.004921
Steers—Medium and Large 1419137.60/cwt132.00–142.0057731
Steers—Medium and Large 2422126.94/cwt124.00–131.005367
Steers—Medium and Large 2466123.90/cwt120.00–127.005777
Steers—Medium and Large 1471133.48/cwt128.00–138.0062925
Steers—Medium and Large 3485110.00/cwt110.00–110.005343
Steers—Medium and Large 3515105.00/cwt105.00–105.005411
Steers—Medium and Large 1517124.98/cwt120.00–129.0064611
Steers—Medium and Large 2525113.57/cwt110.00–116.005965
Steers—Medium and Large 1558121.27/cwt113.00–123.0067729
Steers—Medium and Large 2563109.72/cwt104.00–112.006189
Steers—Medium and Large 3563100.50/cwt100.00–101.005662
Steers—Medium and Large 361393.13/cwt90.00–95.005716
Steers—Medium and Large 1619112.03/cwt107.00–116.0069310
Steers—Medium and Large 263398.94/cwt96.00–102.006262
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1173129.38/cwt122.00–137.002243
Heifers—Medium and Large 2175110.00/cwt110.00–110.001931
Heifers—Medium and Large 321595.00/cwt95.00–95.002041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1220122.36/cwt116.00–130.002692
Heifers—Medium and Large 2235105.00/cwt105.00–105.002471
Heifers—Medium and Large 3260100.00/cwt100.00–100.002601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1272125.35/cwt120.00–132.0034113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2272110.13/cwt107.00–115.003009
Heifers—Medium and Large 1317128.30/cwt124.00–132.0040719
Heifers—Medium and Large 2319117.57/cwt112.00–121.003757
Heifers—Medium and Large 3340102.99/cwt102.00–104.003502
Heifers—Medium and Large 2361117.60/cwt111.00–120.004257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369126.49/cwt122.00–131.0046737
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371106.33/cwt104.00–109.003948
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424105.08/cwt100.00–108.004467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425114.37/cwt110.00–120.0048632
Heifers—Medium and Large 343592.64/cwt90.00–94.004033
Heifers—Medium and Large 246599.66/cwt94.00–102.0046319
Heifers—Medium and Large 347387.85/cwt84.00–91.0041611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475107.62/cwt103.00–113.0051120
Heifers—Medium and Large 250793.78/cwt87.00–95.0047518
Heifers—Medium and Large 352081.60/cwt80.00–85.004243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525100.79/cwt99.00–106.0052917
Heifers—Medium and Large 255090.00/cwt90.00–90.004952
Heifers—Medium and Large 156996.70/cwt92.00–101.0055013
Heifers—Medium and Large 357576.00/cwt76.00–76.004371
Heifers—Medium and Large 261184.92/cwt80.00–87.005194
Heifers—Medium and Large 162093.47/cwt88.00–98.0058011
Heifers—Medium and Large 363570.00/cwt70.00–70.004451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1225172.39/cwt170.00–175.003882
Bulls—Medium and Large 3235140.00/cwt140.00–140.003291
Bulls—Medium and Large 3255150.00/cwt150.00–150.003831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1287171.13/cwt167.00–174.004916
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315172.00/cwt172.00–172.005422
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320160.65/cwt160.00–162.005143
Bulls—Medium and Large 3340146.00/cwt146.00–146.004961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365132.88/cwt130.00–136.004852
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380118.88/cwt116.00–122.004522
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418123.83/cwt120.00–128.005182
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473117.81/cwt113.00–123.005574
Bulls—Medium and Large 250399.50/cwt99.00–100.005002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513108.24/cwt104.00–111.005553
Bulls—Medium and Large 351587.43/cwt85.00–90.004502
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550110.00/cwt110.00–110.006051
Bulls—Medium and Large 357585.00/cwt85.00–85.004895
Bulls—Medium and Large 259091.00/cwt91.00–91.005371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615105.98/cwt105.00–109.006524
Bulls—Medium and Large 362084.97/cwt83.00–87.005272
Bulls—Medium and Large 264090.00/cwt90.00–90.005761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,67386.73/cwt85.00–89.001,4513
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86535.05/cwt34.00–36.003033
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05039.62/cwt39.00–42.004164
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12244.82/cwt42.00–46.0050327
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20048.90/cwt47.00–51.0058765
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25953.46/cwt52.00–56.0067324
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33848.61/cwt47.00–51.0065023
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35043.79/cwt43.00–45.005915
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39654.17/cwt53.00–56.007564

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.