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Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) livestock auction prices — 2020-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Dec 8

● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419

← Dec 1Dec 8Dec 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,389 head

▼ 246 vs last sale 1,635▼ 485 vs year ago 1,874 · −25.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

358 head

▲ 125 vs last sale 233▼ 17 vs year ago 375 · −4.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 lower and slaughter bulls steady. Feeder classes less than 500 lbs. 10.00 to 20.00 lower and feeder classes over 500 lbs. 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

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 $108.84/cwt on 228 head.

Average price

$108.84

228 head · 411 lb average

Value per head Derived

$447

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$10.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.61

vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	458	112.06	513	97
Medium and Large 2	393	108.66	427	88
Medium and Large 3	341	101.95	348	43

One grade step is worth $10.11/cwt here — about $165 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 sale228 hd

108.84

—

FL average10 barns · 1,132 hd

122.45

−13.61

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	—	High	1,713	83.91	1,437	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,350	53.60	724	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,229	52.12	641	147
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	888	36.26	322	16

Every lot

89 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	220	127.85/cwt	125.00–132.00	281	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	226	140.28/cwt	135.00–145.00	317	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	227	155.77/cwt	150.00–160.00	354	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	271	165.23/cwt	157.00–172.00	448	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	273	134.68/cwt	130.00–140.00	368	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	274	149.82/cwt	147.00–155.00	411	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	320	147.96/cwt	146.00–150.00	473	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	325	136.91/cwt	134.00–140.00	445	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	329	155.39/cwt	152.00–160.00	511	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	137.86/cwt	132.00–142.00	509	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	369	127.57/cwt	124.00–131.00	471	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	116.11/cwt	112.00–120.00	435	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	119.78/cwt	114.00–123.00	503	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	423	109.14/cwt	107.00–112.00	462	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	126.99/cwt	124.00–134.00	547	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	458	102.84/cwt	100.00–104.00	471	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	120.96/cwt	118.00–124.00	567	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	476	109.54/cwt	105.00–114.00	521	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	509	122.23/cwt	120.00–124.00	622	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	510	101.47/cwt	100.00–103.00	517	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	109.20/cwt	104.00–113.00	570	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	125.28/cwt	120.00–129.00	710	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	575	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	598	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	577	112.90/cwt	110.00–118.00	651	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	605	119.98/cwt	118.00–121.00	726	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	610	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	604	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	107.50/cwt	107.00–108.00	664	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	217	110.94/cwt	110.00–115.00	241	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	225	139.60/cwt	135.00–147.00	314	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	235	121.31/cwt	118.00–128.00	285	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	260	104.67/cwt	100.00–110.00	272	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	269	120.57/cwt	118.00–122.00	324	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	274	134.49/cwt	130.00–142.00	369	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	320	105.30/cwt	100.00–109.00	337	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	329	123.60/cwt	120.00–130.00	407	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	329	113.53/cwt	110.00–119.00	374	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	102.46/cwt	99.00–106.00	384	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	382	110.79/cwt	108.00–116.00	423	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	120.02/cwt	118.00–128.00	462	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	414	96.69/cwt	94.00–99.00	400	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	106.04/cwt	100.00–109.00	443	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	113.19/cwt	110.00–120.00	487	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	460	101.48/cwt	100.00–103.00	467	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	477	88.29/cwt	85.00–90.00	421	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	107.81/cwt	104.00–114.00	516	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	515	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	458	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	518	97.92/cwt	93.00–101.00	507	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	107.28/cwt	103.00–112.00	559	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	103.54/cwt	98.00–107.00	586	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	590	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	519	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	590	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	460	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	607	102.37/cwt	96.00–104.00	621	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	560	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	205	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	301	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	219	157.89/cwt	150.00–164.00	346	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	228	124.62/cwt	120.00–130.00	284	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	265	151.60/cwt	150.00–155.00	402	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	285	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	371	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	290	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	464	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	313	159.59/cwt	157.00–162.00	500	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	322	137.57/cwt	136.00–140.00	443	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	340	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	490	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	367	138.09/cwt	135.00–141.00	507	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	373	117.32/cwt	116.00–118.00	438	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	374	126.96/cwt	124.00–131.00	475	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	118.95/cwt	114.00–122.00	506	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	425	108.27/cwt	104.00–113.00	460	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	430	127.67/cwt	124.00–133.00	549	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	474	109.77/cwt	106.00–114.00	520	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	475	119.61/cwt	117.00–125.00	568	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	108.99/cwt	104.00–112.00	570	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	526	118.51/cwt	115.00–123.00	623	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	530	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	519	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	550	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	495	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	568	107.39/cwt	104.00–111.00	610	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	585	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	550	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	610	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	580	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	619	104.14/cwt	101.00–108.00	645	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,613	80.79/cwt	78.00–82.00	1,303	9
Bulls	—	—	1,798	84.66/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,522	3
Bulls	—	—	1,873	90.36/cwt	89.00–92.00	1,692	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	777	31.59/cwt	31.00–34.00	245	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	911	37.59/cwt	35.00–39.00	342	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,024	41.72/cwt	40.00–44.00	427	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,054	46.28/cwt	44.00–48.00	488	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,223	51.66/cwt	49.00–53.00	632	77
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,303	54.99/cwt	54.00–58.00	717	51
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,349	51.93/cwt	50.00–53.00	701	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,352	55.51/cwt	54.00–58.00	750	14

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 Dec 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,389Last week 1,635Year ago 1,874

Slaughter CattleReceipts 358Last week 233Year ago 375

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 lower and slaughter bulls steady. Feeder classes less than 500 lbs. 10.00 to 20.00 lower and feeder classes over 500 lbs. 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	228	120.00–130.00	124.62
3	—	373	116.00–118.00	117.32
1	—	550	90.00	90.00
5	—	322	136.00–140.00	137.57
13	—	425	104.00–113.00	108.27
2	—	285	130.00	130.00
2	—	530	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	474	106.00–114.00	109.77
1	—	610	95.00	95.00
14	—	523	104.00–112.00	108.99
10	—	425	114.00–122.00	118.95
1	—	585	94.00	94.00
3	—	265	150.00–155.00	151.60
14	—	374	124.00–131.00	126.96
1	—	205	147.00	147.00
2	—	340	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	475	117.00–125.00	119.61
7	—	367	135.00–141.00	138.09
3	—	313	157.00–162.00	159.59
5	—	619	101.00–108.00	104.14
7	—	526	115.00–123.00	118.51
2	—	568	104.00–111.00	107.39
5	—	219	150.00–164.00	157.89
8	—	430	124.00–133.00	127.67
3	—	290	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	235	118.00–128.00	121.31
1	—	615	91.00	91.00
17	—	418	100.00–109.00	106.04
1	—	590	88.00	88.00
8	—	518	93.00–101.00	97.92
27	—	382	108.00–116.00	110.79
10	—	460	100.00–103.00	101.48
5	—	269	118.00–122.00	120.57
15	—	329	110.00–119.00	113.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	225	135.00–147.00	139.60
19	—	430	110.00–120.00	113.19
8	—	329	120.00–130.00	123.60
7	—	607	96.00–104.00	102.37
13	—	521	103.00–112.00	107.28
8	—	566	98.00–107.00	103.54
4	—	274	130.00–142.00	134.49
30	—	479	104.00–114.00	107.81
5	—	385	118.00–128.00	120.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	320	100.00–109.00	105.30
10	—	260	100.00–110.00	104.67
3	—	477	85.00–90.00	88.29
1	—	515	89.00	89.00
5	—	217	110.00–115.00	110.94
13	—	375	99.00–106.00	102.46
1	—	590	78.00	78.00
4	—	414	94.00–99.00	96.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	226	135.00–145.00	140.28
2	—	618	107.00–108.00	107.50
13	—	420	114.00–123.00	119.78
3	—	577	110.00–118.00	112.90
6	—	369	124.00–131.00	127.57
3	—	320	146.00–150.00	147.96
12	—	522	104.00–113.00	109.20
5	—	274	147.00–155.00	149.82
37	—	476	105.00–114.00	109.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	605	118.00–121.00	119.98
10	—	431	124.00–134.00	126.99
5	—	227	150.00–160.00	155.77
4	—	329	152.00–160.00	155.39
9	—	469	118.00–124.00	120.96
4	—	509	120.00–124.00	122.23
11	—	567	120.00–129.00	125.28
8	—	271	157.00–172.00	165.23
7	—	369	132.00–142.00	137.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	104.00	104.00
5	—	375	112.00–120.00	116.11
1	—	610	99.00	99.00
4	—	510	100.00–103.00	101.47
21	—	325	134.00–140.00	136.91
2	—	273	130.00–140.00	134.68
16	—	458	100.00–104.00	102.84
4	—	220	125.00–132.00	127.85
16	—	423	107.00–112.00	109.14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,024	40.00–44.00	41.72
7	—	777	31.00–34.00	31.59
4	—	911	35.00–39.00	37.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,352	54.00–58.00	55.51
16	—	1,349	50.00–53.00	51.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,054	44.00–48.00	46.28
51	—	1,303	54.00–58.00	54.99
77	—	1,223	49.00–53.00	51.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,873	89.00–92.00	90.36
3	—	1,798	84.00–85.00	84.66
9	—	1,613	78.00–82.00	80.79

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.