Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2021-01-05

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Jan 5
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
814 head
▼ 695 vs last sale 1,509▼ 48 vs year ago 862 · −5.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
282 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 319▲ 57 vs year ago 225 · +25.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No sale last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.60/cwt on 246 head.
Average price
$127.60
246 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$533
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.55
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1432131.18567150
Medium and Large 2394125.8149664
Medium and Large 3394114.3945132
One grade step is worth $16.79/cwt here — about $116 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 sale246 hd
127.60
—
FL average8 barns · 727 hd
127.05
+0.55
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—Average1,68485.581,44120
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21657.80703159
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,25757.4472222
CowsLean 85-90%Low96544.4842915

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1205215.00/cwt215.00–215.004411
Steers—Medium and Large 3265170.00/cwt170.00–170.004511
Steers—Medium and Large 1269199.54/cwt195.00–205.005374
Steers—Medium and Large 2276179.87/cwt176.00–184.004964
Steers—Medium and Large 3325154.55/cwt150.00–158.005026
Steers—Medium and Large 1328174.04/cwt170.00–180.005715
Steers—Medium and Large 2328163.74/cwt162.00–167.005375
Steers—Medium and Large 2373151.12/cwt148.00–154.005646
Steers—Medium and Large 1379159.63/cwt156.00–164.006057
Steers—Medium and Large 3385137.95/cwt136.00–140.005312
Steers—Medium and Large 3421130.14/cwt126.00–134.005484
Steers—Medium and Large 2427139.33/cwt138.00–140.005953
Steers—Medium and Large 1428148.91/cwt146.00–155.0063723
Steers—Medium and Large 3450128.00/cwt128.00–128.005761
Steers—Medium and Large 2457136.97/cwt134.00–138.006267
Steers—Medium and Large 1484141.20/cwt139.00–149.0068315
Steers—Medium and Large 1522132.21/cwt128.00–137.006907
Steers—Medium and Large 2530120.00/cwt120.00–120.006361
Steers—Medium and Large 1556127.71/cwt124.00–129.007104
Steers—Medium and Large 1614113.96/cwt110.00–117.007004
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1170197.43/cwt195.00–200.003362
Heifers—Medium and Large 3220130.86/cwt128.00–134.002882
Heifers—Medium and Large 2223143.64/cwt138.00–150.003204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1228157.85/cwt154.00–166.003603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1277139.64/cwt134.00–149.003879
Heifers—Medium and Large 3280109.41/cwt107.00–112.003062
Heifers—Medium and Large 2295120.00/cwt120.00–120.003542
Heifers—Medium and Large 3324122.64/cwt120.00–126.003977
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325132.58/cwt128.00–137.0043112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330141.51/cwt138.00–148.0046713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369130.03/cwt124.00–133.004809
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377137.80/cwt134.00–144.0052027
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383116.73/cwt114.00–120.004475
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420125.60/cwt120.00–129.0052819
Heifers—Medium and Large 3426114.41/cwt110.00–118.004878
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431133.14/cwt130.00–140.0057422
Heifers—Medium and Large 3464107.39/cwt102.00–110.004984
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468117.12/cwt111.00–120.0054816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473126.19/cwt121.00–131.0059748
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523119.03/cwt114.00–124.006239
Heifers—Medium and Large 352399.32/cwt98.00–100.005193
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528107.97/cwt106.00–110.005702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561113.86/cwt111.00–116.006399
Heifers—Medium and Large 360595.00/cwt95.00–95.005751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611113.71/cwt109.00–116.006958
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3160180.00/cwt180.00–180.002882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2180190.00/cwt190.00–190.003421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1210212.00/cwt212.00–212.004451
Bulls—Medium and Large 3215180.00/cwt180.00–180.003871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270198.83/cwt196.00–202.005372
Bulls—Medium and Large 2290176.00/cwt176.00–176.005101
Bulls—Medium and Large 3295160.00/cwt160.00–160.004721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1312177.49/cwt173.00–180.005543
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320156.00/cwt156.00–156.004991
Bulls—Medium and Large 2331162.99/cwt160.00–169.005396
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374160.75/cwt156.00–166.006017
Bulls—Medium and Large 2376150.28/cwt146.00–154.005655
Bulls—Medium and Large 3388137.96/cwt136.00–140.005352
Bulls—Medium and Large 2411142.49/cwt142.00–144.005864
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423129.62/cwt126.00–134.005484
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425149.98/cwt148.00–152.006376
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465136.00/cwt136.00–136.006321
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473124.50/cwt124.00–125.005892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1486140.88/cwt140.00–146.0068512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510115.00/cwt115.00–115.005871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574123.94/cwt119.00–126.007114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575114.00/cwt114.00–114.006561
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635100.00/cwt100.00–100.006351
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59186.23/cwt84.00–88.001,3726
Bulls——1,62179.99/cwt79.00–81.001,2977
Bulls——1,82690.62/cwt89.00–93.001,6557
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%70537.00/cwt37.00–37.002611
Cows—Lean 85-90%96041.96/cwt41.00–44.004036
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00247.31/cwt45.00–49.004748
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12953.88/cwt51.00–55.0060846
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,20853.90/cwt51.00–55.006519
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23757.86/cwt56.00–60.0071671
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26457.96/cwt56.00–60.007338
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27561.99/cwt61.00–65.0079042
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33362.98/cwt62.00–65.008405

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.