Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2021-04-20

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Apr 20
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
524 head
▼ 621 vs last sale 1,145▲ 40 vs year ago 484 · +8.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
136 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 234▼ 184 vs year ago 320 · −57.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 3.00 to 5.00 lower and feeder classes 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.44/cwt on 174 head.
Average price
$130.44
174 head · 391 lb average
Value per head Derived
$510
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$24.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.46
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1385139.5153777
Medium and Large 2380129.4849155
Medium and Large 3415115.0647842
One grade step is worth $24.45/cwt here — about $60 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 sale174 hd
130.44
—
FL average10 barns · 665 hd
133.90
−3.46
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—Low1,50282.191,2356thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19562.3274583
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,34861.768325thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00042.834289thin

Every lot

73 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 1178144.65/cwt140.00–150.002572
Steers—Medium and Large 2216150.41/cwt150.00–152.003255
Steers—Medium and Large 1245160.00/cwt160.00–160.003921
Steers—Medium and Large 3273146.71/cwt140.00–152.004016
Steers—Medium and Large 1280174.59/cwt170.00–180.004894
Steers—Medium and Large 2283159.71/cwt157.00–162.004524
Steers—Medium and Large 3313155.11/cwt150.00–158.004853
Steers—Medium and Large 1324174.06/cwt170.00–179.005644
Steers—Medium and Large 2343160.99/cwt160.00–162.005522
Steers—Medium and Large 1367166.41/cwt162.00–170.006116
Steers—Medium and Large 2372154.62/cwt152.00–156.005753
Steers—Medium and Large 3372145.17/cwt140.00–148.005403
Steers—Medium and Large 2415155.14/cwt150.00–158.006443
Steers—Medium and Large 3420144.88/cwt140.00–148.006086
Steers—Medium and Large 1426163.27/cwt159.00–169.0069610
Steers—Medium and Large 1471159.52/cwt156.00–164.0075110
Steers—Medium and Large 2472149.66/cwt149.00–150.007063
Steers—Medium and Large 1520158.58/cwt153.00–163.008257
Steers—Medium and Large 2533145.33/cwt145.00–146.007753
Steers—Medium and Large 3540134.00/cwt134.00–134.007241
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1170138.24/cwt135.00–140.002356
Heifers—Medium and Large 319095.00/cwt95.00–95.001811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1219148.52/cwt140.00–155.003255
Heifers—Medium and Large 2224132.86/cwt130.00–138.002987
Heifers—Medium and Large 3236113.52/cwt110.00–120.002686
Heifers—Medium and Large 2259137.53/cwt130.00–140.003569
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268150.16/cwt142.00–156.0040210
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318127.54/cwt124.00–131.004063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1319147.86/cwt143.00–152.004729
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333135.35/cwt133.00–138.004515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370143.40/cwt138.00–148.0053112
Heifers—Medium and Large 3382120.94/cwt118.00–124.004628
Heifers—Medium and Large 2386129.85/cwt128.00–132.005019
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425130.15/cwt126.00–135.0055311
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425120.57/cwt118.00–123.005125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434138.78/cwt138.00–141.006025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470139.49/cwt134.00–144.006568
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470129.52/cwt126.00–133.006097
Heifers—Medium and Large 3474118.75/cwt116.00–122.005639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509134.12/cwt127.00–136.0068317
Heifers—Medium and Large 3526110.12/cwt108.00–113.005797
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533118.67/cwt116.00–124.006334
Heifers—Medium and Large 256598.99/cwt98.00–100.005592
Heifers—Medium and Large 356589.47/cwt88.00–91.005062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575106.20/cwt102.00–112.006113
Heifers—Medium and Large 261097.00/cwt97.00–97.005921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620104.35/cwt100.00–109.006472
Heifers—Medium and Large 362085.00/cwt85.00–85.005271
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1203174.49/cwt174.00–175.003542
Bulls—Medium and Large 3215140.00/cwt140.00–140.003011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2218153.14/cwt145.00–158.003343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265179.04/cwt172.00–184.004743
Bulls—Medium and Large 3274146.21/cwt140.00–152.004014
Bulls—Medium and Large 2295155.00/cwt155.00–155.004571
Bulls—Medium and Large 1308176.98/cwt176.00–178.005452
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315166.00/cwt166.00–166.005231
Bulls—Medium and Large 3325154.00/cwt154.00–154.005011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380162.97/cwt162.00–164.006192
Bulls—Medium and Large 3419144.88/cwt140.00–148.006074
Bulls—Medium and Large 1435161.95/cwt160.00–164.007042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1483154.67/cwt154.00–156.007473
Bulls—Medium and Large 2488145.97/cwt144.00–148.007122
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,36278.65/cwt77.00–80.001,0713
Bulls——1,59090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4311
Bulls——1,66883.60/cwt82.00–85.001,3942
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98549.00/cwt49.00–49.004832
Cows—Lean 85-90%99343.97/cwt43.00–45.004372
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00939.90/cwt39.00–41.004035
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11658.47/cwt56.00–60.0065330
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,15560.00/cwt60.00–60.006931
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23267.32/cwt66.00–70.0082919
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24562.92/cwt61.00–65.0078334
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39662.20/cwt61.00–64.008684

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.