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Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) livestock auction prices — 2018-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-12-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Dec 17

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608

← Dec 10Dec 17Jan 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

573 head

▼ 223 vs last sale 796▲ 573 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

204 head

▲ 79 vs last sale 125▲ 204 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.41/cwt on 138 head.

Average price

$133.41

138 head · 388 lb average

Value per head Derived

$517

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$20.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.05

vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	395	136.74	540	92
Medium and Large 2	371	129.03	479	38
Medium and Large 3	383	115.96	444	8thin

One grade step is worth $20.78/cwt here — about $96 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 sale138 hd

133.41

—

FL average10 barns · 925 hd

132.36

+1.05

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	—	Low	1,593	73.48	1,171	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,233	50.34	621	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,132	48.79	552	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	948	31.12	295	17

Every lot

59 lots · USDA AMS · Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Mon)

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	355	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	632	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	161.20/cwt	158.00–166.00	613	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	380	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	570	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	147.30/cwt	146.00–150.00	611	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	132.99/cwt	132.00–134.00	579	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	130.48/cwt	128.00–132.00	634	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	490	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	588	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	125.97/cwt	124.00–128.00	645	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	220	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	279	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	222	155.53/cwt	150.00–162.00	345	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	235	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	322	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	273	137.85/cwt	130.00–142.00	376	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	276	152.03/cwt	145.00–160.00	420	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	321	135.50/cwt	130.00–138.00	435	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	143.49/cwt	140.00–150.00	474	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	330	123.94/cwt	122.00–126.00	409	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	139.55/cwt	134.00–144.00	521	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	128.73/cwt	126.00–133.00	483	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	395	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	450	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	417	116.47/cwt	115.00–118.00	486	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	135.05/cwt	130.00–140.00	573	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	124.77/cwt	120.00–129.00	530	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	123.37/cwt	119.00–129.00	587	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	477	102.92/cwt	100.00–106.00	491	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	543	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	121.96/cwt	119.00–125.00	631	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	221	213.65/cwt	207.00–220.00	472	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	232	195.30/cwt	190.00–202.00	453	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	266	200.29/cwt	192.00–205.00	533	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	275	182.41/cwt	180.00–185.00	502	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	285	163.40/cwt	160.00–170.00	466	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	325	178.51/cwt	174.00–182.00	580	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	328	168.20/cwt	166.00–170.00	552	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	330	159.52/cwt	158.00–162.00	526	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	382	161.49/cwt	159.00–166.00	617	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	391	149.00/cwt	148.00–150.00	583	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	395	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	664	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	421	145.81/cwt	142.00–150.00	614	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	428	134.15/cwt	132.00–139.00	574	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	432	123.47/cwt	122.00–125.00	533	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	468	134.65/cwt	128.00–138.00	630	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	470	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	536	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	492	119.16/cwt	118.00–120.00	586	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	521	123.21/cwt	118.00–126.00	642	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	525	102.94/cwt	100.00–106.00	540	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	529	111.95/cwt	108.00–116.00	592	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,135	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	772	1
Bulls	—	—	1,573	72.63/cwt	70.00–74.00	1,142	15
Bulls	—	—	1,688	75.75/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,279	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	806	25.41/cwt	24.00–26.00	205	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	907	29.83/cwt	27.00–31.00	271	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	966	43.87/cwt	41.00–45.00	424	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	34.85/cwt	34.00–36.00	366	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,135	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	511	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,143	48.20/cwt	46.00–50.00	551	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	52.50/cwt	51.00–55.00	641	23
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,221	49.62/cwt	48.00–51.00	606	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,286	53.33/cwt	53.00–54.00	686	3

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 (Mon)

Mon Dec 17, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 573Last week 796Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 204Last week 125Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	122.00–126.00	123.94
1	—	395	114.00	114.00
1	—	220	127.00	127.00
2	—	477	100.00–106.00	102.92
2	—	417	115.00–118.00	116.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	425	120.00–129.00	124.77
8	—	321	130.00–138.00	135.50
6	—	375	126.00–133.00	128.73
6	—	273	130.00–142.00	137.85
3	—	485	112.00	112.00
1	—	235	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	330	140.00–150.00	143.49
8	—	276	145.00–160.00	152.03
5	—	517	119.00–125.00	121.96
2	—	222	150.00–162.00	155.53
31	—	424	130.00–140.00	135.05
21	—	373	134.00–144.00	139.55
13	—	476	119.00–129.00	123.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	445	120.00	120.00
2	—	380	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	158.00–166.00	161.20
2	—	435	132.00–134.00	132.99
1	—	490	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	486	128.00–132.00	130.48
3	—	415	146.00–150.00	147.30
2	—	512	124.00–128.00	125.97
1	—	355	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	128.00–138.00	134.65
3	—	521	118.00–126.00	123.21
3	—	325	174.00–182.00	178.51
3	—	266	192.00–205.00	200.29
3	—	221	207.00–220.00	213.65
1	—	395	168.00	168.00
10	—	421	142.00–150.00	145.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	328	166.00–170.00	168.20
6	—	492	118.00–120.00	119.16
5	—	382	159.00–166.00	161.49
4	—	428	132.00–139.00	134.15
4	—	275	180.00–185.00	182.41
4	—	232	190.00–202.00	195.30
7	—	529	108.00–116.00	111.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	285	160.00–170.00	163.40
4	—	330	158.00–162.00	159.52
3	—	525	100.00–106.00	102.94
2	—	432	122.00–125.00	123.47
1	—	470	114.00	114.00
16	—	391	148.00–150.00	149.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	45.00	45.00
5	—	1,221	48.00–51.00	49.62
3	—	1,286	53.00–54.00	53.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,143	46.00–50.00	48.20
23	—	1,220	51.00–55.00	52.50
14	—	966	41.00–45.00	43.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,050	34.00–36.00	34.85
7	—	907	27.00–31.00	29.83
3	—	806	24.00–26.00	25.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	68.00	68.00
15	—	1,573	70.00–74.00	72.63
8	—	1,688	75.00–79.00	75.75

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.