Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2019-08-05

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Aug 5
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
667 head
▲ 187 vs last sale 480▲ 35 vs year ago 632 · +5.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
260 head
▲ 126 vs last sale 134▲ 1 vs year ago 259 · +0.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady, 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 $124.95/cwt on 190 head.
Average price
$124.95
190 head · 454 lb average
Value per head Derived
$567
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.71
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1458129.3459297
Medium and Large 2451121.0254672
Medium and Large 3442118.1652321
One grade step is worth $11.18/cwt here — about $69 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 sale190 hd
124.95
—
FL average10 barns · 865 hd
126.66
−1.71
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—Low1,56187.241,3626thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,30162.3381131
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08658.96640114
CowsLean 85-90%High88944.2339323

Every lot

72 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1285190.00/cwt190.00–190.005421
Steers—Medium and Large 3315170.00/cwt170.00–170.005361
Steers—Medium and Large 2320178.00/cwt178.00–178.005701
Steers—Medium and Large 2370165.95/cwt164.00–168.006142
Steers—Medium and Large 3370155.96/cwt154.00–158.005773
Steers—Medium and Large 1385172.00/cwt172.00–172.006621
Steers—Medium and Large 2411147.75/cwt147.00–148.006074
Steers—Medium and Large 3415136.99/cwt136.00–138.005692
Steers—Medium and Large 1424154.87/cwt150.00–160.006578
Steers—Medium and Large 2468132.36/cwt128.00–135.006197
Steers—Medium and Large 3470121.96/cwt120.00–124.005732
Steers—Medium and Large 1475140.90/cwt136.00–146.0066926
Steers—Medium and Large 1521137.80/cwt132.00–142.0071825
Steers—Medium and Large 2526126.70/cwt123.00–130.006668
Steers—Medium and Large 3530115.96/cwt114.00–119.006153
Steers—Medium and Large 1564134.19/cwt128.00–137.0075732
Steers—Medium and Large 2566123.84/cwt121.00–126.007017
Steers—Medium and Large 3575112.00/cwt112.00–112.006441
Steers—Medium and Large 1616124.72/cwt119.00–128.0076812
Steers—Medium and Large 2620114.00/cwt114.00–114.007071
Steers—Medium and Large 3640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3268129.50/cwt129.00–130.003472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1281155.06/cwt150.00–165.004365
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283140.19/cwt136.00–148.003976
Heifers—Medium and Large 1316144.87/cwt140.00–148.004584
Heifers—Medium and Large 2331131.25/cwt128.00–136.004348
Heifers—Medium and Large 3338120.33/cwt120.00–121.004073
Heifers—Medium and Large 3363117.47/cwt115.00–119.004264
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373125.44/cwt122.00–129.0046814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374134.94/cwt130.00–140.0050516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423117.29/cwt115.00–121.004969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425126.77/cwt122.00–132.0053915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467116.57/cwt112.00–119.005448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470126.19/cwt120.00–130.0059332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517137.65/cwt131.00–141.0071210
Heifers—Medium and Large 3520117.04/cwt114.00–120.0060911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2539122.54/cwt121.00–128.0066012
Heifers—Medium and Large 3570104.00/cwt104.00–104.005931
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575112.94/cwt110.00–117.006498
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585120.35/cwt118.00–128.007047
Heifers—Medium and Large 2617100.53/cwt96.00–103.006207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631109.20/cwt105.00–114.006898
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1268198.86/cwt196.00–202.005332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1313190.11/cwt187.00–192.005956
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320178.00/cwt178.00–178.005701
Bulls—Medium and Large 3330166.00/cwt166.00–166.005481
Bulls—Medium and Large 3377154.21/cwt150.00–158.005813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1381172.66/cwt170.00–180.006585
Bulls—Medium and Large 2388161.97/cwt160.00–164.006283
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430144.00/cwt144.00–144.006192
Bulls—Medium and Large 3443131.50/cwt131.00–132.005832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1445150.00/cwt150.00–150.006682
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477130.62/cwt128.00–133.006233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480140.00/cwt140.00–140.006721
Bulls—Medium and Large 3480120.00/cwt120.00–120.005761
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515129.73/cwt129.00–130.0066815
Bulls—Medium and Large 3515118.96/cwt117.00–121.006132
Bulls—Medium and Large 1545132.00/cwt132.00–132.007197
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620114.00/cwt114.00–114.007071
Bulls—Medium and Large 3627102.51/cwt99.00–106.0064317
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,49594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4052
Bulls——1,55582.15/cwt81.00–84.001,2773
Bulls——1,71089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,5221
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%74841.76/cwt40.00–43.003124
Cows—Lean 85-90%85736.20/cwt35.00–38.003103
Cows—Lean 85-90%93046.35/cwt44.00–48.0043116
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03656.30/cwt54.00–58.0058356
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11760.77/cwt59.00–63.0067949
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22465.66/cwt64.00–68.008049
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22757.64/cwt57.00–58.007073
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25865.75/cwt64.00–68.0082712
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34760.64/cwt59.00–62.0081716

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.