Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2019-09-09

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Sep 9
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
523 head
▼ 200 vs last sale 723▼ 528 vs year ago 1,051 · −50.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 86▲ 25 vs year ago 161 · +15.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No sale last week due to hurricane Dorian.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.55/cwt on 147 head.
Average price
$125.55
147 head · 482 lb average
Value per head Derived
$605
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.99
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1492131.7764972
Medium and Large 2493120.2959343
Medium and Large 3443118.6052532
One grade step is worth $13.17/cwt here — about $124 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 sale147 hd
125.55
—
FL average4 barns · 327 hd
129.53
−3.99
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—High1,50983.431,2597thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36058.7579914
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15856.6965769
CowsLean 85-90%High91737.6334514

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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1233171.57/cwt170.00–175.004003
Steers—Medium and Large 2265166.00/cwt166.00–166.004401
Steers—Medium and Large 3270150.00/cwt150.00–150.004052
Steers—Medium and Large 1272179.90/cwt176.00–182.004893
Steers—Medium and Large 3326141.92/cwt140.00–146.004634
Steers—Medium and Large 1329161.11/cwt158.00–167.005304
Steers—Medium and Large 2335150.00/cwt150.00–150.005031
Steers—Medium and Large 3362129.66/cwt129.00–130.004693
Steers—Medium and Large 2372137.53/cwt134.00–140.005125
Steers—Medium and Large 1375146.87/cwt142.00–152.005516
Steers—Medium and Large 3417116.64/cwt115.00–118.004866
Steers—Medium and Large 2421125.53/cwt121.00–128.005285
Steers—Medium and Large 1423134.97/cwt130.00–140.005719
Steers—Medium and Large 2471126.13/cwt122.00–129.005945
Steers—Medium and Large 3477114.33/cwt110.00–119.005459
Steers—Medium and Large 1481133.51/cwt130.00–140.006428
Steers—Medium and Large 1526124.69/cwt120.00–130.006565
Steers—Medium and Large 3526104.43/cwt100.00–108.005494
Steers—Medium and Large 2528114.18/cwt110.00–119.0060316
Steers—Medium and Large 2567109.59/cwt105.00–112.006218
Steers—Medium and Large 1570118.96/cwt113.00–123.0067822
Steers—Medium and Large 357398.66/cwt98.00–100.005653
Steers—Medium and Large 362596.00/cwt96.00–96.006001
Steers—Medium and Large 1629115.35/cwt113.00–121.0072612
Steers—Medium and Large 2638103.50/cwt103.00–104.006602
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1219157.92/cwt150.00–164.003464
Heifers—Medium and Large 3228127.42/cwt125.00–130.002912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2230140.38/cwt138.00–142.003235
Heifers—Medium and Large 3271126.35/cwt120.00–130.003424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1282154.22/cwt150.00–164.004353
Heifers—Medium and Large 2283140.99/cwt140.00–142.003992
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322123.60/cwt120.00–126.003986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331131.25/cwt128.00–138.004347
Heifers—Medium and Large 3345108.00/cwt108.00–108.003731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375119.02/cwt116.00–124.0044612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378108.27/cwt105.00–112.004098
Heifers—Medium and Large 3412101.54/cwt99.00–103.004187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430117.81/cwt114.00–124.0050711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430107.59/cwt104.00–112.0046315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468103.33/cwt99.00–106.004845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478111.23/cwt108.00–117.005326
Heifers—Medium and Large 250897.33/cwt97.00–98.004943
Heifers—Medium and Large 351087.00/cwt87.00–87.004441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523104.43/cwt100.00–109.0054616
Heifers—Medium and Large 256493.20/cwt89.00–95.005264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573101.56/cwt98.00–106.005828
Heifers—Medium and Large 162399.70/cwt97.00–104.006214
Heifers—Medium and Large 262588.42/cwt85.00–92.005532
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1208180.99/cwt180.00–182.003762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270180.48/cwt176.00–186.004873
Bulls—Medium and Large 3328140.48/cwt138.00–146.004613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1410138.00/cwt138.00–138.005661
Bulls—Medium and Large 3420116.00/cwt116.00–116.004872
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430123.95/cwt122.00–126.005332
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475115.00/cwt115.00–115.005461
Bulls—Medium and Large 2495120.00/cwt120.00–120.005941
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520105.96/cwt104.00–108.005512
Bulls—Medium and Large 3565101.00/cwt101.00–101.005711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2590104.00/cwt104.00–104.006141
Bulls—Medium and Large 362895.37/cwt91.00–100.005992
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,16576.97/cwt76.00–78.008972
Bulls——1,51382.53/cwt81.00–84.001,2492
Bulls——1,73588.34/cwt88.00–89.001,5333
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%72831.53/cwt30.00–33.002302
Cows—Lean 85-90%90834.74/cwt34.00–36.003155
Cows—Lean 85-90%97841.43/cwt40.00–43.004057
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04453.06/cwt51.00–55.0055426
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21457.98/cwt56.00–60.0070434
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26863.09/cwt62.00–65.008004
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27862.28/cwt61.00–65.007969
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37354.53/cwt54.00–55.007492
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40357.64/cwt56.00–59.008098

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.