Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2019-12-02

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Dec 2
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
770 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 825▼ 95 vs year ago 865 · −11.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
187 head
▲ 123 vs last sale 64▲ 122 vs year ago 65 · +187.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No trend being 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 $117.21/cwt on 186 head.
Average price
$117.21
186 head · 420 lb average
Value per head Derived
$493
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.21
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1430124.0053399
Medium and Large 2402112.1145166
Medium and Large 3432101.2243821
One grade step is worth $22.78/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 sale186 hd
117.21
—
FL average4 barns · 337 hd
120.42
−3.21
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—High1,38577.051,0679thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,25359.6374711
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,07655.1859473

Every lot

81 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1210187.00/cwt187.00–187.003931
Steers—Medium and Large 1255180.00/cwt180.00–180.004591
Steers—Medium and Large 2285150.00/cwt150.00–150.004281
Steers—Medium and Large 3288137.31/cwt135.00–140.003953
Steers—Medium and Large 3308145.99/cwt145.00–147.004502
Steers—Medium and Large 1340160.00/cwt160.00–160.005443
Steers—Medium and Large 2341149.60/cwt148.00–150.005105
Steers—Medium and Large 1370157.79/cwt152.00–162.005843
Steers—Medium and Large 2370148.00/cwt148.00–148.005484
Steers—Medium and Large 3395132.00/cwt132.00–132.005212
Steers—Medium and Large 1423151.17/cwt146.00–156.006393
Steers—Medium and Large 3425130.99/cwt130.00–132.005572
Steers—Medium and Large 2430139.95/cwt138.00–144.006029
Steers—Medium and Large 2462127.65/cwt126.00–129.005903
Steers—Medium and Large 1472135.73/cwt130.00–140.0064112
Steers—Medium and Large 3495110.00/cwt110.00–110.005451
Steers—Medium and Large 1522135.93/cwt132.00–140.007109
Steers—Medium and Large 2530123.29/cwt120.00–129.0065310
Steers—Medium and Large 3537112.37/cwt110.00–116.006035
Steers—Medium and Large 1572135.46/cwt130.00–140.0077513
Steers—Medium and Large 3578114.24/cwt112.00–119.006603
Steers—Medium and Large 2584122.79/cwt120.00–129.007177
Steers—Medium and Large 2612126.00/cwt125.00–127.007713
Steers—Medium and Large 1626132.95/cwt130.00–138.008326
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2222147.58/cwt140.00–152.003283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1227161.91/cwt158.00–170.003685
Heifers—Medium and Large 3270100.00/cwt100.00–100.002701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1272130.13/cwt125.00–136.003543
Heifers—Medium and Large 2274113.79/cwt110.00–120.003128
Heifers—Medium and Large 2324116.90/cwt112.00–120.0037915
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325106.34/cwt103.00–110.003462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327126.55/cwt123.00–132.004146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369128.76/cwt125.00–132.0047518
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371107.76/cwt104.00–111.004006
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376116.39/cwt112.00–121.0043810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419125.66/cwt120.00–129.0052721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425113.95/cwt110.00–118.0048413
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425103.55/cwt100.00–108.004403
Heifers—Medium and Large 3462102.63/cwt100.00–104.004743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470110.97/cwt109.00–113.005224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473120.40/cwt116.00–125.0056926
Heifers—Medium and Large 2514108.22/cwt106.00–110.005564
Heifers—Medium and Large 352196.70/cwt94.00–100.005044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523116.43/cwt112.00–121.0060912
Heifers—Medium and Large 356588.00/cwt88.00–88.004971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568107.47/cwt105.00–111.006106
Heifers—Medium and Large 2590100.00/cwt100.00–100.005902
Heifers—Medium and Large 162393.89/cwt90.00–98.005852
Heifers—Medium and Large 362573.00/cwt73.00–73.004561
Heifers—Medium and Large 263181.54/cwt78.00–85.005157
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1180181.88/cwt175.00–190.003272
Bulls—Medium and Large 1205190.00/cwt190.00–190.003901
Bulls—Medium and Large 2285153.10/cwt150.00–160.004363
Bulls—Medium and Large 1308166.99/cwt166.00–168.005142
Bulls—Medium and Large 2338150.29/cwt150.00–154.0050813
Bulls—Medium and Large 3340140.00/cwt140.00–140.004761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378156.35/cwt156.00–157.0059117
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380146.00/cwt146.00–146.005551
Bulls—Medium and Large 3385135.00/cwt135.00–135.005201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426150.51/cwt147.00–155.0064114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427140.19/cwt136.00–144.005997
Bulls—Medium and Large 3435128.64/cwt127.00–131.005603
Bulls—Medium and Large 2455129.00/cwt129.00–129.005873
Bulls—Medium and Large 1487131.94/cwt130.00–137.0064316
Bulls—Medium and Large 3495110.00/cwt110.00–110.005451
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505109.00/cwt109.00–109.005501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1519126.22/cwt122.00–130.006557
Bulls—Medium and Large 2529113.93/cwt110.00–118.006037
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555123.00/cwt123.00–123.006835
Bulls—Medium and Large 2572108.22/cwt103.00–112.006193
Bulls—Medium and Large 358895.50/cwt95.00–96.005622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623117.60/cwt115.00–122.007333
Bulls—Medium and Large 363096.26/cwt94.00–101.006063
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,23375.07/cwt74.00–76.009266
Bulls——1,47578.50/cwt78.00–79.001,1582
Bulls——2,12086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,8231
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01852.49/cwt50.00–54.0053437
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09856.82/cwt55.00–59.0062428
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22161.01/cwt59.00–63.007458
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26861.85/cwt60.00–64.007848
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33755.94/cwt55.00–57.007483

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.