Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2020-01-06

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jan 6
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
762 head
▲ 762 vs last sale 0▼ 48 vs year ago 810 · −5.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
164 head
▼ 93 vs last sale 257▼ 2 vs year ago 166 · −1.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: 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 $132.14/cwt on 190 head.
Average price
$132.14
190 head · 395 lb average
Value per head Derived
$523
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.15
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1409136.60559104
Medium and Large 2366132.2548450
Medium and Large 3396119.1047236
One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about $87 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
132.14
—
FL average4 barns · 345 hd
134.29
−2.15
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—High1,64578.851,29715
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,22253.4265312
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,19652.8263269
CowsLean 85-90%High91531.5728918

Every lot

86 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1235228.33/cwt225.00–230.005373
Steers—Medium and Large 1258223.29/cwt220.00–225.005763
Steers—Medium and Large 2275202.13/cwt197.00–205.005564
Steers—Medium and Large 3295180.00/cwt180.00–180.005311
Steers—Medium and Large 1329198.93/cwt195.00–205.0065410
Steers—Medium and Large 2333188.47/cwt187.00–190.006282
Steers—Medium and Large 3335177.62/cwt175.00–180.005953
Steers—Medium and Large 2368166.46/cwt164.00–168.006134
Steers—Medium and Large 1376174.71/cwt170.00–180.006577
Steers—Medium and Large 3378153.81/cwt150.00–158.005812
Steers—Medium and Large 1415167.32/cwt160.00–170.006944
Steers—Medium and Large 2428153.84/cwt150.00–158.006582
Steers—Medium and Large 3430143.58/cwt140.00–148.006176
Steers—Medium and Large 2469135.88/cwt130.00–139.006374
Steers—Medium and Large 1483143.01/cwt140.00–150.006917
Steers—Medium and Large 1509137.50/cwt137.00–139.007006
Steers—Medium and Large 3518114.85/cwt109.00–118.005953
Steers—Medium and Large 2525123.65/cwt119.00–128.006494
Steers—Medium and Large 3560110.00/cwt110.00–110.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 1570127.45/cwt125.00–131.007264
Steers—Medium and Large 1618124.54/cwt119.00–128.007705
Steers—Medium and Large 3620103.99/cwt103.00–105.006454
Steers—Medium and Large 2631110.96/cwt109.00–115.007004
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1178208.13/cwt200.00–215.003703
Heifers—Medium and Large 2178188.08/cwt185.00–195.003353
Heifers—Medium and Large 3178174.79/cwt170.00–180.003112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1221184.05/cwt180.00–190.004074
Heifers—Medium and Large 2232165.16/cwt160.00–170.003835
Heifers—Medium and Large 3235150.00/cwt150.00–150.003531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1276167.08/cwt162.00–175.004617
Heifers—Medium and Large 3279135.63/cwt130.00–144.003789
Heifers—Medium and Large 2281150.36/cwt145.00–155.004234
Heifers—Medium and Large 2329123.85/cwt120.00–129.004077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332133.13/cwt130.00–137.004429
Heifers—Medium and Large 3345110.00/cwt110.00–110.003801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369125.98/cwt120.00–129.0046513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372135.57/cwt130.00–140.0050420
Heifers—Medium and Large 3383112.88/cwt110.00–118.004324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422131.68/cwt126.00–136.0055629
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428120.36/cwt116.00–124.0051510
Heifers—Medium and Large 3429110.15/cwt108.00–114.004735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470130.00/cwt126.00–134.0061116
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474119.18/cwt116.00–123.005654
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476108.57/cwt104.00–113.005179
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523104.50/cwt104.00–105.005472
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528113.29/cwt111.00–116.005983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538121.15/cwt119.00–129.006529
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560119.32/cwt118.00–121.006683
Heifers—Medium and Large 3560100.00/cwt100.00–100.005601
Heifers—Medium and Large 262096.00/cwt96.00–96.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626104.94/cwt103.00–110.006574
Heifers—Medium and Large 362884.50/cwt84.00–85.005312
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1173252.39/cwt250.00–255.004372
Bulls—Medium and Large 3175220.00/cwt220.00–220.003852
Bulls—Medium and Large 1215236.02/cwt230.00–240.005074
Bulls—Medium and Large 1285215.00/cwt215.00–215.006132
Bulls—Medium and Large 2289197.96/cwt195.00–200.005725
Bulls—Medium and Large 3295180.00/cwt180.00–180.005311
Bulls—Medium and Large 3315182.00/cwt182.00–182.005731
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325200.00/cwt200.00–200.006501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328188.89/cwt186.00–192.006202
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380163.95/cwt162.00–166.006232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429153.92/cwt150.00–158.006604
Bulls—Medium and Large 1442160.98/cwt160.00–163.007123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460138.00/cwt138.00–138.006351
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473125.37/cwt122.00–129.005932
Bulls—Medium and Large 3520114.91/cwt112.00–118.005982
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525124.00/cwt124.00–124.006514
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540130.00/cwt130.00–130.007021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1565128.00/cwt128.00–128.007231
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573116.31/cwt114.00–118.006663
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615108.49/cwt107.00–110.006672
Bulls—Medium and Large 363582.46/cwt80.00–85.005242
Bulls—Medium and Large 264091.99/cwt91.00–93.005892
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44173.97/cwt72.00–75.001,0666
Bulls——1,70880.41/cwt80.00–81.001,3735
Bulls——1,87484.22/cwt83.00–86.001,5784
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83326.44/cwt25.00–28.002206
Cows—Lean 85-90%91430.40/cwt30.00–31.002785
Cows—Lean 85-90%98536.81/cwt35.00–39.003637
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03347.11/cwt45.00–49.0048715
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,15545.00/cwt45.00–45.005201
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,20156.99/cwt55.00–59.006845
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23156.47/cwt55.00–59.0069527
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25152.35/cwt50.00–54.0065527
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25151.84/cwt50.00–54.006496

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.