Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2020-10-19

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Oct 19
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
989 head
▲ 199 vs last sale 790▲ 334 vs year ago 655 · +51.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 137▼ 1 vs year ago 89 · −1.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady and feeder classes 4.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.63/cwt on 302 head.
Average price
$111.63
302 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$480
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.95
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1440115.16507181
Medium and Large 2415108.8345292
Medium and Large 341398.4540629
One grade step is worth $16.71/cwt here — about $100 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 sale302 hd
111.63
—
FL average9 barns · 1,024 hd
116.58
−4.95
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—Low1,64877.751,28113
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47852.417748thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16849.9058322

Every lot

82 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 1238160.97/cwt160.00–162.003832
Steers—Medium and Large 1263167.81/cwt164.00–172.004412
Steers—Medium and Large 2265151.47/cwt147.00–156.004013
Steers—Medium and Large 3265136.00/cwt136.00–136.003601
Steers—Medium and Large 3321139.57/cwt134.00–142.004486
Steers—Medium and Large 1340155.00/cwt155.00–155.005273
Steers—Medium and Large 2340146.23/cwt144.00–148.004974
Steers—Medium and Large 3362137.56/cwt136.00–138.004987
Steers—Medium and Large 1379153.43/cwt152.00–158.005814
Steers—Medium and Large 2380143.99/cwt143.00–145.005473
Steers—Medium and Large 2421139.77/cwt136.00–142.005886
Steers—Medium and Large 3429127.96/cwt125.00–130.005494
Steers—Medium and Large 1433147.31/cwt145.00–154.0063812
Steers—Medium and Large 2475126.46/cwt124.00–130.006016
Steers—Medium and Large 1482135.10/cwt132.00–142.0065111
Steers—Medium and Large 3490113.32/cwt112.00–115.005553
Steers—Medium and Large 2515115.16/cwt110.00–118.0059324
Steers—Medium and Large 3519104.50/cwt99.00–108.005425
Steers—Medium and Large 1534121.65/cwt119.00–129.0065025
Steers—Medium and Large 2563109.06/cwt106.00–111.0061411
Steers—Medium and Large 1577116.19/cwt113.00–122.0067012
Steers—Medium and Large 2617102.29/cwt100.00–105.006313
Steers—Medium and Large 1629110.11/cwt108.00–116.0069322
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3220112.00/cwt112.00–112.002461
Heifers—Medium and Large 2223125.35/cwt120.00–128.002804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1226140.38/cwt137.00–148.003175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1267140.79/cwt134.00–146.003766
Heifers—Medium and Large 3271109.49/cwt103.00–112.002977
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275122.55/cwt118.00–130.0033713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318117.94/cwt112.00–121.0037515
Heifers—Medium and Large 3318108.39/cwt104.00–110.003454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329126.00/cwt122.00–132.0041521
Heifers—Medium and Large 3367101.92/cwt99.00–105.003743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368112.05/cwt108.00–115.004129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376120.47/cwt116.00–126.0045334
Heifers—Medium and Large 2416106.46/cwt100.00–109.0044313
Heifers—Medium and Large 342395.43/cwt93.00–98.004042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426114.28/cwt110.00–120.0048732
Heifers—Medium and Large 346590.00/cwt90.00–90.004191
Heifers—Medium and Large 2466100.17/cwt94.00–103.004678
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474108.93/cwt104.00–114.0051634
Heifers—Medium and Large 2511100.13/cwt97.00–102.0051214
Heifers—Medium and Large 352487.96/cwt85.00–91.004614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527107.14/cwt103.00–113.0056523
Heifers—Medium and Large 256897.65/cwt92.00–101.0055512
Heifers—Medium and Large 357686.61/cwt85.00–91.004996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578106.00/cwt102.00–112.0061318
Heifers—Medium and Large 362085.00/cwt85.00–85.005271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622102.90/cwt99.00–109.006408
Heifers—Medium and Large 263195.29/cwt92.00–98.006014
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1224167.20/cwt162.00–175.003754
Bulls—Medium and Large 2240147.45/cwt145.00–150.003542
Bulls—Medium and Large 3268136.03/cwt130.00–140.003654
Bulls—Medium and Large 2278147.40/cwt144.00–152.004108
Bulls—Medium and Large 1288158.31/cwt157.00–160.004563
Bulls—Medium and Large 3324139.03/cwt134.00–142.004507
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330157.39/cwt154.00–164.005197
Bulls—Medium and Large 2338145.77/cwt144.00–148.004935
Bulls—Medium and Large 3369136.06/cwt132.00–138.005029
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374154.84/cwt150.00–160.005794
Bulls—Medium and Large 2389141.26/cwt140.00–145.0055011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413122.94/cwt121.00–125.005082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422131.09/cwt127.00–136.0055315
Bulls—Medium and Large 3432109.66/cwt109.00–110.004743
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467125.63/cwt124.00–129.0058715
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470104.81/cwt100.00–107.004937
Bulls—Medium and Large 2490110.00/cwt110.00–110.005393
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522113.59/cwt110.00–118.0059333
Bulls—Medium and Large 2534100.72/cwt99.00–104.005384
Bulls—Medium and Large 354588.00/cwt88.00–88.004801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1553113.49/cwt110.00–114.0062814
Bulls—Medium and Large 257898.50/cwt98.00–99.005692
Bulls—Medium and Large 1608109.17/cwt101.00–111.0066412
Bulls—Medium and Large 261099.00/cwt99.00–99.006041
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45672.77/cwt71.00–74.001,0604
Bulls——1,64677.63/cwt76.00–80.001,2785
Bulls——1,84382.88/cwt81.00–85.001,5274
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07945.58/cwt44.00–47.004926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16750.01/cwt48.00–52.0058410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25754.02/cwt53.00–57.006796
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41951.02/cwt50.00–52.007245
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57554.73/cwt53.00–57.008623

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.