Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2020-12-21

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Dec 21
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Receipts
372 head
▲ 160 vs last sale 212▲ 115 vs year ago 257 · +44.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special slaughter sale - Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady.

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—Low1,64180.211,31618
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,33454.3272518
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18051.49608188
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00835.0035332

Every lot

12 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
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56378.48/cwt78.00–80.001,2276
Bulls——1,57575.96/cwt74.00–77.001,1965
Bulls——1,75584.74/cwt83.00–87.001,4877
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89930.31/cwt28.00–32.0027211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02634.91/cwt33.00–37.003588
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08348.20/cwt46.00–50.0052276
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09039.03/cwt38.00–42.0042513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24353.16/cwt51.00–55.0066197
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,24547.71/cwt46.00–49.005943
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26357.38/cwt56.00–60.0072515
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34453.60/cwt51.00–55.007207
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35957.43/cwt56.00–60.007808

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.