Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2021-05-17

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, May 17
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
557 head
▲ 182 vs last sale 375▲ 30 vs year ago 527 · +5.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
229 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 139▲ 95 vs year ago 134 · +70.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady and feeder classes unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $147.50/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 1 of 24 comparable sales and sits −61.36 against this barn's trailing median of $208.86.
Average price
$147.50
152 head · 402 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$15.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.66
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1427151.3064664
Medium and Large 2377149.4456357
Medium and Large 3395136.1153831
One grade step is worth $15.19/cwt here — about $108 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 sale152 hd
147.50
—
FL average10 barns · 437 hd
134.84
+12.66
This barn, trailing median24 sales
208.86
−61.36
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

24 sales
252222191161median 208.8603/0204/2006/1508/3110/26
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $238.02, low $174.75, median $208.86 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,48883.011,2355thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,28468.7188214
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13466.5375597
CowsLean 85-90%High90849.4544940

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1310163.96/cwt162.00–166.005083
Steers—Medium and Large 2325150.86/cwt148.00–154.004902
Steers—Medium and Large 3325140.98/cwt140.00–142.004582
Steers—Medium and Large 1350168.00/cwt168.00–168.005881
Steers—Medium and Large 2385150.99/cwt150.00–152.005812
Steers—Medium and Large 3395138.00/cwt138.00–138.005451
Steers—Medium and Large 2415150.99/cwt150.00–152.006272
Steers—Medium and Large 3415140.59/cwt138.00–144.005833
Steers—Medium and Large 1438156.98/cwt156.00–158.006882
Steers—Medium and Large 2478129.85/cwt126.00–134.006212
Steers—Medium and Large 1485138.00/cwt138.00–138.006692
Steers—Medium and Large 2525125.85/cwt122.00–130.006612
Steers—Medium and Large 1530135.40/cwt132.00–139.007182
Steers—Medium and Large 3530116.00/cwt116.00–116.006151
Steers—Medium and Large 1605128.99/cwt128.00–130.007802
Steers—Medium and Large 2620115.22/cwt110.00–119.007143
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1165192.42/cwt190.00–195.003172
Heifers—Medium and Large 3175157.36/cwt155.00–160.002752
Heifers—Medium and Large 2183169.84/cwt165.00–175.003115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1213169.95/cwt160.00–175.003624
Heifers—Medium and Large 3219138.91/cwt135.00–142.003045
Heifers—Medium and Large 2220154.20/cwt150.00–158.003395
Heifers—Medium and Large 3265117.00/cwt117.00–117.003101
Heifers—Medium and Large 2274126.74/cwt120.00–134.003476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1278141.39/cwt136.00–150.0039312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1319145.86/cwt140.00–150.004658
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328133.86/cwt130.00–138.004393
Heifers—Medium and Large 3345120.00/cwt120.00–120.004142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372141.36/cwt136.00–146.005269
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379129.73/cwt126.00–134.004925
Heifers—Medium and Large 3382118.59/cwt116.00–122.004533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415134.91/cwt130.00–138.005606
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429121.52/cwt118.00–127.005218
Heifers—Medium and Large 3438109.58/cwt108.00–114.004808
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460133.97/cwt132.00–136.006163
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483118.45/cwt116.00–122.005724
Heifers—Medium and Large 3483108.71/cwt106.00–112.005254
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522105.44/cwt100.00–108.0055014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531113.63/cwt110.00–120.006037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568100.30/cwt98.00–104.005706
Feeder Cattle · Bulls29 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1175204.71/cwt200.00–210.003582
Bulls—Medium and Large 3178172.32/cwt170.00–175.003072
Bulls—Medium and Large 2185180.00/cwt180.00–180.003338
Bulls—Medium and Large 1227181.14/cwt175.00–190.004113
Bulls—Medium and Large 2228166.57/cwt165.00–170.003803
Bulls—Medium and Large 3235150.00/cwt150.00–150.003532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1266165.52/cwt160.00–170.004406
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275146.42/cwt140.00–150.004033
Bulls—Medium and Large 3290128.47/cwt127.00–130.003732
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320152.00/cwt152.00–152.004862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1324160.77/cwt158.00–166.005217
Bulls—Medium and Large 3327139.96/cwt138.00–142.004583
Bulls—Medium and Large 2364154.19/cwt148.00–157.0056119
Bulls—Medium and Large 1376162.07/cwt158.00–168.006098
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378141.94/cwt138.00–144.005376
Bulls—Medium and Large 3419140.42/cwt136.00–144.005888
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420160.30/cwt158.00–165.006738
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429148.28/cwt146.00–154.006365
Bulls—Medium and Large 1469141.81/cwt138.00–146.0066510
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470122.00/cwt122.00–122.005731
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471131.94/cwt128.00–134.006215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522137.42/cwt132.00–142.007176
Bulls—Medium and Large 3523116.19/cwt113.00–118.006085
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525127.23/cwt122.00–131.0066810
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560124.00/cwt124.00–124.006941
Bulls—Medium and Large 3578109.97/cwt108.00–112.006362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580129.41/cwt126.00–136.0075110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610123.98/cwt122.00–126.007564
Bulls—Medium and Large 2635108.00/cwt108.00–108.006861
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,2651
Bulls——1,46578.00/cwt77.00–79.001,1432
Bulls——1,56084.02/cwt83.00–85.001,3112
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86345.05/cwt44.00–46.0038914
Cows—Lean 85-90%89948.70/cwt47.00–51.0043810
Cows—Lean 85-90%95353.77/cwt52.00–56.0051216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09162.65/cwt60.00–64.0068437
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12167.23/cwt65.00–69.0075436
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,17562.00/cwt62.00–62.007291
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22171.45/cwt70.00–74.0087224
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27371.68/cwt70.00–74.009126
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30967.13/cwt66.00–69.008797
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2251,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0012,9852

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.