Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2021-08-16

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Aug 16
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,106 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 1,051▲ 23 vs year ago 1,083 · +2.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
434 head
▲ 181 vs last sale 253▲ 158 vs year ago 276 · +57.2%
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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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.80/cwt on 199 head.
Average price
$140.80
199 head · 436 lb average
Value per head Derived
$613
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$6.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.77
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464142.4466094
Medium and Large 2418140.8358874
Medium and Large 3394135.7953531
One grade step is worth $6.65/cwt here — about $126 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 sale199 hd
140.80
—
FL average9 barns · 1,149 hd
142.57
−1.77
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—Low1,53388.721,3607thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,24069.158578thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11365.7573271
CowsLean 85-90%Low95253.1150647

Every lot

68 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3278189.95/cwt188.00–192.005282
Steers—Medium and Large 3312194.65/cwt194.00–196.006073
Steers—Medium and Large 1350200.00/cwt200.00–200.007001
Steers—Medium and Large 2373184.33/cwt180.00–186.006885
Steers—Medium and Large 3378173.27/cwt170.00–178.0065514
Steers—Medium and Large 3414156.18/cwt150.00–158.006477
Steers—Medium and Large 1424174.34/cwt170.00–180.007397
Steers—Medium and Large 2428163.70/cwt160.00–169.007016
Steers—Medium and Large 1462166.18/cwt162.00–169.0076830
Steers—Medium and Large 3470143.91/cwt140.00–148.006764
Steers—Medium and Large 2476152.72/cwt149.00–158.007277
Steers—Medium and Large 1524150.27/cwt148.00–156.007876
Steers—Medium and Large 2528139.87/cwt136.00–144.007392
Steers—Medium and Large 3540126.99/cwt126.00–128.006862
Steers—Medium and Large 3559131.13/cwt125.00–133.0073310
Steers—Medium and Large 1571148.85/cwt145.00–154.0085034
Steers—Medium and Large 2573138.92/cwt134.00–142.007964
Steers—Medium and Large 2615125.49/cwt124.00–127.007722
Steers—Medium and Large 1625133.01/cwt129.00–139.0083111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1277161.49/cwt156.00–170.004475
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278145.82/cwt140.00–150.004058
Heifers—Medium and Large 3285130.00/cwt130.00–130.003713
Heifers—Medium and Large 3327151.61/cwt148.00–156.004967
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328171.44/cwt168.00–178.005626
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330160.92/cwt158.00–164.005316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371161.04/cwt156.00–166.0059721
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375139.96/cwt138.00–142.005253
Heifers—Medium and Large 2381148.88/cwt146.00–154.0056713
Heifers—Medium and Large 3417135.54/cwt131.00–139.0056511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424154.28/cwt150.00–160.0065414
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428143.35/cwt140.00–148.0061421
Heifers—Medium and Large 3468124.39/cwt119.00–128.005826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473143.52/cwt139.00–149.006798
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476132.63/cwt129.00–138.0063121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532122.77/cwt120.00–130.0065313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532112.53/cwt110.00–118.005993
Heifers—Medium and Large 3540101.00/cwt101.00–101.005451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580121.18/cwt118.00–128.0070323
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583110.50/cwt110.00–111.006442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616119.96/cwt117.00–124.007394
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1255228.00/cwt228.00–228.005811
Bulls—Medium and Large 3288186.99/cwt186.00–188.005392
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315204.00/cwt204.00–204.006431
Bulls—Medium and Large 3315194.00/cwt194.00–194.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335210.00/cwt210.00–210.007041
Bulls—Medium and Large 3361176.76/cwt174.00–178.006385
Bulls—Medium and Large 2395180.00/cwt180.00–180.007118
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413166.45/cwt164.00–169.006874
Bulls—Medium and Large 3427153.54/cwt150.00–158.006566
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433172.34/cwt170.00–176.007465
Bulls—Medium and Large 3450148.00/cwt148.00–148.006663
Bulls—Medium and Large 2486150.73/cwt149.00–152.007334
Bulls—Medium and Large 2518141.58/cwt140.00–144.007335
Bulls—Medium and Large 3518131.35/cwt127.00–135.006807
Bulls—Medium and Large 1540146.99/cwt146.00–148.007942
Bulls—Medium and Large 2576137.74/cwt136.00–139.007934
Bulls—Medium and Large 3595124.00/cwt124.00–124.007381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2624122.93/cwt119.00–128.007675
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50586.69/cwt86.00–88.001,3053
Bulls——1,55490.25/cwt89.00–93.001,4024
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92247.51/cwt45.00–49.0043815
Cows—Lean 85-90%96655.73/cwt50.00–59.0053832
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05161.46/cwt60.00–63.0064615
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10665.37/cwt64.00–68.0072338
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,12062.00/cwt62.00–62.006941
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,15066.51/cwt66.00–67.007652
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18170.11/cwt69.00–73.0082818
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,30071.64/cwt71.00–73.009315

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.