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Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Jan 12
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
995 head
▲ 181 vs last sale 814▼ 140 vs year ago 1,135 · −12.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
413 head
▲ 131 vs last sale 282▲ 100 vs year ago 313 · +31.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 0▲ 5 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.84/cwt on 150 head.
Average price
$128.84
150 head · 404 lb average
Value per head Derived
$520
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$5.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.49
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1424131.1555780
Medium and Large 2392126.2749551
Medium and Large 3349125.9944019thin
One grade step is worth $5.16/cwt here — about $116 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 sale150 hd
128.84
—
FL average10 barns · 938 hd
130.33
−1.49
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—Low1,15578.009012thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42461.9788216
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23358.59722149
CowsLean 85-90%High97446.8645612

Every lot

70 lots · USDA AMS · Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Tue)
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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325164.86/cwt162.00–168.005362
Steers—Medium and Large 2326154.32/cwt150.00–158.005034
Steers—Medium and Large 3338141.96/cwt140.00–144.004802
Steers—Medium and Large 3358144.98/cwt144.00–146.005192
Steers—Medium and Large 1365163.72/cwt158.00–167.005986
Steers—Medium and Large 2365154.00/cwt154.00–154.005621
Steers—Medium and Large 2427148.24/cwt145.00–152.006337
Steers—Medium and Large 3427138.32/cwt137.00–140.005913
Steers—Medium and Large 1428157.72/cwt154.00–164.006758
Steers—Medium and Large 3465126.00/cwt126.00–126.005861
Steers—Medium and Large 2468135.27/cwt132.00–138.006336
Steers—Medium and Large 1469144.76/cwt139.00–149.0067916
Steers—Medium and Large 2510128.00/cwt128.00–128.006531
Steers—Medium and Large 1516136.70/cwt130.00–140.007059
Steers—Medium and Large 1566128.82/cwt126.00–132.007297
Steers—Medium and Large 2570118.00/cwt118.00–118.006732
Steers—Medium and Large 3573106.32/cwt102.00–111.006092
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1175217.36/cwt215.00–220.003802
Heifers—Medium and Large 1210215.81/cwt212.00–220.004532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2240192.45/cwt190.00–195.004624
Heifers—Medium and Large 3242176.96/cwt175.00–180.004283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1260165.85/cwt162.00–170.004312
Heifers—Medium and Large 3272133.53/cwt130.00–136.003635
Heifers—Medium and Large 2281145.62/cwt140.00–150.004094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1316136.72/cwt132.00–140.0043211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328124.27/cwt122.00–128.004086
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328113.79/cwt110.00–118.003732
Heifers—Medium and Large 3365112.00/cwt112.00–112.004091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372130.06/cwt125.00–135.0048415
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377119.41/cwt116.00–122.0045011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421119.40/cwt115.00–123.0050313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425128.51/cwt125.00–134.0054610
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425108.78/cwt105.00–112.004626
Heifers—Medium and Large 3450108.00/cwt108.00–108.004861
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460116.13/cwt110.00–118.005349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479122.47/cwt119.00–129.0058724
Heifers—Medium and Large 2505109.50/cwt109.00–110.005532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520117.12/cwt112.00–121.006095
Heifers—Medium and Large 353095.00/cwt95.00–95.005041
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565107.00/cwt107.00–107.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574114.78/cwt110.00–120.006597
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610105.00/cwt105.00–105.006411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618112.89/cwt109.00–117.006982
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1170237.28/cwt230.00–245.004032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1208242.41/cwt240.00–245.005042
Bulls—Medium and Large 2240218.47/cwt217.00–220.005242
Bulls—Medium and Large 3245200.00/cwt200.00–200.004901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1250216.00/cwt216.00–216.0054010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1307168.61/cwt166.00–170.005183
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330154.00/cwt154.00–154.005081
Bulls—Medium and Large 3335142.00/cwt142.00–142.004761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1350167.00/cwt167.00–167.005851
Bulls—Medium and Large 2376151.69/cwt150.00–155.005704
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378140.99/cwt140.00–142.005332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430158.00/cwt158.00–158.006791
Bulls—Medium and Large 3435136.99/cwt136.00–138.005962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1483141.99/cwt141.00–143.006862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525134.63/cwt130.00–140.007074
Bulls—Medium and Large 2527124.65/cwt123.00–126.006573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568128.44/cwt126.00–131.007302
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,01076.00/cwt76.00–76.007681
Bulls——1,30080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0401
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96149.11/cwt46.00–50.004728
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00042.36/cwt41.00–45.004244
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21154.75/cwt52.00–56.0066350
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23158.77/cwt57.00–61.0072359
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26263.11/cwt62.00–66.0079640
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31563.64/cwt62.00–66.0083711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66458.29/cwt57.00–60.009705
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,05175.43/cwt69.00–85.007935

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.