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Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Name: Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) livestock auction prices — 2022-05-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, May 31

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419

← May 24May 31Jun 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

448 head

▼ 219 vs last sale 667▼ 244 vs year ago 692 · −35.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

189 head

▼ 67 vs last sale 256▼ 39 vs year ago 228 · −17.1%

Also sold hereRegular saleMon Nov 2, 2026

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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 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.42/cwt on 115 head.

Average price

$149.42

115 head · 386 lb average

Value per head Derived

$577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$22.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.12

vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	377	159.02	599	51
Medium and Large 2	401	145.84	585	36
Medium and Large 3	383	136.53	523	28

One grade step is worth $22.50/cwt here — about $76 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 sale115 hd

149.42

—

FL average6 barns · 323 hd

149.54

−0.12

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,629	107.83	1,757	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,212	81.05	983	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,101	77.52	854	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	958	62.21	596	27

Every lot

62 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	250	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	410	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	273	188.21/cwt	185.00–192.00	514	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	275	174.26/cwt	170.00–180.00	479	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	323	181.72/cwt	178.00–186.00	587	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	323	171.72/cwt	168.00–176.00	555	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	324	193.58/cwt	188.00–197.00	627	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	350	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	557	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	181.86/cwt	178.00–185.00	675	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	170.17/cwt	166.00–175.00	635	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	179.14/cwt	175.00–184.00	760	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	171.05/cwt	169.00–174.00	730	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	450	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	675	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	172.58/cwt	170.00–176.00	835	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	155.93/cwt	154.00–159.00	811	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	523	148.87/cwt	146.00–152.00	779	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	171.22/cwt	170.00–173.00	906	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	200	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	350	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	223	141.80/cwt	140.00–144.00	316	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	270	161.54/cwt	152.00–166.00	436	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	270	144.98/cwt	138.00–150.00	391	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	273	134.46/cwt	134.00–135.00	367	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	317	167.67/cwt	162.00–171.00	532	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	321	156.85/cwt	152.00–160.00	503	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	323	143.38/cwt	141.00–146.00	463	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	367	138.03/cwt	134.00–142.00	507	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	159.59/cwt	156.00–164.00	594	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	372	148.40/cwt	144.00–152.00	552	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	417	137.02/cwt	132.00–140.00	571	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	419	147.12/cwt	143.00–150.00	616	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	154.68/cwt	151.00–161.00	660	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	471	130.06/cwt	126.00–134.00	613	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	472	140.32/cwt	136.00–144.00	662	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	151.63/cwt	149.00–156.00	719	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	500	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	645	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	145.84/cwt	140.00–150.00	755	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	519	134.50/cwt	130.00–138.00	698	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	250	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	443	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	273	163.38/cwt	162.00–165.00	446	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	300	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	582	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	300	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	504	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	324	179.61/cwt	177.00–184.00	582	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	350	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	651	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	365	161.28/cwt	160.00–162.00	589	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	373	170.35/cwt	166.00–174.00	635	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	407	163.02/cwt	158.00–164.00	663	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	420	180.75/cwt	176.00–185.00	759	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	429	167.64/cwt	165.00–171.00	719	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	464	163.94/cwt	158.00–166.00	761	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	473	151.86/cwt	149.00–155.00	718	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	476	172.46/cwt	169.00–178.00	821	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	521	166.78/cwt	163.00–170.00	869	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	155.48/cwt	155.00–156.00	813	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	523	143.48/cwt	143.00–144.00	750	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,569	105.61/cwt	104.00–107.00	1,657	5
Bulls	—	—	1,704	110.60/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,885	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	898	55.23/cwt	55.00–56.00	496	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	988	65.70/cwt	61.00–69.00	649	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,062	73.54/cwt	71.00–75.00	781	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,104	77.87/cwt	76.00–80.00	860	25
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,156	83.06/cwt	81.00–85.00	960	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,168	82.07/cwt	81.00–84.00	959	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,345	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,049	1

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Tue)

Tue May 31, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 448Last week 667Year ago 692

Slaughter CattleReceipts 189Last week 256Year ago 228

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	417	132.00–140.00	137.02
1	—	500	129.00	129.00
2	—	273	134.00–135.00	134.46
2	—	223	140.00–144.00	141.80
6	—	367	134.00–142.00	138.03
4	—	323	141.00–146.00	143.38
6	—	471	126.00–134.00	130.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	143.00–150.00	147.12
5	—	519	130.00–138.00	134.50
7	—	472	136.00–144.00	140.32
3	—	270	138.00–150.00	144.98
10	—	372	144.00–152.00	148.40
6	—	321	152.00–160.00	156.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	317	162.00–171.00	167.67
1	—	200	175.00	175.00
3	—	518	140.00–150.00	145.84
8	—	270	152.00–166.00	161.54
9	—	427	151.00–161.00	154.68
10	—	474	149.00–156.00	151.63
7	—	372	156.00–164.00	159.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	427	169.00–174.00	171.05
4	—	275	170.00–180.00	174.26
8	—	373	166.00–175.00	170.17
3	—	520	154.00–159.00	155.93
2	—	323	178.00–186.00	181.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	324	188.00–197.00	193.58
4	—	529	170.00–173.00	171.22
14	—	424	175.00–184.00	179.14
10	—	371	178.00–185.00	181.86
8	—	484	170.00–176.00	172.58
4	—	273	185.00–192.00	188.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	159.00	159.00
2	—	323	168.00–176.00	171.72
2	—	523	146.00–152.00	148.87
2	—	250	164.00	164.00
1	—	450	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	250	177.00	177.00
4	—	373	166.00–174.00	170.35
2	—	523	155.00–156.00	155.48
10	—	429	165.00–171.00	167.64
4	—	324	177.00–184.00	179.61
12	—	464	158.00–166.00	163.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	186.00	186.00
7	—	476	169.00–178.00	172.46
6	—	521	163.00–170.00	166.78
7	—	420	176.00–185.00	180.75
1	—	300	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	143.00–144.00	143.48
2	—	473	149.00–155.00	151.86
11	—	407	158.00–164.00	163.02
3	—	365	160.00–162.00	161.28
2	—	273	162.00–165.00	163.38
1	—	300	168.00	168.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,104	76.00–80.00	77.87
23	—	1,062	71.00–75.00	73.54
15	—	1,156	81.00–85.00	83.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	988	61.00–69.00	65.70
9	—	898	55.00–56.00	55.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,168	81.00–84.00	82.07
1	—	1,345	78.00	78.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,704	109.00–114.00	110.60
5	—	1,569	104.00–107.00	105.61

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.