Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2023-06-06

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Jun 6
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
844 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 817▲ 283 vs year ago 561 · +50.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
223 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 208▲ 79 vs year ago 144 · +54.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 1.00 to 3.00 higher and feeder classes remain strong with little consistency between weight classes to trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $202.94/cwt on 147 head.
Average price
$202.94
147 head · 415 lb average
Value per head Derived
$843
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.30
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1424205.25871117
Medium and Large 2365198.0072422
Medium and Large 3424182.807748thin
One grade step is worth $22.45/cwt here — about $97 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 sale147 hd
202.94
—
FL average8 barns · 621 hd
217.24
−14.30
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—High1,475130.241,92118
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,185108.271,2837thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,218104.901,27892
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00886.8187520

Every lot

56 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1230252.90/cwt250.00–260.005823
Steers—Medium and Large 2250260.00/cwt260.00–260.006501
Steers—Medium and Large 1269274.04/cwt267.00–280.007375
Steers—Medium and Large 3273237.29/cwt235.00–240.006482
Steers—Medium and Large 1340246.88/cwt246.00–255.008399
Steers—Medium and Large 1361246.86/cwt240.00–249.008919
Steers—Medium and Large 2373236.06/cwt235.00–237.008812
Steers—Medium and Large 1405235.28/cwt230.00–236.0095312
Steers—Medium and Large 2436220.73/cwt220.00–224.009625
Steers—Medium and Large 2465249.65/cwt249.00–250.001,1613
Steers—Medium and Large 1475259.52/cwt255.00–265.001,23342
Steers—Medium and Large 2500236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1801
Steers—Medium and Large 1523249.31/cwt244.00–254.001,30414
Steers—Medium and Large 2600212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,2722
Steers—Medium and Large 1625225.66/cwt220.00–230.001,4104
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2200200.00/cwt200.00–200.004002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1223221.74/cwt215.00–230.004944
Heifers—Medium and Large 3250195.00/cwt195.00–195.004881
Heifers—Medium and Large 2271202.97/cwt200.00–207.005504
Heifers—Medium and Large 1278225.34/cwt220.00–230.006266
Heifers—Medium and Large 3300200.00/cwt200.00–200.006001
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323206.79/cwt204.00–210.006684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328216.27/cwt214.00–222.0070918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368212.53/cwt208.00–216.007826
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384200.91/cwt200.00–204.007714
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423186.84/cwt184.00–190.007902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434207.43/cwt206.00–214.0090025
Heifers—Medium and Large 2434196.92/cwt196.00–200.008554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473197.71/cwt193.00–202.0093548
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473186.86/cwt184.00–190.008842
Heifers—Medium and Large 3473175.90/cwt174.00–178.008322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523175.91/cwt174.00–178.009202
Heifers—Medium and Large 3523170.96/cwt170.00–172.008942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541193.09/cwt193.00–194.001,04510
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3200222.00/cwt222.00–222.004441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1239251.04/cwt250.00–260.006008
Bulls—Medium and Large 2265253.89/cwt252.00–255.006733
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273269.59/cwt265.00–275.007362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323246.40/cwt245.00–248.007962
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323238.26/cwt235.00–242.007702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2361215.73/cwt215.00–216.007794
Bulls—Medium and Large 3365208.20/cwt205.00–210.007603
Bulls—Medium and Large 1381228.41/cwt226.00–235.008709
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423223.89/cwt222.00–226.009472
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423210.26/cwt206.00–215.008892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1472226.51/cwt222.00–232.001,0693
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,444132.16/cwt128.00–136.001,90814
Bulls——1,525119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,8151
Bulls——1,602125.01/cwt123.00–127.002,0033
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91279.33/cwt78.00–80.007233
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02588.13/cwt84.00–92.0090317
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,137104.61/cwt103.00–107.001,1893
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,171100.30/cwt98.00–102.001,17529
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,189105.19/cwt103.00–107.001,25138
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,221111.01/cwt110.00–112.001,3554
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,318109.80/cwt108.00–112.001,44725

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.