Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2023-06-20

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Jun 20
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
658 head
▼ 166 vs last sale 824▲ 108 vs year ago 550 · +19.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 141 vs last sale 321▼ 37 vs year ago 217 · −17.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 1.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder classes less than 450 lbs. higher and feeder classes over 450 lbs. lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.80/cwt on 115 head.
Average price
$215.80
115 head · 426 lb average
Value per head Derived
$920
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.36
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1435216.8394397
Medium and Large 2379210.2679718thin
One grade step is worth $6.57/cwt here — about $146 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
215.80
—
FL average8 barns · 601 hd
226.16
−10.36
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—High1,358118.401,6083thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,298103.971,34911
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18599.201,17569
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04081.1584416

Every lot

55 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1273326.88/cwt320.00–335.008922
Steers—Medium and Large 2295315.00/cwt315.00–315.009291
Steers—Medium and Large 1318295.66/cwt290.00–300.009405
Steers—Medium and Large 2323282.33/cwt280.00–285.009122
Steers—Medium and Large 1371255.28/cwt250.00–260.0094710
Steers—Medium and Large 2373243.76/cwt240.00–248.009092
Steers—Medium and Large 1423243.89/cwt240.00–248.001,0325
Steers—Medium and Large 2423232.37/cwt230.00–235.009832
Steers—Medium and Large 1467236.46/cwt230.00–240.001,10421
Steers—Medium and Large 2473223.33/cwt220.00–227.001,0562
Steers—Medium and Large 2523218.96/cwt218.00–220.001,1452
Steers—Medium and Large 1524227.47/cwt222.00–232.001,1929
Steers—Medium and Large 2573211.60/cwt209.00–214.001,2122
Steers—Medium and Large 1575218.12/cwt216.00–226.001,25426
Steers—Medium and Large 2615205.55/cwt201.00–208.001,2643
Steers—Medium and Large 1630213.17/cwt210.00–220.001,3433
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2165240.00/cwt240.00–240.003961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1178254.60/cwt245.00–260.004536
Heifers—Medium and Large 2223229.49/cwt225.00–235.005122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1233244.23/cwt240.00–255.0056911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1278240.81/cwt235.00–250.006699
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280221.49/cwt220.00–225.006203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323215.00/cwt210.00–220.006945
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323204.79/cwt202.00–208.006612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369225.06/cwt220.00–228.008305
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373212.82/cwt210.00–216.007942
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423206.84/cwt204.00–210.008752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430215.16/cwt212.00–222.009256
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473202.86/cwt200.00–206.009602
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474214.93/cwt210.00–220.001,01912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523195.35/cwt192.00–199.001,0222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528203.76/cwt200.00–210.001,07620
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573187.92/cwt186.00–190.001,0772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576198.38/cwt194.00–204.001,14312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625193.13/cwt190.00–198.001,20711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2200320.00/cwt320.00–320.006402
Bulls—Medium and Large 1223344.49/cwt340.00–350.007682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1258334.92/cwt325.00–338.0086415
Bulls—Medium and Large 2265318.14/cwt315.00–320.008433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330291.52/cwt290.00–295.009623
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400218.00/cwt218.00–218.008721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423231.63/cwt227.00–234.009804
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473230.95/cwt230.00–232.001,0922
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523218.60/cwt214.00–224.001,1434
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,355110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4911
Bulls——1,360122.60/cwt121.00–124.001,6672
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00873.54/cwt73.00–74.007412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04482.24/cwt79.00–86.0085914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,156104.93/cwt103.00–107.001,21319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17495.01/cwt93.00–97.001,11530
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228100.03/cwt98.00–102.001,22820
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,252100.98/cwt100.00–103.001,2643
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27398.52/cwt98.00–99.001,2542
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,329107.28/cwt105.00–109.001,4266

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.