Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2023-06-27

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Jun 27
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
932 head
▲ 274 vs last sale 658▲ 60 vs year ago 872 · +6.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
234 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 180▲ 23 vs year ago 211 · +10.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes mostly steady and feeder classes 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.56/cwt on 151 head.
Average price
$230.56
151 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$972
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$80
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.51
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1424232.27986126
Medium and Large 2408221.9290625
One grade step is worth $10.35/cwt here — about $80 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 sale151 hd
230.56
—
FL average8 barns · 644 hd
228.04
+2.51
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—Low1,507124.191,8717thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,280103.291,32214
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,200100.411,20585
CowsLean 85-90%Low98584.7283422

Every lot

63 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2223314.49/cwt310.00–320.007012
Steers—Medium and Large 1228333.41/cwt330.00–340.007604
Steers—Medium and Large 2250315.00/cwt315.00–315.007882
Steers—Medium and Large 1278326.41/cwt320.00–335.009076
Steers—Medium and Large 1318301.00/cwt295.00–305.009574
Steers—Medium and Large 2323287.33/cwt285.00–290.009282
Steers—Medium and Large 2365255.11/cwt250.00–258.009316
Steers—Medium and Large 1372265.43/cwt260.00–270.0098718
Steers—Medium and Large 2418250.02/cwt246.00–253.001,0455
Steers—Medium and Large 1424257.74/cwt254.00–264.001,09317
Steers—Medium and Large 1471245.47/cwt240.00–250.001,15634
Steers—Medium and Large 2477233.40/cwt230.00–239.001,1135
Steers—Medium and Large 2515225.18/cwt220.00–228.001,1603
Steers—Medium and Large 1532234.19/cwt232.00–240.001,24613
Steers—Medium and Large 2565217.89/cwt214.00–220.001,2313
Steers—Medium and Large 1576226.12/cwt222.00–232.001,3029
Steers—Medium and Large 2623206.48/cwt206.00–207.001,2862
Steers—Medium and Large 1625218.24/cwt214.00–224.001,3646
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2200250.00/cwt250.00–250.005002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1234271.07/cwt270.00–275.006344
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273246.42/cwt240.00–254.006732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1274264.50/cwt260.00–270.007257
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315235.08/cwt230.00–238.007413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323245.46/cwt240.00–250.0079312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373229.76/cwt226.00–234.008574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375239.14/cwt235.00–245.0089721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426232.25/cwt228.00–238.0098942
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427221.37/cwt218.00–227.009455
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465219.81/cwt214.00–223.001,0223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481227.74/cwt224.00–234.001,09519
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515203.18/cwt198.00–206.001,0463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523213.42/cwt208.00–218.001,1168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568201.30/cwt197.00–206.001,1438
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573187.48/cwt187.00–188.001,0742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0801
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622192.71/cwt188.00–198.001,1995
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1200340.00/cwt340.00–340.006801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1275327.18/cwt320.00–335.009006
Bulls—Medium and Large 1316301.15/cwt295.00–305.009527
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328287.22/cwt285.00–290.009423
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350255.00/cwt255.00–255.008931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373264.35/cwt262.00–267.009862
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415249.86/cwt246.00–252.001,0373
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422258.45/cwt255.00–262.001,0917
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473225.33/cwt222.00–229.001,0662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1481233.05/cwt230.00–240.001,12118
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523210.87/cwt208.00–214.001,1032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1529221.10/cwt218.00–226.001,17012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578209.35/cwt206.00–214.001,21037
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620208.93/cwt206.00–211.001,2954
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623198.96/cwt198.00–200.001,2402
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,310116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,5201
Bulls——1,398119.08/cwt118.00–120.001,6652
Bulls——1,610128.79/cwt127.00–131.002,0744
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95778.79/cwt77.00–81.007546
Cows—Lean 85-90%99586.94/cwt82.00–91.0086516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13795.84/cwt94.00–98.001,09032
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,212100.89/cwt99.00–103.001,22329
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,21298.34/cwt97.00–99.001,1923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,263101.43/cwt100.00–102.001,2815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,269105.92/cwt104.00–108.001,34424
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,328107.32/cwt105.00–109.001,4256

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.