Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2023-07-11

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Jul 11
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,155 head
▲ 223 vs last sale 932▼ 191 vs year ago 1,346 · −14.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
260 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 234▼ 86 vs year ago 346 · −24.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No sale last week. Mostly steady compared to previous weeks.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $226.91/cwt on 117 head.
Average price
$226.91
117 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,018
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.11
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1452228.781,03594
Medium and Large 2435219.2395323
One grade step is worth $9.55/cwt here — about $81 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 sale117 hd
226.91
—
FL average7 barns · 496 hd
228.02
−1.11
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—Average1,485116.701,7339thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,414103.901,46913
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,228101.251,243100
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00283.7883946

Every lot

52 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 1250335.00/cwt335.00–335.008381
Steers—Medium and Large 2295310.00/cwt310.00–310.009151
Steers—Medium and Large 1315311.35/cwt305.00–315.009813
Steers—Medium and Large 2323294.65/cwt290.00–300.009522
Steers—Medium and Large 2373253.29/cwt250.00–257.009452
Steers—Medium and Large 1374265.35/cwt260.00–270.009927
Steers—Medium and Large 2423250.84/cwt248.00–254.001,0612
Steers—Medium and Large 1424261.65/cwt257.00–267.001,10913
Steers—Medium and Large 2461245.85/cwt240.00–248.001,1334
Steers—Medium and Large 1472254.69/cwt250.00–260.001,20211
Steers—Medium and Large 1511248.65/cwt242.00–251.001,27124
Steers—Medium and Large 2523235.83/cwt232.00–240.001,2334
Steers—Medium and Large 2561225.14/cwt220.00–227.001,2634
Steers—Medium and Large 1571233.36/cwt228.00–238.001,33213
Steers—Medium and Large 1619224.31/cwt220.00–228.001,3885
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273235.50/cwt230.00–242.006432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1276255.22/cwt250.00–260.007045
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315233.81/cwt230.00–236.007373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323245.56/cwt240.00–250.007934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366239.26/cwt234.00–242.008768
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373225.76/cwt222.00–230.008422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425231.07/cwt226.00–236.0098221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2434219.61/cwt218.00–225.009534
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465215.81/cwt210.00–219.001,0046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468226.56/cwt220.00–230.001,06029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523219.80/cwt215.00–225.001,15021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523209.83/cwt206.00–214.001,0974
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572215.79/cwt214.00–218.001,2346
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573202.88/cwt200.00–206.001,1632
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265334.43/cwt325.00–340.008863
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273317.29/cwt315.00–320.008662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1300305.00/cwt305.00–305.009151
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323293.40/cwt292.00–295.009482
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373250.94/cwt250.00–252.009362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1379263.33/cwt260.00–270.009984
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423255.68/cwt252.00–260.001,0826
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423241.89/cwt240.00–244.001,0232
Bulls—Medium and Large 2450237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,0671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478243.08/cwt240.00–248.001,1625
Bulls—Medium and Large 2500212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523222.78/cwt218.00–228.001,1652
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,415111.09/cwt110.00–112.001,5722
Bulls——1,475117.62/cwt116.00–119.001,7355
Bulls——1,580120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,8962
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95278.97/cwt77.00–81.0075216
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02886.35/cwt83.00–91.0088830
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16096.35/cwt94.00–98.001,11822
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,199100.97/cwt99.00–103.001,21149
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,327105.44/cwt104.00–108.001,39929
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34097.00/cwt97.00–97.001,3001
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,393105.82/cwt104.00–108.001,4748
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,474101.79/cwt100.00–103.001,5004

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.