Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2023-08-15

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Aug 15
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,363 head
▲ 472 vs last sale 891▲ 105 vs year ago 1,258 · +8.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
266 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 298▼ 125 vs year ago 391 · −32.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower, slaughter bulls steady and feeder classes unevenly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $228.20/cwt on 151 head.
Average price
$228.20
151 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,123
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$168
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.63
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2423229.5697114thin
Medium and Large 1499228.061,138137
One grade step is worth $1.50/cwt here — about −$168 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
228.20
—
FL average8 barns · 739 hd
229.83
−1.63
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—Average1,638130.952,1454thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,326105.821,40312
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,199102.401,22871
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04784.0088023

Every lot

51 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1300330.00/cwt330.00–330.009901
Steers—Medium and Large 2300325.00/cwt325.00–325.009751
Steers—Medium and Large 1365293.20/cwt290.00–295.001,0703
Steers—Medium and Large 2373275.94/cwt275.00–277.001,0292
Steers—Medium and Large 2423253.31/cwt250.00–257.001,0722
Steers—Medium and Large 1426264.76/cwt260.00–270.001,1288
Steers—Medium and Large 1472256.25/cwt254.00–260.001,21013
Steers—Medium and Large 2473243.81/cwt240.00–248.001,1532
Steers—Medium and Large 1518247.67/cwt244.00–250.001,28323
Steers—Medium and Large 2523232.87/cwt230.00–236.001,2182
Steers—Medium and Large 2565225.24/cwt222.00–227.001,2733
Steers—Medium and Large 1575236.14/cwt230.00–240.001,35826
Steers—Medium and Large 1624229.15/cwt224.00–234.001,43052
Steers—Medium and Large 2630217.90/cwt216.00–222.001,3733
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2250255.00/cwt255.00–255.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265271.29/cwt265.00–275.007193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315256.35/cwt250.00–260.008083
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323244.33/cwt242.00–247.007892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361258.60/cwt255.00–260.0093410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373243.76/cwt240.00–248.009092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423239.48/cwt234.00–244.001,01318
Heifers—Medium and Large 2434225.84/cwt224.00–232.009804
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473223.81/cwt220.00–228.001,0592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474234.55/cwt230.00–240.001,11212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522223.14/cwt218.00–228.001,16549
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523211.83/cwt208.00–216.001,1082
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,1441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575214.67/cwt210.00–220.001,23442
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2250330.00/cwt330.00–330.008251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1269340.95/cwt335.00–350.009174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1309343.88/cwt340.00–345.001,0635
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365278.92/cwt277.00–280.001,0183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1381286.92/cwt285.00–295.001,09312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423265.52/cwt262.00–270.001,1233
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423252.37/cwt250.00–255.001,0682
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1252
Bulls—Medium and Large 2450247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,1121
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523215.83/cwt212.00–220.001,1292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1524226.63/cwt222.00–232.001,1884
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,1331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568215.25/cwt212.00–218.001,2233
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,565127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,9881
Bulls——1,662132.26/cwt129.00–136.002,1983
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01975.79/cwt75.00–78.007724
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05385.73/cwt80.00–89.0090319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18398.12/cwt96.00–100.001,16126
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,199103.59/cwt101.00–105.001,24228
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224106.97/cwt106.00–110.001,30917
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27098.06/cwt97.00–99.001,2452
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,336107.75/cwt106.00–110.001,4409
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,350104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,4041

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.