Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2023-09-05

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Sep 5
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,343 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 1,276▲ 648 vs year ago 695 · +93.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
837 head
▲ 337 vs last sale 500▲ 509 vs year ago 328 · +155.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No sale last Tuesday due to hurricane threat. Prices remain very strong.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $236.38/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$236.38
103 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,067
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.78
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1463237.741,10181
Medium and Large 2410231.3694722
One grade step is worth $6.38/cwt here — about $153 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 sale103 hd
236.38
—
FL average3 barns · 216 hd
238.16
−1.78
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—Low1,670138.112,3068thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,381109.561,51321
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,191105.951,262141
CowsLean 85-90%Low95292.6188293

Every lot

47 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2250295.00/cwt295.00–295.007381
Steers—Medium and Large 1280314.46/cwt310.00–325.008803
Steers—Medium and Large 1333332.30/cwt330.00–340.001,1076
Steers—Medium and Large 2350280.00/cwt280.00–280.009801
Steers—Medium and Large 1374294.85/cwt290.00–300.001,1034
Steers—Medium and Large 2400290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1601
Steers—Medium and Large 1440306.43/cwt306.00–310.001,34817
Steers—Medium and Large 1473254.76/cwt250.00–260.001,2054
Steers—Medium and Large 2473243.33/cwt240.00–247.001,1512
Steers—Medium and Large 1522253.19/cwt248.00–258.001,3223
Steers—Medium and Large 1565239.77/cwt235.00–242.001,35521
Steers—Medium and Large 2623220.34/cwt216.00–225.001,3732
Steers—Medium and Large 1625231.26/cwt226.00–236.001,4456
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2200235.00/cwt235.00–235.004702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1230251.45/cwt250.00–255.005783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1272262.91/cwt255.00–270.007153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273248.21/cwt245.00–252.006782
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315248.17/cwt245.00–250.007823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1317260.49/cwt255.00–265.008267
Heifers—Medium and Large 2361240.09/cwt235.00–242.008674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379248.13/cwt245.00–255.009408
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423244.79/cwt240.00–250.001,03518
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430232.17/cwt230.00–237.009983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472240.01/cwt235.00–245.001,1339
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473229.38/cwt227.00–232.001,0852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520227.56/cwt222.00–232.001,18311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523216.87/cwt214.00–220.001,1342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570221.93/cwt218.00–228.001,2656
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573208.96/cwt208.00–210.001,1972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609219.01/cwt212.00–222.001,33416
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623205.86/cwt202.00–210.001,2832
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2250305.00/cwt305.00–305.007631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1276315.93/cwt310.00–325.008724
Bulls—Medium and Large 1300340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0202
Bulls—Medium and Large 1350300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350285.00/cwt285.00–285.009981
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,238131.64/cwt130.00–133.001,6302
Bulls——1,813136.89/cwt135.00–139.002,4824
Bulls——1,815147.04/cwt146.00–148.002,6692
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88788.31/cwt86.00–90.0078336
Cows—Lean 85-90%99395.32/cwt91.00–100.0094757
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,132101.97/cwt100.00–104.001,15456
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,194104.74/cwt104.00–105.001,2514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,223107.04/cwt105.00–109.001,30959
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,247112.04/cwt110.00–114.001,39726
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,382107.00/cwt106.00–108.001,4796
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,448112.70/cwt111.00–115.001,63211

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.