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Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Dec 19
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Receipts
312 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 281▲ 312 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 4.00 to 8.00 higher.

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—Low1,670118.711,98227
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,466103.911,52323
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,172100.461,178135
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02685.7388026

Every lot

11 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
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,523117.50/cwt116.00–119.001,7905
Bulls——1,576112.84/cwt111.00–115.001,77810
Bulls——1,809124.11/cwt121.00–129.002,24512
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96878.46/cwt77.00–80.007594
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03787.05/cwt81.00–90.0090322
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11795.24/cwt93.00–97.001,06438
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,154100.30/cwt98.00–102.001,15746
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230104.50/cwt103.00–107.001,28551
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,448105.21/cwt103.00–107.001,52318
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,473100.31/cwt99.00–102.001,4784
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,76095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,6721

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.