Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2023-03-20

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Mar 20
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
387 head
▼ 340 vs last sale 727▼ 23 vs year ago 410 · −5.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 156 vs last sale 336▼ 46 vs year ago 226 · −20.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 1.00 to 3.00 lower and number 1 feeder calves trending higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $257.44/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 25 of 24 comparable sales and sits +48.58 against this barn's trailing median of $208.86.
Average price
$257.44
20 head · 329 lb average
Value per head Derived
$848
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+67.52
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1329257.4484820
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale20 hd
257.44
—
FL average6 barns · 150 hd
189.92
+67.52
This barn, trailing median24 sales
208.86
+48.58
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

24 sales
252222191161median 208.8603/0204/2006/1508/3110/26
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $238.02, low $174.75, median $208.86 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,603114.701,8396thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,342102.901,38117
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21999.491,21360
CowsLean 85-90%Low91074.2067522

Every lot

28 lots · USDA AMS · Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Mon)
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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1250272.00/cwt272.00–272.006801
Steers—Medium and Large 1350252.00/cwt252.00–252.008821
Steers—Medium and Large 1450224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,0081
Steers—Medium and Large 1522209.03/cwt204.00–214.001,0915
Steers—Medium and Large 1550212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1661
Steers—Medium and Large 1600183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,0981
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1221247.89/cwt240.00–255.005486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1279235.07/cwt230.00–242.006566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1300228.00/cwt228.00–228.006841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1350217.00/cwt217.00–217.007601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400200.00/cwt200.00–200.008001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550176.00/cwt176.00–176.009681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623163.45/cwt162.00–165.001,0182
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1216270.90/cwt265.00–275.005854
Bulls—Medium and Large 1271277.01/cwt270.00–285.0075110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323275.72/cwt272.00–280.008912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,0601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1622177.21/cwt173.00–183.001,1023
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,428109.09/cwt108.00–111.001,5582
Bulls——1,691117.50/cwt114.00–120.001,9874
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85168.97/cwt68.00–70.005878
Cows—Lean 85-90%94477.19/cwt73.00–82.0072914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15996.18/cwt94.00–98.001,11523
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,238100.78/cwt99.00–103.001,24830
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,279101.43/cwt100.00–103.001,2975
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,335104.87/cwt104.00–108.001,4007
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35896.57/cwt95.00–98.001,3112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,371104.90/cwt104.00–108.001,43810

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.