Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2023-04-10

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Apr 10
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
287 head
▼ 413 vs last sale 700▼ 291 vs year ago 578 · −50.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
136 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 158▼ 81 vs year ago 217 · −37.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 1.00 to 3.00 higher and feeder classes to few to trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $305.67/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 25 of 24 comparable sales and sits +96.81 against this barn's trailing median of $208.86.
Average price
$305.67
3 head · 300 lb average
Value per head Derived
$917
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+113.36
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1300305.679173thin
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 sale3 hd
305.67
—
FL average7 barns · 175 hd
192.31
+113.36
This barn, trailing median24 sales
208.86
+96.81
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—Average1,399108.361,5166thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,413104.251,4739thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,185102.421,21345

Every lot

12 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1300292.00/cwt292.00–292.008762
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1250325.00/cwt325.00–325.008131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1300297.00/cwt297.00–297.008911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1350295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0331
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,380110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5181
Bulls——1,401105.79/cwt104.00–108.001,4824
Bulls——1,410117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,6501
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,142102.64/cwt101.00–105.001,17215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181107.65/cwt106.00–110.001,27113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22598.23/cwt96.00–100.001,20317
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,366101.46/cwt101.00–103.001,3864
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,451106.48/cwt104.00–108.001,5455

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.