Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2023-05-08

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, May 8
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
601 head
▲ 141 vs last sale 460▲ 103 vs year ago 498 · +20.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
320 head
▲ 238 vs last sale 82▲ 143 vs year ago 177 · +80.8%
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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 $206.54/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$206.54
67 head · 422 lb average
Value per head Derived
$871
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$40.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.84
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1403212.9685848
Medium and Large 2461194.9389915thin
Medium and Large 3498172.958614thin
One grade step is worth $40.01/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale67 hd
206.54
—
FL average8 barns · 438 hd
213.38
−6.84
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—High1,321113.411,4988thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33796.641,29217
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24793.281,16397
CowsLean 85-90%Average96774.8772447

Every lot

44 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1300262.00/cwt262.00–262.007861
Steers—Medium and Large 1406243.06/cwt238.00–244.009877
Steers—Medium and Large 2423227.79/cwt224.00–232.009642
Steers—Medium and Large 2468214.62/cwt210.00–218.001,0045
Steers—Medium and Large 1473220.95/cwt220.00–222.001,0452
Steers—Medium and Large 2500208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,0402
Steers—Medium and Large 1526217.55/cwt216.00–220.001,1445
Steers—Medium and Large 2550198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,0891
Steers—Medium and Large 1573211.92/cwt210.00–214.001,2142
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1218228.73/cwt220.00–235.004998
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300220.00/cwt220.00–220.006601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326233.08/cwt230.00–237.007605
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380223.14/cwt220.00–230.008487
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380212.46/cwt210.00–218.008073
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415199.14/cwt194.00–202.008263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416209.09/cwt204.00–214.008709
Heifers—Medium and Large 3423186.95/cwt186.00–188.007912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468208.21/cwt202.00–212.009746
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473196.86/cwt194.00–200.009312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1505198.24/cwt192.00–199.001,00110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515186.59/cwt184.00–188.009613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568183.85/cwt178.00–188.001,0443
Heifers—Medium and Large 3573158.96/cwt158.00–160.009112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580171.90/cwt170.00–176.009973
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315263.17/cwt260.00–265.008293
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365240.75/cwt235.00–244.008793
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374248.82/cwt245.00–255.009314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430238.62/cwt238.00–240.001,0263
Bulls—Medium and Large 2438225.22/cwt224.00–232.009866
Bulls—Medium and Large 2450216.00/cwt216.00–216.009722
Bulls—Medium and Large 3450208.00/cwt208.00–208.009362
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478225.10/cwt222.00–230.001,07610
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580196.63/cwt196.00–198.001,1403
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,298109.79/cwt109.00–110.001,4255
Bulls——1,358119.45/cwt117.00–124.001,6223
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89769.34/cwt68.00–71.0062212
Cows—Lean 85-90%99176.77/cwt72.00–81.0076135
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19293.77/cwt92.00–96.001,11834
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23789.39/cwt87.00–91.001,10638
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33393.11/cwt91.00–94.001,2417
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33698.53/cwt97.00–101.001,31625
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33997.42/cwt95.00–99.001,3047
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,340103.04/cwt102.00–104.001,3813

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.