Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2023-06-12

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jun 12
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,073 head
▲ 165 vs last sale 908▲ 394 vs year ago 679 · +58.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
259 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 192▲ 48 vs year ago 211 · +22.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes mostly steady. Feeder steers less than 400 lbs. steady and over 400 lbs. higher. Heifers less than 450 lbs. lower and over 450 lbs. considerably higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $263.57/cwt on 130 head.
Average price
$263.57
130 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,200
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.55
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1459265.621,218106
Medium and Large 2440254.521,12024
One grade step is worth $11.10/cwt here — about $98 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 sale130 hd
263.57
—
FL average8 barns · 646 hd
262.02
+1.55
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—High1,382127.761,76610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,242109.981,36619
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,201103.441,24259
CowsLean 85-90%Low93282.2976729

Every lot

59 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2273287.29/cwt285.00–290.007842
Steers—Medium and Large 1278304.59/cwt300.00–315.008474
Steers—Medium and Large 1316291.01/cwt285.00–295.009204
Steers—Medium and Large 1368268.18/cwt262.00–272.0098712
Steers—Medium and Large 2368256.57/cwt252.00–260.009445
Steers—Medium and Large 1412266.97/cwt258.00–268.001,10035
Steers—Medium and Large 2413250.85/cwt249.00–255.001,0367
Steers—Medium and Large 2473252.86/cwt250.00–256.001,1964
Steers—Medium and Large 1480261.02/cwt258.00–268.001,25313
Steers—Medium and Large 2500254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,2702
Steers—Medium and Large 1518261.77/cwt258.00–266.001,35617
Steers—Medium and Large 1568261.53/cwt256.00–266.001,48513
Steers—Medium and Large 2573252.40/cwt250.00–255.001,4462
Steers—Medium and Large 1621245.96/cwt242.00–250.001,5278
Steers—Medium and Large 2623235.45/cwt234.00–237.001,4672
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2215203.10/cwt200.00–205.004373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1224216.83/cwt210.00–225.004865
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273210.67/cwt207.00–215.005752
Heifers—Medium and Large 3273194.59/cwt190.00–200.005312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1283222.86/cwt220.00–235.006317
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315213.17/cwt210.00–215.006713
Heifers—Medium and Large 3323202.33/cwt200.00–205.006542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328221.30/cwt218.00–227.0072610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380222.96/cwt220.00–228.0084711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380211.54/cwt210.00–215.008043
Heifers—Medium and Large 3380200.15/cwt198.00–205.007613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2411215.11/cwt210.00–217.008844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431222.83/cwt220.00–228.0096016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471245.26/cwt240.00–250.001,1559
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480231.88/cwt230.00–236.001,1133
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515235.18/cwt230.00–238.001,2113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527243.63/cwt240.00–250.001,28412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569235.89/cwt230.00–240.001,3427
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573226.48/cwt226.00–227.001,2982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623233.86/cwt230.00–238.001,4572
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1222297.82/cwt290.00–305.006613
Bulls—Medium and Large 1272307.98/cwt300.00–315.008386
Bulls—Medium and Large 1300285.00/cwt285.00–285.008551
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373233.41/cwt232.00–235.008712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378243.68/cwt240.00–250.009216
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423223.79/cwt220.00–228.009472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1431232.99/cwt230.00–240.001,0047
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473232.86/cwt230.00–236.001,1012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475248.28/cwt247.00–250.001,1793
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523242.87/cwt240.00–246.001,2702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623240.96/cwt240.00–242.001,5012
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,353125.94/cwt125.00–127.001,7046
Bulls——1,417133.65/cwt130.00–136.001,8943
Bulls——1,455121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,7611
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89777.83/cwt75.00–79.0069812
Cows—Lean 85-90%95685.44/cwt80.00–89.0081717
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,125104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,1702
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16298.86/cwt97.00–101.001,14923
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,176104.33/cwt102.00–106.001,22719
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,209107.99/cwt106.00–109.001,3065
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,275111.81/cwt110.00–114.001,42612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,282108.64/cwt107.00–111.001,39317

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.