Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2023-08-28

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Aug 28
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,257 head
▲ 164 vs last sale 1,093▼ 176 vs year ago 1,433 · −12.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
586 head
▲ 81 vs last sale 505▲ 50 vs year ago 536 · +9.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 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 $231.00/cwt on 148 head.
Average price
$231.00
148 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,045
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$112
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.47
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1457232.221,061128
Medium and Large 2425223.1994920
One grade step is worth $9.03/cwt here — about $112 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 sale148 hd
231.00
—
FL average8 barns · 696 hd
236.47
−5.47
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—High1,544132.632,0479thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,309107.031,40119
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,113102.161,136107
CowsLean 85-90%Average90388.9580355

Every lot

62 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 1250300.00/cwt300.00–300.007501
Steers—Medium and Large 2300305.00/cwt305.00–305.009151
Steers—Medium and Large 1318315.73/cwt310.00–320.001,00410
Steers—Medium and Large 2380282.15/cwt280.00–287.001,0723
Steers—Medium and Large 1385291.87/cwt290.00–300.001,12411
Steers—Medium and Large 2415258.21/cwt255.00–260.001,0723
Steers—Medium and Large 1423267.21/cwt262.00–272.001,13027
Steers—Medium and Large 2473243.81/cwt240.00–248.001,1532
Steers—Medium and Large 1478253.61/cwt250.00–260.001,21210
Steers—Medium and Large 2518234.63/cwt230.00–238.001,2155
Steers—Medium and Large 1522246.02/cwt240.00–250.001,28434
Steers—Medium and Large 1573241.06/cwt236.00–246.001,38117
Steers—Medium and Large 2573229.84/cwt226.00–234.001,3172
Steers—Medium and Large 2623221.45/cwt220.00–223.001,3802
Steers—Medium and Large 1639231.17/cwt230.00–240.001,4778
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2223234.49/cwt230.00–240.005232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1225252.51/cwt245.00–260.005685
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273239.59/cwt235.00–245.006542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1274256.92/cwt250.00–265.007047
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300240.00/cwt240.00–240.007201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1319255.34/cwt250.00–260.008157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371242.51/cwt237.00–247.0090022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380230.46/cwt228.00–236.008763
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415225.14/cwt220.00–228.009343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434231.73/cwt230.00–240.001,00620
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473221.33/cwt218.00–225.001,0472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474230.32/cwt226.00–236.001,09214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533223.04/cwt220.00–230.001,18926
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534211.87/cwt210.00–218.001,1314
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573211.36/cwt208.00–215.001,2112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581219.89/cwt218.00–226.001,27823
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,1761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624206.16/cwt202.00–212.001,2864
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2200275.00/cwt275.00–275.005501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1223291.74/cwt285.00–300.006512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273279.59/cwt275.00–285.007632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1291295.78/cwt295.00–305.0086111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2300305.00/cwt305.00–305.009151
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328313.51/cwt310.00–320.001,0284
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350280.00/cwt280.00–280.009801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380291.54/cwt290.00–295.001,1083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0801
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423254.47/cwt254.00–255.001,0762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473242.86/cwt240.00–246.001,1492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480251.56/cwt250.00–255.001,2073
Bulls—Medium and Large 1514240.63/cwt234.00–244.001,2378
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523230.96/cwt230.00–232.001,2082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573228.96/cwt228.00–230.001,3122
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573212.88/cwt210.00–216.001,2202
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,2361
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623215.93/cwt214.00–218.001,3452
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,205124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,4941
Bulls——1,375129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,7741
Bulls——1,616134.38/cwt130.00–138.002,1727
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90089.71/cwt85.00–94.0080749
Cows—Lean 85-90%92682.74/cwt80.00–84.007666
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07197.65/cwt95.00–99.001,04625
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,122102.07/cwt100.00–104.001,14556
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,132106.67/cwt105.00–109.001,20826
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,185100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1851
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,311109.88/cwt108.00–112.001,4419
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,320104.97/cwt103.00–107.001,3869

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.