Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2023-09-11

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Sep 11
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,242 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 1,257▲ 6 vs year ago 1,236 · +0.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
350 head
▼ 236 vs last sale 586▲ 105 vs year ago 245 · +42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No sale last Monday. Prices continue to remain very good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $259.87/cwt on 91 head.
Average price
$259.87
91 head · 487 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,266
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$101
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.77
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2455261.091,18821
Medium and Large 1497259.501,28970
One grade step is worth $1.59/cwt here — about −$101 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 sale91 hd
259.87
—
FL average8 barns · 457 hd
269.64
−9.77
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—Low1,235131.741,62814
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,242110.141,36818
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,141104.981,19874
CowsLean 85-90%Low99892.2692133

Every lot

61 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2250315.00/cwt315.00–315.007882
Steers—Medium and Large 1273329.59/cwt325.00–335.009002
Steers—Medium and Large 1300340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0201
Steers—Medium and Large 2300325.00/cwt325.00–325.009751
Steers—Medium and Large 1365291.80/cwt290.00–295.001,0653
Steers—Medium and Large 2373282.35/cwt280.00–285.001,0532
Steers—Medium and Large 1419275.69/cwt270.00–280.001,15516
Steers—Medium and Large 2434261.15/cwt260.00–265.001,1334
Steers—Medium and Large 1471270.44/cwt265.00–275.001,27411
Steers—Medium and Large 2477257.64/cwt255.00–262.001,2295
Steers—Medium and Large 2515244.53/cwt240.00–247.001,2593
Steers—Medium and Large 1526254.24/cwt250.00–260.001,33710
Steers—Medium and Large 1572236.40/cwt232.00–242.001,35222
Steers—Medium and Large 2573228.44/cwt227.00–230.001,3092
Steers—Medium and Large 2600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3202
Steers—Medium and Large 1621232.33/cwt230.00–235.001,4435
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2200235.00/cwt235.00–235.004701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1234251.07/cwt250.00–255.005884
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265251.29/cwt245.00–255.006663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1277266.42/cwt260.00–275.007389
Heifers—Medium and Large 1319260.01/cwt255.00–265.0082910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323248.26/cwt245.00–252.008022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373240.76/cwt237.00–245.008982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379251.15/cwt247.00–257.0095210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415228.21/cwt225.00–230.009473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420239.44/cwt235.00–245.001,00613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2461228.93/cwt226.00–230.001,0554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475236.29/cwt232.00–242.001,12212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523215.83/cwt212.00–220.001,1292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524227.02/cwt222.00–232.001,19010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565226.49/cwt220.00–230.001,2803
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573212.88/cwt210.00–216.001,2202
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1200330.00/cwt330.00–330.006601
Bulls—Medium and Large 2223304.49/cwt300.00–310.006792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265329.43/cwt320.00–335.008733
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273309.59/cwt305.00–315.008452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1319335.47/cwt330.00–340.001,0707
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330321.52/cwt320.00–325.001,0613
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350285.00/cwt285.00–285.009982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367295.83/cwt290.00–300.001,0865
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0806
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473265.95/cwt265.00–267.001,2584
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473257.38/cwt255.00–260.001,2172
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523210.96/cwt210.00–212.001,1032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530223.92/cwt220.00–227.001,1873
Bulls—Medium and Large 2550217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573223.84/cwt220.00–228.001,2832
Bulls—Medium and Large 2600185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1611197.56/cwt190.00–200.001,2076
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,164127.81/cwt127.00–128.001,4885
Bulls——1,249132.55/cwt131.00–134.001,6566
Bulls——1,327136.69/cwt136.00–138.001,8143
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99895.12/cwt91.00–100.0094920
Cows—Lean 85-90%99987.87/cwt86.00–90.0087813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,122102.34/cwt100.00–104.001,14835
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,158106.71/cwt105.00–109.001,23634
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,165111.70/cwt110.00–114.001,3015
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,215105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,2762
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,239108.42/cwt106.00–110.001,3439
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,253113.82/cwt112.00–115.001,4267

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.