Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2023-11-06

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Nov 6
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
907 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 971▼ 257 vs year ago 1,164 · −22.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
310 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 292▲ 84 vs year ago 226 · +37.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady and feeder classes 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $240.60/cwt on 120 head.
Average price
$240.60
120 head · 435 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,047
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.75
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1438242.901,06491
Medium and Large 2425233.3999229
One grade step is worth $9.51/cwt here — about $72 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 sale120 hd
240.60
—
FL average8 barns · 670 hd
230.85
+9.75
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—Low1,492114.641,71024
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,300100.121,30216
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13393.711,06272
CowsLean 85-90%Low97078.9876653

Every lot

60 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1223371.74/cwt365.00–380.008292
Steers—Medium and Large 2300315.00/cwt315.00–315.009451
Steers—Medium and Large 1323322.33/cwt320.00–325.001,0412
Steers—Medium and Large 1350295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0332
Steers—Medium and Large 1417268.13/cwt265.00–270.001,1189
Steers—Medium and Large 2423252.37/cwt250.00–255.001,0682
Steers—Medium and Large 1479261.71/cwt260.00–265.001,25411
Steers—Medium and Large 2480247.19/cwt245.00–252.001,1873
Steers—Medium and Large 2500247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,2352
Steers—Medium and Large 1525254.24/cwt250.00–260.001,33511
Steers—Medium and Large 2550235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2931
Steers—Medium and Large 1563244.37/cwt237.00–247.001,37611
Steers—Medium and Large 1625238.43/cwt235.00–242.001,4904
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2215296.20/cwt290.00–300.006373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1224311.55/cwt305.00–320.006988
Heifers—Medium and Large 1250290.00/cwt290.00–290.007251
Heifers—Medium and Large 2250270.00/cwt270.00–270.006751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1316260.80/cwt255.00–265.008247
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330247.12/cwt245.00–252.008153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373254.52/cwt250.00–260.0094918
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377242.60/cwt240.00–247.009155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419250.46/cwt245.00–255.001,04914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423238.42/cwt237.00–240.001,0096
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467233.68/cwt227.00–237.001,0919
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473218.43/cwt217.00–220.001,0332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522225.07/cwt220.00–230.001,17521
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527212.66/cwt210.00–217.001,1215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569220.31/cwt215.00–225.001,2545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628184.64/cwt180.00–190.001,1608
Heifers—Medium and Large 2630171.59/cwt170.00–175.001,0813
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2200350.00/cwt350.00–350.007002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1231369.63/cwt365.00–380.008547
Bulls—Medium and Large 2250310.00/cwt310.00–310.007751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1269327.96/cwt320.00–335.008827
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323312.33/cwt310.00–315.001,0092
Bulls—Medium and Large 1327323.89/cwt320.00–330.001,0596
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350285.00/cwt285.00–285.009981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1369300.50/cwt295.00–305.001,1097
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422265.06/cwt260.00–270.001,1197
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430250.62/cwt250.00–252.001,0783
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473248.43/cwt247.00–250.001,1752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478258.59/cwt255.00–265.001,2364
Bulls—Medium and Large 2523228.35/cwt225.00–232.001,1942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1526241.74/cwt240.00–245.001,2725
Bulls—Medium and Large 1563227.76/cwt220.00–230.001,2827
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573214.88/cwt212.00–218.001,2312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618196.51/cwt192.00–200.001,2145
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623181.93/cwt180.00–184.001,1332
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,460109.23/cwt107.00–110.001,5954
Bulls——1,487113.65/cwt112.00–115.001,69010
Bulls——1,509117.80/cwt116.00–120.001,77810
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86772.77/cwt71.00–75.0063110
Cows—Lean 85-90%99480.42/cwt76.00–85.0079943
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09189.79/cwt88.00–92.0098032
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12599.57/cwt98.00–102.001,12017
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,19199.25/cwt99.00–100.001,1824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19894.83/cwt93.00–97.001,13623
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31394.28/cwt92.00–95.001,2384
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,348103.47/cwt101.00–105.001,3958

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.