Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2023-11-13

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Nov 13
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,219 head
▲ 312 vs last sale 907▲ 330 vs year ago 889 · +37.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
219 head
▼ 91 vs last sale 310▼ 53 vs year ago 272 · −19.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 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 $245.22/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$245.22
109 head · 406 lb average
Value per head Derived
$995
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$31
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.26
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1402249.301,00281
Medium and Large 2416233.4097128
One grade step is worth $15.90/cwt here — about $31 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 sale109 hd
245.22
—
FL average8 barns · 620 hd
237.96
+7.26
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—Low1,506113.251,70613
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36698.061,33910
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13891.601,04338
CowsLean 85-90%Low90377.9070325

Every lot

56 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1200360.00/cwt360.00–360.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 2250315.00/cwt315.00–315.007881
Steers—Medium and Large 1280324.46/cwt320.00–335.009086
Steers—Medium and Large 1309333.88/cwt330.00–335.001,03210
Steers—Medium and Large 1363316.80/cwt310.00–320.001,1505
Steers—Medium and Large 2400280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1202
Steers—Medium and Large 1415291.43/cwt285.00–295.001,2093
Steers—Medium and Large 1476251.62/cwt248.00–257.001,1987
Steers—Medium and Large 2480241.56/cwt240.00–245.001,1593
Steers—Medium and Large 1522244.83/cwt240.00–250.001,2785
Steers—Medium and Large 2530232.20/cwt230.00–237.001,2313
Steers—Medium and Large 1575246.28/cwt245.00–248.001,4169
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2223277.25/cwt275.00–280.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1228290.55/cwt285.00–300.006625
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265271.29/cwt265.00–275.007193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1271289.63/cwt285.00–295.007859
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323252.33/cwt250.00–255.008154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328263.40/cwt260.00–270.0086414
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368242.85/cwt240.00–245.008945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1389251.25/cwt250.00–260.0097711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423228.31/cwt225.00–232.009662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431237.90/cwt235.00–245.001,02518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465234.69/cwt230.00–237.001,09112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473222.38/cwt220.00–225.001,0524
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515212.47/cwt210.00–217.001,0943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523224.78/cwt220.00–230.001,1764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573214.71/cwt210.00–220.001,2306
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573200.96/cwt200.00–202.001,1522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615185.95/cwt184.00–187.001,1443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623198.45/cwt197.00–200.001,2362
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1200350.00/cwt350.00–350.007002
Bulls—Medium and Large 2200335.00/cwt335.00–335.006701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273327.29/cwt325.00–330.008942
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273312.29/cwt310.00–315.008532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1314331.47/cwt325.00–335.001,0416
Bulls—Medium and Large 1350320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1201
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0402
Bulls—Medium and Large 1419270.39/cwt265.00–275.001,13311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2450230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465246.77/cwt240.00–250.001,14710
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2004
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530222.20/cwt220.00–227.001,1783
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558221.64/cwt220.00–222.001,2376
Bulls—Medium and Large 2565208.24/cwt205.00–210.001,1773
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,324112.07/cwt111.00–113.001,4846
Bulls——1,549107.72/cwt107.00–109.001,6694
Bulls——1,813122.97/cwt121.00–124.002,2293
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86672.12/cwt70.00–74.006257
Cows—Lean 85-90%91780.15/cwt77.00–84.0073518
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08287.68/cwt86.00–90.0094918
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16993.50/cwt91.00–95.001,09312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21897.57/cwt96.00–100.001,1888
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31197.78/cwt95.00–99.001,2827
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,358103.05/cwt102.00–104.001,3992
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,76590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5891

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.