Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2023-11-27

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Nov 27
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
817 head
▼ 402 vs last sale 1,219▼ 123 vs year ago 940 · −13.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
237 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 219▲ 80 vs year ago 157 · +51.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: No sale last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $235.10/cwt on 112 head.
Average price
$235.10
112 head · 418 lb average
Value per head Derived
$983
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.28
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1424237.491,00784
Medium and Large 2400227.9591128
One grade step is worth $9.54/cwt here — about $96 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 sale112 hd
235.10
—
FL average3 barns · 240 hd
236.39
−1.28
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—Low1,637120.881,97816
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,330102.831,36814
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11999.101,10974
CowsLean 85-90%Low96882.0579427

Every lot

55 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 2265328.14/cwt325.00–330.008703
Steers—Medium and Large 1280346.49/cwt345.00–350.009703
Steers—Medium and Large 1323330.72/cwt327.00–335.001,0682
Steers—Medium and Large 1350290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0154
Steers—Medium and Large 2350280.00/cwt280.00–280.009801
Steers—Medium and Large 1425273.86/cwt270.00–280.001,1649
Steers—Medium and Large 1459257.64/cwt250.00–260.001,1838
Steers—Medium and Large 2480242.50/cwt240.00–248.001,1643
Steers—Medium and Large 2500235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1751
Steers—Medium and Large 1534241.64/cwt240.00–247.001,2904
Steers—Medium and Large 1578241.68/cwt240.00–245.001,3974
Steers—Medium and Large 2600210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2601
Steers—Medium and Large 1615227.90/cwt224.00–230.001,4023
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1221296.50/cwt290.00–305.006557
Heifers—Medium and Large 2230277.90/cwt275.00–285.006393
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265246.29/cwt240.00–250.006533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1269262.42/cwt255.00–270.007067
Heifers—Medium and Large 1316255.99/cwt250.00–260.0080913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318242.83/cwt240.00–245.007725
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373232.35/cwt230.00–235.008674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383242.36/cwt240.00–250.0092810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413242.02/cwt237.00–245.001,0008
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415228.21/cwt225.00–230.009473
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465214.52/cwt210.00–217.009983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477223.66/cwt220.00–230.001,06710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523210.83/cwt207.00–215.001,1032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527221.78/cwt217.00–227.001,16915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580192.21/cwt190.00–197.001,1153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582203.54/cwt200.00–210.001,18511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622182.27/cwt180.00–185.001,1343
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2223334.49/cwt330.00–340.007464
Bulls—Medium and Large 1228350.55/cwt345.00–360.007995
Bulls—Medium and Large 1274347.15/cwt340.00–355.009518
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280327.98/cwt325.00–335.009183
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323317.33/cwt315.00–320.001,0252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330328.03/cwt325.00–335.001,0823
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373280.94/cwt280.00–282.001,0482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380293.07/cwt290.00–300.001,1143
Bulls—Medium and Large 2400260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1411277.29/cwt270.00–280.001,1404
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473233.33/cwt230.00–237.001,1042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1474243.75/cwt240.00–250.001,1557
Bulls—Medium and Large 1524235.38/cwt230.00–240.001,2334
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530221.57/cwt220.00–225.001,1743
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,253113.68/cwt112.00–115.001,4243
Bulls——1,561118.33/cwt117.00–119.001,8476
Bulls——1,866126.14/cwt122.00–130.002,3547
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94476.96/cwt76.00–78.007276
Cows—Lean 85-90%97583.50/cwt79.00–88.0081421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10095.05/cwt93.00–97.001,04630
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,132105.06/cwt103.00–107.001,18916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,133100.04/cwt98.00–102.001,13328
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31999.97/cwt98.00–102.001,3196
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,338104.98/cwt103.00–107.001,4058

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.