Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2024-02-26

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Feb 26
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
882 head
▲ 442 vs last sale 440▲ 150 vs year ago 732 · +20.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
241 head
▲ 92 vs last sale 149▲ 58 vs year ago 183 · +31.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 5.00 to 10.00 higher 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 $292.93/cwt on 103 head.
Average price
$292.93
103 head · 373 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,093
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.71
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1377297.291,12083
Medium and Large 2358274.8798520
One grade step is worth $22.42/cwt here — about $135 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 sale103 hd
292.93
—
FL average6 barns · 379 hd
296.64
−3.71
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—Low1,453134.841,95917
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,210128.971,56114
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,124121.711,36878
CowsLean 85-90%Average942100.2094456

Every lot

49 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1200375.00/cwt375.00–375.007501
Steers—Medium and Large 2200335.00/cwt335.00–335.006701
Steers—Medium and Large 1250385.00/cwt385.00–385.009631
Steers—Medium and Large 2315373.17/cwt370.00–375.001,1753
Steers—Medium and Large 1324387.20/cwt380.00–395.001,2554
Steers—Medium and Large 2350340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1901
Steers—Medium and Large 1373372.35/cwt370.00–375.001,3892
Steers—Medium and Large 1423337.37/cwt335.00–340.001,4272
Steers—Medium and Large 2423324.73/cwt320.00–330.001,3742
Steers—Medium and Large 1573279.61/cwt270.00–290.001,6022
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1173305.65/cwt300.00–320.005294
Heifers—Medium and Large 2175284.43/cwt280.00–290.004982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1223336.74/cwt330.00–345.007512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2223314.49/cwt310.00–320.007012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273316.88/cwt310.00–325.008652
Heifers—Medium and Large 1283334.66/cwt330.00–350.0094717
Heifers—Medium and Large 2315294.52/cwt285.00–300.009283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1316319.75/cwt310.00–325.001,01016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365281.39/cwt275.00–285.001,0273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376303.36/cwt295.00–315.001,1418
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415254.64/cwt245.00–260.001,0573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419277.02/cwt265.00–285.001,16111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472270.41/cwt260.00–280.001,27612
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480244.69/cwt240.00–255.001,1753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522254.76/cwt245.00–265.001,3309
Heifers—Medium and Large 2550220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574240.39/cwt235.00–245.001,3804
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1185375.00/cwt375.00–375.006942
Bulls—Medium and Large 2200350.00/cwt350.00–350.007002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1223366.74/cwt360.00–375.008182
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280369.46/cwt365.00–380.001,0343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1281394.64/cwt390.00–405.001,1096
Bulls—Medium and Large 1316393.03/cwt380.00–400.001,24210
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323366.98/cwt360.00–375.001,1852
Bulls—Medium and Large 2350340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1372369.64/cwt360.00–380.001,3756
Bulls—Medium and Large 1400355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4202
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,5751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,212123.78/cwt119.00–127.001,5006
Bulls——1,235128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,5812
Bulls——1,662143.74/cwt140.00–149.002,3899
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%939101.74/cwt97.00–107.0095546
Cows—Lean 85-90%95593.09/cwt86.00–96.0088910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,117113.50/cwt109.00–117.001,26828
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,128130.48/cwt127.00–135.001,47224
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,128122.46/cwt118.00–126.001,38126
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,175123.16/cwt118.00–126.001,4473
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,220130.56/cwt127.00–135.001,59311

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.