Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2018-12-04

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Dec 4
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,070 head
▼ 129 vs last sale 1,199▲ 1,070 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
188 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 232▲ 188 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 0▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereRegular saleMon Sep 28, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady, feeder classes unevenly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.26/cwt on 247 head.
Average price
$124.26
247 head · 407 lb average
Value per head Derived
$506
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$138
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.90
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1432128.34555114
Medium and Large 2396122.6148596
Medium and Large 3359116.0041737
One grade step is worth $12.34/cwt here — about $138 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 sale247 hd
124.26
—
FL average10 barns · 991 hd
129.16
−4.90
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—High1,68376.421,28615
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42051.5973214
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20848.2658379
CowsLean 85-90%Low89032.812929thin

Every lot, as filed

66 lots · USDA AMS · Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Tue)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—434159.05/cwt156.00–163.0069010
BullsMedium and Large 1—378164.36/cwt160.00–170.006214
BullsMedium and Large 1—278173.98/cwt172.00–175.004843
BullsMedium and Large 1—480152.64/cwt150.00–159.007334
BullsMedium and Large 1—320180.05/cwt175.00–184.005765
BullsMedium and Large 2—483142.05/cwt139.00–148.006866
SteersMedium and Large 2—416152.73/cwt146.00–155.0063517
SteersMedium and Large 2—373155.29/cwt152.00–159.0057921
SteersMedium and Large 2—615125.00/cwt125.00–125.007691
SteersMedium and Large 2—520131.01/cwt130.00–132.006812
SteersMedium and Large 1—335176.91/cwt174.00–182.0059310
SteersMedium and Large 1—518144.07/cwt138.00–147.0074616
SteersMedium and Large 2—331168.62/cwt165.00–172.005589
SteersMedium and Large 2—264164.45/cwt160.00–167.004344
SteersMedium and Large 3—310162.00/cwt162.00–162.005021
SteersMedium and Large 2—575129.99/cwt129.00–131.007473
SteersMedium and Large 1—620134.34/cwt129.00–138.008335
SteersMedium and Large 2—472144.41/cwt140.00–148.0068213
SteersMedium and Large 1—570141.04/cwt136.00–145.0080424
SteersMedium and Large 1—429159.91/cwt156.00–166.0068615
SteersMedium and Large 3—265150.00/cwt150.00–150.003982
SteersMedium and Large 3—455138.00/cwt138.00–138.006283
SteersMedium and Large 3—360148.00/cwt148.00–148.005331
SteersMedium and Large 3—433139.50/cwt139.00–140.006042
HeifersMedium and Large 1—528119.10/cwt115.00–125.0062920
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425128.77/cwt124.00–134.0054730
HeifersMedium and Large 1—482120.09/cwt117.00–127.0057931
SteersMedium and Large 1—379164.04/cwt160.00–170.0062227
SteersMedium and Large 1—274176.78/cwt172.00–184.004846
SteersMedium and Large 1—476153.60/cwt150.00–159.0073115
HeifersMedium and Large 2—229140.97/cwt135.00–148.003234
HeifersMedium and Large 2—278132.32/cwt128.00–140.0036811
HeifersMedium and Large 2—328130.30/cwt128.00–134.004278
HeifersMedium and Large 1—218159.77/cwt155.00–165.003483
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275148.81/cwt142.00–156.004095
HeifersMedium and Large 1—332139.52/cwt136.00–146.004639
HeifersMedium and Large 3—512103.33/cwt102.00–104.005293
HeifersMedium and Large 3—477101.12/cwt98.00–106.004825
HeifersMedium and Large 3—220130.00/cwt130.00–130.002862
HeifersMedium and Large 2—476111.27/cwt107.00–116.0053011
HeifersMedium and Large 2—526109.59/cwt106.00–113.0057611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376126.78/cwt122.00–131.0047726
HeifersMedium and Large 1—376136.48/cwt132.00–142.0051316
HeifersMedium and Large 3—267121.39/cwt118.00–124.003247
HeifersMedium and Large 3—368118.16/cwt112.00–120.004358
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423119.31/cwt114.00–123.0050525
HeifersMedium and Large 3—418110.99/cwt110.00–112.004642
HeifersMedium and Large 3—329119.93/cwt116.00–124.0039510
BullsMedium and Large 2—265167.00/cwt167.00–167.004431
BullsMedium and Large 2—428149.84/cwt146.00–154.006412
BullsMedium and Large 2—368156.37/cwt154.00–158.005755
BullsMedium and Large 2—333168.17/cwt165.00–170.005605
BullsMedium and Large 3—370146.30/cwt144.00–148.005413
BullsMedium and Large 3—432139.27/cwt136.00–142.006023
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,220600.00/cwt600.00–600.007,3202
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—97953.77/cwt41.00–70.0052618
Bulls——1,99883.51/cwt83.00–84.001,6692
Bulls——1,54672.61/cwt72.00–74.001,1235
Bulls——1,68977.02/cwt75.00–79.001,3018
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18547.52/cwt45.00–49.0056336
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,31451.48/cwt50.00–54.0067631
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,00242.17/cwt40.00–44.0042312
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44252.92/cwt51.00–55.0076310
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36448.27/cwt46.00–50.006584
CowsLean 85-90%—87629.79/cwt29.00–30.002614
CowsLean 85-90%—90135.23/cwt34.00–36.003175

How this sale compares

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.