Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2018-12-18

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Dec 18
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
632 head
498 vs last sale 1,130 632 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
256 head
16 vs last sale 240 256 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
18 vs last sale 0 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereRegular saleMon Aug 17, 2026
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.27/cwt on 199 head.
Average price
$132.27
199 head · 407 lb average
Value per head Derived
$538
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.49
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1430135.7758394
Medium and Large 2393131.4151672
Medium and Large 3371124.1846133
One grade step is worth $11.58/cwt here — about $123 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 sale199 hd
132.27
FL average10 barns · 811 hd
132.76
−0.49
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
BullsHigh1,72576.531,32019
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35751.3469712
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20648.84589112
CowsLean 85-90%High85928.0924111

Every lot, as filed

69 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
SteersMedium and Large 3462129.48/cwt128.00–131.005982
SteersMedium and Large 1422155.36/cwt150.00–160.006564
SteersMedium and Large 1383162.50/cwt160.00–168.006223
SteersMedium and Large 3535117.96/cwt116.00–120.006312
SteersMedium and Large 3335158.99/cwt158.00–160.005334
SteersMedium and Large 2480136.00/cwt136.00–136.006531
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44150.67/cwt49.00–52.007306
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30453.22/cwt53.00–54.006945
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,12046.00/cwt46.00–46.005151
CowsLean 85-90%94332.18/cwt30.00–34.003036
CowsLean 85-90%72520.00/cwt20.00–20.001453
CowsLean 85-90%80727.98/cwt27.00–29.002262
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17247.55/cwt45.00–49.0055762
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27851.42/cwt50.00–54.0065745
CowsBoner 80-85%97141.56/cwt40.00–44.004045
Bulls1,90580.49/cwt79.00–83.001,53310
Bulls1,46170.71/cwt70.00–72.001,0337
Bulls1,74577.06/cwt76.00–78.001,3452
HeifersMedium and Large 1524122.08/cwt117.00–127.0064014
HeifersMedium and Large 1426134.54/cwt130.00–140.0057320
HeifersMedium and Large 1481127.99/cwt125.00–135.0061626
HeifersMedium and Large 3476109.77/cwt107.00–112.005235
HeifersMedium and Large 1571127.68/cwt122.00–132.007295
HeifersMedium and Large 1273150.89/cwt144.00–158.004129
HeifersMedium and Large 3370127.97/cwt126.00–130.004737
HeifersMedium and Large 3318138.13/cwt134.00–140.004399
HeifersMedium and Large 1215166.52/cwt160.00–170.003584
HeifersMedium and Large 1329155.78/cwt152.00–162.005135
BullsMedium and Large 3240190.98/cwt190.00–192.004582
HeifersMedium and Large 1383144.81/cwt142.00–152.0055511
HeifersMedium and Large 3230130.98/cwt130.00–132.003012
HeifersMedium and Large 2517113.50/cwt113.00–114.005872
HeifersMedium and Large 2571117.73/cwt116.00–120.006724
HeifersMedium and Large 2233145.79/cwt140.00–150.003405
BullsMedium and Large 2540126.99/cwt126.00–128.006862
BullsMedium and Large 2233208.14/cwt205.00–215.004853
BullsMedium and Large 2470138.30/cwt136.00–141.006503
BullsMedium and Large 2337169.49/cwt168.00–170.005714
BullsMedium and Large 3371145.65/cwt144.00–147.005403
BullsMedium and Large 3490124.00/cwt124.00–124.006081
BullsMedium and Large 2373154.87/cwt150.00–158.005784
BullsMedium and Large 3532117.93/cwt115.00–121.006272
SteersMedium and Large 2431143.45/cwt140.00–146.006186
SteersMedium and Large 1622117.96/cwt115.00–121.007347
SteersMedium and Large 1522140.80/cwt137.00–145.007359
BullsMedium and Large 1255222.00/cwt222.00–222.005661
BullsMedium and Large 1485145.00/cwt145.00–145.007031
BullsMedium and Large 1232224.57/cwt220.00–235.005214
BullsMedium and Large 1434152.47/cwt150.00–160.006625
BullsMedium and Large 1372165.42/cwt160.00–170.006157
BullsMedium and Large 2255205.00/cwt205.00–205.005231
SteersMedium and Large 1465149.30/cwt148.00–152.006943
SteersMedium and Large 2367156.79/cwt152.00–158.005757
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,03354.89/cwt50.00–62.0056718
BullsMedium and Large 2437141.97/cwt140.00–144.006202
BullsMedium and Large 3435132.99/cwt132.00–134.005792
BullsMedium and Large 3333161.28/cwt160.00–164.005373
BullsMedium and Large 3291179.33/cwt178.00–180.005223
SteersMedium and Large 2530128.92/cwt126.00–132.006832
SteersMedium and Large 2333171.08/cwt168.00–175.005706
SteersMedium and Large 1326181.79/cwt178.00–188.005933
HeifersMedium and Large 2272136.21/cwt130.00–140.003706
HeifersMedium and Large 2329145.89/cwt142.00–150.004807
HeifersMedium and Large 2475119.95/cwt117.00–123.0057011
HeifersMedium and Large 3520102.91/cwt100.00–106.005352
HeifersMedium and Large 3270121.28/cwt120.00–124.003273
HeifersMedium and Large 3421115.73/cwt112.00–118.004875
HeifersMedium and Large 2423125.20/cwt120.00–129.0053017
HeifersMedium and Large 2372137.42/cwt132.00–140.0051120

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.