Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2020-07-14

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Jul 14
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,219 head
▼ 183 vs last sale 1,402▲ 23 vs year ago 1,196 · +1.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
189 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 172▼ 73 vs year ago 262 · −27.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 32▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereRegular saleMon Sep 21, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady, feeder classes steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.34/cwt on 316 head.
Average price
$135.34
316 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.26
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514136.78704214
Medium and Large 3400133.8653521
Medium and Large 2463131.9361181
One grade step is worth $4.85/cwt here — about $93 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 sale316 hd
135.34
—
FL average10 barns · 1,422 hd
137.61
−2.26
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—Low1,46384.001,2292thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35364.1686813
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30160.0878182
CowsLean 85-90%Low94043.584097thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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 3—328156.47/cwt155.00–158.005132
BullsMedium and Large 3—435121.67/cwt121.00–122.005293
BullsMedium and Large 3—372137.42/cwt135.00–141.005116
HeifersMedium and Large 1—165205.00/cwt205.00–205.003381
HeifersMedium and Large 1—200175.00/cwt175.00–175.003501
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623114.82/cwt110.00–120.007152
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580117.38/cwt114.00–124.006814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—271155.15/cwt147.00–162.004207
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326146.71/cwt142.00–152.0047810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—376136.68/cwt132.00–142.0051424
HeifersMedium and Large 1—533119.76/cwt117.00–127.0063828
HeifersMedium and Large 1—424128.85/cwt124.00–134.0054638
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475123.73/cwt119.00–129.0058843
HeifersMedium and Large 2—245148.00/cwt148.00–148.003631
HeifersMedium and Large 2—170185.00/cwt185.00–185.003152
HeifersMedium and Large 2—281137.01/cwt132.00–144.003854
HeifersMedium and Large 2—633102.96/cwt101.00–107.006524
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570109.38/cwt107.00–112.006235
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323137.27/cwt134.00–141.004439
HeifersMedium and Large 2—371126.77/cwt123.00–131.0047010
HeifersMedium and Large 2—462115.98/cwt109.00–118.0053617
BullsMedium and Large 3—240177.45/cwt175.00–180.004262
BullsMedium and Large 3—460117.00/cwt117.00–117.005381
BullsMedium and Large 3—285152.00/cwt152.00–152.004331
BullsMedium and Large 2—418135.12/cwt131.00–138.005656
BullsMedium and Large 2—373147.44/cwt144.00–150.005506
BullsMedium and Large 2—515122.00/cwt122.00–122.006285
BullsMedium and Large 2—327166.61/cwt164.00–168.005453
BullsMedium and Large 2—468124.89/cwt122.00–128.005842
BullsMedium and Large 2—280167.41/cwt165.00–170.004692
BullsMedium and Large 2—163202.46/cwt200.00–205.003302
BullsMedium and Large 2—600109.00/cwt109.00–109.006541
BullsMedium and Large 2—235195.00/cwt195.00–195.004581
BullsMedium and Large 1—563125.39/cwt121.00–128.0070620
BullsMedium and Large 1—435141.05/cwt139.00–149.0061416
BullsMedium and Large 1—529129.04/cwt125.00–135.0068310
BullsMedium and Large 1—469134.58/cwt130.00–139.006317
BullsMedium and Large 1—370157.58/cwt154.00–162.005837
BullsMedium and Large 1—263187.33/cwt180.00–190.004936
BullsMedium and Large 1—302181.59/cwt180.00–182.005485
BullsMedium and Large 1—212216.30/cwt210.00–220.004593
BullsMedium and Large 1—600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007201
CowsLean 85-90%—86538.64/cwt37.00–40.003343
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00344.01/cwt43.00–45.004412
CowsLean 85-90%—98850.55/cwt50.00–51.004992
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35166.87/cwt65.00–69.009037
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35361.41/cwt60.00–62.008315
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37059.00/cwt59.00–59.008081
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27657.44/cwt55.00–59.0073338
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34361.39/cwt60.00–64.0082436
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22866.71/cwt65.00–69.008198
Bulls——1,46384.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2292
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—91484.75/cwt81.00–92.007754
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—84693.73/cwt84.00–100.007939
SteersMedium and Large 3—417125.18/cwt120.00–128.005228
SteersMedium and Large 3—375136.95/cwt134.00–139.005144
SteersMedium and Large 3—528114.33/cwt114.00–115.006043
SteersMedium and Large 3—327156.94/cwt155.00–160.005133
SteersMedium and Large 3—495114.00/cwt114.00–114.005641
SteersMedium and Large 3—265157.00/cwt157.00–157.004161
SteersMedium and Large 3—235177.00/cwt177.00–177.004161
SteersMedium and Large 2—514126.56/cwt120.00–129.0065127
SteersMedium and Large 2—429132.82/cwt130.00–138.0057022
SteersMedium and Large 2—467130.36/cwt124.00–133.0060919
SteersMedium and Large 2—382145.14/cwt142.00–149.005549
SteersMedium and Large 2—628112.98/cwt111.00–115.007102
SteersMedium and Large 2—340164.00/cwt164.00–164.005581
SteersMedium and Large 2—260174.00/cwt174.00–174.004521
SteersMedium and Large 1—528133.86/cwt130.00–140.0070772
SteersMedium and Large 1—570130.67/cwt125.00–135.0074555
SteersMedium and Large 1—479137.76/cwt134.00–144.0066034
SteersMedium and Large 1—617125.51/cwt119.00–129.0077419
SteersMedium and Large 1—423143.16/cwt139.00–149.0060618
SteersMedium and Large 1—318178.33/cwt174.00–182.005678
SteersMedium and Large 1—368158.49/cwt158.00–160.005834
SteersMedium and Large 1—270185.18/cwt177.00–192.005004
HeifersMedium and Large 3—363118.79/cwt115.00–121.004317
HeifersMedium and Large 3—319127.89/cwt123.00–130.004084
HeifersMedium and Large 3—478102.92/cwt100.00–106.004922
HeifersMedium and Large 3—550103.00/cwt103.00–103.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 3—280124.00/cwt124.00–124.003471
HeifersMedium and Large 3—200144.00/cwt144.00–144.002881
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421119.44/cwt115.00–123.0050325
HeifersMedium and Large 2—522111.82/cwt107.00–116.0058417

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.