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Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Oct 20
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,131 head
▼ 195 vs last sale 1,326▼ 76 vs year ago 1,207 · −6.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
270 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 261▲ 40 vs year ago 230 · +17.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 0▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereRegular saleMon Aug 31, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes steady and feeder classes 4.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.50/cwt on 230 head.
Average price
$107.50
230 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$470
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.89
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444110.86492153
Medium and Large 2436102.1844560
Medium and Large 338096.0036517thin
One grade step is worth $14.87/cwt here — about $127 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 sale230 hd
107.50
—
FL average10 barns · 1,049 hd
110.39
−2.89
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—Average1,60080.481,28819
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37349.986866thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19249.13586134
CowsLean 85-90%Low88535.7731713

Every lot, as filed

73 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—51895.52/cwt93.00–99.004955
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325108.60/cwt104.00–113.003534
BullsMedium and Large 2—64080.00/cwt80.00–80.005121
BullsMedium and Large 2—270154.00/cwt154.00–154.004161
SteersMedium and Large 2—62891.63/cwt90.00–95.005753
HeifersMedium and Large 1—318120.22/cwt114.00–124.003829
SteersMedium and Large 2—530112.37/cwt109.00–115.0059639
SteersMedium and Large 2—486117.95/cwt116.00–123.0057316
HeifersMedium and Large 1—619100.91/cwt97.00–105.006254
BullsMedium and Large 1—476123.07/cwt119.00–129.005864
SteersMedium and Large 2—378127.51/cwt124.00–132.004828
SteersMedium and Large 1—330151.03/cwt148.00–158.004983
BullsMedium and Large 2—475113.20/cwt109.00–118.005386
BullsMedium and Large 2—340140.00/cwt140.00–140.004761
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426114.48/cwt110.00–120.0048835
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373118.32/cwt113.00–123.0044135
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy—400128.00/cwt128.00–128.005122
SteersMedium and Large 1—290162.46/cwt160.00–165.004712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—581101.19/cwt98.00–108.0058811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—282120.44/cwt116.00–130.003406
SteersMedium and Large 1—533121.60/cwt119.00–129.006484
SteersMedium and Large 1—380137.47/cwt134.00–144.0052212
BullsMedium and Large 1—416135.10/cwt131.00–139.005624
BullsMedium and Large 1—60996.37/cwt91.00–99.005875
SteersMedium and Large 1—429137.68/cwt134.00–144.0059120
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478103.87/cwt100.00–110.0049630
SteersMedium and Large 1—630101.50/cwt98.00–108.0063914
SteersMedium and Large 1—473131.12/cwt129.00–136.0062012
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530103.34/cwt100.00–110.0054823
SteersMedium and Large 1—579112.39/cwt109.00–119.006519
BullsMedium and Large 1—387135.97/cwt134.00–138.005263
BullsMedium and Large 1—553110.50/cwt110.00–111.006112
BullsMedium and Large 1—520110.33/cwt106.00–115.005742
BullsMedium and Large 1—273166.88/cwt160.00–175.004562
BullsMedium and Large 1—335150.00/cwt150.00–150.005031
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,00363.91/cwt56.00–95.0064112
HeifersMedium and Large 2—46496.54/cwt92.00–99.004485
HeifersMedium and Large 2—57293.63/cwt91.00–96.005366
SteersMedium and Large 2—426128.51/cwt124.00–132.0054712
HeifersMedium and Large 2—62489.94/cwt88.00–94.005615
HeifersMedium and Large 3—58580.00/cwt80.00–80.004681
BullsMedium and Large 3—365121.00/cwt121.00–121.004421
SteersMedium and Large 2—320143.94/cwt142.00–146.004612
HeifersMedium and Large 3—36699.50/cwt94.00–102.003647
SteersMedium and Large 2—571104.20/cwt100.00–108.005957
HeifersMedium and Large 2—369108.93/cwt104.00–112.0040210
SteersMedium and Large 3—57494.43/cwt91.00–99.005424
SteersMedium and Large 3—62084.00/cwt84.00–84.005211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—277106.71/cwt100.00–110.002966
SteersMedium and Large 3—524103.68/cwt100.00–107.005434
HeifersMedium and Large 2—422105.00/cwt100.00–109.0044319
BullsMedium and Large 3—425113.26/cwt110.00–116.004813
HeifersMedium and Large 3—43691.88/cwt90.00–98.004014
HeifersMedium and Large 3—28590.00/cwt90.00–90.002571
BullsMedium and Large 3—312135.66/cwt135.00–136.004233
Bulls——1,51680.66/cwt78.00–82.001,2238
BullsMedium and Large 3—295130.00/cwt130.00–130.003841
SteersMedium and Large 3—378117.96/cwt116.00–120.004464
SteersMedium and Large 3—479109.85/cwt108.00–111.005267
SteersMedium and Large 3—426118.54/cwt114.00–122.005058
SteersMedium and Large 3—318134.33/cwt134.00–135.004273
CowsLean 85-90%—87930.20/cwt30.00–31.002654
BullsMedium and Large 3—63572.00/cwt72.00–72.004571
HeifersMedium and Large 3—32399.49/cwt98.00–100.003214
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18148.26/cwt46.00–50.0057065
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50046.00/cwt46.00–46.006901
CowsLean 85-90%—87636.67/cwt35.00–37.003215
Bulls——1,52275.65/cwt74.00–77.001,1515
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24952.11/cwt51.00–55.0065150
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,34750.78/cwt50.00–52.006845
Bulls——1,77684.28/cwt83.00–87.001,4976
CowsLean 85-90%—90340.22/cwt39.00–42.003634
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,07944.23/cwt41.00–45.0047719

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.