Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2020-12-08

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Dec 8
● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,389 head
▼ 246 vs last sale 1,635▼ 485 vs year ago 1,874 · −25.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
358 head
▲ 125 vs last sale 233▼ 17 vs year ago 375 · −4.5%
Also sold hereRegular saleMon Aug 31, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 lower and slaughter bulls steady. Feeder classes less than 500 lbs. 10.00 to 20.00 lower and feeder classes over 500 lbs. 5.00 to 10.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.84/cwt on 228 head.
Average price
$108.84
228 head · 411 lb average
Value per head Derived
$447
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$10.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.61
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1458112.0651397
Medium and Large 2393108.6642788
Medium and Large 3341101.9534843
One grade step is worth $10.11/cwt here — about $165 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 sale228 hd
108.84
—
FL average10 barns · 1,132 hd
122.45
−13.61
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—High1,71383.911,43716
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35053.6072430
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22952.12641147
CowsLean 85-90%High88836.2632216

Every lot, as filed

89 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—228124.62/cwt120.00–130.002842
HeifersMedium and Large 2—235121.31/cwt118.00–128.002854
HeifersMedium and Large 2—61591.00/cwt91.00–91.005601
BullsMedium and Large 3—373117.32/cwt116.00–118.004383
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418106.04/cwt100.00–109.0044317
SteersMedium and Large 2—226140.28/cwt135.00–145.003174
BullsMedium and Large 2—474109.77/cwt106.00–114.0052018
SteersMedium and Large 2—618107.50/cwt107.00–108.006642
SteersMedium and Large 2—420119.78/cwt114.00–123.0050313
BullsMedium and Large 2—61095.00/cwt95.00–95.005801
HeifersMedium and Large 2—59088.00/cwt88.00–88.005191
SteersMedium and Large 2—577112.90/cwt110.00–118.006513
HeifersMedium and Large 2—51897.92/cwt93.00–101.005078
BullsMedium and Large 2—523108.99/cwt104.00–112.0057014
BullsMedium and Large 2—425118.95/cwt114.00–122.0050610
HeifersMedium and Large 2—382110.79/cwt108.00–116.0042327
SteersMedium and Large 2—369127.57/cwt124.00–131.004716
BullsMedium and Large 2—58594.00/cwt94.00–94.005501
SteersMedium and Large 2—320147.96/cwt146.00–150.004733
HeifersMedium and Large 1—225139.60/cwt135.00–147.003143
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430113.19/cwt110.00–120.0048719
SteersMedium and Large 2—522109.20/cwt104.00–113.0057012
SteersMedium and Large 2—274149.82/cwt147.00–155.004115
BullsMedium and Large 1—475119.61/cwt117.00–125.005686
SteersMedium and Large 2—476109.54/cwt105.00–114.0052137
HeifersMedium and Large 1—329123.60/cwt120.00–130.004078
HeifersMedium and Large 1—607102.37/cwt96.00–104.006217
BullsMedium and Large 2—265151.60/cwt150.00–155.004023
BullsMedium and Large 2—374126.96/cwt124.00–131.0047514
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521107.28/cwt103.00–112.0055913
BullsMedium and Large 2—205147.00/cwt147.00–147.003011
SteersMedium and Large 1—605119.98/cwt118.00–121.007263
SteersMedium and Large 1—431126.99/cwt124.00–134.0054710
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566103.54/cwt98.00–107.005868
BullsMedium and Large 1—367138.09/cwt135.00–141.005077
SteersMedium and Large 1—227155.77/cwt150.00–160.003545
HeifersMedium and Large 2—460101.48/cwt100.00–103.0046710
BullsMedium and Large 3—55090.00/cwt90.00–90.004951
SteersMedium and Large 3—575104.00/cwt104.00–104.005981
BullsMedium and Large 2—340144.00/cwt144.00–144.004902
HeifersMedium and Large 2—269120.57/cwt118.00–122.003245
SteersMedium and Large 3—375116.11/cwt112.00–120.004355
HeifersMedium and Large 2—329113.53/cwt110.00–119.0037415
SteersMedium and Large 3—61099.00/cwt99.00–99.006041
HeifersMedium and Large 3—320105.30/cwt100.00–109.003376
BullsMedium and Large 3—322137.57/cwt136.00–140.004435
BullsMedium and Large 3—425108.27/cwt104.00–113.0046013
SteersMedium and Large 3—510101.47/cwt100.00–103.005174
BullsMedium and Large 3—285130.00/cwt130.00–130.003712
HeifersMedium and Large 3—260104.67/cwt100.00–110.0027210
BullsMedium and Large 3—53098.00/cwt98.00–98.005192
SteersMedium and Large 3—325136.91/cwt134.00–140.0044521
SteersMedium and Large 3—273134.68/cwt130.00–140.003682
HeifersMedium and Large 3—47788.29/cwt85.00–90.004213
SteersMedium and Large 3—458102.84/cwt100.00–104.0047116
HeifersMedium and Large 3—51589.00/cwt89.00–89.004581
HeifersMedium and Large 3—217110.94/cwt110.00–115.002415
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375102.46/cwt99.00–106.0038413
SteersMedium and Large 3—220127.85/cwt125.00–132.002814
BullsMedium and Large 1—313159.59/cwt157.00–162.005003
SteersMedium and Large 3—423109.14/cwt107.00–112.0046216
BullsMedium and Large 1—619104.14/cwt101.00–108.006455
BullsMedium and Large 1—526118.51/cwt115.00–123.006237
SteersMedium and Large 1—329155.39/cwt152.00–160.005114
HeifersMedium and Large 3—59078.00/cwt78.00–78.004601
CowsLean 85-90%—1,02441.72/cwt40.00–44.004275
HeifersMedium and Large 3—41496.69/cwt94.00–99.004004
CowsLean 85-90%—77731.59/cwt31.00–34.002457
CowsLean 85-90%—91137.59/cwt35.00–39.003424
Bulls——1,87390.36/cwt89.00–92.001,6924
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,35255.51/cwt54.00–58.0075014
BullsMedium and Large 1—568107.39/cwt104.00–111.006102
BullsMedium and Large 1—219157.89/cwt150.00–164.003465
BullsMedium and Large 1—430127.67/cwt124.00–133.005498
SteersMedium and Large 1—469120.96/cwt118.00–124.005679
SteersMedium and Large 1—509122.23/cwt120.00–124.006224
HeifersMedium and Large 1—274134.49/cwt130.00–142.003694
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479107.81/cwt104.00–114.0051630
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385120.02/cwt118.00–128.004625
BullsMedium and Large 1—290160.00/cwt160.00–160.004643
SteersMedium and Large 1—567125.28/cwt120.00–129.0071011
SteersMedium and Large 1—271165.23/cwt157.00–172.004488
SteersMedium and Large 1—369137.86/cwt132.00–142.005097
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,34951.93/cwt50.00–53.0070116
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05446.28/cwt44.00–48.0048819
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30354.99/cwt54.00–58.0071751
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22351.66/cwt49.00–53.0063277
Bulls——1,79884.66/cwt84.00–85.001,5223
Bulls——1,61380.79/cwt78.00–82.001,3039

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.