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Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, May 16
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
727 head
▲ 103 vs last sale 624▲ 92 vs year ago 635 · +14.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▼ 132 vs last sale 332▼ 48 vs year ago 248 · −19.4%
Also sold hereRegular saleMon Aug 31, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 3.00 to 5.00 higher and feeder classes 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $243.44/cwt on 133 head.
Average price
$243.44
133 head · 393 lb average
Value per head Derived
$956
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$13
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$33.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.00
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1390246.96964105
Medium and Large 2388233.9890923
Medium and Large 3458213.139775thin
One grade step is worth $33.83/cwt here — about −$13 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 sale133 hd
243.44
—
FL average8 barns · 368 hd
237.45
+6.00
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—High1,506112.341,69123
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,31398.501,2938thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17393.811,10156
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00577.1877520

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
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365210.20/cwt207.00–212.007673
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423203.31/cwt200.00–207.008602
HeifersMedium and Large 1—225238.28/cwt235.00–245.005366
HeifersMedium and Large 1—371222.50/cwt217.00–227.0082530
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530196.57/cwt195.00–200.001,0423
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323230.03/cwt225.00–235.0074323
HeifersMedium and Large 1—416216.38/cwt210.00–220.0090015
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270225.60/cwt217.00–232.0060912
SteersMedium and Large 1—271254.26/cwt247.00–260.006898
SteersMedium and Large 1—533222.38/cwt220.00–230.001,1856
SteersMedium and Large 1—627203.87/cwt200.00–210.001,2783
SteersMedium and Large 1—580217.95/cwt217.00–220.001,2643
SteersMedium and Large 1—316261.38/cwt255.00–265.0082632
SteersMedium and Large 1—371249.79/cwt245.00–255.0092722
SteersMedium and Large 2—317248.73/cwt245.00–252.007889
SteersMedium and Large 2—423232.37/cwt230.00–235.009832
SteersMedium and Large 2—273233.21/cwt230.00–237.006372
SteersMedium and Large 3—423218.42/cwt217.00–220.009242
SteersMedium and Large 3—300240.00/cwt240.00–240.007201
SteersMedium and Large 3—573194.40/cwt192.00–197.001,1142
SteersMedium and Large 2—573203.36/cwt200.00–207.001,1652
SteersMedium and Large 1—459238.08/cwt230.00–240.001,09317
SteersMedium and Large 2—361239.60/cwt235.00–242.008654
SteersMedium and Large 2—523212.39/cwt210.00–215.001,1112
SteersMedium and Large 2—600197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,1821
SteersMedium and Large 2—450225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0131
SteersMedium and Large 1—423242.12/cwt237.00–247.001,02414
BullsMedium and Large 1—322259.77/cwt255.00–265.008363
BullsMedium and Large 1—515218.47/cwt212.00–222.001,1256
BullsMedium and Large 1—423243.42/cwt242.00–245.001,0302
BullsMedium and Large 1—373246.76/cwt245.00–250.009206
BullsMedium and Large 1—270254.89/cwt247.00–260.006886
BullsMedium and Large 1—550220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2104
CowsLean 85-90%—84368.71/cwt67.00–70.005793
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03378.68/cwt75.00–83.0081317
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,77090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5931
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,261101.20/cwt99.00–103.001,2765
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,21596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,1662
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,141100.46/cwt99.00–103.001,1469
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12595.70/cwt94.00–98.001,07715
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20591.05/cwt89.00–93.001,09732
Bulls——1,590119.45/cwt116.00–123.001,8997
Bulls——1,532111.04/cwt110.00–114.001,70110
Bulls——1,363106.21/cwt105.00–109.001,4486
BullsMedium and Large 2—465225.23/cwt222.00–227.001,0473
BullsMedium and Large 1—473234.59/cwt232.00–237.001,1103
BullsMedium and Large 3—400225.00/cwt225.00–225.009001
BullsMedium and Large 3—473215.95/cwt215.00–217.001,0212
BullsMedium and Large 3—500192.00/cwt192.00–192.009601
BullsMedium and Large 2—423230.79/cwt227.00–235.009762
HeifersMedium and Large 3—380201.54/cwt200.00–205.007663
HeifersMedium and Large 3—330206.52/cwt205.00–210.006823
BullsMedium and Large 2—273234.59/cwt230.00–240.006404
BullsMedium and Large 2—565203.24/cwt200.00–205.001,1483
BullsMedium and Large 2—523203.44/cwt202.00–205.001,0642
BullsMedium and Large 2—323249.33/cwt247.00–252.008052
HeifersMedium and Large 3—450190.00/cwt190.00–190.008551
HeifersMedium and Large 2—200225.00/cwt225.00–225.004501
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423192.37/cwt190.00–195.008142
HeifersMedium and Large 3—200200.00/cwt200.00–200.004001
HeifersMedium and Large 2—500185.00/cwt185.00–185.009253
HeifersMedium and Large 3—530172.94/cwt172.00–175.009173
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471212.39/cwt207.00–217.001,0008
HeifersMedium and Large 2—319219.04/cwt215.00–222.006995
HeifersMedium and Large 2—271210.97/cwt205.00–215.005724
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480200.63/cwt200.00–202.009633

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.