Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue) / 2023-08-22

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Aug 22
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,276 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 1,363▲ 327 vs year ago 949 · +34.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
500 head
▲ 234 vs last sale 266▲ 302 vs year ago 198 · +152.5%
Also sold hereRegular saleMon Aug 31, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes mostly steady and feeder classes unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $249.07/cwt on 138 head.
Average price
$249.07
138 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,303
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$107
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$16.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.06
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2459263.511,20918thin
Medium and Large 1533246.901,316120
One grade step is worth $16.61/cwt here — about −$107 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 sale138 hd
249.07
—
FL average8 barns · 565 hd
265.13
−16.06
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—Average1,333126.181,68212
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,271105.161,33727
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,123102.491,15178
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00988.0288860

Every lot, as filed

57 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 2—273344.59/cwt340.00–350.009412
SteersMedium and Large 2—480251.56/cwt250.00–255.001,2073
HeifersMedium and Large 1—364247.11/cwt242.00–250.008998
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633206.96/cwt206.00–210.001,3108
HeifersMedium and Large 2—273234.59/cwt230.00–240.006402
SteersMedium and Large 1—628223.98/cwt220.00–230.001,40741
SteersMedium and Large 1—572235.18/cwt230.00–240.001,34521
SteersMedium and Large 1—423265.90/cwt260.00–270.001,12518
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415246.01/cwt240.00–249.001,02116
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526221.32/cwt216.00–226.001,16412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566216.42/cwt210.00–220.001,22519
SteersMedium and Large 2—530234.52/cwt232.00–240.001,2433
SteersMedium and Large 1—315343.17/cwt340.00–345.001,0813
SteersMedium and Large 2—423252.37/cwt250.00–255.001,0682
SteersMedium and Large 2—573224.32/cwt220.00–229.001,2852
SteersMedium and Large 1—526246.13/cwt242.00–252.001,29517
SteersMedium and Large 1—200360.00/cwt360.00–360.007201
SteersMedium and Large 1—350310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0851
SteersMedium and Large 2—323332.33/cwt330.00–335.001,0732
SteersMedium and Large 2—200330.00/cwt330.00–330.006601
SteersMedium and Large 2—615215.90/cwt212.00–218.001,3283
SteersMedium and Large 1—464262.72/cwt257.00–266.001,21917
BullsMedium and Large 1—200350.00/cwt350.00–350.007001
BullsMedium and Large 2—450240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0801
BullsMedium and Large 2—300330.00/cwt330.00–330.009901
BullsMedium and Large 1—384301.14/cwt300.00–305.001,1564
BullsMedium and Large 1—300350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 1—473250.81/cwt247.00–255.001,1862
CowsLean 85-90%—97082.56/cwt82.00–84.008016
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,29999.75/cwt98.00–101.001,2964
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,268109.01/cwt107.00–111.001,3828
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,210107.62/cwt106.00–110.001,30215
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,094103.36/cwt101.00–105.001,13138
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01388.63/cwt85.00–94.0089854
Bulls——1,278124.72/cwt123.00–126.001,5943
Bulls——1,220118.97/cwt118.00–121.001,4513
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,265104.55/cwt102.00–106.001,32315
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11498.09/cwt96.00–100.001,09325
Bulls——1,417130.52/cwt128.00–135.001,8496
BullsMedium and Large 2—500216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0801
BullsMedium and Large 2—423253.31/cwt250.00–257.001,0722
BullsMedium and Large 2—600200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2001
BullsMedium and Large 1—563220.57/cwt215.00–224.001,2428
BullsMedium and Large 1—600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3201
BullsMedium and Large 1—400262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,0481
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373233.29/cwt230.00–237.008702
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473223.81/cwt220.00–228.001,0592
HeifersMedium and Large 1—466236.88/cwt232.00–240.001,10416
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323241.26/cwt238.00–245.007792
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573203.92/cwt202.00–206.001,1682
BullsMedium and Large 1—519228.14/cwt226.00–230.001,1845
SteersMedium and Large 1—250370.00/cwt370.00–370.009251
HeifersMedium and Large 1—250257.00/cwt257.00–257.006431
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530209.89/cwt208.00–214.001,1123
HeifersMedium and Large 1—317254.12/cwt248.00–257.008067
HeifersMedium and Large 1—230264.35/cwt260.00–275.006083
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423233.79/cwt230.00–238.009892

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.