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Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Tue)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Tue, Sep 19
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1419
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,053 head
13 vs last sale 1,066 112 vs year ago 941 · +11.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
387 head
31 vs last sale 356 187 vs year ago 200 · +93.5%
Also sold hereRegular saleMon Aug 17, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls 1.00 to 3.00 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 $272.20/cwt on 110 head.
Average price
$272.20
110 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,329
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$116
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.01
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2450274.721,23622
Medium and Large 1498271.571,35188
One grade step is worth $3.15/cwt here — about −$116 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 sale110 hd
272.20
FL average7 barns · 575 hd
271.20
+1.01
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
BullsHigh1,770136.772,4208thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,274105.181,34020
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,115101.871,136115
CowsLean 85-90%Low99887.7087542

Every lot, as filed

55 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 1322278.73/cwt275.00–285.0089812
HeifersMedium and Large 2380251.23/cwt250.00–254.009553
SteersMedium and Large 2273322.29/cwt320.00–325.008802
HeifersMedium and Large 1223256.74/cwt250.00–265.005732
HeifersMedium and Large 1533236.86/cwt235.00–244.001,26214
HeifersMedium and Large 2623211.37/cwt208.00–215.001,3172
SteersMedium and Large 2530249.52/cwt247.00–255.001,3223
SteersMedium and Large 1325324.32/cwt320.00–330.001,0548
SteersMedium and Large 1275342.39/cwt335.00–350.009429
SteersMedium and Large 1519262.89/cwt257.00–267.001,3649
SteersMedium and Large 1625235.68/cwt232.00–240.001,47323
HeifersMedium and Large 1370265.97/cwt260.00–270.0098413
SteersMedium and Large 1573242.69/cwt237.00–247.001,39120
SteersMedium and Large 2573232.88/cwt230.00–236.001,3342
SteersMedium and Large 1429292.87/cwt290.00–300.001,2569
SteersMedium and Large 2315313.17/cwt310.00–315.009863
SteersMedium and Large 2430282.17/cwt280.00–287.001,2133
SteersMedium and Large 2380301.54/cwt300.00–305.001,1463
SteersMedium and Large 2465272.16/cwt267.00–275.001,2663
SteersMedium and Large 2615225.95/cwt224.00–227.001,3903
SteersMedium and Large 1378313.54/cwt310.00–320.001,1854
BullsMedium and Large 1356299.58/cwt297.00–300.001,0678
BullsMedium and Large 1586216.75/cwt216.00–220.001,2705
BullsMedium and Large 2400275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1001
BullsMedium and Large 1425284.10/cwt280.00–290.001,2077
BullsMedium and Large 1323322.33/cwt320.00–325.001,0414
BullsMedium and Large 1472271.28/cwt267.00–277.001,2803
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,286107.46/cwt106.00–110.001,38211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,214103.08/cwt101.00–104.001,2517
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,415100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,105107.14/cwt106.00–110.001,18422
CowsLean 85-90%92881.07/cwt80.00–82.007526
CowsLean 85-90%1,01088.80/cwt84.00–93.0089736
CowsBoner 80-85%1,153103.08/cwt101.00–105.001,18945
Bulls1,753139.84/cwt136.00–143.002,4516
Bulls1,820127.55/cwt127.00–128.002,3212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08598.31/cwt96.00–100.001,06748
HeifersMedium and Large 2423247.37/cwt245.00–250.001,0462
BullsMedium and Large 2450257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,1571
BullsMedium and Large 2373282.35/cwt280.00–285.001,0532
BullsMedium and Large 1523248.35/cwt245.00–252.001,2992
BullsMedium and Large 1273337.29/cwt335.00–340.009212
BullsMedium and Large 2500235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1751
HeifersMedium and Large 2523227.39/cwt225.00–230.001,1892
HeifersMedium and Large 2473238.33/cwt235.00–242.001,1272
HeifersMedium and Large 1272275.39/cwt270.00–280.007493
HeifersMedium and Large 1573225.04/cwt220.00–230.001,28910
HeifersMedium and Large 1600227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3621
HeifersMedium and Large 1476249.32/cwt245.00–255.001,18714
HeifersMedium and Large 2323265.93/cwt265.00–267.008592
HeifersMedium and Large 2573212.88/cwt210.00–216.001,2204
SteersMedium and Large 1473282.00/cwt277.00–287.001,3346
HeifersMedium and Large 1420258.30/cwt255.00–262.001,08516
HeifersMedium and Large 2200245.00/cwt245.00–245.004902
HeifersMedium and Large 2273260.92/cwt260.00–262.007122

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.