Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2018-07-16

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Jul 16
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
782 head
424 vs last sale 1,206 782 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
198 head
21 vs last sale 219 198 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereRegular saleTue Aug 18, 2026
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.95/cwt on 152 head.
Average price
$135.95
152 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$567
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.40
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1402147.9259447
Medium and Large 2431132.6057265
Medium and Large 3412127.3452540
One grade step is worth $20.58/cwt here — about $70 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 sale152 hd
135.95
FL average10 barns · 979 hd
135.56
+0.40
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
BullsAverage1,42279.181,1268thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11155.8762198
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,30254.3970810
CowsLean 85-90%Average94244.1641613

Every lot, as filed

66 lots · USDA AMS · Okeechobee Livestock Auction - Okeechobee, FL (Mon)
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 3417129.68/cwt128.00–130.0054113
SteersMedium and Large 3330172.00/cwt172.00–172.005681
HeifersMedium and Large 1373153.28/cwt148.00–158.005727
HeifersMedium and Large 1325160.36/cwt158.00–166.005217
HeifersMedium and Large 1263168.46/cwt160.00–170.004437
HeifersMedium and Large 3280132.00/cwt132.00–132.003701
HeifersMedium and Large 2275144.59/cwt142.00–148.003983
HeifersMedium and Large 3475117.11/cwt114.00–120.005566
BullsMedium and Large 2630120.18/cwt119.00–122.007576
BullsMedium and Large 2326182.59/cwt180.00–186.005953
BullsMedium and Large 2245245.00/cwt245.00–245.006001
BullsMedium and Large 1473155.29/cwt152.00–160.0073518
HeifersMedium and Large 1515126.52/cwt120.00–129.006525
HeifersMedium and Large 3368134.82/cwt128.00–137.0049610
BullsMedium and Large 3382170.00/cwt166.00–172.006497
BullsMedium and Large 1417167.20/cwt160.00–170.006977
BullsMedium and Large 3520134.00/cwt134.00–134.006971
BullsMedium and Large 2421156.69/cwt152.00–159.006604
BullsMedium and Large 3235230.00/cwt230.00–230.005411
BullsMedium and Large 2485142.10/cwt140.00–148.0068915
BullsMedium and Large 3630111.00/cwt111.00–111.006991
BullsMedium and Large 1320193.84/cwt190.00–198.006206
BullsMedium and Large 2380177.06/cwt174.00–182.006735
BullsMedium and Large 2575134.00/cwt134.00–134.007714
BullsMedium and Large 2526142.31/cwt140.00–144.007493
BullsMedium and Large 3437144.85/cwt140.00–148.006337
BullsMedium and Large 3340170.00/cwt170.00–170.005785
BullsMedium and Large 3585123.00/cwt119.00–125.007203
BullsMedium and Large 1218266.06/cwt260.00–270.005804
BullsMedium and Large 1610132.64/cwt130.00–134.008093
BullsMedium and Large 1525152.57/cwt148.00–157.008013
BullsMedium and Large 1380187.80/cwt184.00–194.007143
BullsMedium and Large 1595138.00/cwt138.00–138.008211
CowsLean 85-90%92441.41/cwt40.00–44.003835
CowsLean 85-90%98446.86/cwt45.00–49.004617
CowsLean 85-90%73539.00/cwt39.00–39.002871
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33355.99/cwt55.00–57.007466
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25552.00/cwt50.00–54.006534
CowsBoner 80-85%99652.30/cwt50.00–54.0052132
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15756.72/cwt55.00–59.0065654
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21261.56/cwt60.00–64.0074612
Bulls1,53578.61/cwt78.00–79.001,2073
Bulls1,40183.19/cwt81.00–84.001,1653
Bulls1,28574.00/cwt74.00–74.009512
SteersMedium and Large 1571143.54/cwt138.00–148.008203
SteersMedium and Large 1436161.63/cwt160.00–164.007053
SteersMedium and Large 1620130.93/cwt128.00–134.008122
SteersMedium and Large 3435142.00/cwt142.00–142.006181
SteersMedium and Large 2422154.65/cwt150.00–156.0065312
SteersMedium and Large 1310194.00/cwt194.00–194.006011
SteersMedium and Large 2535144.00/cwt144.00–144.007703
SteersMedium and Large 2325184.52/cwt180.00–187.006003
SteersMedium and Large 1526152.50/cwt148.00–158.0080231
SteersMedium and Large 1465157.52/cwt154.00–160.0073213
SteersMedium and Large 3475137.00/cwt137.00–137.006519
SteersMedium and Large 2465148.00/cwt148.00–148.006881
HeifersMedium and Large 2388139.29/cwt138.00–141.0054013
HeifersMedium and Large 2532112.30/cwt109.00–118.0059712
HeifersMedium and Large 2325149.74/cwt146.00–152.004876
HeifersMedium and Large 1472136.81/cwt132.00–142.0064614
HeifersMedium and Large 1425147.08/cwt145.00–152.006257
SteersMedium and Large 2572132.69/cwt128.00–134.007597
HeifersMedium and Large 3520106.17/cwt103.00–108.005525
HeifersMedium and Large 3331138.80/cwt138.00–140.004595
HeifersMedium and Large 2428136.46/cwt132.00–141.0058418
HeifersMedium and Large 2470128.62/cwt122.00–131.0060513

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.