Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2018-12-10

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Dec 10
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
796 head
▲ 796 vs last sale 0▲ 796 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 125 vs last sale 0▲ 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 0▲ 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereRegular saleTue Sep 15, 2026
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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.56/cwt on 145 head.
Average price
$127.56
145 head · 417 lb average
Value per head Derived
$532
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$19.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.56
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1420135.3156867
Medium and Large 2414124.3751548
Medium and Large 3416115.3548030
One grade step is worth $19.96/cwt here — about $88 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 sale145 hd
127.56
—
FL average10 barns · 928 hd
129.12
−1.56
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—High1,65777.801,28911
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37151.197023thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13248.9355481
CowsLean 85-90%Low89129.492636thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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
CowsLean 85-90%—79525.00/cwt25.00–25.001992
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01234.02/cwt33.00–35.003442
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05545.09/cwt42.00–46.0047620
Bulls——1,77982.21/cwt80.00–84.001,4635
Bulls——1,67676.80/cwt75.00–79.001,2873
Bulls——1,43371.45/cwt70.00–72.001,0243
BullsMedium and Large 1—290197.00/cwt197.00–197.005711
BullsMedium and Large 1—160234.84/cwt230.00–240.003762
BullsMedium and Large 1—215226.36/cwt220.00–230.004873
BullsMedium and Large 1—410170.63/cwt168.00–172.007003
BullsMedium and Large 1—478149.90/cwt146.00–154.007173
BullsMedium and Large 1—528136.20/cwt132.00–142.007193
SteersMedium and Large 2—376164.88/cwt160.00–168.006203
SteersMedium and Large 1—372175.93/cwt174.00–178.006542
SteersMedium and Large 3—517119.00/cwt118.00–120.006152
SteersMedium and Large 3—423147.32/cwt146.00–148.006233
SteersMedium and Large 1—268205.95/cwt197.00–212.005523
SteersMedium and Large 2—517126.51/cwt125.00–128.006542
SteersMedium and Large 1—430166.00/cwt166.00–166.007142
SteersMedium and Large 1—560136.99/cwt136.00–138.007672
SteersMedium and Large 1—485148.35/cwt146.00–156.007194
SteersMedium and Large 2—270190.98/cwt190.00–192.005162
SteersMedium and Large 2—432154.91/cwt152.00–158.006692
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475108.73/cwt104.00–112.005169
SteersMedium and Large 2—481139.78/cwt138.00–142.006725
SteersMedium and Large 3—285180.00/cwt180.00–180.005131
SteersMedium and Large 3—577112.48/cwt110.00–114.006494
SteersMedium and Large 1—525137.08/cwt132.00–142.007206
SteersMedium and Large 2—585120.00/cwt120.00–120.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 2—272132.72/cwt128.00–137.003616
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376131.89/cwt128.00–136.004966
HeifersMedium and Large 2—421123.83/cwt118.00–127.0052110
HeifersMedium and Large 3—215140.00/cwt140.00–140.003012
HeifersMedium and Large 3—53596.99/cwt96.00–98.005192
HeifersMedium and Large 3—331123.48/cwt120.00–128.004095
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523119.19/cwt114.00–124.0062311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427132.07/cwt128.00–138.0056417
HeifersMedium and Large 3—59598.00/cwt98.00–98.005832
HeifersMedium and Large 3—371123.26/cwt120.00–126.004573
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518110.24/cwt106.00–113.005713
HeifersMedium and Large 3—427112.47/cwt111.00–116.004806
HeifersMedium and Large 1—571123.87/cwt118.00–128.007073
HeifersMedium and Large 1—316146.78/cwt140.00–150.004644
HeifersMedium and Large 2—333132.56/cwt130.00–139.004417
HeifersMedium and Large 2—485116.58/cwt114.00–120.005658
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477128.36/cwt125.00–134.006127
HeifersMedium and Large 3—185150.00/cwt150.00–150.002781
HeifersMedium and Large 2—610104.00/cwt104.00–104.006341
HeifersMedium and Large 2—245145.50/cwt145.00–146.003562
HeifersMedium and Large 1—210172.44/cwt170.00–175.003622
HeifersMedium and Large 1—170184.71/cwt180.00–190.003143
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618111.46/cwt109.00–115.006894
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580111.51/cwt108.00–117.006475
BullsMedium and Large 3—476130.75/cwt128.00–134.006225
BullsMedium and Large 3—326171.58/cwt170.00–175.005593
BullsMedium and Large 3—225193.33/cwt190.00–195.004355
BullsMedium and Large 2—478140.14/cwt136.00–141.006706
HeifersMedium and Large 1—275146.87/cwt140.00–155.004046
HeifersMedium and Large 1—376142.63/cwt138.00–148.0053610
BullsMedium and Large 2—520127.87/cwt125.00–130.0066510
BullsMedium and Large 2—366166.62/cwt162.00–168.006109
BullsMedium and Large 3—510120.00/cwt120.00–120.006121
BullsMedium and Large 3—395150.00/cwt150.00–150.005932
BullsMedium and Large 1—325192.73/cwt190.00–197.006268
BullsMedium and Large 1—378173.73/cwt170.00–180.006578
BullsMedium and Large 3—170205.00/cwt205.00–205.003491
BullsMedium and Large 3—431145.08/cwt142.00–150.006256
BullsMedium and Large 2—186218.30/cwt215.00–220.004063
BullsMedium and Large 2—325181.48/cwt177.00–186.005903
BullsMedium and Large 2—280187.81/cwt185.00–192.005265
BullsMedium and Large 2—440153.66/cwt152.00–154.006766
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1—1,04452.35/cwt47.00–57.0054730
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15149.13/cwt47.00–51.0056544
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37151.19/cwt50.00–53.007023
CowsLean 85-90%—86729.45/cwt29.00–30.002552
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17352.94/cwt52.00–56.0062117

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.