Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2019-08-12

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Aug 12
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
763 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 667▲ 106 vs year ago 657 · +16.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
191 head
▼ 69 vs last sale 260▼ 27 vs year ago 218 · −12.4%
Also sold hereRegular saleTue Sep 29, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter classes 1.00 to 3.00 lower, feeder classes 4.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $123.74/cwt on 207 head.
Average price
$123.74
207 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$9.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.33
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2459126.4158070
Medium and Large 1534124.6566599
Medium and Large 3457116.4653238
One grade step is worth $9.95/cwt here — about $48 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 sale207 hd
123.74
—
FL average10 barns · 910 hd
132.07
−8.33
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—Average1,59387.491,39413
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,06056.7260154
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49156.488427thin
CowsLean 85-90%High87343.3937920

Every lot, as filed

79 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 3—23597.00/cwt97.00–97.002281
HeifersMedium and Large 2—475104.70/cwt100.00–109.0049723
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427110.26/cwt106.00–115.0047120
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378121.79/cwt118.00–127.0046019
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330121.56/cwt118.00–126.004016
HeifersMedium and Large 2—269121.04/cwt116.00–126.003265
HeifersMedium and Large 2—213116.99/cwt116.00–118.002494
HeifersMedium and Large 2—63789.33/cwt88.00–90.005693
HeifersMedium and Large 2—53094.99/cwt94.00–96.005032
HeifersMedium and Large 1—531104.80/cwt103.00–111.0055621
HeifersMedium and Large 1—586100.85/cwt99.00–108.0059118
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330131.55/cwt128.00–138.0043411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—281132.38/cwt128.00–142.0037211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479114.35/cwt111.00–120.005489
HeifersMedium and Large 1—436118.47/cwt116.00–126.005179
HeifersMedium and Large 1—372133.85/cwt130.00–138.004985
HeifersMedium and Large 1—214130.68/cwt128.00–135.002804
HeifersMedium and Large 1—605107.00/cwt107.00–107.006471
BullsMedium and Large 3—374128.82/cwt124.00–133.0048215
BullsMedium and Large 3—479117.95/cwt114.00–121.005655
BullsMedium and Large 3—424119.24/cwt118.00–120.005064
BullsMedium and Large 3—318136.46/cwt134.00–138.004344
BullsMedium and Large 3—62092.96/cwt90.00–95.005763
BullsMedium and Large 3—560100.00/cwt100.00–100.005602
BullsMedium and Large 3—515107.99/cwt107.00–109.005562
BullsMedium and Large 3—275142.98/cwt142.00–144.003932
BullsMedium and Large 2—380135.55/cwt132.00–142.005159
BullsMedium and Large 2—336142.57/cwt140.00–144.004795
BullsMedium and Large 2—535113.23/cwt112.00–116.006064
BullsMedium and Large 2—424128.90/cwt124.00–132.005474
BullsMedium and Large 2—560108.99/cwt108.00–110.006102
BullsMedium and Large 2—295150.00/cwt150.00–150.004432
BullsMedium and Large 2—228156.45/cwt155.00–158.003572
BullsMedium and Large 2—495124.00/cwt124.00–124.006141
BullsMedium and Large 1—225173.04/cwt170.00–180.003893
BullsMedium and Large 1—325154.69/cwt150.00–160.005032
BullsMedium and Large 1—590112.00/cwt112.00–112.006611
BullsMedium and Large 1—355154.00/cwt154.00–154.005471
BullsMedium and Large 1—285170.00/cwt170.00–170.004851
CowsLean 85-90%—90345.56/cwt43.00–47.0041114
CowsLean 85-90%—83640.46/cwt40.00–41.003384
CowsLean 85-90%—73834.03/cwt33.00–35.002512
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46158.67/cwt57.00–60.008575
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61050.00/cwt50.00–50.008051
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,52552.00/cwt52.00–52.007931
CowsBoner 80-85%—96053.14/cwt51.00–55.0051026
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14457.73/cwt56.00–60.0066016
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,16363.13/cwt61.00–65.0073412
Bulls——1,56486.91/cwt86.00–89.001,3597
Bulls——1,59485.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3554
Bulls——1,69394.48/cwt94.00–95.001,6002
SteersMedium and Large 3—431117.03/cwt115.00–123.0050415
SteersMedium and Large 3—481117.34/cwt114.00–121.0056410
SteersMedium and Large 3—369129.91/cwt124.00–132.004796
SteersMedium and Large 3—510109.00/cwt109.00–109.005563
SteersMedium and Large 3—61095.50/cwt95.00–96.005832
SteersMedium and Large 3—56099.50/cwt99.00–100.005572
SteersMedium and Large 2—521116.69/cwt112.00–120.0060821
SteersMedium and Large 2—484126.71/cwt124.00–130.0061316
SteersMedium and Large 2—383137.04/cwt134.00–140.0052510
SteersMedium and Large 2—432127.40/cwt124.00–130.005509
SteersMedium and Large 2—334142.80/cwt140.00–146.004777
SteersMedium and Large 2—560108.99/cwt107.00–110.006104
SteersMedium and Large 2—615104.00/cwt104.00–104.006401
SteersMedium and Large 2—285154.00/cwt154.00–154.004391
SteersMedium and Large 2—220160.00/cwt160.00–160.003521
SteersMedium and Large 1—580114.52/cwt111.00–121.0066426
SteersMedium and Large 1—521126.88/cwt121.00–131.0066126
SteersMedium and Large 1—613114.42/cwt109.00–117.0070122
SteersMedium and Large 1—480137.43/cwt134.00–144.0066011
SteersMedium and Large 1—428138.39/cwt134.00–144.005928
SteersMedium and Large 1—344150.49/cwt150.00–152.005184
SteersMedium and Large 1—390146.00/cwt146.00–146.005691
SteersMedium and Large 1—260180.00/cwt180.00–180.004681
HeifersMedium and Large 3—366114.61/cwt109.00–117.0041919
HeifersMedium and Large 3—321113.76/cwt112.00–116.003655
HeifersMedium and Large 3—423101.29/cwt100.00–104.004283
HeifersMedium and Large 3—61086.00/cwt86.00–86.005251
HeifersMedium and Large 3—46597.00/cwt97.00–97.004511

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.