Sale reports / Florida / Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon) / 2019-10-14

Okeechobee Livestock Auction (Mon)

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Okeechobee, Florida · Mon, Oct 14
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1608
Feeder Cattle receipts
948 head
▲ 204 vs last sale 744▲ 450 vs year ago 498 · +90.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
158 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 135▲ 75 vs year ago 83 · +90.4%
Also sold hereRegular saleTue Sep 15, 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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.40/cwt on 227 head.
Average price
$118.40
227 head · 410 lb average
Value per head Derived
$486
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$20.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.14
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1405126.33512115
Medium and Large 2424113.0848071
Medium and Large 3399105.3742141
One grade step is worth $20.96/cwt here — about $91 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 sale227 hd
118.40
—
FL average10 barns · 1,218 hd
118.54
−0.14
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—Low1,54669.551,07528
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33048.166418thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12145.0450537
CowsLean 85-90%High97827.4426810

Every lot, as filed

82 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—380152.99/cwt152.00–154.005812
BullsMedium and Large 1—223174.72/cwt170.00–180.003902
BullsMedium and Large 1—340165.00/cwt165.00–165.005611
BullsMedium and Large 1—280167.00/cwt167.00–167.004681
SteersMedium and Large 3—374133.77/cwt130.00–138.0050018
SteersMedium and Large 3—518106.34/cwt103.00–109.0055110
SteersMedium and Large 3—479114.08/cwt112.00–119.005467
SteersMedium and Large 3—330147.95/cwt146.00–150.004885
SteersMedium and Large 3—413129.49/cwt128.00–130.005354
SteersMedium and Large 3—580101.93/cwt100.00–106.005913
SteersMedium and Large 3—62080.00/cwt80.00–80.004961
SteersMedium and Large 3—290130.00/cwt130.00–130.003771
SteersMedium and Large 2—370144.71/cwt140.00–148.0053512
SteersMedium and Large 2—471125.39/cwt120.00–129.0059110
SteersMedium and Large 2—428136.26/cwt132.00–139.0058310
SteersMedium and Large 2—537112.23/cwt110.00–118.006037
SteersMedium and Large 2—320159.96/cwt158.00–162.005126
SteersMedium and Large 2—568114.44/cwt110.00–117.006504
SteersMedium and Large 2—61391.32/cwt90.00–93.005603
SteersMedium and Large 2—275153.37/cwt150.00–157.004222
SteersMedium and Large 1—481133.66/cwt130.00–140.0064320
SteersMedium and Large 1—429146.09/cwt142.00–150.0062715
SteersMedium and Large 1—319170.48/cwt164.00–174.0054411
SteersMedium and Large 1—566125.50/cwt120.00–128.0071010
SteersMedium and Large 1—529124.22/cwt120.00–130.0065710
SteersMedium and Large 1—366156.12/cwt150.00–159.005717
SteersMedium and Large 1—62598.92/cwt94.00–104.006184
SteersMedium and Large 1—278165.97/cwt165.00–167.004612
SteersMedium and Large 1—215175.00/cwt175.00–175.003761
HeifersMedium and Large 3—419103.99/cwt98.00–106.0043613
HeifersMedium and Large 3—369110.23/cwt108.00–112.004077
HeifersMedium and Large 3—323114.99/cwt110.00–118.003717
HeifersMedium and Large 3—53490.92/cwt88.00–97.004865
HeifersMedium and Large 3—264110.49/cwt110.00–112.002924
HeifersMedium and Large 3—468100.50/cwt100.00–101.004702
HeifersMedium and Large 3—64064.00/cwt64.00–64.004101
HeifersMedium and Large 3—57090.00/cwt90.00–90.005131
HeifersMedium and Large 3—215140.00/cwt140.00–140.003011
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373119.41/cwt115.00–122.0044523
HeifersMedium and Large 2—478108.20/cwt104.00–112.0051714
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430111.76/cwt108.00–116.0048112
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33848.90/cwt48.00–51.006547
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27543.00/cwt43.00–43.005481
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12545.50/cwt43.00–47.0051219
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26549.59/cwt48.00–52.006279
CowsBoner 80-85%—96739.52/cwt38.00–42.003829
CowsLean 85-90%—99529.06/cwt27.00–31.002896
CowsLean 85-90%—95325.00/cwt24.00–26.002384
Bulls——1,52867.16/cwt65.00–69.001,02616
Bulls——1,59071.22/cwt70.00–74.001,1329
Bulls——1,50777.32/cwt76.00–79.001,1653
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528102.33/cwt100.00–106.0054010
HeifersMedium and Large 2—332122.99/cwt120.00–128.004088
HeifersMedium and Large 2—275120.89/cwt118.00–124.003322
HeifersMedium and Large 2—61579.00/cwt79.00–79.004861
HeifersMedium and Large 2—58098.00/cwt98.00–98.005681
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323135.45/cwt130.00–140.0043828
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469121.15/cwt114.00–124.0056826
HeifersMedium and Large 1—383127.07/cwt124.00–134.0048720
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429121.73/cwt118.00–128.0052210
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270138.86/cwt130.00–144.0037510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569110.26/cwt108.00–114.006277
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518114.82/cwt111.00–118.005957
HeifersMedium and Large 1—60991.00/cwt90.00–92.005544
HeifersMedium and Large 1—228166.20/cwt160.00–175.003793
BullsMedium and Large 3—519106.22/cwt104.00–108.005514
BullsMedium and Large 3—58899.98/cwt98.00–102.005883
BullsMedium and Large 3—487111.99/cwt111.00–114.005453
BullsMedium and Large 3—380132.60/cwt130.00–136.005043
BullsMedium and Large 3—425126.89/cwt124.00–130.005392
BullsMedium and Large 3—64575.00/cwt75.00–75.004841
BullsMedium and Large 2—479123.92/cwt120.00–128.0059410
BullsMedium and Large 2—383141.48/cwt140.00–148.005425
BullsMedium and Large 2—62089.99/cwt89.00–91.005583
BullsMedium and Large 2—517116.63/cwt114.00–118.006033
BullsMedium and Large 2—285150.00/cwt150.00–150.004283
BullsMedium and Large 2—445132.00/cwt132.00–132.005871
BullsMedium and Large 2—245150.00/cwt150.00–150.003681
BullsMedium and Large 1—490131.73/cwt130.00–134.006454
BullsMedium and Large 1—64295.32/cwt94.00–97.006123
BullsMedium and Large 1—418148.61/cwt146.00–152.006213
BullsMedium and Large 1—545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006542

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.